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“I always think of it a bit like a date” Sophie Ellis-Bextor - one of the pop world’s greatest performers - on performing Listen here to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/4ocK...

Beautiful Kenwood on Hampstead Heath. London has so much to offer. What a privilege to live here.

Difficult to imagine Reform having a worse summer. Their decline is relentless.

**NEW** Sir Anthony Seldon on Prime Ministers - including Burnham, Starmer, Johnson, Blair and Thatcher - leadership, education and contemporary history. open.spotify.com/episode/3dWm...

A front page apparently with no sense of irony

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**NEW** Here is a fabulous podcast for your weekend. Sir Anthony Seldon on what qualities a Prime Minister needs. What set Thatcher and Blair apart of modern PMs. What he makes of Andy Burnham. And the need for joy in learning. open.spotify.com/episode/3dWm...

The most obvious difference between Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage is that Burnham is positive and Farage is negative.

Andy Burnham repositioning Labour as the party of the working class again puts Nigel Farage and Reform at risk of becoming increasingly politically redundant.

Friday night treat at Bettys in Harrogate ahead of interviewing Anthony Horowitz in front of a thousand people tomorrow morning at the Tbeakston Crime Writing Festival in the morning

**NEW** Here is a fabulous podcast for your weekend. Sir Anthony Seldon on what qualities a Prime Minister needs. What set Thatcher and Blair apart of modern PMs. What he makes of Andy Burnham. And the need for joy in learning. open.spotify.com/episode/3dWm...

Does this site work? What’s your view of it? Does it have much impact on the news? I’ve found far more engagement on Threads. X is a sewer but seems still to have far bigger influence on British politics than Bluesky or Threads.

Of course there are going to be naysayers and nitpickers, but recognising that the cost of living is a crisis and actually doing something about it represents a refreshing start by Andy Burnham as Prime Minister.

Quite funny Nigel Farage calling for a general election and claiming Andy Burnham has no mandate when he isn’t even an MP and is locked in an electoral struggle with a bin.

Kevin Keegan wasn’t only a genius as a player - twice European footballer of the year and a star for both club and country - he brought joy as a manager through the style he encouraged at Newcastle. He was a great personality who will be hugely missed. RIP.

Don’t underestimate how good it is to beat France, let alone score six against arguably the most talented side in the world. And in Jude Bellingham we have an unbelievable talent and a true leader. The future’s bright for England.

Jude Bellingham is a sensational football player.

Reform in free fall

The person who has done far more than anyone else to damage trust in American democracy is Donald Trump.

Could we just pause for a moment to reflect on the fact that a couple of weeks ago Nigel Farage was literally calling for a general election. Now he’s embroiled in a by-election against a bin.