Clever. Iran’s foreign minister has said the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” to commercial shipping for the duration of the ceasefire in Lebanon. https://www.ft.com/content/cdb6aaee-3cec-4456-8… (View Post)

Yes, there were more than 40 Tory MPs who would have voted to uphold the ban. I think it would have been north of 100 Tory MPs. They remembered the backlash with the Owen Paterson palaver. (View Post)

By promising not to lie again, a promise he broke within a month. (View Post)

He was working for Goldman Sachs when I met him in 2022. (View Post)

He left the civil service in 2019 and came back in late 2024/early 2025. (View Post)