Currently on holiday, so please enjoy some pictures of Thailand as a break from the news

Here to say you can now largely find me at the other place

It was an excellent way to start the year. Couldn’t be happier 😁

On HTFP today: How NCTJ awards seating plan sparked journalism love story between Sian Elvin and Chris McKeon holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/how-…

“We’re all pro-European now” - Amber Rudd spoke to me about a new Tory venture to help the party rebuild its relations with Europe against the background of a changing world order independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Away from the markets, the latest in my occasional “running with MPs” series is Rugby’s John Slinger MP, who will be doing the marathon in 20 days to raise money for Back&ForthMMH

Also, some personal success yesterday, completing the Berlin Half-Marathon in a new PB of 1.39.42 and finishing the SuperHalfs series (hence the second, unreasonably large, medal)

My last MP running interview before the big day, in which I ask Tim Farron whether Ed Davey should run a marathon as his next stunt, and about the charity he’s raising money for

After my experiments with the “interview while running” format, here’s everything you might want to know about the MPs running the marathon on Sunday independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

A top man and a great loss

Chatty Bats testimonial…. Pitch as healthy as the squad. And they’re off with a four from Chris McKeon

Keir Starmer dropped in on a meeting between the Business Secretary and US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick earlier today, but it's not clear if we're any closer to actually implementing that US-UK trade deal standard.co.uk/news/politics/…