I'm sick of the feeling of teetering on the edge of total disaster. As a country, we've lived with ongoing tension & dread since 2016. It's like trudging up a mountain, carrying a heavy load, being gaslit every step by Tories pretending our suffering is all our own fault. Enough!

For 4 years when I was US Editor I went to endless Trump rallies where we’d be accused of being ‘enemies of the people’ - the ‘we’ were the media, but also ‘liberals’, civil servants, environmentalists, the swamp, the think tanks. All felt a bit familiar in B’ham today

Having ventilation being pitted against energy conservation and climate change is quite the plot twist.

Absolute gold. Channel 4 News providing the most detailed clarification on whether or not offensive language was aired on the show.

I’ve posted my photo of hogweed & a Fenland sunset before, but it’s a favourite & the fractal seedheads & the gentle shift of colours are likely to calm & lift your thoughts a little. We all need that just now…

Worth noting that this was all caused by Labour’s shadow Secretary of State for Net Zero & Climate Change bringing a vote on fracking. This is, in other words, chaos with Ed Miliband.

Here's a cheeky little sea shanty ⚓️🎶(an adaptation of #Wellerman) about #SuellaBraverman - we were sad to see her go, because we had to make this much quicker than we anticipated... Suella Braverman MP The Rest Is Politics #Tofu #Rwanda Nathan Evans Krishnan Guru-Murthy #EnoughIsEnough #wokerati

So the Conservatives go back to the same 8,000 people and ask them for another go at who they think should be PM, is that right? This democracy thing is a lark. First they run away from Europe, then make everyone poor, and then they choose another PM. Terrific isn't it.

Boris Johnson as skips. A thread.

In love with this pumpkin library made by the staff Truro Community Lib! 🎃 🎃 🎃

How do you make voters feel better about their circumstances, without actually improving their lives? You performatively mistreat other people, who have no vote, to show your voters that someone sits below them in the pecking order. That's what Manston, and Braverman, are about.

One for #throwbackthursday: a few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light.

When a person of culture meets a populist dog whistler, the outcome is sublime. The late great Jonathan Miller here, making the argument that Stuart Rose made against Braverman the other day, just decades earlier. It’s all about leadership.

@stimmo Rishi Sunak COP27 Britain had it all, man. A strong Pound, a seat at the table in Europe, a Special Relationship with the US, global respect and standing. Tories flushed it all away, courting UKIP/BNP policies to keep power. And it wrecked Britain.

For a scale of the shitshow, Musk has only been in charge for half a Truss

The NHS is the endpoint of most health problems, & delays can make them worse, but it is not the cause of them. Health is largely socially determined. To fix healthcare, we need to fix housing, heating, nutrition, sleep, stress, cruelty, education, exercise, isolation and poverty

Can someone please search Johnson's house to see if he has any classified documents.