Nine living former Prime Ministers today - or ten Prime Ministers including Andy Burnham Six former PMs at accession of Charles III, Sept 2022 Seven by 2023 Coronation Nine by 2026 Remembrance ceremony Five seems to be the all-time record before 2022 (1964, 1979, 2019) with four ex-PMs in 1842

National Trust council Restore Trust candidates get 10,400 - 12,500 votes (19-22%) falling 15-20k short of the elected candidates (52-55%) with about 55,000 of the 5 million members participating. Turnout was a little down for losers + winners in fifth year of Restore Trust runnning a losing slate

The Financial Times will surely have to correct this false assertion in a column by Camilla Cavendish: "Net migration was only low last year because emigration was high" I (eventually) got the BBC to correct Nigel Farage's similar false claim: immigration fell 400k, emigration rose 41k.

Net migration is right now at its lowest level since 1997. The media may even discover this surprising secret fact on November 26th (when the figures to June 2026 come out + show it was below <100k for first time since 1997) and in May 2027 (when the full year for 2026 may well hit zero/negative)

Brazil's Presidential election Lula 64.2 million (52%) Bolsanaro 59.8 million (48%) Lula is +10.5 million and Bolsanaro +2.7 million on first round there were almost +3 million more votes cast in the second round, as well as 9 million votes (8%) for other candidates in the 45% to 47% first round.

Reform UK Oxford will host a talk in November criticising "DEI" by the Nathan Cofnas, who describes his belief in + commitment to biological racism as "race realism", writing "in a meritocracy, blacks would disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment”.

Nuffield Trust finds that the NHS surcharge (at £1035/year + £776 for students + children) raises 60% more than the cost of the healthcare it covers, putting £2.5 billion into the NHS Rapid drops in immigration therefore hit the NHS finances www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/articles/ana...

What does Kemi Badenoch think the level of immigration should be? Is everybody in the media & politics going to act surprised when the year to June 2026 statistic (on Nov 26th) falls below net 100k for first time this century Best estimate of net migration *now* (4th Q 2026) is zero, or negative

Andrew Boff has left the Conservative Party after 53 years (so will now be an independent in the GLA) over his support for human rights. The leadership will not allow candidates to run if they publicly support continued UK membership of the ECHR, ratified since 1951 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rupert Lowe of Restore Britain says the electoral success of his political party would "inevitably" lead to civil unrest and rioting. His argument is increasingly that civil conflict has become unavoidable + absolutely necessary (if still partly regrettable + somewhat to be blamed on opponents)

The BBC is making a lot of cuts (including to some things only the BBC would do or could do). The BBC could cut some things where it is simply replicating what private media businesses will do - as it wants a share of audience. This issue could be covered seriously by its news channels.