NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

My daughter, who is now a senior academic, was a mouse in the National Theatre production of the Wind in the Willows. She got eaten at every performance.

Why doesn’t someone make a decent version of Persuasion? There are great versions of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility (the Emma Thompson one) but not Persuasion

Getting ready for Halloween? Don’t buy Cadbury slop, it’s just palm oil and flavours, not chocolate. Try Waitrose chocolate coins (wrapped to protect sticky fingers! And not expensive)

Regardless of everything else, this should be applauded and appreciated. A great story.

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

Smarty pants 👏

Really interesting the extent to which X is now functioning as the Editor of @BBC Today programme.

She thinks he’s cuddly

Tories gift tax break on inheritance to millionaires, free child care to people earning hundreds thousands. Clear who they care about.