Isabel Donaldson

Journalist @Channel4News

[Christian Datoc @TocRadio]

Hall of fame tweet

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

UK and US news outlets including the New York Post, Telegraph, Sun and Mirror have fallen victim to an AI-generated hoax after publishing reports that Thai police dressed in drag to arrest a drug dealer.

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

Extraordinary launch video - never seen a by-election campaign which is such an explicit pitch to both the place and to the country

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Again, a quality bit of comms. Reform operating on a different level of professionalism compared to Farage's previous outfits. Exactly the sort of candidate they need to run to be competitive. Going to be quite the contest.

[Isabel Donaldson @isabelfcd]

Ill as anything and catching up on some reading. This is the kind of seamless writing one whizzes through enraptured as if in the conversation.

“To create something artistically…people would say it’s gangsterism”

I’ll never look at Scorsese the same. Thanks @mickbrownwriter

[Mick Brown @mickbrownwriter]

Martin Scorsese bares his soul https://t.co/i9bqaFvqkV

[Andrew Misra @MisraAndrew]

The man of the moment @AndyBurnhamGM tells me this by-election isn’t about him and that he doesn’t blame anyone who’s left Labour in recent years ⬇️⬇️

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has set out his views on Labour's path forward and the policy challenges facing the country.

Speaking to Channel 4 News' Andrew Misra, Burnham said he wanted Labour to become “a party that they can believe in again, a party solidly on the side of working class people.”

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

The Tory years often saw highly unusual political situations where a PM’s authority was in doubt. This week is something new besides. A govt putting forward a King’s Speech, with a legislative agenda, with nearly a quarter of the governing party in open revolt. Meanwhile members of the cabinet plot to remove the PM. And tomorrow all of Westminster, from the King down, have to put on their most absurd costumes, engage in their best flummery, and pretend that none of it is happening.

[Ed Thomas @EdThomasNews]

WATCH the moment Labour lose Barnsley Council after 50 years in power.

“It’s hard, I’ve given everything to this town” - live reaction from Sir Stephen Houghton, he’s been leader of Barnsley Council for 30 years.

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

Journalists and politicians don't have the bandwidth, but the rise of jihadism and Tuareg separatism across the Sahel is consequential. The weekend's violence in Mali is a portent, as Russia's Africa Corps - like the UN, French etc before - is unable to contain it.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

A dramatic night in which a shooter appeared to fire shots just outside the room where President Trump was due to give a speech.

This is a big weekend, the Washington Correspondents Association dinner.

And Donald Trump was due to give that speech in front of a room full of journalists, but instead absolute panic as people jumped under the tables when they heard shots...

@AnushkaAsthana explains how it all unfolded.

[Patrick Wintour @patrickwintour]

Foreign Office to close unit tracking breaches of international humanitarian law in Middle East. Part of the Olly Robbins restructuring required cos govt chose to spend more money on defence. Choices. https://t.co/9Zym94IQTA

[Ben Bloch @realBenBloch]

Ian Collard - head of security when Peter Mandelson was vetted - will NOT appear in person to give evidence to parliament, but will only do so in writing.

And Emily Thornberry’s first words in this letter are that it was “the foreign secretary’s decision”.

First sign of resistance from the government…

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

Bamako seemingly under attack

[Isabel Donaldson @isabelfcd]

Lab MP Phil Brickell “…we now have a large political party bankrolled by an overseas billionaire whose wealth is tied to a crypto asset that our own law enforcement…flagged as a tool used in Russia-linked illicit finance”

One to watch https://t.co/VNZTzIeStW

[helen macnamara @helen_macnamara]

Not just me who is deeply worried by all this 👇is far more important. Quote direct from senior person who currently works in Nat Sec.

Bad business.

“How much more institutional vandalism and damage to good government will this man do to buy himself another day, another week, another month?”

[Unreported World @UnreportedWorld]

Children missing from school and families locked down in their homes living in constant fear: This is the reality of how ICE has impacted communities across Minnesota.

WATCH ‘Children in the Crossfire’ this Friday at 7:30pm on Channel 4.

[Unreported World @UnreportedWorld]

8-year-old Tulasi has become increasingly panicked about ICE raids.

In the suburbs of Minneapolis, her parents are allowed to stay while their asylum claim is being decided - but the Trump administration argues that even refugees here lawfully can still be detained.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

From a purely human perspective this is just really sad to watch and perhaps should trigger some reflection on our political culture writ large.