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Latest pic of Keir Starmer pretending no one had their hand up to ask a question - at his No10 press conference this morning. Chancellor Rachel Reeves isn't afraid to take questions from reporters not on the list aides give ministers in advance. What is the PM worried about?

After Mykonos and Tinos, nearly time to move on to Syros….for the first time!

No better place to read this; no better book to read in this place. Fond memories of the remarkable Peter Levi at ⁦Pembroke College⁩ in mid-1970s…. I wish I’d realised then just how remarkable!

I’m 68 and retired. My grandchildren are too young to work. Most of your MPs haven’t done a day’s real work in their lives. And you don’t even have a backbone. Probably best not to be so self-servingly sanctimonious.

The bail conditions apparently include "never" using a phone or laptop. These are the actions of a Police State –– this is Starmer's Britain.

Keith Starmer sacked/deselected Sam Tarry for the unforgivable "crime" of standing on a picket line with striking rail workers. And replaced him with Jas Athwal, a slum landlord. "Only the best of the best deserve to be Labour MPs", said Starmer. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Farewell, Tinos. Our ferry to Syros awaits…. Nearly!

"I blame the scapegoats," says Labour MP! It would be laughable, if it were not so sickening.

Slum landlord Jas Athwal - the biggest landlord in Parliament - has hit the headlines for his atrocious treatment of his tenants. But how did he become an MP in the first place? A 🧵on a major case of Labour corruption.

Dinner on the beach. In Syros….

David Evans’s time as Labour General Secretary was ridden with attacks on members’ rights, corrupt selection processes and the misuse of online voting system, Anonyvoter. The new General Secretary must stand up for members’ rights and due process within the Party. 🌹

I’m guessing he’s looking forward to a comfy seat in the House of Lords. Or a senior role in the Civil Service 😀 Or a prison cell?

From Mykonos -> Tinos -> Syros -> Andros (tomorrow). But first a stop amid the marvellous architecture of Ermoupoli….

Britain Unravelled, a new weekly show hosted by Chris Williamson, is coming soon! You'll be able to watch it here, and on other platforms. The first episode, on August's race riots with Lowkey, drops this week. Stay tuned!

Can you imagine how many condemnatory front pages Corbyn would be on if he ever got near saying something as racist as this. But Blair will be back in the media very shortly with positive framing, allowing him to make one of his weekly “rare interventions”

Me in my favourite t-shirt (as featured in a panicked New York Post story which ripped off my photo without permission)