A good question. Have you even said thank you once, JD Vance?

My debut for @TheLeadUK on Nigel Farage's relentless water carrying for the Kremlin. He may no longer work for Russia Today, but that hasn't stopped him from engaging in pro-bono PR work for Putin. national.thelead.uk/p/nigel-farage…

Every serious American security thinker is saying: This is real. Treat the US as a direct threat. Don't share intelligence with us. It's worse than you think. And yet it *still* hasn't properly sunk in yet.

Across England’s east coast, deprived towns like Great Yarmouth are turning to Reform. In this feature for The Lead | theleaduk.substack.com I headed to GY to speak to locals about why that is, and explore what the future holds for this town and others like it open.substack.com/pub/theleaduk/…

Constantly reminded of Patrick Collinson’s line on this:

Kleptocracy isn’t some exotic export. It’s made here too. Tena Prelec, John Heathershaw and Tom Mayne write as their new book is published. national.thelead.uk/p/time-to-stop…

Time to stop indulging kleptocrats: The UK and EU must step up as America steps back open.substack.com/pub/theleaduk/…

Care workers have some of the most vital roles in a well functioning, empathetic and morally robust society, yet people in these jobs are underpaid, overworked & undervalued. We won’t solve the social care crisis unless we start valuing caring professions national.thelead.uk/p/we-wont-solv…

There is currently very little in place to stop motorists with inadequate eyesight from continuing driving and even renewing their licences. The warning is simple: without changes, more people will be killed as a result The Lead | theleaduk.substack.com southport.thelead.uk/p/more-will-di…

A Tory MP has AGAIN denied the existence of structural racism in the NHS (Black women are 3X more likely to die in childbirth) If we're not even at the same starting point - that racism in the NHS is a fact - this will never change #BlackMaternalHealthWeek national.thelead.uk/p/black-mother…

if you're really into the Lancashire County elections - The Lead | theleaduk.substack.com will be live blogging the results: lancashire.thelead.uk/p/lancashire-c…

Today's immigration announcement marks the death of the mission for the UK to have the fastest economic growth in the G7. International investors now know that the UK govt will put other considerations ahead of economic growth.

My grandparents didn't speak English. They came to the UK from Sicily and worked down coal pits and in garment factories, helping the UK to rebuild after WWII. They learnt English.

"They’re just waiting for her to die": How austerity turns mental health patients into prisoners ✍️ Rebecca Wilks national.thelead.uk/p/theyre-just-…

Keir Starmer needs to realise he will never win the argument on immigration against Reform open.substack.com/pub/theleaduk/…

Labour is completely blind to how much business is freaking out about the 10 year pathway to citizenship. It has killed the prospect of the UK being the host to global talent as US talent leaves.

Apart from the NFFO (fishing lobby) I can't see a single business/group that does not welcome the UK-EU reset. BCC, CBI, IoD, UK Steel, UK Hospitality, British Meat Processors Association, Morrisons, BAE Systems, Salmon Scotland(!), Port of Dover.

Pretty stark reminder how some MPs think of state schools - no bright futures or opportunities there...

Amazing, both Corbynites and Tories look at charts like this and think the answer is giving pensioners, the wealthiest generation in the entire history of Britain, an even bigger slice of the pie. Just a never ending war on the young. x.com/David__Osland/…

Last week the media went to town on the first Reform pub in Blackpool... Our reporters in Blackpool broke a year ago that it is has been hosting far-right Nazi gigs... the full exclusive story here: national.thelead.uk/p/how-we-revea…