🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Baroness Smith: Youngest peer on trying to abolish the Lords 🗣️ Plaid Cymru peer and former carer @carmensmith.bsky.social joins @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss her fight for constitutional reform and the new PM's pledge to fix the social care system 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/4de3aa

NEW: Lord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To Him: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Lord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To Him

Exclusive: Labour peer Maurice Glasman wrote and recorded a song dedicated to Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, in support of his exi...

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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Burnham's first week @adampayne26.bsky.social, @siennarodgers.bsky.social & @alaintolhurst.bsky.social take a look at Andy Burnham’s first week in No 10 Plus Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride discusses new Chancellor John Healey & how the Tories plan to take on Reform 🎧: pod.fo/e/4a15f4

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 What will Andy Burnham's first hours in Downing St be like? @alaintolhurst.bsky.social brings together former policy directors and press advisers to discuss what Burnham and his team can expect as soon as they step through that famous black door 🎧: pod.fo/e/44ccc6

My investigation into the network that pioneered the "dodgy shop" model just landed. I trace the group’s mid-2000s takeover of the West End souvenir trade, their expansion across the UK, and follow the money used to fuel it all the way to the badlands of Afghanistan the-fence.com/article/grav...

The Graveyard of Empires

Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.

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I would just gently add that, speaking from experience, it also requires *both* partners to pay attention to said joint calendar for it to work…

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3w ago

God I cannot emphasise enough that all essentially couples should get a joint calendar. It both avoids the “it’s been a week and we haven’t seen each other despite living together” and organising events doesn’t become like being part of coalition negotiations.

Hiddleston must be gutted

Very redolent of the totally sane responses from Ukip supporters when Al Murray ran as the Pub Landlord against Farage in 2015

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 4w ago

Incredible amount of Binface truthers on the other place

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 What Happens Inside No 10 After A PM Resigns? @alaintolhurst.bsky.social speaks with former Downing St press secretary Paul Harrison, former deputy chief of staff to David Cameron Baroness Fall, and No 10 director of comms for Boris Johnson Guto Harri 🎧: pod.fo/e/446607

villain: we’re not so different, you and i hero: we’re literally the opposite. i’m good and you’re bad villain: wait no im the… now hold on hero: villain: i’m gonna throw up

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 What's the nation's mood as Burnham takes over? 🌹 MPs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social & @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social & Thinks Insight's @benshimshon.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & @adampayne26.bsky.social to discuss how Brits feel about their country 🎧: pod.fo/e/44053d

A curious tale from yours truly & @bengartside.bsky.social Tens of thousands have joined pro-Restore Britain FB groups being run by people who appear to be based in Pakistan & Bangladesh Some of these groups are later turned into vessels for selling firesticks, download codes & tech support

Thousands Join Pro-Restore Britain Facebook Groups Run From Pakistan And Bangladesh

Tens of thousands have joined pro-Restore Britain Facebook groups being run by people who appear to be based in Pakistan and Bangladesh, an investi...

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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Why do we keep ditching PMs? 💼 The IFG's @hannahkeenan.bsky.social, Re:State's @jo3hill.bsky.social and former Private Secretary to two PMs @carolineslocock.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss what keeps going wrong at No10 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/43a210

imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.

She has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.

Every single word in this headline is a surprise

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison

As I was trying to get my infant into the shower just now he threw his t shirt out of the 1st floor window into the garden and I watched as one of the chickens waddled over and pooped on it. I asked him why he did that and he said “double effort makes double expert” 🤷‍♂️

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 A Burnham landslide – what next? Plus: Brexit 10 years on 🗳️ @adampayne26.bsky.social and @siennarodgers.bsky.social join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to react to Burnham's victory, then Conservative peer Lord Elliott reflects on Brexit 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/03LI...

🚨 New podcast episode! I spoke to top colleagues @siennarodgers.bsky.social and @adampayne26.bsky.social about Burnham’s landslide victory, what it means for Labour and Starmer, and what happens next - listen here:

A Burnham landlside - what next? Plus: Brexit 10 years on

The Rundown by PoliticsHome · Episode

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the only "2fa" i wanna deal with is 2 fuckin' 'amburgers

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Can local news stop social media misinformation? 🗞️ @jamiegollings.bsky.social of the SMF, former Tory minister John Penrose, & News Media Association's Theo Bamber join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss what government can do to harness local journalism 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/42eabd

“I’m not very political”, one woman in a Marshall and Millions shirt told us. “Apart from the Tommy marches”. @bengartside.bsky.social and I dip into the world of pro-dog activists for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...

The women standing by their XL Bullies

Thousands are rallying against the ban, and the government that passed it

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Team Burnham is increasingly confident that the Manchester mayor will win in Makerfield — then what? @siennarodgers.bsky.social goes inside the final week of campaigning, and explores what comes next: When Burnham pulls the trigger on replacing Starmer, and the figures who could serve in his No 10

Andy Burnham: The Makerfield Campaign, The Aftermath And His Prep For Government

Andy Burnham supporters are increasingly optimistic about Makerfield. Sienna Rodgers explores what comes after the by-election

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Well, at least one person still reads Tom Harris columns I see

Was looking for some new bedding and came across this £11,000 duvet - I mean, what am I meant to do with this information? Eleven grand for a duvet? www.thewhitecompany.com/uk/Eiderdown...

While Northern Irish leftists looked to movements overseas for guidance, their unionist foes were doing the same, meeting with leaders from South Africa, Israel, and across the American South.

Country-Fried Ulster | Oliver Eagleton

Northern Ireland wants to emulate the worst parts of Texas—and the American South more broadly.

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Pleased to announce the 2nd year of the Lord Cormack Fellowship. This year we are providing two (paid) places for aspiring journalists on our unique editorial and political journalism programme at the heart of Westminster: totalpoliticsgroup.bamboohr.com/careers/91

The House Magazine’s Lord Cormack Fellowship

Lord Cormack Fellowship 2026 Total Politics Group is proud to announce the return of the Lord Cormack Fellowship, a paid editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliame...

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🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Does rugby league hold the key to Andy Burnham's success? 🏉 MPs @charlotte2153.bsky.social & Jade Botterill & historian Anthony Broxton join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & @adampayne26.bsky.social to discuss how rugby league connects with the politics of place 🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/42865a