“No one saw this coming.”

As Conservative MP Dr Dan Poulter announces he is defecting to Labour, The Spectator’s James Heale says Labour can “congratulate themselves” for “pulling off quite an audacious coup”.

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James Heale | @AyeshaHazarika

“He’s scrabbling around for support from a range of people who he’s spent the last number of years insulting.”

Alba Party Westminster leader Neale Hanvey assures @AyeshaHazarika he gets “absolutely no pleasure” from the troubles of the SNP.

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“I'm fed up of saying it's been an extraordinary week in Scottish politics, I seem to be saying it every week for the last year.”

John Boothman tells @AyeshaHazarika some potential candidates for SNP leader are lining up in case Humza Yousaf falls.

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“They don’t understand how the government has accepted to receive asylum seekers from a rich country like the UK.”

Some people in Rwanda are “angry” with the government for accepting Rishi Sunak’s deal, Rwandan MP Victoire Ingabire tells @AlexisConran.

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“October 7 was essentially Israel’s 9/11.”

“If Israel were to stop fighting, October 7 would happen again”, says The Sunday Times’s Hadley Freeman on #TimesRadio .

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@HugoRifkind

“Do I think there has been discussion about the prospects of there being an early election? Yes...Do I think that will happen? Not really.”

@CazJWheeler says she doesn’t believe the rumours that Rishi Sunak will call a general election next week.

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“You could see just how much he was enjoying getting out in the public again.”

It’s a “positive sign” that King Charles’s first engagement since announcing his cancer diagnosis is in the diary for next week, says @SarahHewsonTV on #TimesRadio .

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“It’s unbelievable that it's May next week, it just doesn’t feel like it.”

“Really cold, dry air” from the Arctic is to blame for the “wind chill” in the UK, says meteorologist Dr Helen Hooker.

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@Hooker_Helen | Calum Macdonald | @ChloeTilley | #TimesRadio

“The bottom line is, Humza Yousaf is on very shaky ground here.”

Humza Yousaf’s political future is “no longer in his hands” as he faces two votes of no confidence, explains The Daily Record’s Chris McCall.

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Chris McCall | @ChloeTilley | Calum Macdonald

“Camilla actually, is the key to the King’s good behaviour because she is certainly going to make sure he rests enough and doesn’t overdo it”.

Royal biographer and commentator Ingrid Seward commends the King’s “strength”.

Carole Walker

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“And I think that would really make him a little angry”.

Colin Seymour, drag artist who performs under the name Crystal, explains donating Laurence Fox damages 'to charities' that focus on tackling homophobia and racism.

#TimesRadio | Carole Walker

The King will shortly return to public-facing duties following treatment for his cancer diagnosis, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The King and Queen will make a joint visit to a cancer treatment centre on Tuesday.

Kate Mansey gives her live analysis.

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“I want to remove the entire Scottish government.”

Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross tells #TimesRadio  he will support Scottish Labour's motion of no confidence in the government.

Douglas Ross MP MSP | @AlexisConran

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“We’re all completely losing the plot!”

@JonCulshaw, @RoryBremner and @NerineSkinner engage in a ‘three-way Trump off’.

Matt Chorley

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“It's pretty much over for Mr. Yousaf. He could be gone before today is out.”

Things “couldn’t be worse” for the SNP, Andrew Neil tells #TimesRadio .

@AFNeil | Matt Chorley

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“It would be a suicidal thing to do in political terms.”

The government would be 'off its head' to call a summer election, David Davis tells Matt Chorley, and suggests it could be held in December.

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“They are dumbfounded. It’s inexplicable that he’s got himself into this position”.

SNP senior figures say Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf “might not even make it” to the vote of no confidence next Wednesday, says John Boothman.

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@RoseWright99

“I don’t think he has what it takes to be the first minister of Scotland.”

Humza Yousaf could “decide he’s had enough and resign”, says former chief press officer for Lord McConnell Susan Dalgety.

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Susan Dalgety | Calum Macdonald | #TimesRadio

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds blames the SNP for having “squandered” their powers amid fallout with the Greens #TimesRadio .

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@JReynoldsMP | Calum Macdonald