Wednesday Morning Briefing Live with David Vance

…that I believe!

One of the strangest and saddest stories in the news cycle has been the deaths of actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 64, alongside one of their dogs in their Santa Fe New Mexico, home.

I see that former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has let it be known that she does not want Andy Burnham to be prevented from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election!

I had to chuckle when I read that UK PM Sir Keir Starmer has told his cabinet today ‘governments don’t lose because polls go down’ – as YouGov puts Labour behind Reform UK and Tories.

Anyone who remembers the era of Yasser Arafat will be clear enough on the “qualities” of Mahmoud Abbas, the man who succeeded him.

British politics is clown world.