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As former Deputy Cabinet Secretary, and one of Whitehall's most senior civil servants, Helen Macnamara has seen it all. From the Olympics, to Brexit and Covid-19, Helen reflects on lessons learnt from the heart of government. 🔗Read here tinyurl.com/helen-macnamara

"Open up Starmer; Larry says you've cut him down to eight meals a day - not on our watch!"

"We would have had to deal with that spending pressure, we would have had to deal with that £9.5bn.” Gillian Keegan concedes Rishi Sunak's government would have accepted public sector pay recommendations – despite repeated Tory criticism of Labour for doing so. #Newsnight

This really does prove the adage that politics is showbusiness for (morally) ugly people. I just hope that they both lose but that the collateral isn't the rest of us.

Things which can be true at once: A) It's entertaining B) It's deeply dysfunctional which the Trump court always was/was always going to be C) This happens when a political project is about vibes/personality cults rather than actual convergent beliefs D It's pathetic

Shame it was said on a show with Piers Morgan on it but this is an inspiringly-honest takedown of Musk and the Musk mythology.

It’s telling that when you want people to recognise the Lord’s Prayer you’ll use the old words “forgive us our trespasses” and not the bowdlerised, unknown, unpoetic modern version the CofE leadership seems intent on using whenever it can.

Happy birthday to Mr Speaker The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP

No one told me adulthood would require this much multi-factor authentication

If this is a genuine video by Gavin Newsom the someone in his digital team needs a raise. This really does kick opposition to #Trump up a gear, though the whole thing remains terrifying.

Thank you ALASTAIR CAMPBELL for recommending ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕to Rory Stewart on The Rest Is Politics yesterday! “It’s very, very readable.” “It’s about how we matched the process of the Spending Review to the work of the Delivery Unit and the progress that was being made.”

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy: - two academics start dating - discover they are each other's terrible reviewer - hijinks ensue Working title: Love is Double-Blind

There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today

Good to see accuracy on BBC News 🤰🏼

When writing, I recommend the 20-20 rule: 20 minutes of writing followed by 20 weeks doing new, unrelated projects you won't finish

What ever transpires in the coming days and weeks my thoughts are with the people inside Iran who’s main worry is not attack by Israel or the US but from their own government who are brutally cracking down right now arresting & executing a large number of innocent people to

Fair play to her for amending a ridiculous script! "Pregnant people" 🙄😦

No one could be applauding BBC News presenter Martine Croxall harder than I am right now. In February I published a video in which I said I didn't like the term 'pregnant people' (still don't). Since then, it's been one 'cancellation campaign' after another. It's literally

A huge thank you to everyone who has chosen to follow me today for whatever reason. It’s been quite a ride…

Replacing "sorry for the late reply" with "a wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to" in all work emails going forward