Thatcher’s clothes at a ghostly, empty conference. I think Thatcher in her heyday would be shocked to see her party abandon international and net zero commitments, carelessly sacrificing our international standing at a time when our leadership matters more than ever.

What flying the flag really means to GB News. Paul Marshall, speaking in Washington to a MAGA crowd at the launch of his new media outpost, tells Trump land it needs to come to save Britain by spreading its cultural values and bully tactics here. Reported by Politico.

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I can't get this image out of my mind - the Secretary of State choosing to keep an Ash Wednesday cross on his forehead while speaking on behalf of the US government. Many right wing Christians believe Trump has been sent from God and the state is the work of the devil.

8/she could be empathetic, as long as she didn't feel threatened or blocked. I was with her at the bedside of two dying AIDs patients and saw how kind and compassionate she could be, despite her (abhorrent) ideological dislike of homosexuality.

3/That 1989 Waldon interview was while I was working for her, just after Lawson's resignation, events I've written about in People Like Us. I was out with her the day after, and saw how shaken she was, the cameras flashing in her face, her tight grip on the car's strap later

The company they keep..

I understand why the govt says it can’t afford it, but exaggerating both the cost - the PM said 10s of billions yesterday when it’s £10bn - and the level of awareness of the change amongst WASPI women isn’t helping to build the trust in the govt they promised to restore, either.