Richard Vaughan

The campaign itself seems quite disorientating in retrospect.

The most pro-European party was the Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher.

Papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail & the Telegraph all backed staying in.

The young were more Eurosceptic than the old, and women more hostile than men.

UK's Trump deal threatens CO2 shortage - hitting meat, beer and NHS operations Closure of bioethanol plants runs risk of repeat of 2021 CO2 crisis

UK's Trump deal threatens CO2 shortage - hitting meat, beer and NHS operations

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My night out with Trump’s young Maga crowd in Washington Katy Balls spent a decade working in Westminster and is now in Washington for The Times. How do the two worlds compare? She goes out with Natalie Winters

“We need to stop the foreigners coming in,” says another attendee. What about the Brits, I ask, not disguising my accent. “There are too many Brits, too many Chinese, too many Europeans.”

DC sounds...erm...interesting

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Rayner to cut levels of 'identikit' homes by helping small developers build more The i Paper understands the move will deliver a more diverse supply of housing styles and free up developers from a 'web of regulation'

NEW

Angela Rayner will this week set out a raft of reforms to end the dominance of major housebuilders and give smaller developers a greater market share to help the Government meet its 1.5m new homes target.

Exclusive by @richardvaughan.bsky.social for @theipaper.com

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'Holy grail' of limitless clean energy could be here by 2040 Nuclear fusion's proponents describe the opportunity to dominate what is set to become a £30trn sector as the 'UK's Nasa moment'

For years it was something written off as being always "50 years away" but now the UK is among the leaders in developing fusion energy...

And it could arrive sooner than you think: inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Not sure that is its most significant (or most brutal) flaw.

💥Labour 2024 intake warn of a 'huge' breakdown in trust between them and No 10
PM due to face a fractious party in PLP meeting on Monday.
One MP summarising the mood said there was anger at the Govt plan to “tell the best of our movement to walk into the machine guns".

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Nah...😂

Greece from Euro 2004 springs to mind....without the success.

Labour's real PM? No 10 chief blamed for Starmer's tilt to the right The Prime Minister's right-hand man has become a lightning rod for Labour anger, but is he really to blame?

Starmer's right-hand man has become a lightning rod for Labour anger, but is he really to blame?

@richardvaughan.bsky.social, @whazell.bsky.social and @eleanormia.bsky.social report

"The very fact that Tories are even discussing the idea of changing leader, demonstrates how big a challenge Badenoch has on her hands"

🔎 Analysis by Richard Vaughan, Kitty Donaldson and Arj Singh
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Andrea Jenkyns is the new Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire. Wonder what her message to the Conservatives will be?

Very helpful stat for those of us writing a read on the Tories today. Thank you.

Three-week strike during GCSEs by union 'holding school to ransom' Strikes were triggered after the union allegedly demanded an investigation into a staff member be dropped by the school

Teaching union tells school to drop investigation into staff member over misconduct allegations. School refuses. Union calls strikes over next three weeks during GCSEs
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Badenoch's team privately discuss pact with Reform With both sides talking of local council coalitions, could a Tory-Reform alliance at the general election be next?

With both sides talking of local council coalitions, could a Tory-Reform alliance at the general election be next?

🔎 Big read by @richardvaughan.bsky.social, @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social and @arjsingh.bsky.social

Only 67% of Brits believe climate change is manmade according to YouGov

I needed this. Quality #content.

My only priority is making British people better off In a time of global instability, with war and Donald Trump’s new US tariffs, I will only sign deals in our national interest — and nothing is off the table

Has Starmer joined the Times as a weekly columnist?

My only priority is making British people better off

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On Ladies Day at Aintree, it’s important to pay no attention whatsoever to bad faith actors from right-wing newspapers looking to pour scorn on working-class women enjoying themselves.

Reynolds refuses to rule out that the Online Safety Act is part of the trade talks with the US but insists that the talks are about "goods and services in the main"

Reynolds claims that MPs concerns are "misplaced" if they believe the US trade deal is looking at watering down the Online Safety Act...

Reynolds says there has been nothing relating to the NHS or health in his talks with the US on a potential "economic prosperity deal"

Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith says the Government should be thanking the Conservatives for "getting Brexit done" which has spared the UK thousands of jobs as a result of Trump's tariffs

Reynolds tells MPs that he is launching a 4 week consultation seeking the views from business on any potential UK response to US tariffs

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the Govt is "disappointed" by the White House's decision to impose tariffs on UK exports

This, from @chrisgiles.ft.com, is un-fucking-believable...

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New 'Putin tax' hikes on the table to protect UK from Russia threat Insiders point to autumn Budget as 'opportune moment' to hike taxes to raise defence spending

Insiders point to autumn Budget as 'opportune moment' to hike taxes to raise defence spending

@richardvaughan.bsky.social reports

Farage suggests he would secure a US trade deal that would open up the UK to chlorinated chicken

Sewage spills in England last year were longer than ever recorded

- just a week before households hit by verage £86 bill rise
- total duration of spills up 0.2% to 3,614,428 hours
- total number of spills fell 2.9% to 450,398
- Anglian Water biggest relative increase, up 39%
- Thames Water up 36%

Forever festive: Christmas food sales are still surging in March Demand for staples such as panetone, stuffing and pigs in blanket is up as shoppers seek a comfort-food hit

Further sign the country’s sliding towards anarchy…

Forever festive: Christmas food sales are still surging in March

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