Speaking to fellow advisers before Christmas, [Downing Street Chief of Staff Morgan] McSweeney said this would not be a “year of promises” but a “year of proof”, when public services would begin to improve and bills start to fall.

The proof in this case is the proof of the moonshine that McSweeney is necking.

Keir Starmer to woo voters and MPs with new year plan to cut cost of living.

Good thing social media didn’t exist when Nigel Farage was a schoolboy at Dulwich College - or his party would be demanding he be stripped of his citizenship

Did I miss the calls to strip Lucy Connolly of her British citizenship after her Southport tweets?

The wind blows a bin out at Heron Quays

A plastic bin-bag is blown out of its holder.

Stratford Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Looking south down the Lea towards the Accelor Mittal orrbital and some cod-brutalist edifice

Dark skies at Westferry

Striking cloud front looking south from Westferry to Rotherhithe

Canning Town Station on a foggy morning

Black and white photo. High rise residential buildings loom up into the foot, in the middle ground there's a substantial concrete bridge for trains to pass over.

Very big goldfish on Telehouse Pond

A larger golden carp floats over fallen leaves

Shrink-wrapped postbox at Canary Wharf

A UK postbox covered in black shrink-wrap

Cambridge university is building links with Reform UK. Elites don’t get to be elites by mistaking principles for power.