Natalie Elphicke’s constituents would have been scratching their heads yesterday (defection day) when they received the latest mail from their new Labour MP - lauding Rishi Sunak and criticising Keir Starmer as having “no plan”!

EXC: Labour’s chief whip expressed reservations about allowing Natalie Elphicke to join the party ahead of her defection amid concerns about the fallout in the PLP

thetimes.co.uk/article/b98566…

This document released by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal today shows how the PSNI routinely trawled the phone data of journalists to trace their contacts. They called it a “defensive operation”. WTAF?

EXC: family of Angela Thiamphanit - who was murdered in Central London- have revealed “chilling” messages with who they believe was her alleged killer posing as her on Airbnb

They claim the Police missed several chances to stop the ‘Westminster killer’ before he fled the country

Its a great privilege to interview parents campaigning for change after the preventable death of a child. Here's my bit on speaking out. And how, I think, any kind of reaction is ok after unimaginable loss that most of us, thankfully, will never face⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/we-sho…

UPDATE - Chris Cash taught English in China before moving back to UK to study and job in Parliament. Times reveals his alleged accomplice is a young father who met his wife in China and also taught there [economics in case of co-accused Chris Berry]. thetimes.co.uk/article/chris-…

BREAKING Chris Cash, the Parliamentary aide accused of spying for China, is to been charged with espionage offences. He will appear in mags court on Friday. He will face charges alongside Christopher Berry.

Any story with the sub head “sex, drugs and a drunk dog” is worth your time. This by Billy Kenber about alleged behaviour of Tory MP Mark Menzies is really quite something ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…

Revealed: Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’

thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…

Enough political correctness! (I thought, lugging nearly 50 childhood treasured Enid Blytons back from Australia for my daughter to enjoy)

On second thoughts….. perhaps some things are better left in the past! 👀 ⬇️

“It’s a wild story”, a contact said of a Gibraltar public inquiry. They weren’t wrong. Cops arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence, claims the government has improperly induced witnesses, + alleged fraud at heart of govt. My dispatch from the Rock ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/16f813…

BREAKING NEWS: The Princess of Wales tonight reveals in a moving and deeply personal video message that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing “preventative chemotherapy” but has told her three children: “I am well and getting stronger every day”

Here's a vintage example of FOI vandalism I've been dealing with.

The department: David Cameron’s Foreign Office.
The subject: David Cameron’s lobbying career.

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🧵Nearly a year ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

Want to know just how intrusive Meta's data reach really is? Matilda Davies has the answer in this brilliant piece - sinister stuff that every Facebook user should read, with tips to stop them tracking you quite so much ⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/meta-u…

What a difference 5 years make. There was a bizarre and hysterical reaction against my investigation into #pubertyblockers in 2019.
Today, the NHS confirms what the whistleblowers have been saying all along: there is not enough evidence on the safety of these drugs.

As Notts police in special measures, here’s my Sat mag piece in which mothers of students Barnaby and Grace detail alleged failings in stabbing investigation, poor treatment by authorities + how family liaison officers were removed when they spoke out ⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/9666c8…

The Times: We’ve lost faith in justice, say stab victims’ mothers #TomorrowsPapersToday

The mothers of Barney Webber + Grace O'Malley-Kumar, fatally stabbed in Notts last year aged just 19, are utterly grief stricken. They are also fighting for justice + want to highlight a litany of failings in the case. My interview for the Sat magazine ⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/9666c8…

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