Francis Eldergill

One of our own! Ballon D'or WINNER!!!! Sir Harry Kane

Number crunching: Royal Mail From the latest Private Eye, out now.

NEW | Have I Got Barely Any Views For You… THE AMOL RAJAN DISCONNECTION The former BBC big name’s big mistake is thinking that being well-known equates to be being well-liked. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-amol-r...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

We’ve made Oxford Street traffic-free – and that’s just the start. Soon there’ll be green spaces for arts and music too | Sadiq Khan

Torsten Slok's charts show AI's bullwhip in motion. The tip cracks and the body moves fast, but the handle, the S&P 493, doesn't budge. (1/4)

@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Incredible. Student List are candidates selected by groups of students to form an anti-corruption party. Another youth-led movement overthrowing an authoritarian government in Europe.

Musk is panicking about his recent anti-Ukraine moves following bi-partisan demands to bring his business under scrutiny, and perhaps control.

General Election Nowcast - 25/10/26: LAB: 327 (-84) | 28.3% (Maj. of 4) CON: 125 (+4) | 21.1% LDM: 66 (-6) | 9.3% RFM: 52 (+47) | 21.9% SNP: 38 (+29) | 2.7% PLC: 8 (+4) | 1.0% GRN: 7 (+3) | 8.9% RES: 1 (+1) | 3.7% Oth: 7 (+2) | 2.9% electionmaps.uk/nowcast

Obama rallies rapturous Michigan crowd for El-Sayed: ‘He’ll finish the job we started’

‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glass

NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos 📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament 📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025 📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens down 5

Another one.

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 30% (+1) RFM: 22% (-2) CON: 20% (=) GRN: 10% (+1) LDM: 9% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @opiniumresearch.bsky.social, 21-23 Oct. Changes w/ 7-9 Oct.

Just a reminder for Elon et al

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

Tottenham stun Chelsea for second league win in a week as Cole Palmer is sent off

Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom"

“a distinctly British approach to artificial intelligence”

Mark Carney on Elon Musk crippling Ukraine’s Starlink: “I search for the right adjective to describe whoever took this decision… against a country that is literally fighting for the lives of its citizens against naked aggression."

This new report today with my NYT colleague Anton Troianovski follows up on our earlier reporting this month on the Lukoil deal that would bring financial benefits to business partners of the Witkoff and Trump families. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Dogs tells his owner his blind friend deserves a treat first.. 🥺 They are the best.. 😊

Power of music

Hey everyone, gather around! Elon Musk, the trillionaire defense contractor currently spending >$400m on political campaigns to prop up the party of a deeply unpopular president who launched the Iran War has some thoughts about Ukraine, elites, and money in politics.

🆕 It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world 💥 Are we actually already at war? 🤡 Who are the allies and who the foes? 🏳️ What does victory look like? With @sturdyalex.bsky.social @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social & @snellarthur.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4IVh... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Clinton: “Trump is a willing Putin puppet to help Putin. Putin's not going to stop with Ukraine. “I guess Trump has this idea that he wants to divide the world. “He gets the Western Hemisphere, Putin gets Russia and Europe, and Xi Jinping gets the rest of the world.”

remember this next time you hear the phrase "Russia hoax"

Chaos in Washington The new Private Eye is out now.

Morning.

2020: Matt Hancock, "We've tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes" 2026: Baroness Hallett, "The claim that a so called protective ring has be thrown around care homes right from the start was unfounded. The adult social care sector appeared to be something of an after thought"

New Ipsos poll has the Democrats leading by 12 points in a generic ballot poll and Trump's approval down to 31%. If you're wondering why he's being particularly vile at the moment.

In troubled times Trump’s attempt to sue the BBC ... which is backfiring on him quite spectacularly... brings both hope and amusement newrepublic.com/post/216805/...

Go to your camera roll, search “boat,” then post a picture of a boat you like.

Tumble weed across legacy media about ITV's exposé of Reform. Can you imagine the hysteria if an SNP councillor advocated for concentration camps or a Muslim Labour candidate said he wants to shoot MPs he considers traitors? The Mail front pages, Telegraph thinkpieces, and somber Today interviews?

My critics think speaking fluently is vital for fee-paying pupils, but not for anyone else. Here’s why I reject that | Lucy Powell

A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv killed a 21-year-old woman and injured eight overnight on Oct. 18. Ukraine again received NO early warning from the US, as Russian strikes intensify ahead of winter and pressure mounts over intelligence sharing. www.kyivpost.com/post/87466

No more waiting for the green signal. In one week, the Oxford Street pedestrianisation begins. More space. Less traffic. Our nation's high street deserves no less.

“A beautiful deal”, "a rotten fish" and a very long journey back to Russia. My reflections on a dramatic week. And Valentina has sent me a present. #ReadingRussia

Women grow up and work in a world designed without them. That’s still changing too slowly and governments listen to our voices too rarely. I’m proud that Labour is tackling misogyny and bringing the change we deserve. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

anti-immigration guy threatens to emigrate

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Spine www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This week I joined Breast Cancer Now in Parliament to #WearItPink. You can show your support by wearing something pink next Friday. Find out more at wearitpink.org

Goth bumblebee just dropped

To nobody's surprise, Trump has suspended the implementation of the sanctions against Russia foreseen under the Lindsey Graham bill, alleging "national interest" reasons. The bill's critics warned about the excessive discretion granted to the president.

Why is a retired banjo playing, public school nepo-baby on the BBC's flagship Newsnight commenting on the Red Wall? And why no mention that: Winston Marshall only has a political platform because his Dad is billionaire Paul Marshall... owner of GB NEWS and the Spectator.