Looking forward to Tuesday morning's chat with the boss class:
'What you going to write about this week?'
'There's this thing call Brexit and this bloke called Boris'
'You ever done that before?'
'Nah'
(not for a ****ing fortnight, anyway...)

Commuters of the world rejoice

A reminder that you can't have Brexit, what the DUP want and no hard border on the island of Ireland. You can only ever have two of the three. Time for Sunak to choose...

Unpopular opinion possibly but as a broadcaster Mark Chapman is on a different level to Lineker. Give him MOTD permanently.

Looking forward to ignoring my inbox for the next 6 hours and then going SHIFT+ DELETE on every damn PR email

Ageing well...

Top Tim Shipman read on the red wall - featuring James Johnson's research for Onward:

'Conservative 2019 voters who have switched to Labour are much more likely to take a negative view of immigration than the average Conservative voter.'

thetimes.co.uk/article/will-v…

I don’t understand why Lineker can’t just accept the restriction. Why is it of vital importance that the world hear his political views (which are if anything over-represented on Twitter)?

This will be a must read for politicos. Rob has forgotten more than most people know about political TV

And lo it came to pass that the Brexit trilogy did have an ending. Book coming in a few months...
Pre-order here: amazon.co.uk/Brexit-3-Tim-S…

“There’s no point in waiting for silence - the honourable gentleman will not get silence. Produce your voice, Mr Hughes!”

RIP to Betty Boothroyd, one of the great Speakers of the Commons

Stand by spy fans. The best new spy novelist is doing Russia with that tricky second album. This will be thriller dynamite

Sunak on the Brexit deal. Boris shouts 'Fuck the Americans!' The PM's blazing row with the DUP. Leaked legal advice. The King. All to be found in the Sunday Times political long read here: thetimes.co.uk/article/angry-…

This is terrific news and rights one of the most terrible wrongs I have seen in my time covering politics. Hopefully a fast track to a safe seat and the front bench will follow

Watch more from Tim Shipman and Ayesha Hazarika here:

youtu.be/MM39rootSqI

All the best lines from the Rishi Sunak interview on his Brexit deal

thetimes.co.uk/article/d02b53…

EXC 4: Johnson wants Sunak to pass the NI Protocol Bill. BUT legal advice Boris got in 2019 warns it can only be a 'temporary' and if EU goes to court: “the UK would have an international law obligation under the WA to comply with any ruling of the CJEU” thetimes.co.uk/article/angry-…