Most people probably can’t correctly guess the price of a Mars bar

Would you be the same Boris Johnson who before the 2024 Presidential election told us that Donald Trump's election could be “just what the world needs” and "I simply cannot believe that Trump will ditch the Ukrainians"?

The “Stop the Boats” crowd suddenly loves the idea of a war that would create millions more refugees. You can’t bomb a region into chaos and then act shocked when people flee it.

Dirty Business on Channel 4. Brilliantly made, devastating. Water must be nationalised now. The owners of the private water companies jailed.

Exclusive polling by YouGov for Sky News shows the Green Party have leapfrogged Labour in voting intention polls, as the second most popular UK party. Sam Coates Sky explains. 🔗 trib.al/F8q5MCW

For various boring reasons we have to say that these are Hugh Grant’s views not ours, and that we definitely haven’t printed his post out and put it in a little frame on our desk

Reeves: "Brexit has not been good for our country, for growth, for prices in the shop...there’s an awful lot we can do to improve our trading relations. Where that requires alignment in our national interest, we should absolutely align" Story: thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Exclusive Gorton & Denton post-match poll 1. More than half the voters decided in the final 2 weeks 2. Labour's vote split down the middle between staying for Stogia or going Green 3. Asian voters went overwhelmingly Green 4. Burnham would have won via Survation for Datapraxis

Going to need someone to explain to me how this is not treating

And now Sadiq Khan has switched from saying the UK should join the customs union and single market to endorsing a full return to the EU - our latest poll found 54% in favour of rejoining 👇

This is the biggest reform to our Parliament in a generation. 🇬🇧 This morning, the 700-year-old system of hereditary membership in the House of Lords was abolished. Membership is now earned through public service and merit, not granted by an inheritance. ✅

(h/t John Merrick) bossman Matt Goodwin left the ChatGPT in the url in his references hahaha

One movie away from being one of the greatest trilogies in cinema history

free speech lovers when free speech

It’s a bit nippy before Easter and suddenly climate change is cancelled? Oh do behave.

Another e.g. of a relatively small policy but one which helps address an every day irk, and a costly one too. Over past year Government has seemed to get much better at doing more of these tackling 'every day frustrations' policies and small cost of living fixes.

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Great story on the spread of the 'Prime Ministerial menu' in China:

It’s good news that the Strait of Hormuz has now reopened. This must be a long lasting and workable solution, without tolls or restrictions on routes. Today we announced our joint plan with France and other international partners to protect freedom of navigation. We need to

Landmark report on the dire state of Higher Education: post18.co.uk/blood-debt-toi…