The Grasse is always greener.
Still upset by his wife Swedish wife Susan divorcing him after 10 years, Andrew Neil has quit the UK to become a tax exile and now broadcasts from a flat in Monaco which is only 26 miles away from the retreat he has owned in Grasse for 33 years.
the uk government's plan for growth, as far as i can tell:
> punish people who start businesses
> punish people who provide homes to rent
> punish people who earn over £100k
> punish people who buy nice houses
> write to people who build wealth asking what they own
then hold a review into why nothing is growing.
What food and drink products are you looking forward to once again being cheaper when we rejoin the EU?
Me? Handsdown wine.
It noticeably increased after the brexit con
If we're going to compare public and private rail, let's compare like for like. Same routes, same operators, same periods, cancellations, punctuality and cost to the taxpayer. Cherry-picking whichever graph supports your argument doesn't make it the complete picture.
On the left. The viral tweet showing the poor performance of nationalised rail.
On the right, the complete picture showing you they're out performing those privately owned.
Which is not going viral.
Proud to announce that students in England will be able to study Ukrainian at GCSE.
It’s a chance for pupils to explore Ukraine’s rich culture and history and, for the Ukrainian community to remain connected to their heritage.
This is another step in our enduring support for Ukraine as part of the 100 Year Partnership 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Former Premier League linesman Darren Cann: 'It's right on the limit. It has to be sustained holding - some will say it was sustained, some will say it wasn't. But it's interesting that Isak didn't even appeal.'
How has English football got itself in a position where professional officials are even arguing that this was not a penalty? 🙈
https://t.co/xjxP91H3CA
The government’s grandest plane, an A321 jet, took off from Stansted at 6.05 a.m. this morning. Burnham wasn't on it. It flew 34 minutes to Manchester to collect the PM, then set off for the Commonwealth summit in Antigua. Guido estimates the detour cost around £20,000 of taxpayer cash. Avanti not good enough for him?
Flight tracking data shows the jet landed in Manchester at 6.39 a.m. and left again at 8.06 a.m., heading for a refuelling stop in Newfoundland before the Caribbean. The government eventually publishes what every trip on the plane costs. Starmer’s same-day trip to Paris on in April came to £39,756 at roughly £20,000 a leg. Stansted to Manchester is shorter than Paris, but every additional leg brings its own landing and handling fees. About £18,000-20,000’s worth according to Guido’s fag packet maths…
The whole jaunt, there and back, comes to about 21 hours of flying. Based on Starmer’s £121,239 trip to Yerevan in May and Yvette Cooper’s £148,700 trip to Washington in December, long-haul flying on the plane costs between £9,500 and £12,400 an hour. That puts Burnham's full trip at about £250,000.
Burnham took the same government jet from Glasgow to Manchester in July to open No10 North, despite a choice of trains. When Liz Truss used the same plane to fly to Australia, @AngelaRayner called it a “ridiculous waste of half a million pounds on a private jet trip”. Thoughts on this one, Ange?
Just so you understand how insane that is - that's an average of 4:48 per mile - For 26.2 miles!!!!
In my life I've never run a sub-five minute mile.
This dude just did 26 of them back to back.
It's superhuman and impossible to comprehend.
@nycmarathon
Congratulations to @JamesMilner on a 3:09.04 finish @nycmarathon today.
By my reckoning, and unless our champagne statisticians know otherwise, that is the fastest time by a current or recent pro footballer - on a course that is not notably fast. Well done.
The incredible range of Andreas Almgren 🤯
After his debut marathon victory in New York City, these are his personal bests across the distances in his career:
800m – 1:45.59 (2015)
1000m – 2:21.23 (2019)
1500m – 3:32.00 (2023)
3000m – 7:26.48 NR (2026)
Two miles – 8:11.12 (2026)
5000m – 12:44.27 AR (2025)
5km – 13:05 NR (2025)
10,000m – 26:52.87 NR (2024)
10km – 26:45 (2026)
Half Marathon – 58:06 AR (2026)
Marathon – 2:06:01 (2026)
BREAKING: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to announce legal migration plans tomorrow, in a major government U-turn.
Sky's @JonCraig has the details.
https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3
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We are giving defence the largest increase in spending since the Cold War & @JohnHealey_MP's plan for defence in his Budget has also been strongly backed by @SecGenNATO