Alex O'Connell

Associate editor, The Observer

[Alex O'Connell @aoconnell]

I went for a walk with @author_magfarr in North Berwick - we talked schooldays, the Oscars and her wonderful new novel Land - and somehow managed not to fall into the tidal pool on the seafront https://t.co/BmFrxoZaj7

[Rachel Sylvester @RSylvester1]

The dilemma of the three audiences Andy Burnham must win over - my piece for @ObserverUK https://t.co/NQMPtsx1Rp

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

Britain’s fiscal position, structure of its national debt and too few natural buyers are real constraints. More state-lead growth is possible:but to lose market confidence will shatter everything.Disdain for the bond markets will soon scupper Andy Burnh... https://t.co/Zx0QZp4Uqc

[Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley]

Not so much Macbeth as The Comedy of Errors
https://t.co/QGYVNu4pGK

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

Starmer’s incapacities are obvious. However he has a mandate. As soon as he is replaced in however an ‘orderly fashion’ British media bias will become deadly. One rule on lack of mandates for the right: another for the left. The cabinet must plan skilfully; it could get worse.

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

Labour’s vote share has halved in 22 months. Yes, there is anti-incumbent pressure in all democracies. The wider media ecosystem is intensely hostile. But without more sheer political craft and reasons for hope, Labour is trapped. Its task now is to change that. Can it? Will it?

[Rachel Sylvester @RSylvester1]

PM also pledges to put Europe at the heart of his premiership and says deal will be announced shortly on youth mobility scheme for 18-30 year olds starting in 2027 https://t.co/RYW8O3V5tU

[Rachel Sylvester @RSylvester1]

Keir Starmer says he wants a decade in Downing Street and will fight any challengers - my interview for @ObserverUK https://t.co/RYW8O3V5tU

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Pope backs investigative journalists against Trumpian ‘Tower of Babel’

The pontiff showed no fear of the US administration in a letter blessing attendees at the @sirharrysummit in London and praising ‘communication that is capable of listening’, Lily Isaacs reports
https://t.co/64yfvp5WkD

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

One hundred years of Attenborough, the man who taught me what love is https://t.co/lj4VikUwIe

[Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley]

The ice could break
https://t.co/yKivPrB1AL

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“The left needs to take this issue [the battle against antisemitism] seriously, to see it as intimately linked to the wider politics of freedom and equality.” My @ObserverUK column: https://t.co/Zben7Zzqyp

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Starmer must be bold on rejoining the EU https://t.co/fFn5YopMtf

[Rachel Sylvester @RSylvester1]

Keir Starmer urges Labour not to descend into “political infighting” as leadership speculation swirls. PM writes for @ObserverUK https://t.co/B2Sh2LZZzd

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“We need to have the courage and vision to support the Jewish community without destroying a fundamental and necessary right. Jews will be harmed too… if the right to protest is further eroded.” @joglanville1on the calls to ban pro-Palestinian marches: https://t.co/gleEkEdZbe

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

This Sunday! Every @LondonMarathon finisher's name and time over 48 pages in this special edition.

Pick up a copy and keep it forever, available nationwide. #londonmarathon

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

‘I didn’t think coming out would still be a big deal. But it is’ says @russelldavies63

The man behind Queer as Folk and It’s a Sin is one of the great chroniclers of British gay life. He talks to Erica Wagner about his new show, Tip Toe, and the ongoing struggle for acceptance
https://t.co/cPC5VSjAZv

[Rachel Sylvester @RSylvester1]

The Mandelson affair matters because it’s about the PM’s judgement - my latest piece for @ObserverUK https://t.co/eyM2QFsCMQ

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

The Observer Walk with Mick Herron, the man who built Slough House

On a stroll through Jackson Lamb's grimy London turf with @Tom_Gatti, the author visits the inspiration for Gary Oldman's headquarters and talks about AI stealing his style to write brownie recipes
https://t.co/WYzQfv0RCY

[Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley]

Westminster is "broken" and "bonkers". A lively and revealing stroll with Hannah Spencer and her greyhounds.
https://t.co/esnRJAQNzW