Eliot Wilson

I don’t think for a moment (and I say this without judgement) that Great Britain has become like Paisley-era Northern Ireland. I’d also add (again, no judgement) that Paisley ended up in coalition with Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness. https://t.co/Z7pHgY284o

RT @QualiChatLaunch: The "LaLaLa" approach is still acceptable with family and close friends though #crypto #cryptonews #tokengate #stopthe…

“There’s nothing really retail in it” must be one of the stupidest commentaries on a long-term NHS strategy I’ve ever heard, so well done, “senior figure”. Replacing Tom Kibasi with Chris Thomas holding the pen may or may not be wise. But this has to work. https://t.co/Y3zbYlmlei

I think it’s safe to say that on the list of people to whom I’d listen about how to save the Conservative Party, Polly Toynbee does not come very high up. https://t.co/6lBwWtvrSa

As far as I know "island of strangers" is a coinage from Downing Street; that aside, I'm curious to know what the Labour left's policy is on immigration and asylum. Numbers, criteria, decision-making, skills, anything? It would be useful to know, for comparative purposes.

Roy was already a legend when I became a clerk, only the fourth Principal Private Secretary to the Chief Whip since the office was created in 1919. Not sure I ever met him but his influence was immense and tangible; and he was a great public servant. https://t.co/V74LPXtdWS

Delighted to be joining @DefenceBrink as Contributing Editor, and look forward to working with @TedJourno @PhilipIngMBE @SimonLeoDiggins and @CormacS63 to provide insight and analysis on defence policy and the armed forces.

People who support a written constitution overlook the fact that you cannot make everyone read or understand it, nor stop them forming their own spicy takes.

FlyGirl360 @cynthiahintz

@weijia Ahhh ..... very interesting that the White House, aka the Executive Branch, does not have 'jurisdiction' over the Legislative Branch BUT, the Legislative Branch has jurisdiction over the Executive Branch?? Hmmm ....

Frederick the Wise of Saxony is chiefly remembered as the man who sheltered Martin Luther after the Edict of Worms. Why did a Catholic ruler, an obsessive collector of relics, save the Reformation? In @EngelsbergIdeas I unpick the Elector’s mindset. https://t.co/8PKYAEC9R1

A recent poll found that half of 18-24 year olds though the defence sector would make a good career. The armed forces and the defence industry need able and dedicated young people, as I argue in the @spectator, and this should reassure us a little. https://t.co/KOokuzOT3U

Next week’s UK-EU summit is expected to see a defence and security agreement. In the @spectator, I try to grasp what the PM wants from it and what the benefits are, compared to the very real obligations and concessions. https://t.co/HjM13RMtw3

It’s more than three years since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. If you map that on to the First World War, it’s now October 1917, the First Battle of Passchendaele, the Americans are in the war, Allenby is aiming for Jerusalem and the Russian Revolution is weeks away.

Obviously if Qatar were to give President Trump a Boeing 747-8 (about $400m?) it raises a huge number of ethical issues. More than anything, though, wouldn't you expect MAGA loyalists to find it a bit... humiliating? That a foreign country donated your president's transport?

I'm not sure I could think of three people less likely to be indulging in a bit of gak - IN FRONT OF TV CAMERAS - than Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz. (No offence, lads.) The Russian disinformation crew aren't exactly Goebbels-level, are they?

Dr. Simon Goddek @goddeketal

🚨DEVELOPING: Macron, Starmer, and Merz caught on video on their return from Kiev. A bag of white powder on the table. Macron quickly pockets it, Merz hides the spoon. No explanation given. Zelensky, known cocaine enthusiast, had just hosted them. Connect the dots. https://t.co/aROGuf06Nm

The UK will be “allowed” to participate in EU military missions under CSDP? Why on earth would we want to do that? https://t.co/26kp8QpUB4

George Russell reviewing The Fettered Presidency and The Imperial Congress for @Commentary in 1989. Not sure it’s a characterisation of American politics to which everyone would assent today. https://t.co/KIZie3vpPq