"I don't know how well she did it... she probably made me sound dour" Former PM Gordon Brown says he never got to see Queen Elizabeth II's reported impression of him first hand bbc.in/3U2RhgE

"She managed to maintain this extraordinary familiarity with her people... without for one moment surrendering the mystique of monarchy" Conservative politician Nicholas Soames says his grandfather Winston Churchill "revered" Queen Elizabeth II bbc.in/3RXePBZ

David Beckham telling us what it’s been like waiting 12 hours to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II ⁦BBC Politics⁩ ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩

The Liz Truss X BBC Local Radio SUPERCUT from #BBCNewscast bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

We’re in Aberdeen for the final week of the party conference season - packed show with tonnes to talk about!

Source confirms Steven Swinford’s scoop that Kwarteng is out 👇🏼 - extraordinary events

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What a mental week hey? This is my take on Liz Truss' short tenure as PM for the #BBCNewsSix & #BBCNewsTen

We’re talking COP and climate on #BBCLaurak tomorrow - this FOI reveals how huge the cost can be even for govt itself - Climate change: Decarbonising UK public buildings to cost £25-30bn 👇🏼 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Thanks Chris! One of the many challenges getting to Net Zero - but opportunities for economy ahead:

Loving the producer appreciation Elizabeth NB Dominic Hurst Amol Rajan

Joining #BBCLauraK this weekend: Polish president Andrzej Duda Full line-up to be announced BBC One BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scottish first minister bbc.in/3I2RJX7

Hugh Jackman: Inevitable that Australia will become a republic bbc.co.uk/news/world-aus…

It was such a pleasure to chat to Steve Wozniak last week. We went way over our time slot and talked about everything! He thinks AI is great but he’s worried about scammers (no more easy-to-spot Nigerian princes when they get ChatGPT to write it)… bbc.com/news/technolog…

Giving evidence to the Welsh Affairs committee TikTok UK and Meta weren’t sure why 13 was the age cutoff for access to their apps. Going to check. Giles Derrington TikTok UK says a big debate around age verification needed, balance between age assurance and data protection

Busy one this morning … the possible risks and rewards from the rise of the robots 👇🏼

I spoke to Ian Hogarth as he gets started as the head of the government’s new AI taskforce bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

Thanks to @mustafasuleymn for a really interesting chat about the UK's AI ambitions... and why the co-founder of UK-originated Google DeepMind has based his new company Inflection AI in California bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

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