Dear electorate of #Makersfield This time next week.... By voting for the nakedly ambitious #AndyBurnham: You are voting to prop up a corrupt and failing @UKLabour government who show only contempt for us By voting for @RestoreBritain: You are voting by proxy for the nakedly ambitious #AndyBurnhamto to prop up a corrupt and failing @UKLabour government who show only contempt for us. Vote @reformparty_uk Or our future is lost

PAMELA NASH resigns as defence PPS.

EXCL: The Green party is considering a new policy to ban circumcision, The Spectator can reveal. The party’s Health Policy Working Group (HPWG) has launched a consultation seeking views on whether parents should only be allowed to consent ‘to an irreversible surgical procedure on a child if that procedure is medically necessary’. Circumcision is an integral part of Judaism, with Jewish boys traditionally undergoing a ‘brit milah’ on the eighth day after birth. Interestingly, the consultation on outlawing the practice was publicised specifically in a ‘Greens for Palestine’ WhatsApp group.

Jolyon’s Good Law Project Uses Belfast Attack to Beg for Donations to “Stop Farage” order-order.com/2026/06/10/j…

This year’s World Cup, already full of controversy, is being held across an unprecedented three countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada. ITV's coverage will be based in Brooklyn with a view of the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline, while the BBC's fallen king Gary Lineker will be perched above Times Square making podcasts for his wealthy new paymasters at Netflix. It is only the BBC itself which is stuck in the UK, with presenters and pundits based in Salford and a giant panoramic screen to make up for the lack of a real view. Match of the Day's Kelly Cates told the Guardian she was ‘a little bit disappointed’ to be in Greater Manchester rather than Manhattan but consoled herself by thinking they’re ‘going to be in that slightly unreal, middle-of-the-night, mad World Cup kick-off time zone’ with all the rest of us. ✍️ Roger Mosey Article | spectator.com/article/why-th…

Favourite Roger Federer memory: 2009 French Open final. Tie-break second set against Soderling. He served 4 points. All 4 were aces. On clay.

It is a mark of shame for this Labour government that we’re still waiting for the Defence Investment Plan. Even worse that reports say it won’t be funded properly. It has been over a year since the government concluded its review of our armed forces. The investment plan should have been published last autumn. The military is tearing its hair out waiting for Keir Starmer to make a decision. British jobs are on the line. Our national security is being undermined. Labour do not understand defence. The Conservatives were ready to send munitions and supplies to Ukraine at the start of that war. Keir Starmer has been caught on the back foot since the war in Iran began. I have said the next Conservative government will make sure we prioritise defence spending in a more dangerous world. We will reinstate the two child benefit cap, and use it to fund a larger military. And we will divert money away from Ed Miliband’s net zero projects and into a Strategic Defence Fund, capable of raising up to £50 billion for our armed forces. Labour only care about funding welfare, they cannot be trusted with our national security.

Happy resignationversary @ZiaYusufUK 🎂 That time a year ago when you said that working to get a Reform government elected was 'no longer a good use of my time'. One of the few times I've agreed with you. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq54…

🚨 PICTURED: Former Prince Andrew with a large bruise on his face earlier today

"It is outrageous this idea that you cannot be English or British because of your ethnicity." Sunday Times columnist Matthew Syed, who won a gold medal for England, tells #Newsnight that he finds the idea "profoundly divisive".

Makerfield By-Election Update: survation.com/makerfield-by-… Survation conducted a new poll of the Makerfield constituency. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone among 518 adults in the constituency between 26th May and 1st June 2026. A combination of landline and mobile data were used. Methodology Statement Population Sampled: All residents aged 18 living in the Makerfield parliamentary constituency. Total Sample Size: 518 Data Collection Method: Telephone interview. A combination of landline and mobile data were used. Fieldwork Dates: 26th May – 1st June 2026 Data Weighting: Data were weighted to the profile of all adults in Makerfield constituency aged 18 . Data were weighted by age, sex, ward and 2024 General Election vote. Targets for the weighted data were derived from Office for National Statistics data and the results of the 2024 UK General Election. Margin of Error: Because only a sample of the full population was interviewed, all results are subject to a margin of error. For example, in a question where 50% gave a particular answer, with a sample of 518 it is 95% certain that the “true” value would fall within 4.8 percentage points of the sample result. Headline by-election voting intention - Table V2 (likelihood-weighted, undecided/refused removed, no squeeze): Candidate / Party / Vote share Andy Burnham - Labour 49% Robert Kenyon - Reform UK 39% Rebecca Shepherd - Restore Britain 8% Sarah Wakefield - Green Party 2% Jake Austin - Liberal Democrat 1% Michael Winstanley - Conservative 1% Another party <1% Base: likely voters, factored by likelihood to vote, with undecided and refused voters removed Data tables are available here: cdn.survation.com/wp-content…