Harry Kane’s emotional message to his wife Katie after winning the Ballon d’Or ❤️⚽ “To my lovely wife Katie, my best friend. You wanted me to win this award more than I did. We have been through so many ups and downs. We did it. You always wanted what was best for me and you sacrificed your dreams for mine. This would never have been possible without you. I love you so much.” What a moment. Proper class from the England captain and 2026 Ballon d’Or winner. 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lovely stuff ❤️❤️

"It would throw up a huge dust cloud of uncertainty." Former chief economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane says reopening a debate about Brexit ‘would be a damaging thing'.

I don't recall Covid starting in 2010.

Our current MP has not put a foot wrong. Compare and contrast with Butler. She serves her people in a non partisan way and is an example to all of you who put party politics before people. @laurakyrkesmith

Depressing stuff from the Telegraph arguing for the restoration of free movement because Poles and Romanians no longer want to come here, completely ignoring the vast new constituency which does: millions of regularised irregular migrants from Africa and the Middle East. Bonkers.

NEW There is some confusion over Andy Burnham's position on Brexit Earlier this morning: Reporter asks: "Will you allow the UK to join the EU freedom of movement without a referendum?" Andy Burnham says: "No. And I wasn't saying that", adding that he would "never move ahead of the British public when it comes to Brexit". 11.30am Lobby briefing: Number 10 will now not say whether the British public will get a referendum on rejoining EU freedom of movement. A spokesman says: "The process will be set out in due course ... He wants to have an open debate about this.... there are no options on the table." What do you think? More now on @GBNEWS.

Exclusive from @benclatworthy Britain is holding talks with the EU about a potential return to free movement and other options for closer alignment The Times has been told that the UK is discussing a series of options about the future relationship which are due to be unveiled within weeks Andy Burnham plans to set out his vision for closer ties with the bloc, including the potential of rejoining the union, and have a “conversation with the British public about our long-term future” The options that will be presented are being discussed with officials in Brussels to ensure both sides would ultimately be able to agree One source said all such routes would be “discussed using diplomatic channels” before any “big bang” launch of the options on the table thetimes.com/article/4ef6707…

I think @afneil has already dealt with this lie when it was Starmer peddling it.

Almost everything Burnham says in this piece is a lie. - We didn't get a "harder" Brexit than what was mentioned in the Referendum. We left with the most comprehensive trade agreement the EU has ever signed. - The small boats crisis didn't emerge because of losing "returns agreements". While we were in the EU we were a net-, recipient of illegal immigrants from these agreements, the small boats crisis has emerged because of a global surge in illegal immigration and pull-factors like our human rights laws. - Immigration within the EU was not "revolving door". It has been permanent, and significantly more than estimated at the time. Over 6 million people have come here on the EU Settlement scheme, double estimated. The Prime Minister is dishonest and cynical, planning to hand border control to the EU, and likely pay them British taxpayers money while he's at it.

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SEAT PREDICTION LATEST - AYLESBURY TOO CLOSE TO CALL (LEANING CON) MAJ: 1.49% pollingreport.uk/seats/E1400…

I know it doesn't however standing on a ticket, promising the electorate a certain set of policies and then trying to implement something completely different is why the Tories are in a mess.

Labour is facing an investigation into claims it misled the public about defence spending. Sir Ben Wallace, the former defence secretary, has accused the Government of artificially inflating the defence budget by including billions of pounds in intelligence spending 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

🇦🇺 She survived the execution of her fellow nurses. Then, for three and a half years, her friends kept that survival a secret. On February 16, 1942, Japanese soldiers ordered 22 Australian nurses into the sea at Radji Beach, on Bangka Island. Two days earlier, the nurses had survived the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke while fleeing Singapore. Now machine guns opened fire behind them. Vivian Bullwinkel, 26, was hit. She fell into the water and lay motionless until the soldiers left. Of the 22 nurses, she alone survived. For 12 days, she hid with a wounded British soldier, tending him despite her own injury. Eventually, they surrendered. He died soon afterward. In captivity, Vivian found other nurses who had survived the shipwreck. She told them what had happened on the beach. They understood the danger: their captors must never discover that a witness to the massacre was still alive. For the rest of their imprisonment, they never spoke of it. Through hunger, disease, and years of captivity on Bangka and Sumatra, they protected her secret. Eight of the captured Australian nurses died before freedom came. Vivian survived to testify at the Tokyo war crimes tribunal and spent decades honoring her murdered colleagues. She died on July 3, 2000, aged 84. During captivity, silence had helped protect her. Afterward, she made sure the world heard their story. Follow @Vanguard_WW2 for more extraordinary lives behind the history of World War II.