James Morris

Mainly polling, politics, bit of music. These are my views, not anyone else’s.

[Joe @MrJoeGooch]

Performing Kirstie Allsopp's angry tweet response to BAFTA's tribute to Penelope Keith as serious drama

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

It’s always fascinating to hear two privately educated chaps ruminate on their schooldays - but whatever they were taught at Ampleforth and Stockport Grammar, the history national curriculum in our state schools now deals extensively with the British Empire and indeed others…

[Stefan Rousseau @StefanRousseau]

Photo du Jour: Chancellor of the Exchequer @RachelReevesMP plays chess with members of the public in Taras Shevchenko Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. By Stefan Rousseau/PA

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

🧵There’ll likely be a rush to call British public ungovernable in the wake of Starmer’s resignation. But blaming the voters is a cop out, and imo the reason for 5 PMs in 6 years is that all of them stuffed up in avoidable ways. Going through them:

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

This will be my son’s fifth prime minister since he was born - and he’s 6.

[Mishal Husain @MishalHusain]

The attack began near a mosque & ended with 5 people injured. Last night’s midnight bulletin on Radio 4 had the story half way down the running order and this morning’s 9 am bulletin had a 20 second read

[Sky News @SkyNews]

A 36-year-old man has been arrested after a series of violent attacks across Edinburgh, appearing to target Muslims, which left five people injured.

Sky's Phoebe Southworth reports.

https://t.co/f6CKY2c2bl

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

Saw them at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this year - it was exceptionally fun. Strong recommend!

[Vincenzo Rampulla @vmrampulla]

I am selling 5x£32 Pixies tickets for Wasing Estate Concert, Reading - on 27 June 2026 at Wasing Estate, Berkshire via Ticketmaster. Interested?
https://t.co/4iB1Ut1uYk

[Majid Hosseini @m4h007]

It’s hard to overstate the importance of this statement. It’s letting everyone know that Khamenei wasn’t on board with the MOU. It’s telling Pezeshkian specifically that he’s on notice and better deliver. He’s also telling the opponents of the MOU to keep watching.

This statement will play out over time and will have significant historic consequences.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Striking here there has been barely any shift between the left and right blocs in Makerfield since 2024.

[Steven Hyden @Steven_Hyden]

"When you’re young you think that time moves forward. At 80 you know it doesn’t, it stands still. We’re the ones that move."

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

If you’re not psyched for Canada v Bosnia tonight, what kind of football fan are you?

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

Taylor Swift appeared on camera with Jews and the internet is being its usual normal self about it.

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

@JoeBambridge1 @martin_oneill He doesn’t say anything like ‘entirely’ though. He just says he planned on automating a big chunk of work, now he can’t, so people will have to do it. Assuming it has to be done, that is obviously true.

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

@VincentGeloso I don’t understand why her claim is about the relative length of the vertices. Isn’t it: ‘capitalist’ systems are more likely to drop below the minimum acceptable level on social or beyond max acceptable environmental. It’s not fundamentally about relationship between the two(?)

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

@VincentGeloso Never seen this before and it’s really clear. Thanks for sharing. But a question:

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

Sad misunderstanding of the DJ Code of Conduct (otherwise good)

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

The truth about the Uyghur and Piker bans today is the Left and Right need to choose a consistent position on the freedom to voice racial hatred or support for terror.

Either you want to be American, where there is one rule for rate hating neo-Nazis, Islamist preachers and Podcaster Leftists who call Jews “inbred” and say they support Hamas — they have a right to free speech and to visit. That is a principled view and you can manage those politics.

Or you want to be European — where free speech is a qualified right, limited by stirring up racial hatred, support for terror groups and so on. And that again is a principled view and you can manage those politics.

But you have to be consistent in your view.

You want American-style rules? Sure but that means the Right has to be willing to accept the Islamist hate preacher in order to have the Remigration activist flying in and the Left the neo-Nazi provocateur on stage in order to have the pro-Hamas Podcaster at the festival. And the truth is I don’t think most on either side genuinely do want to be principled on this.

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

Hello Pot, what would you like to call the kettle?

[Jane May @Janelid]

I’m so bored of snobby sneery takes

[James Morris @jamesdmorris]

This escalator is being a bit needy