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“You have to discourage migrants from paying smugglers to do that in the first place.” Stopping the boats requires “breaking the business model” by removing the financial incentive, says former general director of the UK border force @FortinusGlobal. @FifiGlover | #TimesRadio

“It’s complete populist nonsense.” Reform’s call for more ‘great big strapping male’ police officers is “Neanderthal kind of thinking”, says former HM inspectorate of constabulary @ZoeBillingham. @StigAbell | #TimesRadio

“We will resolve all our political issues and in our own time. We don't need anybody to dictate.” Putin’s interference with Zelensky’s leadership is “destroying [Ukraine’s] unity”, says Vadym Prystaiko, former Ukrainian ambassador to NATO and the UK.

"In terms of creating a strategy and harnessing America's power… he doesn't seem interested in it." Trump’s approach to the Gaza conflict is driven by "his vanities" and lacks any serious strategy for achieving peace, says former Middle East peace negotiator @AaronDMiller2.

🚨Breaking News 🚨 Heavy metal and Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76, Times Radio reports.

“There is a real sense of being alone, and the rest of the world goes about its business.” Former Mirror editor @AlisonP_Journo reveals how she helped TV presenter Fiona Phillips share the often-untold mental health struggles that come with Alzheimer's.

"[Football] should always stick to football and nothing else." The racist abuse Lioness Jess Carter received was "disappointing", but will ultimately "bring the team closer together", says Lioness and Brighton and Hove Albion football player, Nikita Parris. @StigAbell

"The policy of starvation is definitely deliberate." There has been "a huge amount of complicity in Europe" over the treatment of Gazans, says Holocaust and genocide academic and former IDF soldier Omer Bartov.

“This will cost a lot of money… I don’t know if it will go as far as Farage is making it out to actually fix the levels of crime we’re seeing.” Farage’s plan to halve crime is “unbelievably ambitious”, says associate editor (spotlight) at the New Statesman, @MeganeKenyon.

“Let's not call them Starmer United because there has recently been dissent in the ranks, and hasn't been getting results.” Labour is struggling with the "tactical nous” to overcome challenges in the British economy, says @StephenSackur.

“He's clearly a big figure in the Conservative Party and I think, yes, it will undoubtedly strengthen the frontbench.” Bringing James Cleverly back to the frontbench would be a “very good move” by Kemi Badenoch as she reshuffles the shadow cabinet, says @WilliamJHague.

"If people want to argue that this is a genocide, it is not difficult to do so." Israel is meeting some of the tests determining whether their actions in amount to a genocide but the British government still has to be diplomatic, says former Conservative leader @WilliamJHague.

"Look at the police that have been dragged through the courts simply for doing their job. I think it's disgusting." Police must feel able to "shoot people if necessary", says the Reform UK leader of Kent County Council, Linden Kemkaran.

"I'd like [Trump] to adopt a high pressure position." Donald Trump should capitalise on the news that 28 nations are calling for an aid restriction lift by Israel, by pushing harder for a ceasefire in Gaza, says former US ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp.

“I think that was a moment in time after the murder of George Floyd.” Foreign secretary @DavidLammy tells #TimesRadio ‘taking the knee’ as a gesture against racism is a moment that “has probably passed”, after the Lionesses decided to drop the pre-match ritual. @StigAbell

“If they come into government and fail to deliver the things they’ve promised today, that will do an enormous amount to reduce public trust in our politicians.” By pledging to reduce crime by 50%, Nigel Farage risks over-promising and making the same mistakes as Rishi Sunak,…

“I don’t think they’ve grasped the public’s fury.” Abolishing Ofwat will not save the water industry - it must be renationalised, says Green Party peer, @GreenJennyJones. @JPonpolitics | #TimesRadio

“People are having to make a choice between gunfire and starvation.” Displacement orders issued by the Israeli government are putting the operations of aid organisations at risk, says Save The Children’s head of humanitarian policy and advocacy, Alexandra Saieh. @kaitborsay |…

“Putin is using the time he’s been given to exhaust as much of Ukraine’s air defences as he can.” The Kremlin are still pushing with full force for a military solution, despite Trump’s call for a ceasefire in 50 days, says world affairs editor at The Times, Catherine Philp.…

“It does sort of make you think, well, why am I playing by the rules?” A lack of cohesive crime enforcement is eroding public trust in the British justice system, particularly on low-level offences, says Sunday Times columnist @CharlotteIvers.