Promoted by P. Gilbert on behalf of S McGrath (Liberal Democrats), all at 181 Merton Road, London, SW19 1EE.

Germany's most valuable AI startup, @n8n_io, is doubling down on London as it announces a large expansion here! In the last 7 days ElevenLabs, Lovable, Legora and Cursor all announced large expansions in London. Now n8n is doing the same as it targets 200 employees here over the next few years. The German startup, founded by @JanOberhauser, became Germany's highest valued AI startup after SAP invested at a $5.2bn valuation earlier this year. The company is now doing over €100m ARR. LETS GO

Much though i loathe the Trump administration, if this story is right they were right to stop the use of Fable wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-ceos-…

The UK planning system in microcosm - wealthy local campaigners in Cotswolds push through judicial review, even alleging breaches of Public Sector Equality Duty (topical!), just to block housing for year after year after year msn.com/en-gb/money/other/pl…

Case in point: the Prime Minister just said defence is "a number one priority". Growth was meant to the number one priority, is it still? There's not enough money for defence, but today the Government announced £4.5 BILLION for walking and cycling. Make choices. Decide. Lead.

We need a tax rise to fund additional defence spending I admire this articles creditability and frank honesty by @libdemlife, a Orange Book LibDem, who are not naturally pron to raise taxes further; but argues a need to use our biggest levers (VAT, income tax) to pay for our defence. Worth a read. On a wider argument, we do need to seriously look at tax simplification with a overhaul of exemptions, merging taxes (NICs & IT), taxation on land, tax on "unproductive" wealth and looking at lowering the tax rate on productive earnings like salaried income (income tax) etc. But in this, I think Simon makes a honest case. share.google/vGaNKQIhjZZ7sCG… via @libdemvoice

We are now reaching Liz Truss levels of dysfunctionality.

Labour MP wants to bring back blasphemy laws. Worrying Starmer didnt simply say no.

Central Southsea (Portsmouth) council election result: LDEM: 42.6% ( 42.6) GRN: 20.9% ( 13.0) LAB: 18.3% (-57.1) REF: 14.1% ( 14.1) CON: 4.2% (-12.6) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. newstatesman.com/politics/uk…

🚨 NEW: Pamela Nash has resigned as a PPS in the Ministry of Defence

Great news today as we have secured funding for an extension of St Helier's A & E. The project will cost nearly £60 million and will go a long way to ending corridor care. I am going to keep the pressure on to make sure that we see spades in the ground as quickly as possible, and will keep people updated every step of the way.

You know how quite often people in the comments disagree with what you say? Not when you write about the WASPIs thetimes.com/comment/columni…

At long last, the UN Human Rights Council has formally acknowledged that Hamas in Gaza carried out executions, torture, improperly used medical facilities for terror purposes, and engaged in violent abuses against women and children after October 7. The report captures only a fraction of what actually occurred, in part because documenting these crimes is extraordinarily difficult and because Gazans fear retaliation if they report anything to the UN or other investigators. The findings on Hamas were buried beneath a long section on Israeli settler abuses in the West Bank, but even so, this marks a significant shift for an international body that has long struggled to speak plainly about Hamas’s brutality in Gaza. Most importantly, the report acknowledges but barely scratches the surface of how extensively Hamas has weaponized Gaza’s medical infrastructure, embedding fighters in hospitals, using patients as shields, and turning civilian facilities into operational hubs. The UN even notes that Doctors Without Borders evacuated non-essential staff from Nasser Hospital because Hamas was interfering with the hospital’s operations. When I shared this information, including testimonies from Gazans who documented Hamas’s fascistic behavior inside hospitals, and photos of fighters emerging from Nasser Hospital after the ceasefire, the online “pro-Palestine” chorus had nothing to offer except accusations of Zionist collaboration, accusations of betrayal, and personal insults. This UN report is an indictment not only of Hamas, a violent extremist terror organization responsible for immense suffering, but also of every activist, journalist, and academic who chose to look away. It shows that Hamas’s crimes were so egregious, so undeniable, that even a slow, hesitant, and often ineffectual body like the UNHRC could no longer pretend not to see them. Shame on anyone who still defends Hamas or ever believed its violence constituted “resistance” on behalf of the Palestinian people.

Burnham campaign clearly not going as well as they are saying

This is really disappointing:

New: Angus MacDonald responds to Sarah Pochin accusing him of an “aggressive approach” in Parliament

London's new-build market recorded 19 sales in May. The whole city. One month. 22,000 units sitting unsold — completed or under construction with no buyer. In the same month, a single phase in Abu Dhabi development launched and sold 80% of available homes — over 400 units, AED 800 million. One development outperformed an entire capital city's monthly new-build market. This isn't a supply problem. Buyers know exactly what they don't want. Leasehold. Uncontrollable service charges. A property they can't exit. Declining economy. Poor governance. Freehold. Strata title. Regulated service charges. Growing economy wins. #LeaseholdReform #UKProperty #PropertyInvestment

🧵 @cllrmikeross, Leader of @Hullccnews, said: “Hull Maritime Museum will be the centrepiece of a new maritime experience that brings Hull’s maritime history to life."

Interesting proposal from @theobertram and @SMFthinktank, which is similar to our @InstituteGC Lifespan pensions reform idea from a few weeks ago. A couple of thoughts from me:

if only as Chancellor of Oxford University , he was in a position to do anything about this ........

using this daft logic we will presumably be imposing extra taxes on supermarkets to subsidise food ....