No.10 Downing Street is a building that has cranky heating, patchy phone signal and a basement with mice. So for all its history, does the building itself undermine the work of the state?

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(First published in November.)

UPDATE on the the backbench Labour MPs letter opposing plans to scale back jury trials

@politicshome.bsky.social understands 40 Labour MPs have signed the letter as of this morning

Whips have told MPs not to sign, and around 20 MPs have removed their names under pressure

What does Andrea Egan's historic victory mean for Keir Starmer and Labour?

The outspoken new Unison general secretary has pledged to review the union's relationship with Labour. However, internal dynamics mean ending that affiliation is far from straightforward, writes @siennarodgers.bsky.social

Here's our big interview with Andrea Egan from a few weeks ago www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Government has announced a major climbdown on its farmers inheritance tax plans

In a statement on Tuesday, two days before Christmas, DEFRA said it'd raise the threshold at which estates will be hit by reforms from £1m to £2.5m

As a result, the number of affected estates has fallen from 375 to 185

Senior doorkeeper Paul Kehoe helps keep the magic of Parliament running behind the scenes 🎅✨

Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years

It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service

The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.

She has the microphone.
She has immunity.

If her concern were really about the victims, names in The Epstein Files would be said out loud — on the House floor.

Silence isn’t caution.

It’s a choice.

Delroy Lindo is on a long list of actors long overdue for an Oscar nomination. He might finally break that ceiling with his role in Sinners. We caught up to talk about Ryan Coogler's "brilliant" epic, and, as always, he has some keen observations to share

A recent afternoon at Alpine Lake #alpinelake #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #mmwd #marinwater #landscapephotography

The J6 Pipe Bomber stated that the reason he placed the pipe bombs at the DNC & RNC because he believed that the 2020 election was stolen, & no one in Congress was taking it seriously.
Now who was the one that kept on saying that the election was stolen??
youtu.be/4xgayuaun2U?...

Chester Station on a December night along the Old Valley Road.

I've spent most of my 6+ decades living somewhat close to saltwater and even worked in Alaska on fishing boats in my late teens. Point being, I've seen eight zillion Seagulls in my life but up until June of this year I never saw a baby and I saw lots of them! #PismoBeach #Birds #Nature #Photography