Huge thanks to the wonderful editors who worked on these pieces - Esther Bintliff, Nicola Davison and Elizabeth Pears - and to peerless data maestro Amy Borrett!

Ipsos The Standard Gideon Skinner “But it’s still not clear the extent to which this a symptom rather than a cause of the Conservatives’ wider problems. The public are not crying out for another Conservative leadership change before the next election,' adds Gideon Skinner, Head of Political Research Ipsos

Ipsos The Standard For Tories considering coup against Rishi Sunak, only Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt appears to offer likely boost to party’s electoral hopes, and even that marginal. Scores between Sir Keir and her as “most capable PM” 42% to 25% Ipsos poll
standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

Trump’s attempted coup continues.

Phase 1: His refusal to concede.

Phase 2: His plot to overturn the election.

Phase 3: Discredit and undermine the criminal justice system to avoid accountability.

These are the three central elements of his presidential campaign. Be warned.

Whistleblowers to testify about National Guard’s delayed response to Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

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Breaking news: NHS England U-turn over cuts to NHS Practitioner Health service for secondary care doctors and staff gponline.com/nhs-england-u-…

Scoop: Biden told Netanyahu the U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran. My story on Axios
axios.com/2024/04/14/bid…

Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon during a lunar occultation captured from a ground based telescope by astronomer Jan Koet.

Here’s a snapshot of just 20 letters rec’d this afternoon from hospital & other NHS colleagues

Half need us to do something eg refer, order investigations, send info back

It’s not just GP time, but admin & secretarial too - when 95% staff are in hospitals

Black actors condemn racial abuse of Romeo & Juliet star theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Solar Eclipse 2024 - a thread 🧵

1. Cleveland by Gabe Wasylko

Astronaut Loral O'Hara, cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya are riding inside the descent module of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft and nearing the Earth's atmosphere. Watch live on NASA TV... nasa.gov/nasatv/

Again a Russian double tap attack on Ukraine. This time on Zaporizhzhia. One missile strike, then, 40 minutes after, another one. Four people killed, many injured. Journalists who were on the scene to film the first attack, wounded too. Ukraine needs air defence urgently!

This is disgusting! They’re trying to do as much damage to this country as they can before being kicked out at the next election. Creative arts courses at English universities face funding cut theguardian.com/education/2024…

I think Robbo might have a career in acting after he hangs his boots up! Hope that's not for a while though.

The United Kingdom has become a corrupt country, due to the Tories and the British Press's deal with them

This chap seems a little on edge.

14 accents in 90 seconds
I tried to do 15 but just kept running out of time..I TALK TOO MUCH! To demonstrate staying ‘connected’ in different accents..I know…sounds wanky but that simply means sounding like a human being as opposed to a stereotype - ya get me?? ENJOY

This is why it is vital that everyone who wants to see the back of this government signs up to getvoting.org, and joins us in the largest ever tactical voting campaign the country has ever seen. 6/9

Yet again Downing Street quietly announces a new batch of political honours just before a bank holiday. Includes yet more honours for Conservative MPs (scores given out since 2010) and one for a Tory treasurer.

Almost as if they’re embarrassed about it. Whole system is bust.