Sunak rightly condemned being labelled a “P*ki”. That he didn’t use his time as PM to condemn other instances of racism, against other minorities, who don’t have his privileges, for politically expedient reasons, is one of his biggest failings in office.

One view: ‘The partygate scandal was overblown’ - Kemi Badenoch Another view:

Must have run out of space before they could mention Dyson bought 36k acres of farmland to avoid inheritance tax.

director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson tells Times Radio: "I’m afraid I have absolutely no sympathy with their arguments on inheritance tax and the impact on family farms and agriculture. This is special pleading by some extremely wealthy people. Very few

Richard Hughes(OBR): "There was about £9.5b worth of net pressure on department budgets, which they(Tories) did not disclose to us as part of our usual budget preparation... which under the law & under the act they should have done.."

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People - including top US journalists, perhaps especially top US journalists - don’t quite get how bad it’s going to be. How beyond term one it’ll be. How bad the Musks and RFKs will be. I don’t think even I fully accept how bad it’s going to be and I have been shouting how bad

Listening to Jon Stewart is more worthwhile than listening to any political pundit in America (including me!)

To the Metropolitan Police, I’d like to report a hate crime committed by Laurence Fox. “You are not welcome in my country” is a racist trope. I am British. Metropolitan Police Met Contact Centre Evidence below:

Reminder Xmas IRDG meeting is open for general registration, great line up of speakers

Aren’t you an unelected Lord with ‘literally’ no mandate?

Still open, great line up, hope to see you there.

If we win tonight I’m going to swim in the River Thames tomorrow morning just like the old days Quick dip Go on you beauty Brave as a Dog ! 🐕

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Recognition of thrice-elected Mayor of London attacked by our sour right-wing press. Andrea Jenkyns, Charlotte Owen, Toby Young et al given free passes - naturally.

West Ham United can confirm Jarrod Bowen sustained a fractured foot injury in Sunday’s Premier League fixture against Liverpool.

Here’s what the Independent Inquiry said:

It was the first interview Starmer gave after quitting as DPP. Tories refused to implement recommendation of the child abuse inquiry that Mandatory Reporting essential - both to deal with child rape scandals like Rotherham and with the Saviles of this world

"It's a ridiculous statement." In an interview with Sky's Beth Rigby, safeguarding minister Jess Phillips responds to Elon Musk accusing her of being a "rape genocide apologist" over a row on grooming gangs. trib.al/0k47vMU

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