the reviews of Truss's book have been scathing because the metropolitan elite reviewers didn't realise it should be read upside down

Liberals coming out strongly against the actions of Brussels mayors, who tried to cancel right wing conference, one of whom was a liberal mayor

Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be declining to take a phone call from Rishi Sunak

Sunak announced in the Commons 24 hours ago that they would speak on the phone shortly, that hasn’t happened and there’s no new time for a call

Comes after RAF pilots defended Israel at the weekend

good news for the NHS budget

Charlie is just great at these portraits, as everyone who sits for him says afterwards

Gordon Brown says the rich don't give enough to charity. Random FT commenter disagrees... ft.com/content/7c0fb9…

I am happy to rule out her running successfully for Tory leader again.

an interview with Gordon Brown ft.com/content/7c0fb9…

Very interesting op-ed by Emile Hokayem اميل الحكيّم on Iran's attack ft.com/content/d9275a…

Unfortunate adjective of the day bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

This is a great point, if you forget the bit in 2008 where America elected an opponent of the Iraq war as president.

NEW: Rwanda’s state-owned airline RwandAir turned down a UK government proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali last year because it feared damaging its brand
W/ William Wallis FT 1/3
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EXC - Fmr Chief Inspector of Prisons tells #Newsnight govt plans to build more jails “utterly bonkers”, saying even if they spend £4bn on new places, they can’t spend fast enough to keep pace with rising jail population - currently at 88,926 (full capacity Eng & Wales 88,890). 1/