In Poland, “to make an English exit” is to leave a party without telling anyone that you’re going. Now a new phrase is popular there — “to Brexit”. It means to loudly announce your intention to leave a party before staying for the next four to five hours...
South-West England is set for an almighty Brexit battle in the European elections, as ardent Remainer Andrew Adonis
@Andrew_Adonis
prepares for a (probable) face-off with the Brexit Party's Annunziata Rees-Mogg
@zatzi
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Labour candidate Danny Beales, who has been selected to take on Boris Johnson in Uxbridge at the next election, tells us time in his youth spent living in hostels shaped his politics
Presenter
@ChrisGPackham
wants to make posh foods sustainable:
"The problem with posh foods is that people do aspire to them, unfortunately. Vegan or vegetarian canapés... those are the things that people should start bragging about."
In the last Londoner's Diary of the week: The lawyer who took on Dominic Cummings over the notorious trip to Barnard Castle tells us his memoir is being adapted for the screen
@nazirafzal
AJ Odudu, Maya Jama, Julie Adenuga and Siobhan Bell light up Bagatelle in Mayfair. The foursome were out for clothing brand TTYA London’s “We Move” Supper Club.
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In today's Londoner: Labour MP Jess Phillips
@jessphillips
to get kids singing
#babyshark
outside the Treasury in protest at cuts forcing schools to close early on Fridays 🦈
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@HarrietHarman
tells The Londoner that she is undaunted by her consistencies party's threat to stand a candidate against her should she become Speaker of the House of Commons
In The Londoner today: London Zoo tell us about their struggles during lockdown
‘Pygmy goats were spotted lining up at their gates each day waiting for children to arrive, they really missed the attention.’
Labour MP
@wesstreeting
tells the Londoner he wishes he and SNP MP
@StewartMcDonald
had been picked as judges on the UK RuPaul’s Drag Race. “I’ve written to Ru in the hope that we can enjoy a different Queen’s Speech in the Palace of Westminster.”
Omid Djalili says if online abuse continues after the weekend's social media blackout then Instagram, Facebook and Twitter should stop for everyone across the world for a few days of reflection
Diary today - as Jamie East quits TalkRadio after their mask stunt, is there a culture problem at the station? Ex-presenter Iain Lee talks to us
@Iainlee
The Londoner spotted Siobhan McSweeney aka Sister Michael
@siobhni
from Channel 4's Derry Girls in the Strangers' Bar after the big Brexit vote last night. We can only imagine what she was saying to MPs...
“A third of young people in this country are not registered to vote — and there are 20 days until the European elections,” says Kumar. The campaign, called "Vote For Your Future"
@vfyf2019
, runs with the message: “Every election is determined by the people who show up".
Huge alleged theft at the British Museum may not have been possible if they had a better catalogue, says academic
@profdanhicks
More than 1,500 items have reportedly been taken from the Museum over a 20 year period
And we speak to Margaret Owen, an 89-year-old who was on hunger strike for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Owen was asked to stop to protect her health by Nazanin's husband Richard
@ElectionMargie
In today's Diary: cartoonists defy government with drawing book for refugee children
The Home Office painted over a Mickey Mouse mural earlier this year
@godfreychurch
@procartoonists
@Ncknwmn
Streeting adds that his drag name would be "Eileen Toodaleft" and Scottish
@StewartMcDonald
would be "Diva Lution". Speaker John Bercow would be "Lauren Order". 💅