new poll just dropped from YouGov

London 2024 mayoral election – Khan 47%, Hall 25%

Seems like a writer for the @Netflix series 'Baby Reindeer' has impeccable taste in news sources.

Saw this and thought it was that billionaire who's trying to live to 200

It is Beltane tomorrow, the beginning of Summer. The fire starts to burn just a little bit brighter. This morning, sunrise on Glastonbury Tor.

🚨🚨I went to Anglesey Freeport, part of Michael Gove’s “unfinished cathedral” of levelling up…you can see that freeports make sense locally, as economic place-making tools, even if OBR says they’ll make no odds nationally/1

on.ft.com/3weodM8

Today of all days, remembering and being grateful for all the blessings I have in life.

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ

Exclusive

Sir Graham Brady has said Tory members should be stripped of their ability to pick the next leader when the party is in government

A leaked recording reveals the 1922 chairman said last week that the current setup is “crazy”.

👇Listen here👇
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

biggest plot twist today was discovering that Alba has three syllables

Cologne cathedral took 632 years to complete

Michael Gove has compared the government’s levelling-up policy to a half-built cathedral, urging critics of the flagship agenda to wait another six years before casting judgment on its progress

Interview by me and Anna Gross with Peter Foster

ft.com/content/d68d96…

can’t get enough of this puddle, always in the same place

“Big ambitions for levelling up UK show only partial progress”
— Jim Pickard 🐋 leads second part of @ft levelling up series with Amy Borrett and me.

Key fact: it’s started as an Boris Johnson soundbite, and took a long time to flesh out.

on.ft.com/3UaGXEk

we’ve done an @ft deep dive on whether Levelling Up has been a success or not

by me with more words from Peter Foster and data by Amy Borrett

ft.com/content/b95087…

can’t get enough of this puddle, always in the same place

I disagree that you dress like Cary Grant. In this thread, I will list some of the ways in which your dress differs and why such important details matter. 🧵

“Can my mate come to the afters, he’s sound don’t worry”

The mate:

Elton's John.