The danger in ousting populist authoritarian crooks is in thinking the battle is finally over. It's never over, and the battle begins again the very next day.

Well done Hungary. 👏

Celebratory dance in Hungary

Edward Minghella Our brilliant dad, Edward, passed away on Easter Sunday, 2026, aged 104. We've been absolutely bowled over by the messages of condolence pouring in. We knew he was loved in his day. We knew he pla...

We thought our Dad, Edward, who has died aged 104, might have been forgotten.

We were wrong!

www.minghella.com/family/edward/

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

Comparing Easter messages

Oh.

The UK government is exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract, the FT reports.

A big and absolutely correct step.

Oh.

So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature.

Got it.

Brexit cost this country £180 billion a year in lost economic output, enough to build 140 new hospitals every single year. The people who did it are now asking for your vote again.

#Brexit #NigelFarage #ReformUK

There’s always a tweet.

Don't sing "Portsmouth till I die" if you can't support them even when they crash and burn.

*Especially* when they crash and burn.

#PTID
#Pompey

What happened to our principled stance on Iran?

No amount of Paddington Bear appearances and Morgan Freeman voiceovers in their adverts will make me forget Warburton's support for the Brexit which impoverished Britain.

The reasons to appease madmen will always be found, and will always be wrong.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot,

"Let us say to our British friends"

"If they stand ready to return to the EU Single Market with all associated privileges and duties"

"They will be be met with open arms"

Sounds like a plan. Who's in?

The British Are Not Coming Eighteen years ago today, we lost my amazing brother, Anthony. Friends will know how much he meant to me, to our sisters, and of course to the whole family. It was an earthquake, and, much as we try...

www.minghella.com/the-british-...

Reposting with adjusted pic!

Half Lives Eighteen years ago today, we lost my amazing brother, Anthony. Friends will know how much he meant to me, to our sisters, and of course to the whole family. It was an earthquake, and, much as we try...

www.minghella.com/the-british-...

The British Are Not Coming

Huge crowds today in Budapest, Hungary. They are calling for a new government under Peter Magyar and an end of Orban's rampant corruption.

Source: P. Magyar

Indeed. We need a nuanced, credible hope narrative.

Every single time the BBC mentions Mandelson, even just en passant, they give the full "Lord Mandelson denies any wrongdoing and no personal gain" disclaimer. Mishcon must've put the fear of god into them.

Neil has been ridiculous for years.

Hi Diane, yeah, some things they're getting plain wrong, and it's hard to fathom.

By how much are you happy to see your fuel bills, food bills, rent or mortgage go up in order to pay for Trump and Netanhayu's war against Iran?

(Me: not one penny.)

Labour government's comms have been woeful, and they've got a lot of stuff just plain wrong. But also:

The 'austerity' Tories won popular support by telling the people they couldn't deliver what the people wanted.
The 'change' Labour government is losing popular support by telling people it CAN deliver what they want (when it patently can't).
We need a grown-up narrative for the role of government.

Lazy of me not to check, but surely the writers of the brilliant Weetabix adverts (rebuild Britain "bix by bix") are the same inspired folk who came up with Pepsi's "See it, say it, sip it." Top work.

But his views and theirs are so different! 🤔

I just can't think.🤔

Nigel Farage tells Sky News he 'never' pledged to cut council tax Sky's Beth Rigby asks Nigel Farage about Reform UK pledging to cut council tax at local level, as well as his party's "inconsistent position" on the Iran war.

news.sky.com/share/13517687