This is low, even by the standards of the UK Football policing unit, casually linking the Taylor report post Hillsborough and football tragedies to changes in the law on drinking at matches Drinking in view of the pitch didn’t cause deaths or injuries - policing failures did

Lib Dem party treasurer pays tribute to Dolly Parton (to applause) Then drops the mother of all pivots “I’ll tell who who’s not like Dolly Parton. Nigel Farage”

Do the Lib Dems have a brand and cut through problem? Our word cloud finds people struggle to describe the Liberal Democrats and where they do they tend to be words which suggest a lack of relevance on the national political stage.

Photo du Jour: Liberal Democrat leader @EdwardJDavey visits Brighton Pier during his party's annual conference in Brighton. by Stefan Rousseau/PA

New:🚨'Zionism is racism’ has topped the list of motions put forward by Green members for debate at the party's conference Other notable motions include: opposing gender based blanket bans in sport; the Green Party and the monarchy; revising the Bank of England’s mandate and menstrual cycle leave for workers Full list below 👇

Exclusive: A massive leak from the heart of Downing Street reveals how much Andy Burnham appears to have borrowed from Keir Starmer's plans since entering Number 10. I've obtained a 50 page bundle of presentations, strategy ideas and policy submissions drawn up in April in an attempt to keep Starmer in power. Here's what happened next. A @JoeCookJ production Watch: piped.video/watch?v=qBn9GK_D…

Robin has a fantanstic new book out on the history of bonds, all the way back to Venice in the middle ages. There's a discount for subscribers at the end of the post.

Data centre industry leaders (inc Spencer Lamb of @KaoDataDC and Karl Havard of Era4) calling for decision making to be devolved ot local authorities - as they will be better placed to put developments on brownfield and keep greenfield green. Also, AIGZs seem to have very much fallen by the wayside (unsurprisingly)

I'm not sure this will wash. Reform is well within its rights to claim £72m: you can't change the law by a speech from parliament. What the King enacts through parliament is law: anything else isn't...

Funny how people seem to think crypto billionaires would spend £36m “trying to buy influence” over crypto regulation. Guys -they’ve already made more money than they know what to do with. They don’t need anything from anyone