Tim Ross

Reporting European, U.K., global politics for @POLITICOEurope. Latest book ‘Landslide: The inside story of the 2024 election’. Also @timross1.bsky.social

[John Cassidy @JohnCassidy]

I linked to this 16 months ago. It's still as described. RIP Sir Alex Younger.

[Jason Groves @JasonGroves1]

Brutal verdict on Starmer: 'Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift. This was underscored by your speech on Monday...'

But, no immediate challenge - and a call for the 'best possible field of candidates' in any contest

[Tim Ross @TimRoss_1]

Buckingham Palace: Are we really still doing the State Opening?

No10: Yes please 👍

Palace: Ok. Please could we try to keep the King out of this leadership mess?

No10: 💯. The king’s speech will show the PM is still the man with the plan. 🙌💪

https://t.co/Hdd0mEDbWs

[Dan Bloom @danbloom1]

SCOOP by @TimRoss_1

Buckingham Palace privately asked whether Charles should proceed as planned with the king's speech

People familiar say the king’s team made clear the importance of protecting the monarch from any impression that he is being used for political ends

[Dan Bloom @danbloom1]

Keir Starmer’s answer on EU is a shift from his rhetoric on this topic last year

Asked then by @TimRoss_1 if he could see a situation where the red lines might be reconsidered in future, PM said: “No"

He said the “framework” for his reset “in relation to the red lines is clear"

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Far-right firebrand George Simion is surging ahead in the polls and causing mayhem inside Romania’s parliament, with potentially far-reaching consequences for the EU’s sixth-most populous country.

We walk you through what’s happening in Bucharest 👇

🔗 https://t.co/BcAEKZbEME

[Tim Ross @TimRoss_1]

After Simon Case said wait, No10 officials also told Starmer to wait for security clearances before announcing US ambassador appointment… from an internal No10 note to the PM in #Mandelson files

https://t.co/Vs5WXhTMxX

[Esther Webber @estwebber]

On Keir Starmer's working style:

“He delegates so much responsibility.”

“He is fundamentally pretty uninterested in people.”

“His team don’t trust him because he throws other people under the bus.”

by @TimRoss_1 @danbloom1 and me https://t.co/18bQIrQeE1

[Tim Ross @TimRoss_1]

Feels like No10 getting their timings wrong: too slow to come clean about Mandelson failing vetting (Lab MPs wonder why Starmer didn’t update them at PMQs). And too quick to fire Robbins — with the story less than a day old, all the heat is now on the PM…

[Tim Ross @TimRoss_1]

My interview with @alexstubb - one of Europe’s greatest optimists is growing gloomy about the new world order of his golf partner Donald Trump…

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

EXCLUSIVE: Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has told POLITICO an expert he trusts warned him the economic impact of the Iran war “could be worse than Covid.”

The world, he argues, should listen.
https://t.co/djlRBCzmZ0

[Global Reporters @AxelSpringerGRN]

The interview is also available in German and Polish:

https://t.co/jgkNqS9KlH

https://t.co/HYmg647XdL

https://t.co/o98T8Iocm9

[Global Reporters @AxelSpringerGRN]

The U.S. president’s European golf buddy calls for extra efforts to stop regional conflicts from spiraling toward World War III.

Exclusive interview with @alexstubb by @TimRoss_1:

https://t.co/azt3byQdd1

[Hans von der Burchard @vonderburchard]

Scoop: Moscow proposed a deal to the U.S. under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence information with Iran if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia. U.S. said no.

With @felschwartz, @diana_nerozzi and @jacopobarigazzi

https://t.co/kp06Vb07qp

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The chaotic state of the world should prompt a radical rethink of the EU-U.K. relationship, Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said.

“I am too diplomatic to express exactly what I think about those who promoted Brexit during the campaign.”

🔗 https://t.co/z7n5nJxE4q

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We wanted to sign a big drone production deal with the United States, but we needed the approval from the White House. It was about different kinds of drones and air defense. They operate as one system and can defend against hundreds or thousands of Iranian “shaheds“ and missiles.

We didn't have the opportunity to sign this document yet. I hope that maybe American friends will be closer to this decision now, especially after such challenges as we see in the Middle East.

From an interview with Gordon Repinski (1/2).

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Someone filmed bats upside down and it looks like a gothic nightclub.

[Eli Stokols @EliStokols]

Just days into the war, Trump is demanding the use of joint bases in Europe & asking Ukraine for help w Iranian drone attacks.

But after a year of tormenting allies, all he still thinks he’s owed isn’t forthcoming.

A hard lesson on the value of friends.

w @TimRoss_1

[Tim Ross @TimRoss_1]

Trump is having his own FAFO moment. Allies can be useful after all… New analysis by @EliStokols and me

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The U.S. assault on Iran has hammered another bruise into the transatlantic relationship as the French, British and Spanish leaders resist Donald Trump’s demands to back his war.

🔗 https://t.co/xgJEm5UwqI

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

What it is like working in No 10 when a PM is sinking: @cleowatson88 https://t.co/kN366iTUEp

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

From the archive, 10 years ago