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RT @JAHeale: Coming soon!

RT @gerardtbaker: On #TheStateofItUSA with @katyballs, let's never forget this about Trump: he's not an ideologue. One of the many criticisms people have about Trump is that he's done a lot of things that we expect to see done by Democratic presidents. #TheTimes 🔗

RT @katyballs: On Tuesday lunchtime in Washington, Democrats gathered near the White House to drink “Blue Waves” (prosecco, blue curaçao + a splash of pineapple juice) in the hope of inviting a political one. 24 hours on, the party’s successes have exceeded what most dared dream @thetimes column

RT @gerardtbaker: A historic victory for the #Democrats and a massive repudiation of Donald Trump and the #Republican Party. @TimesRadio #Midterms2026

Legal migrants have been leaving Britain in the hundreds of thousands (c400k a year)

@FraserNelson Needs to include ‘legal’ migration and be in the 100s of thousands to return to where we were before 2020

RT @gerardtbaker: On #TheStateofItUSA, @Katyballs and I discuss takeaways from election night. The Democrats have taken control of both the House and the Senate, inflicting defeat on the Republican Party. #TheTimes

Asylum returns graph (from 2010) below

@FraserNelson How many of these small boat arrivals have been deported? Is there a graph?

Small boat arrivals now at a five-year low, almost half their 2022 peak

RT @FraserNelson: Some thoughts on Trump's shellacking

Nigel Farage told GB News viewers he didn't buy predictions of a Trump defeat. Musk hasn't spent $450m on election "for fun" he said. "We're in for a surprise" So we were: on the sheer size of the anti-Trump vote

RT @GBNEWS: "I don't go with the consensus that Trump is going to get smashed." Nigel Farage is joined by the Daily Wire's Michael Knowles as Americans head to the polls in the midterm elections.

RT @thetimes: Can James Talarico turn Texas blue in the midterms?⁠ ⁠ In Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday night, it was a story of two political rallies. In a sign of the Republicans’ midterm struggles, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to visit the reliably red city in 34 years. True to style, his supporters queued for hours to hear him speak.⁠ ⁠ But just three miles away, there was an event that could be more significant: James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the Texas Senate race, holding court with his own rally, as part of his 21-stop Clear Eyes, Full Hearts tour for the final push of his midterm campaign.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Tap the link to read more ⬇️

RT @larisamlbrown: No better place to read and hear about the midterms than @thetimes and @TimesRadio starting off with this piece by @katyballs on 3 ways the elections will change American politics plus much more from top US team

RT @SkyNews: "Andy Burnham needs to focus on what he can do now, not on re-fighting the last referendum." Kemi Badenoch shares her thoughts on the PM opening the door to the possibility of the UK re-joining the European Union in the future.

I agree. I'm not friend of McBride - I was one of his targets, not his contacts - but his book is honest, revealling and riveting about Westminster power games, psychology etc.

Just finished my holiday reading (admittedly a re-read of this for the first time in about 5 years) It really is one of the best political books out there

I guest-presented Sky's Sunday Morning slot - and had a taste for what political-debate presenters have to deal with. Some thoughts, in my notebook:-