There was even a gay bar under the Ritz in the Second World War, the Pink Sink.

Charles Moore seems marooned from a different era. He also seems to have done no preparation. But then he defended Owen Paterson.

Oh my Lordy Lordy

Good idea

Breaking: Labour will force a debate on mad, unravelling, Conservative plans for RAF Scampton. They will have to explain why they are costing Lincoln £300 million of private investment for a plan they know, the NAO knows, and we know, won't work. 1/2

Still Waiting by Tom Chaplin is still one of my favourite songs.

New YouGov poll for Sky News reveals that 71% of 2019 Tory voters don't trust the party to keep its promises.

There's no coming back from that.

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-vot…

@Timesradio. Former Tory pollster Andrew Cooper talking complete sense on why you shouldn’t vote #Conservative at the next election

Leader of the House seems to say that she will announce next week a date for a debate on the long awaited motion for a risk based exclusion policy for MPs arrested on or charged with sexual or violent offences. Finally!

Why won’t the government answer the simple question of whether Cameron stands recused from any aspect of his job by virtue of his previous or existing financial interests - yes or no?
Isn’t a refusal to answer a breach of the ministerial code?

This is an object lesson to other politicians who don't know the answer to a question. Be honest. Well done to Darren Jones MP.

Chris Bryant: Fascinating to see that there's 4x as many Ministers as Tory Backbenchers... so why is the govt still refusing to publish the details of David Cameron's financial interests... & if he's had to recuse himself b/c of previous involvement with the Chinese state..?

There are four times as many ministers in the commons today as backbench Tory MPs

Labour lead at 25 points in this week's YouGov poll for The Times

CON 20 (-1)
LAB 45 (+1)
LIB DEM 9 (+1)
REF UK 13 (-1)
GRN 7 (-1)

Fieldwork 23 - 24 April

Thursday morning update ⬇️

Watch LIVE: Louise Haigh announces Labour’s plan to fix Britain’s railways and put passengers first twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Absolutely right

Wow the Labour Party Conference Business Day tickets sold out in 24 hours!

Labour says it expects to renationalise most passenger rail services in England within five years, if it is elected.

Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman had more details on #BBCBreakfast

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

'I'll fix our broken railways with simpler tickets and better value fares'

Louise Haigh writes for Mirror Politics

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…