This is extraordinary & very serious

Jake Berry MP says there were “multiple breaches of the Ministerial Code” by Suella Braverman MP inc “documents on cybersecurity”

Rishi Sunak what security warnings did you ignore when you reappointed Home Secretary?

Kate McCann Harry Cole

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So. Yesterday, this person claimed, “I’m Jewish and I’ll use the term globalist over and over.”

Her argument is that the term isn’t antisemitic since there actually is a global conspiracy of a few people controlling the world.

Here’s what happened next.

I'm genuinely fascinated by all the 'Labour should be worried about Sunak' pieces just months after the 'Labour should be worried abt Truss' ones. So similar in structure too 'evidence of steely persona + past difficulty mastered + well they've made it this far so must be good.'

Could almost be January 2014 in Kyiv

I don’t think this tweet would have been put out by a government department before 2019. I wonder if Jill Rutter agrees?

My latest post for Comment is Freed, on how the coming of winter is shaping the strategy of both sides. Includes discussion of 'dirty bombs' issue, and nuclear deterrence. samf.substack.com/p/general-wint…

India’s government says that “the nuclear option should not be resorted to by any side”. Neglects to point out that Ukraine *has no nuclear option* other than in the fevered imagination of the Kremlin.

Of all the many delusions that have gripped British politics, this is perhaps the most destructive. It's what I call 'The Tinkerbell Theory of History' - and it's carrying us down the road to ruin. [THREAD] 1/13

From Lawrence Freedman - chilling but quite plausible:

'[Mobilised Russians] have been used as disposable soldiers, good only for one attack before dead, wounded or surrendered.

'The Human Rights Act is Moby Dick to Raab’s Captain Ahab'.

The excellent David Allen Green on the Return of Dominic Raab to the Ministry of Justice, and what it might mean for the Human Rights Act.

Hard to articulate just how far Germany's star in EU has fallen. In Bxl & EU capitals, Berlin is seen to be on wrong side of every important debate - weapons to Ukraine, more fiscal solidarity in Europe, energy market interventions etc. It's even affected bilateral Fr-Ger ties 1/

There’s no doubt we are facing tough economic times. Maybe even, as @rishisunak called it, “a profound economic crisis”.
But is it really that big? Is he going too far? And how much of the bad stuff can be laid at the door of Liz Truss?
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Jeez. This is one of the most depressing things I’ve read in a whole, from Duncan Weldon via Derek Thompson’s newsletter.

I’m so glad that I’m not teaching Public / Constitutional Law since I had no idea that breaking the ministerial code simply meant that you leave the cabinet for a week! The next time any Minister fancies a quick holiday they should leak some confidential materials. #Reshuffle

Suella Braverman did not mistakenly leak a meaningless document. She endlessly consulted a maverick. She deliberately emailed a policy doc not yet agreed to her pvt email. Then she sent it to John Hayes and someone she thought was his wife. Then lied to PM about when it was sent

Rishi Sunak has undermined his pledge of 'integrity' just hours into his premiership by reappointing Suella Braverman as Home Secretary six days after she was forced to quit in disgrace.

Yvette Cooper says we need a general election now

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Ukraine needs more heavy artillery and more competent airframes.

Every soldier I speak to says the same thing.

If they had the right equipment liberation process would go so much faster and smoother.

The only advantage Russian forces have is quantity of equipment.

Ouch ⁦Nick Cohen⁩ theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

The cabinet secretary Simon Case must be doing his nut about this. “Absolutely disgraceful” is one of the politer messages I’ve had from senior Tories

This is powerful on Sunak from Sunder Katwala: “This will be a source of pride to many British Asians - including many who do not share Rishi Sunak’s Conservative politics. It will be especially meaningful to the first generation of migrants, like my…