This is not journalism, it's an abject dereliction of the basic responsibilities of a journalist. Owen is not interested in facts, he's interested in quotes that reinforce his worldview, and that of his friends.

He is not prepared to do the basic, minimum, 101 research required…

Thread on the beauty of wildlife 🧵

1. When it’s cold enough to see the melody

If the Scottish Greens are the 'gardening wing' of the SNP, are the Sturgeons the prison wing?

How many manifestos will the Tories be standing on come the next election, one per MP?

Maybe we need to install a climate target 'readiness thermometer' outside of Parliament?

I’m breaking my silence: how are you supposed to wash a sieve

Anyone checked in on Ross recently...

Mark Menzies on the phone at 3am

If you’re curious about the editorial rigour applied to Truss’s book, this quote was dubiously attributed to Rothschild in a 1935 by Gertrude Coogan, a Rothschild-obsessed antisemite who claimed “the World is ruled by the International Money Masters”

The biggest thing is that Blair chose to donate to RBL, which is quite a nice thing to do actually.

Reported advance paid for Prime Ministerial memoirs
Margaret Thatcher in 1993 - £3,500,000 (circa £7.2 million today)

Tony Blair in 2007 - £4,600,000 (circa £7.4 million today, which was donated to the Royal British Legion)

Liz Truss in 2023 - £1512.88.

Working with coauthors is fun!

Liberal Democrats pulling themselves apart over tobacco.

If even backbench Tory MPs are unionised, you should be too.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

No. Never.