Alice Lilly

The Spurs fan quoted on the bbc liveblog as saying “I’d rather roll in stinging nettles” has absolutely sent me

I’m wondering if a manager has ever just walked out at half time

Sorry but the football is, crucially, very funny

And has a bit of panache about it!

This is fair

Assume FIFA is already looking at sponsorship opportunities

‘Good news! You’re going to be Special Envoy for the *spins dial* Trebuchet of *throws dart at map* the Great Lakes’

Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas definitely sounds like a real and important thing, absolutely, 100%, much shield very envoy such important wow

My husband's review of Leeds when we first moved there: "it's just roads"

More Ministers To Be Paid Under Payroll Reforms Exclusive: The number of paid ministerial roles is to increase as part of new government reforms to be announced on Thursday.

This is interesting - on the one hand, makes sense given how much is expected of ministers in the Lords (who don't have a base salary, just an allowance)

But I do think this is a failing to be more innovative about what ministers are for...

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Wow some nice checks and balances you have there, sure would be a shame if the people tasked with being the checks and the balances weren’t willing to do it

If a member of Congress thinks war with Iran is so great, they should introduce an AUMF, vote for it, and own that decision.

But simply allowing the executive to usurp Congress's war powers is a complete abdication of constitutional responsibility.

(War with Iran is a bad idea even if authorized.)

Casework Crisis: Increase In Constituency Caseload Takes Its Toll The inexorable growth in casework is stopping MPs from fulfilling their other roles. Alice Lilly sifts through the inbox looking for what might be ...

(Problems in different bits of the state definitely feeding through to MPs- wrote something about this issue recently www.politicshome.com/news/article... )

Women in Westminster Women in Westminster

Fantastic to see both of the brilliant @emmanorris.bsky.social and @gemmatetlow.bsky.social recognised in this year's Women in Westminster top 100.

Both are incredibly impressive colleagues and I've learnt so much from them. www.politicshome.com/in-focus/wiw...

Women in Westminster Women in Westminster

Lovely to be named one of this year's 100 'Women in Westminster', and proud to to be alongside such an incredible group of women helping to shape policy and politics for the better.

#wiw100

www.politicshome.com/in-focus/wiw...

🧵1/Tomorrow (4 March), MPs will vote on in-year spending changes the House of Commons Library calls “significant by historical standards”. Through the Supplementary Estimates, the Government is seeking an extra £36.9bn (+6.8%) in day-to-day spending.

Elizabeth I:

Trump vs Iran: Is the UK ready for war? | Institute for Government Sir Alex Younger, former head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), joins us to discuss what the US strikes on Iran mean for global security.

🎧 Essential listening this week as Sir Alex Younger - former MI6 chief - joins the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast to talk Trump, Iran, Starmer, law, war and much more.

Plus: The IfG verdict of Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...

Again, a (rhetorical) question: if this were not 25th amendment territory: what on earth *would* be?

You can't analyse this stuff. It's the foreign policy equivalent of free jazz.

what is there even left to say at this point about the presidency, congress, the cabinet, the constitution... any of it?

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Says quite a bit about the differences between the two systems that the UK Prime Minister is giving a full statement to Parliament on the weekend's events while the US President's attitude towards Congress is...

Rhun ap Iorwerth on stage at the IfG

Starting now Rhun ap Iorwerth is speaking on stage at the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk stream online via the link below

An image for an IfG event In conversation with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Leader of Plaid Cymru

Our in conversation with @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social, Leader of Plaid Cymru, will be starting in 10 minutes.

Watch the livestream and submit your questions via Slido www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/rhun-a...

EVENT| In conversation with Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Leader of Plaid Cymru

📆Mon 2 March, 12:30–13:30

Join us to hear @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social discuss the 2026 Senedd election, his plan for government, and
@plaidcymru.bsky.social's vision for Wales.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/rhun-a...

Screenshot from the FT app with a headline reading ‘what to pack in your SOS kit: 12 emergency essentials for when an adventure goes awry’

Good morning to the FT, I guess

Dydd Gŵyl Totteringham Hapus, pawb!

Well as we all know, if there’s an organisation that carefully observes and thinks through the implications of major geopolitical events, it’s FIFA