My book “Tears for England” is officially published today. A proud moment. Thanks ⁦@PitchPublishing⁩.

55% of people in the North East live within 15 minutes of their mother compared with just 15% in London. Fascinating research on the Somewhere/Anywhere regions of the UK (from Understanding Society). Wales and NIreland closest to NEast, South East and South West closest to London

Fantastic to see so many Falklands veterans parading today for Remembrance Sunday. We remain hugely grateful to all Falklands veterans for their service and sacrifice during the liberation of our Islands in 1982. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

Ashcroft house effect seems currently to be lower Reform/higher Tory (maybe right or wrong). So helpful, to look at trend in same poll with same wording/methodology October last year Ashcroft: Ref 28, Lab 19, Con 19, Today Ashcroft: Lab 31 (+12), Con 26 (+7) Ref 18 (-10)

RT @LordAshcroft: I don't remember Nigel complaining about my methodology when I had Reform 9 points ahead...

England wearing the Poppy for #RemembranceDay , a🧵. I believe Hearts in Scotland were the first side to display a poppy back in 07/08, it seems Premier league teams began in 2010, England first displayed the poppy in 2011 on an armband against Spain.

Very interesting stats.

My view on Tuchel’s squad announcement. A great day for the Bellingham family. @TheSixtySixHQ @PitchPublishing thesixtysix.news/news/latest…

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Next year will mark the 1,100th anniversary of the creation of England. Almost uniquely in the world, it has remained a recognisably unified polity ever since. Celebrations are in order.

These fake Guardian headlines aren't remotely credible.

The Liberal Democrats hit 9% today in our poll, their lowest since the General Election. May be Burnham making a bold offer in *their* policy areas (EU, voting reform, care) and Badenoch making a blue wall economic pitch they are being squeezed. But does national share matter?

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 29% (+1) CON: 23% (-1) RFM: 22% (-1) LDM: 9% (-2) GRN: 8% (+1) RES: 5% (=) SNP: 2% (=) Via @Moreincommon_, 31 Oct - 1 Nov. Changes w/ 24-26 Oct.

🚨🗣️ José Mourinho: "Jude has been like that ever since I came here." "He is a UNIQUE and absolutely EXTRAORDINARY player."

🚨WATCH! Andrew Neil has just delivered one of the strongest, most necessary interventions of the week on this absurd “mystery celebrity” high court injunction. He is completely right, and anyone in a position of power should be paying attention. He is clear-eyed about the ruling itself: “I’m delighted he’s ruled that way. I’m not so delighted he’s kicked it into the long grass and we still can’t name this person.” Then he gets to the heart of it: “It really is ridiculous to stop legitimate newspapers and broadcasters who’ve done a legitimate investigation into somebody’s behaviour which seems unsavoury to put it mildly, not to be able to publish because that person says he’s gonna kill himself. You might as well shut down the British media if that’s the case.” This is exactly the point. We indulge this sort of nonsense far too often in Britain. A celebrity with the means to hire expensive lawyers should not be able to muzzle legitimate reporting of serious allegations simply by invoking mental health or the threat of self-harm. Money must not be allowed to buy silence, and threats of this kind must not become a reliable tool for suppressing scrutiny. @afneil is equally sharp on the contrast with America. Speaking from the US, he notes that a case like this would never have seen the inside of a courtroom. The First Amendment would have stopped it dead. As he puts it, we need to stop allowing our media to be “cribbed and confined and intimidated by people who are trying to hide their own wrongdoing by muzzling the media”. The whole situation is made even more ridiculous by the fact that everyone already knows who it is. The name has circulated freely in Scotland because the ruling does not apply there. Yet the English media remain gagged from publishing their own investigation and the allegations themselves. It is a farce. We need to get much tougher on this. The more the courts entertain these applications, the more people will keep using them to bury inconvenient truths. Let the press do their jobs. x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/21…

Well said @Peter_Shilton

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 26% (-1) CON: 24% (+2) RFM: 21% (+1) LDM: 11% (=) GRN: 10% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) RES: 3% (-1) Via @YouGov, 1-2 Nov. Changes w/ 25-26 Oct.

The Conservative Party has overtaken Reform UK in the electionmapsuk polling tracker. This is the first time the Tories have polled ahead of Reform since January 2025.

FFS England! telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Villa are to sue Jamie Carragher for expressing an opinion? Omg. telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

#G20 : Well done to European diplomats for refusing to stand for an official photo with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the G20 .......and relieved to hear Ed Milliband & the UK was among the countries which refused to participate in the picture. #BBCNews #SkyNews