The first joint U.K.-France diplomatic trip in well over a decade. Entente becoming a bit more cordiale - eight years after Brexit

So good to see UK and France working publicly together again like this on shared diplomatic goals. Exactly what we should be doing. David Lammy Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office France Diplomatie🇫🇷🇪🇺

Brexit… “will make travel significantly more bureaucratic” There’s never a headline that makes you think… ok… that’s a bonus. It’s just endlessly bloody tediously crap..

Last week, our Speaker’s House interns had the opportunity to visit Department for Education and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, to learn more about the workings of two key government departments and gain valuable insights about what it's like to work for the Civil Service. #GetInvolved

Glenn Gould playing J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue 😍

Les cloches de toutes les églises de #Paris pour rappeler la libération de la ville il y a 80 ans !

Ah well. Here’s hoping we get to find out…

Quietly devastating.

Things that fail to provoke my outrage 1/ what painting the Prime Minister does or doesn’t want in his office 2/ how Angela Rayner spends her holiday 3/ the price of Oasis tickets.

If they start going on yet again about Oasis tickets on #r4today tomorrow morning I am going to turn it off.

We are always happy to host young people from the Patchwork Foundation at the Flint Global office in London. Our 'Insight Day' was an opportunity for participants in the Patchwork Speaker's Parliamentary Gateway Scheme to learn more about Flint.

In summary, the UK government’s announcement suspending a limited number of licences for arms sales to Israel was good on substance if bad on timing.

I’m guessing no…

Not entirely certain that Michel Barnier is the future of French politics.

Took daughter to the Oval for her first Test match. Verdict - “So basically it’s like rounders, but ridiculously over complicated”.

It’s an honour to have been appointed Chair Chatham House. Look forward to supporting the team to provide first class and influential research, analysis and advice on the complex and fast moving international agenda.

We're looking forward to welcoming you to Chatham House! x.com/SimonFraser00/…

Pretty astonishing that TfL seem to have thought it OK to close down the great majority of tube services in West London at the same time this weekend.

Heather Iqbal will be an outstanding addition to the @flintglobal team. A big welcome….