Adam Payne

Editor of @politicshome. Often on TV & radio as well as our weekly podcast, The Rundown. Contact me: [email protected].

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

The strength of her attacks – not wanting to live in a country where people question the Englishness of her mixed-race children – surely renders "unite the right" v implausible, if not dead. + data presented by @LukeTryl in Bham shows significant numbers of Tory voters oppose it.

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

There's chat about this Tory conference being an unrevealing affair but the change of approach to Reform is really significant. Not just in itself, but in its implications for the electoral landscape: tactical voting, etc. This bit of Badenoch's speech feels like a big moment.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Think that’s the toughest I’ve seen a Tory leader been on Reform since their emergence as a serious political force, directly taking on claims about Englishness and identity from some Reform politicians. Feels a significant change in approach.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Think that’s the toughest I’ve seen a Tory leader been on Reform since their emergence as a serious political force, directly taking on claims about Englishness and identity from some Reform politicians. Feels a significant change in approach.

[Bustin' Jowie @justinbowie1997]

I'm not sure what I expected from the second paragraph of this press release...but it wasn't this.

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

Agree with Stephen here, this act of self-indulgence by a radical fringe of activists will put a lower ceiling on Green support right at a time when a broader breakthrough became plausible. The sooner it is reversed the better for their electoral prospects https://t.co/v00FDHzSzd

[Harriet Symonds @harriet_symonds]

What does Kemi Badenoch’s ‘common-sense’ Conservatism actually look like?

— Net zero + ECHR red lines aimed at Reform-leaning voters
— One Nationers squeezed out: ‘This is not the same party, and you kind of need to get over it’
— A tougher candidate selection process
— The MPs and advisers shaping Kemi’s thinking
https://t.co/NIvchhQJ2C

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

The Tories are "open" to reforming Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions, shadow NI sec Alex Burghart tells @noahvickers14

"At some point, everyone is going to have to acknowledge that this isn’t good enough and we'll need to find an alternative"
https://t.co/36S32YGRFg

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

For our final panel, we turn to tactical voting. As the landscape of British politics fragments and parties continue to emerge on the Conservatives’ right flank, could the party become a tactical choice for voters from either side of the spectrum?

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

I have been trying to work out why the Carlson—Rees-Mogg interview is going viral. I think it’s because because it represents the moment when traditional conservatism, defined by courtesy, self-restraint and truth, visibly overcomes the feverish, conspiracist and bellicose post-liberal Right.
Sir @Jacob_Rees_Mogg was the perfect instrument of destruction. He is a man of unquestioned sincerity, intellect and courtliness. He was one of only two Ali G interviewees to emerge with his reputation enhanced, the other being Tony Benn, and for the same reason: utter sincerity. With Tucker, as with the brilliant Baron-Cohen, he bats away feverish, crackpot claims in a calm, measured and devastatingly gracious way.
What ended McCarthyism was the dignified put down delivered by the Army’s lawyer, Joseph Welch, on live TV in June 1954: “Senator, you have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?” Joe McCarthy died three years later at the age of 48, broken and disgraced.
As Welch to McCarthy, so Mogg to Tucker.

[ᴀᴀʀᴏɴ ʙᴏᴡᴇʀ @AaronBower]

It wasn't a dream, Wakefield fans.

https://t.co/giWr47RYfa

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

In Brighton at the Green Party conference? Do come along to our programme of fringe events tomorrow culminating in our flagship deep dive: “Where next for the Greens?” 4:15 in the Alexandra Room, The Grand.

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

Green conference! Where next for the party?

That’s the discussion I’ll be chairing at 16:15 tomorrow for @Moreincommon_

w/ @LukeTryl, @AyoCaesar, @HarrietLamb_, @joehudsonsmall & @LiamShrivastava

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

This is actually an odd one from Burnham, still

He says “if wrongdoing is established” - it has been established. This is the final award, even if an appeal is possible

[Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonLD]

I listened to Ed Davey on the @BBCr4today this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point.

The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.

The case for the triple lock is a worthy one - stopping pensioner poverty. I want that as much as anyone. But pensioners are now less likely to be in poverty than children or working age adults.

We talk about fairness, yet our answer is to give the same increase to every pensioner, treating the one choosing between heating and eating exactly the same as the one with millions in the bank. I can see no moral or fiscal case for above inflation rises for millionaires.

That money should go where it's needed most - to everyone in poverty, not just one group. It could help fund free personal care, a policy that would disproportionately benefit older people.

Ed is right that we shouldn't pit one generation against another. But intergenerational inequality is already one of the defining injustices of our time, and this would further entrench it. Worse, it gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit.

Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense. We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living.

I joined this party because I care about fairness and tackling inequality, and that has to include inequality between generations.

This line, and this decision, fails on both counts. Ed needs to think again.

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

Some really disgustingly callous tweets mocking the PM for his emotions when talking about his dad - or the reactions of those in the room.

Have some class ffs

[YouGov @YouGov]

SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

.@Moreincommon_ analysis confirms this observation of Burnham’s speech: he didn’t once name check Reform or the Tories

[Christopher Hope📝 @christopherhope]

I found it interesting that Andy Burnham did not mention Nigel Farage in his speech, unlike the leader's speech by Sir Keir Starmer last year (Starmer even called the migrant boats crossing the Channel "Farage boats"). Rather than worry about his opponents he is set out his own plans, which is probably why the members seemed to lap it up so much. More at @GBNEWS.

[non-domination enjoyer 🕊️ @ilikeadamsmith]

historians writing about england in 1640-41 love interspersing their primary narratives with coy little asides about "an obscure backbencher from Cambridge named Oliver Cromwell"

[PoliticsHome @politicshome]

Going to Labour conference?

Head to 4A on Sunday at 15:45 where @Alain_Tolhurst will be talking to The House magazine's @siennamarla and Environment Secretary @angelaeagle for a live recording of PoliticsHome podcast The Rundown

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

Details in the conference app!

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

I'm delighted to say we'll be recording a live ep of our podcast at Labour conference, where colleagues @Alain_Tolhurst & @siennamarla will be in conversation with DEFRA Sec Angela Eagle. Pop in, listen, ask probing Qs, meet the PolHome / The House mag teams! See you in Liverpool

[PoliticsHome @politicshome]

Going to Labour conference?

Head to 4A on Sunday at 15:45 where @Alain_Tolhurst will be talking to The House magazine's @siennamarla and Environment Secretary @angelaeagle for a live recording of PoliticsHome podcast The Rundown