James Chapman

For all those joining the great migration, you can find me at @jamesmchapman.bsky.social I’m not quite ready to give this place up, but Bluesky seems like a much happier place and I’ll be spending more time there.

Restoring tax-free shopping a no-brainer for @RachelReevesMP: all the analysis shows the extra tourist spending that would be stimulated would more than cover the cost, boosting jobs and public finances. We'd also become the only tax-free destination for 450 million EU consumers.

My goodness @EdwardJDavey is on form today 🔥 Watch Ed go straight into the Hornets nest on GB News and tell some home truths. "It's our reliance on gas that is keeping energy prices high"

A victory for nerve, stamina – and highly effective lawyers telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2025/07…

Jannik Sinner rehiring Umberta Ferrara has to be up there as one of the most astonishing PR moves in tennis history. You can afford to hire anyone in the world. Why oh why Jannik?

That this is presented by the media as “policy” is why we are in this mess. These are not serious people. These are monkey tennis ideas, as divorced from the reality of criminal justice as you might expect from a company fronted by multi-millionaire simpletons.

This majority wanting to rejoin the EU continues to grow, slowly but relentlessly…

Highlights of Nigel Farage on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg… “I don’t know” #BBCLauraK

“So you don't know how much it would be in any ballpark?" #BBCLauraK asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about his proposals to privatise 50% of the water industry "Of course not" replies Farage Who would have guessed x.com/BBCPolitics/st…

Amazing preview of Shanghai Me, which opens officially in Mayfair on Monday. The shredded duck with Chinese garlic and XO sauce was my favourite. Attentive staff and a great atmosphere. Amazing views over Hyde Park and Westminster too. ⁦@shanghaime_dxb⁩

I think everyone in the country would be happier if we rejoined the EU - Remainers for obvious reasons, and Brexiteers because then they could talk endlessly about Brexit being betrayed, which they can hardly wait to do. Everyone wins.

Alastair Campbell on what Starmer’s answer to Farage should be: "This guy's one achievement in his entire career is Brexit. And it has done the country a lot of harm which we are now trying to fix." @RestIsPolitics @CampbellClaret

OUF. Brexit has cost every UK household £22k👇 @grok. Explain the main reasoning in numbers please.

"Brexit has been a disaster for British travellers." ⚠️ "Tourists, students and business travellers have all suffered from the route of self-harm after the democratic vote to leave the European Union." independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Obviously it’s only a small handful of by-elections but the fact Reform are failing to hold by elections in seats they won just weeks earlier, points to a potential weakness in maintaining momentum. With up to 4 years to go till the GE that risks being a problem for them.

Alastair Campbell says Nigel Farage(Reform MP) needs to be attacked on brexit: "Nigel Farage's one achievement is brexit... so for heaven's sake do not give the whole country to a guy who's one big achievement has been such a disaster."

Spot on. And not just the Beeb - @Nigel_Farage gets a very easy ride because he is treated as fellow commentator and fellow mainstream media critic of main parties. Never gets challenged on his Brexit role. Rarely on actual policy. Well said @EdwardJDavey

If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to do it, then so be it.

I totally agree with @EdwardJDavey on the BBC love affair with Nigel Farage.

Surely the child has already suffered enough.

In my time at the Treasury, not once did a civil servant step out of line and cause embarrassment or controversy for ministers when speaking at an event. As I told @prweek, the Cabinet Office should relax a little and rethink its new guidance. prweek.co.uk/article/192542…