slashing welfare so we can afford tax cuts, apparently. We’re entering the realms of parody now

this series has jumped the shark

Not saying the EU commission has noticed there’s a Lab govt coming, just saying here’s some context to Sadiq Khan’s call to bring back free movement for the yoof & if we can’t do this for them after they stayed home to protect the elderly from covid then ffs

What's next in the Iran-Israel standoff with Peter Ricketts, plus me and John Harris arguing about smoking & what drives Liz Truss - all in this week's Guardian Politics Weekly podcast theguardian.com/politics/audio…

V interesting thread on drones (h/t John McTernan) - both Ukraine & Gaza wars feel like they belong to a new technological era whose implications need unpicking (eg Israeli use of AI in targeting)

the best thing an outgoing govt can do is something that feels like a gift to future govts, and stopping 15yos from ever smoking just feels so obviously like one of those theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Me on Liz Truss's astonishing powers of self-belief, and where she could possibly have got them theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Be honest though, an election campaign with LizTruss & Boris Johnson both volunteering to ‘help’ is going to be amazing, though admittedly not for the Tories

And more importantly, nice to have John back too

Could anyone in HE who has gone through a redundancy process or consultation share their experience with me? Heard last week the tsunami is heading our way and I’m feeling completely lost. Solidarity and sympathies to everyone else in this crappy boat.

At least last time the Resolution Foundation ran the country we actually built stuff

There's a budget/audience for Netflix films about Newsnight but increasingly not for actual Newsnight (at least as we knew it) and cannot help but feel uneasy about that

Ruby has broken some terrific stories & I hope another newsroom scoops her up. It’s a tough time in this industry right now

Hilary Cass in her own words, on publication of the review theguardian.com/society/2024/a…