Do those Tories, incl Sunak, who said crossings reflected a failure by France to stop migrants, also think crossings into RoI reflect a UK failure? Would they advise the Irish to 'just pick them up and drop them off on a UK beach'?

Or is Britain (once again) somehow exceptional?

It's weird how accustomed to this sort of thing we are. Sunak's exasperation here comes from a flat presumption that other people have simply no right to know when there's going to be an election or a tax rise and it's inherently petty and annoying of them to want to find out.

From €39.90 + €3 seat reservation. Really? Taking this Swiss 1st class panorama car through the Arlberg Pass from Zurich to Innsbruck & Graz is one of Europe’s great travel bargains!

Exclusive: Home Office civil servants are “running away” from roles linked to the Rwanda scheme, insiders have said

There is internal frustration over attempts to implement the government’s plans, which civil servants called 'unworkable' and 'a shit show'
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Ministers have decided to scrap Now Teach - a route into teaching for high-flying career changes. In the middle of a recruitment crisis. My quote:

When you are on a deadline writing and there comes a power cut on your bloody boat meaning the wifi is gone and no heating while it's raining non stop and you start asking yourself why exactly you live on this bloody rainy island... and then..

Son of a billionaire
Eton educated
Didn’t go to university
First job at a private client stockbroker

Complains “too many young people” go to university - how dare the plebs get an education!

Claims goal of university is to “close minds” 🙄

He bought an ad campaign for an election he failed to register for.

PS. Laurence Fox, Epsom isn't even in Greater London...

When Mail+ effectively gets community noted by The Police, you can hear the compact breaking.
Though we still need an inquiry.
Hacked Off Peter Jukes

Things that Dan Poulter was ok with:

Brexit
Partygate
Illegally proroguing parliament
Lying to the Quern
Unlawful PPE contracts
Austerity
Dominic Raab
Chris Williamson
Dominic Cummings
Mark Menzies
William Wragg
Owen Paterson
Chris Pincher
Scott Benton
1/2

Sam Freedman, director of ­strategy at Teach First, said: “We are in the middle of a major teacher recruitment crisis, so it is almost beyond belief that the government would choose this moment to scrap a proven and successful route into teaching” theguardian.com/education/2024…

This ⬇️is the problem with the courtier press. It seems it's 'amusing' that this person (slebrity slob) can make contact (has the phone numbers), of governing politicians. Government should not be done by contact, favour or celebrity. It is done by manifesto and consensus.

Hi again Stefan. This private company now has 2 separate websites, 3 trading names, a spokesperson at a Dubai-funded thinktank, and lots of paid advertising. All trained on 1 UK charity. That’s what’s worrying. But our members remain a fantastic bunch, and I remain unscared.

Astroturfing & lying are so very very Tory

Rob Galloway Keir Starmer This is the man who told me there is no relationship between staffing and patient safety. I sincerely hope he has changed his mind

Dan Poulter was an ex junior dr of mine and literally brought in every policy that has destroyed the NHS

He is joining the Labour Party so that post election he can be a medical advisor to the next Labour government.

It worries me what advice he will give

Keir Starmer if…

Oh dear. Did the Tories incentivise Dan Poulter to “defect” to Labour so that he can continue to drive their policy of NHS destruction?

Is he a political plant?

Sounds like Truss levels of delusion

What a bad bad joke.

Arizona defendant Christina Bobb plays key role on RNC election integrity team

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Some powerful sounding organ music inside the St Magnus Cathedral tonight.