Fascinating interview with Michael Heseltine on ⁦The Rest Is Politics⁩ … podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lea…

Kid#1 is 11 and an intrepid reader. And also 11.

Lincoln was shot 159 years ago tomorrow. The original AP report was just *slightly* guilty of burying the lede.

Last day of ⁦Roundhay School⁩, 1996. Sirs Dave Pearce and Ian Chappell, history and politics teachers without parallel. A lot of me is their fault. Also pictured, the great ⁦Andy Robinson⁩, ⁦Abby Williams⁩ and ⁦Mike Birtwistle⁩ …

“In the final days of my premiership, I had said to my private secretary, Nick Catsaras: ‘If the Conservative party bin me after six weeks and I’m the Brian Clough of prime ministers, then so be it.’ I lasted 49 days.”
Martin Pengelly picks out the best
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

A solemn anniversary, of Sir @RussellCrowe ReTweeting My Master & Commander T-Shirt Tweet Day.

A key day for any dad, now celebrated in the shadow of the greatest dad cave poster known to man. Or dad.

“The weather report is Stormy with a chance of incarceration” - ⁦George Conway⁩ to ⁦Sarah Longwell⁩ about the Trump New York hush-money trial… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geo…

Worth reading for the final three pars. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Liz Truss book says husband predicted premiership ‘would all end in tears’ theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Liz Truss book says husband predicted premiership ‘would all end in tears’ dlvr.it/T5RjBP

Book story…

Trump derailed Oval Office China talks with Stormy Daniels rant, book says | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Book story…

Liz Truss book says husband predicted premiership ‘would all end in tears’ | Liz Truss | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

“When a guy who hawks Bibles for a side-hustle refuses to say whether any of his partners ever had an abortion, it’s time to roll your eyes and guard your wallet”

– Lloyd Green is a Guardian US columnist with punch –

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Old Chinese proverb: He who swaps studies with his wife for a bit and is waiting for Donald Trump to lie to reporters will occasionally look at the picture of his wife’s American grandad in the Exeter College 2nd XV of 1930-31 (2nd right, front row) and think it is well cool.

“Reminder – Trump is a guy whose businesses are no stranger to bankruptcy or allegations of fraud. He leaves wreckage in his wake…”

For all his bombast, Trump is plummeting – financially, legally and politically | Lloyd Green
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Trump: To Russia, with love. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during presidency, book says dlvr.it/T5QCLv

Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during presidency, book says theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Thing I learned from pest control guy in office day that makes me almost as happy as when youngest kid called New York rat traps “Mickey Boxes”:

US cities, by size of rats:

1. New York

(Huge gap)

2. Boston
3. Washington DC

No longer NYC resident but still very, very proud.

Book story…

Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during presidency, former adviser Fiona Hill says

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…