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Steven Swinford
@Steven_Swinford

BREAKING

Scotland Yard has confirmed that Morgan McSweeney reported the theft of his phone to them on October 20 last year

They took down ***the wrong address*** and assumed the offence had taken place in East London rather than Westminster

As a result they could not identify a suspect and the case was closed

The Times has been told officers were 'too busy' to speak to Morgan McSweeney directly about it

Having established the error following the report by The Sun on Sunday they have amended the report

Worth bearing in mind that this was the theft of the phone with the prime minister's number, the number of every cabinet minister, sensitive WhatsApps, messages, emails… you name it . This was NOT an ordinary phone

A grim prognosis from Professor Azeem Ibrahim:

https://x.com/AzeemIbrahim/status/2035361179879547244

Britain is now in accelerated decline - gradual for decades, now at risk of sudden collapse.

My stark verdict: unchecked, UK heading for relative poverty - a deindustrialised, sectarian, indebted island with first-rate pretensions & third-rate power.

I thought the Right viewed the 'relative poverty' metric as a load of cobblers.

Not that kind of relative poverty. The kind where you travel abroad and are shocked that the average standard of living is much better.

So you can call it poverty when comparing with rich foreigners, but not when comparing with richer people in your own country?

Weird distinction.

You have to compare like with like.

"PollCheck
@poll_checker

Senedd Voting Intention:

Plaid Cymru: 33% (-4.0)
Reform UK: 27% (+4.0)
Labour: 13% (+3.0)
Greens: 12% (-1.0)
Conservative: 7% (-3.0)
Liberal Democrats: 5% (=)
Others: 4% (+2.0)

Via: YouGov
MOE: ±2.1%
Field Work: 9 - 18 March changes w/ 13 January 2026

Seats:

PC 42
Ref 29
Lab 13
Grn 11
Con 1"

https://x.com/poll_checker/status/2036511284397584686

I think that underestimates the Reform seat total a bit relative to Plaid now the Senedd vote is pure PR

With 6 member constituencies and a fairly well distributed Plaid and Reform vote, assuming Plaid have considerably evened up their vote by improving their position in the Labour heartlands, it's not difficult to imagine PC vs Reform being a 3 seats to 2 result quite widely across constituencies

"PollCheck
@poll_checker

Senedd Voting Intention:

Plaid Cymru: 33% (-4.0)
Reform UK: 27% (+4.0)
Labour: 13% (+3.0)
Greens: 12% (-1.0)
Conservative: 7% (-3.0)
Liberal Democrats: 5% (=)
Others: 4% (+2.0)

Via: YouGov
MOE: ±2.1%
Field Work: 9 - 18 March changes w/ 13 January 2026

Seats:

PC 42
Ref 29
Lab 13
Grn 11
Con 1"

https://x.com/poll_checker/status/2036511284397584686

I think that underestimates the Reform seat total a bit relative to Plaid now the Senedd vote is pure PR

It's not pure PR. It's D'Hondt in 16 6-member constituencies. So there are still variables relating to vote distribution, and thresholds, that create a lumpy relationship between votes and seats.