Like every other person persecuted by News Group Newspapers, I wish they had left my family alone. But what happened, happened. Today, I’m glad they have finally accepted responsibility. I’m glad they have apologised and acknowledged the direct harm caused by years of unlawful surveillance by their journalists and their army of private investigators—not just to my family but to Prince Harry and his.

I’ve just seen this thread from Andrew. What he says is that the night before Labour decided it’s 2017 manifesto, the team around Jeremy knew that the version leaked was not the one I had seen. I want to tell you what happened to my staff over that period.

https://twitter.com/fisherandrew79/status/1523932675647709185

When Andrew rang me to say the manifesto had been leaked, I was aghast. He told me that only jeremy and I had seen it. It sounds preposterous now to say it but my first thought was has Jeremy left it on a train?! I was astounded when Andrew, asked me if I’d leaked it.

1. The Hacker House saga continues – DCMS’ ‘review’ of the grant award is a whitewash.
No one reading Hacker House’s grant application would give the company a penny, let alone £100,000 of tax payers’ money.
Let’s take a look… 2. Jennifer Arcuri claims she wants to set up “the Netflix of security” and that she needs 100k of public money to do it.

Here's a long thread on where Boris Johnson currently stands on the sugar tax, obesity and pandering to the regressive right... 1) Let's start with the statement sent to journalists last night. In it Johnson calls for a review of “sin taxes” including the sugar tax, proposals for a milkshake tax, and the ban on energy drinks for the U16s.