Really? What a way to go after the youth vote (and the votes of their parents).

A true Michael Gove legacy: driving down to Kent coast past at least 5 miles of parked lorries on M20, still 5 miles to Ashford.

I want this

🚨 NEW: Key deadlines for the GE on 4 July

⏲️ Register to vote: Tuesday 18 June at 23.59

⏲️ Applying for a Voter ID: Wednesday 26 June at 17:00

⏲️ Applying for a postal vote: Wednesday 19 June at 17.00

⏲️ Applying for a proxy vote: Wednesday 26 June at 17.00

Had brows done y’day, Booked again for 4 July.
Me: see u on GE day!
Brow Lady: we’ve just had elections.
Me: that was local, this is GE
BL: is that where u choose PM?
Me: yes
BL: who will win?
Me: probs Keir Starmer
BL: who’s Keir Starmer?
Fresh brows get a work-out

Some good follows for the upcoming general election:

Balanced set of policy Wonks:
Robert Colvile Jonathan Portes Torsten Bell Rachel Wolf Anand Menon Nick Davies Iain Mansfield Ben Zaranko Ian Mulheirn Tom Forth Sam Freedman Sam Dumitriu Dr Catherine Haddon
Jill Rutter
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This got lost in the flurry of yesterday so one last push because whatever the election result this feature of the state needs changing.

Such a good point Jim Reed. This evidence must not be buried.

Were there any parents of kids sitting #GCSEs NOT shouting ‘pathetic fallacy’ at the telly yesterday? Or ‘metaphor’? Who’d have thunk his educational parting shot would be in literacy rather than numeracy?
Best of luck to all those sitting English Language today 🖊️

Victoria Derbyshire is such a class act on BBC Newsnight.

It sounds nuts but, on this of all days, my FT Opinion column on keystone species - and the difficulty defining them - has been the top-read opinion piece tonight (with thanks to Ishana Shukla for insight)
Maybe we are all in election denial…

ft.com/content/e94e44… via @ft

historically, men in this situation used a folding canopy called an umbrella

Delighted to be in conversation with my brilliant colleague Michael Peel on his wonderful new book. This book could not have been better-timed.
Come and join us! 📕

Gotta hand it to my son. He’s turned the whole #GCSE slog into the #AQA League and #Edexcel Cup, chalking up each exam as a W, D or L.
His msg on the kitchen blackboard ahead of chem tmrw: ‘But can they take home the 3 points at Titration Lane?’ 💪🏽
Good luck everyone!

This really is crucial - I feel there is a growing belief, encouraged by some Con MPs and parts of the right wing press - that 'they' (foreign students) are taking 'our kids places'. This is not just wrong, it is upside down - 'they' are *funding* 'our kids' places.

How did I miss Friday’s light show? My FT Opinion col on the #northernlights frenzy, starring a Norfolk lay-by, #eurovision2024 & Jim Wild of AuroraWatch UK Lancaster University , on geomagnetic storms

ft.com/content/80b6e1… via @ft

What a rude man. From the school of thought that if you interrupt enough and speak loudly enough you must be right.

Jan Dalley, the FT Arts Editor of many years standing, is stepping down in September having shaped arts coverage for.. well this century!
Somehow we have to replace her. It's an incredible job. Extraordinary candidates only please boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

I find these ageist assumptions laughable and a bit desperate tbh.

You don’t have to be under 50 to be progressive, whether about tech or anything else. Look at Joe Biden’s ambitious, science-heavy green agenda.

This is a good piece - having your phone nicked is a nightmare. Some further advice: Change your notifications settings so that the content of them isn't visible if the phone is locked - this means a thief won't be able to see 2FA codes sent by SMS.