Literary proff John Mullan said the other day that she was the "cool" star of Fitzwilliam in the days when he and Burnham were there (Mullan was a tutor at the point). (View Post)

Depressing there is so much comment online about Burnham's wife. Leave her alone. Her life is going to be hard enough as it is what with the constant threat and 24-hour security all over them an… (View Post)

Hugo Gye @HugoGye NEW No10 under Burnham is declining to commit to a number of key policies under way from the Starmer govt, including: *The handover of the Chagos Islands *Plans to reduce the number… (View Post)

Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah It is “highly unusual” for a Russian warship to conduct a live-fire exercise close to the UK coast, a defence source says. This raises the very real possibility that the… (View Post)

Rachel Wolf @racheljanetwolf Leaving aside the funding of a VAT cut, I think the politics are dicey for two reasons. First, bills will probably rise from today's point even with the VAT cut. Red… (View Post)