Govt without a plan becomes a series of speeches and announcements without follow through. It's not just Starmer's No 10 that has been too focused on media grid and focus group government, campaigning rather than governing, but people's patience has now worn thin #BadGovernment

Get this - Newcastle United's George Robledo was the first overseas registered, foreign-born player from an English club to play at a FIFA World Cup finals (for Chile, at Brazil 1950). Read 'Postcards From Santiago', my book about George's remarkable life, to find out more.

Matthew Elliott, the man who created Vote Leave, has written a book opening his archives 10 years on from the Brexit vote. It includes the defeat speeches Boris Dom Cummings were preparing to give after referendum night and the battles behind the scenes that could have undercut the campaign. We spoke this week about reliving 2016, the prospect of a 2nd Brexit referendum, the friendships strained by Leave, why he doesn’t regret appointing Cummings and whether secretly listening to a Remain campaign call days before the vote (as revealed in the book) was justified. The 2,500-word write-up of the chat with ‘the hidden man of Brexit’ over here👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…

A few weeks ago, @ChrisMasonBBC very kindly mentioned my new book, Ten Years On, on the BBC’s Newscast podcast. He also wrote some very kind words about the book, which appear on its front cover. As we prepare for the 10th anniversary of the EU referendum, and with the UK’s relationship with the EU back in the headlines, do pre-order your own copy of Ten Years On through Amazon or via @BitebackPub. Out 23rd June.

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