Fascinating political doodle chat on TimesRadio with @mortenmorland.bsky.social @harrywallop.co.uk and Verity Babbs today.
Here are my doodles by Clement Atlee from 1940. Given to me by my father in law whose uncle was a senior civil servant and used to scoop them up after meetings…
Meanwhile the combined “right” vote of Reform and Conservative hits 51%. The combined “left” of Greens, Labour, Lib Dem is at 41%.
🆕 Post spring statement @moreincommonuk.bsky.social voting intention sees Labour fall to our lowest score for them at 21%. Tories at 26% lead Reform by 1.
🌳 CON 26% (+1)
➡️ REF UK 25% (+1)
🌹 LAB 21% (-3)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+1)
🌍 GREEN 7% (-3)
🟡 SNP 2% (-1)
N =2,081 | Dates: 28 - 31/3 | Change w 24/3
Max Boyce, Ivor the Engine, Neil Kinnock, Pobol y Cwm, Tom Jones, Gareth Bale, Fireman Sam…your boys took one hell of a beating!
#England #Wales
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Keir Starmer: We’ll cut the weeds of regulation and let growth bloom
www.thetimes.com/article/20ae...
Wimbledon school crash driver is arrested 17 months on
www.thetimes.com/article/dfb6...
At the Jewish cemetery in Nice, the names of thousands, sent to Nazi camps, are listed outside.
Inside are two urns, one filled with ashes from those killed in the gas chambers. The other, with soap made from human fat.
It does us no good to forget.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #Holocaust
What happened to the Archbishop of Canterbury “rings with what happened to Christ...they are shouting crucify him, crucify him.”
Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin’s bold defence of Justin Welby speaking to Jane Garvey and @figlover.bsky.social on the Off Air podcast.
Axel Rudakubana should, like Moors murderer Ian Brady, have to be “confronted” by his crime, in a prison cell,“for the rest of his life.”
Defence Sec John Healey tells Times Radio why calls for the death sentence, from two Reform MPs, are wrong.
Keir Starmer will give a statement in Downing Street at 8.30am on the Southport stabbings.
It follows the announcement of a public inquiry into the murder of three young girls by teenager Axel Rudakubana.
Listen live on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social
#Southport
Meanwhile, in London…
How does the brilliant @mortenmorland.bsky.social take on the challenge of Donald Trump?
Here’s how…
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Jake Fahri, who served 14 years in jail for the murder of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions, the Probation Service said
Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95, her family has said.
Strikes planned by workers on Avanti West Coast have been suspended for the next two Sundays to allow talks in a dispute over rest day working, the RMT union announced.
Politicians can’t expect cricket to clear up mess they left in Afghanistan - @athersmike.bsky.social for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/0401...
Mood…
There’s nothing about this story that isn’t absolutely horrific…
“Monster species of Sydney funnel-web spider found in Australia”
www.thetimes.com/article/734a...
The universities raising mental health budgets by up to 600%
@kateemccann.bsky.social & @producerollie.bsky.social for @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/7b3b...
What better way to start the day than with Times Radio Breakfast…
Some people REALLY love Wallace and Gromit…
It’s staring them in the face. Why can’t they see it? Just give him the keys…
#MUFC #MUNNEW
Middle classes support VAT on private schools, says Labour…
Comments section of @thetimes.com: “hold my pint…”
www.thetimes.com/article/c1e3...
Merry Christmas one and all…
What a wonderful book by @londonbessie.bsky.social - echoes of Garner, Cooper and Masefield but ultimately and brilliantly Liz Hyder.
And today’s the perfect day to get hold of it.
#WinterSolstice @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social
Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau speaks to @cathynewman.bsky.social on Times Radio.
He says in no way does Gisèle see herself as extraordinary…but so many others are:
