Possibly some good news for young people in the UK and Europe, plus universities and employers either side of the Channel. Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people | Brexit | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM European Commission to seek approval from leaders to start talks with UK on visa-free exchanges for 18- to 30-year-olds

Given Starmer's previous job he should know whether it's a police matter or not. It's, err, interesting that Tory HO are happy to set Greater Manchester Police on Angela Rayner for £2-3k which has already been investigated but not think it's worth calling them in to investigate Menzies.

Thread reopened. HB

If you mean your questions about guilt and convictions, we've been trying to tell you that... It's good that you have some help. HB

We normally suggest waiting until they reply, let's give it more time. I assume they have the right contact details for you? HB

Well done for seeing it through, Bertie. HB

We never know how long they will take to respond, it depends on how busy they are. They also look through people's ticket history to see if everything is normal. If you haven't evaded fares before this won't be a problem for you but it takes time. It seems that train companies are doing this more and more. HB

Tory donor who funded Sunak's private jet has assets frozen in fraud investigation. Tory donor who funded Sunak private jet has £14.3m assets frozen in fraud case INEWS.CO.UK The latest case against medical entrepreneur Akhil Tripathi has resulted in more than £14m of his assets being frozen by a judge

Journo Russell Scott has been looking at people who sold PPE to the Johnson government. https://twitter.com/RussellScott1/status/1780686322908487787

I don't know how popular that would be now that time has passed. I think a lot of people would be interested in trying to get back money from contracts supplying faulty PPE when they see people who had no experience in supplying it buying mansions. It's a mystery to me why Lady Moan is the only one being pursued.

As I said, his case sat around at CCHQ for three months. It sounds as if they're trying to string them out from the previous misdemeanour/sacking.

Do you have anything other than the N180 and that letter? We know what an N180 looks like. HB

According to the Graun, Menzies lost the whip yesterday evening. They said they can't say much more for legal reasons.

It's mostly small investors, isn't it, TJ? I don't think Wall Street and institutions have bought into Truth Social. Much like US banks don't want to lend to him, I'm reading.

I would have thought so but I'm no lawyer. What did the one that you spoke to say? You could also google about how/when a will trust is set up to get more of an idea before you speak to the original lawyer. HB