What was the point of croissants with the Chancellor at a breakfast briefing that was more pessimistic than postive? It looks almost certain that income tax will go up and according to Kevin Maguire of the Mirror that may well sound the death knell for Rachel Reeves term in office and wider implications for Labour and Starmer. Also in a bumper edition, Farage grows up into a serious politician, Lammy loses a prisoner and his poppy and the new Mayor of New York who hates Trump, the feeling's mutual, but shows the left still have a presence.