Jon Loveridge

And how long before the reduction in net migration is rightly called out as a drag? Consistent self harm

Jon reexamines Trump's 2024 campaign promise, "Trump is for you," and who the "YOU" really is

A useful thing that the OBR might do but which the government probably can’t: a nice long section clarifying the costs of the Iran war on the British economy and public finances.

Only 46% of Conservative voters and 51% of Reform votes would stay out of the EU. What a colossal waste of time and money the last 10-years has been. Vandalism by sections of society that were frankly, either too comfortable and bored or understandably desperate.

Amazing for Kane. What an absolutely fantastic career he’s had

Just heard Hunt on the radio saying Labour needs to "put the economics before the politics" in the Budget. The bloke who created an unaffordable cut in National Insurance prior to the election, which he knew the Tories would lose. Utter charlatan.

Perhaps editors/think tank board members/politicians handing out patronage should not listen to champions of manifest policy errors, let alone promote them.

As the net immigration figures continue to reduce, people will either not care, not notice or even more grimly, suggest the figures are faked. All the while the economy is negatively impacted. A centre left government will never win in this way. You have to make the argument

Chaos in Washington The new Private Eye is out now.

At a presidential debate in 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested Donald Trump was a “puppet” to the Russian president willing to “spout the Putin line.”

This is a masterpiece of a chart. Well done @theboysmithy.ft.com and @amyborrett.ft.com. Take some time to understand it. Jealous

The line seemingly being taken by Trump and the AFD now is Zelenskyy “doesn’t want” peace. Which when you might criticise him for not accepting concessions or not surrendering - an accusation of not wanting peace just seems utterly absurd. Just increasingly shameful

A journalist asks Zelensky whether he thinks that Trump is treating him as a scapegoat for his own problems. And Zelensky responds.

All fun and games with Katie Zacharia and I’ve little sympathy for her ruining her career. But in Trump and his team, this is who the world is forced to listen to on issues like Iran, Ukraine, AI etc yet this is the due diligence they are capable of or care to do?! A total joke

Ruprecht, eat your apple sauce

It's amazing how Hunt keeps popping up on the media as the wise old greybeard of the Exchequer, and is absolutely never questioned on his own disastrous - and highly partisan - choices in that job.

Badenoch's spokesman also said: “Quite frankly, the people who want to get upset about this should be upset more about the fact that the net zero is costing us £500bn." This is also incorrect. The £487bn CCC estimate was from 2020. Its most recent estimate for net zero puts the total at £110bn.

When you stop to consider why it is that Trump doesn’t ever seem to be over any of the detail of the things he should be, the answer isn’t any more complex than he’s more interested in TV news and nonsense on social media

'Immigration isn't an issue, it's a weapon.' @mrjamesob.bsky.social questions why some media outlets and politicians are 'so obsessed' with asylum seekers and refugees.

Polish prime minister not pulling his punches

Sometimes it doesn’t really feel like he’s trying as hard as he used to

the caption that tells you everything you need to know

Today let’s remember the UK right’s collective adoration of Donald Trump. They championed him, said he was far better than the alternative, that he would deliver a New Jerusalem while owning the Libs. As with every other major call of the last 20 years, they were totally and unequivocally wrong.

Jenrick last year: Immigrants aren’t integrating Jenrick this year: Second generation immigrants can’t be English If you are taking both of these positions, I don’t think it’s hard to really see what’s at the route of all of this

This is absolutely damning. A must-read.

Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.

The problem with men like this is - and it’s almost always men - is they see everything as a problem to solve, something to optimise. Some things just don’t need analysing or solving. They are simply there to experience

Shifting from using pensions as estate planning to using property 😩

Kemi Badenoch takes on Suella Braverman and Reform over Englishness:

Welcome to the serious fiscal responsibility party, where we believe that what the United Kingdom needs is its own version of the Iron Dome.

There will never be enough quality candidates for a rightwing party if you make it a condition for entry that you sign up to a position that almost everyone earning above 70k disagrees with:

Policies that support childcare universally, will lead to working age mothers to have more choices around their careers and deal with tax cliff edges to build a more equitable tax system, wherever they occur, are good policies, regardless of who comes up with them or what the narrative might seem

This is a sensible policy and the kind of thing a non-insane Tory party might normally want to do more of

I do enjoy the weekly "what the fuck is Matthew Syed wittering about now" session.

New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer

Argh. I get it, truly. But don't do it. Pay in *something*, anything

The dumbest of dumb hills to die on. God only knows what motivates anyone to talk like this

Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”