Jack Blackburn

None of that means that it isn’t a big and important scandal, but cut through is another matter

Purely anecdotal but have mentioned the Mandelson crisis to friends and family today and a fair number of them either didn’t know what I was on about or couldn’t work out why that was a problem for Starmer

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

Amorim-esque

He'll be relieved.

Jeremy Corbyn confirms to the Commons that Mandelson played no role in his Labour leadership

Good to finally end the ambiguity on that one

Keir Starmer needs another 44 days to overtake Rishi Sunak’s stay as PM

Oh no - I shall double down in tomorrow’s column

One piece of good news for Mandelson this week...

I can reveal the council is NOT taking any enforcement action against him for pissing in the street, due to a "lack of evidence"

He'll be relieved.

Jeremy Corbyn confirms to the Commons that Mandelson played no role in his Labour leadership

Good to finally end the ambiguity on that one

In old units, that means he needs to stay on for nearly a Liz Truss.

He'll be fine - 44 days is a sprint compared to a Labour leadership contest

Sir Lindsay Hoyle stood and said: "On this, because it is now a person, not a member of the royal family, it's completely different".

An intervention had been made asking if a bill should be introduced to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

Simon Hoare, who had been handed the intervention, said that "matters relating to that sort of thing are not dealt with" on the Commons floor, but...

The former Prince Andrew is now fair game for discussion in the House of Commons, Mr Speaker has just said.

IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Pre-bagged cut lettuce can last up to three weeks

Suella Braverman rises for #PMQs. Second time in recent weeks that Mr Speaker has called an ex-Tory shortly after their defection. Seems like he loves the drama.

Keir Starmer needs another 44 days to overtake Rishi Sunak’s stay as PM

About to @hugorifkind.bsky.social friend on Times Radio for the next 30 mins…

Not much to talk about, but sure we’ll manage

Goodnight JV

Surely not? After the latest revelations?

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Peter Mandelson’s messages to journalists today have been very Norma Desmond

let's not get too excited. this could easily be about Geoff Hoon or Stephen Byers.

His failure to master the forward defensive probably cost him the war.

This is Haw-Hawism!

Berkmann’s Cricketing Miscellany by Marcus Berkmann review — how cricket stumped Hitler If one needed a reason to love cricket, then surely it must be that Hitler hated it. When introduced to the game by British PoWs during the First World War, the future Führer thought that throwing pro...

From my review of Marcus Berkmann’s Cricketing Miscellany

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Ever wondered what Hitler thought of cricket?

Trying to get AI to improve my productivity sure is eating into my productivity

This is the only film I saw at the cinema last year and my God it made me feel like I’d been to the theatre.

Really enjoyed it though, very funny and Hawke deserves all the plaudits.