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Ann Widdecombe defended Nigel Farage's financial conduct in an interview recorded only 20 minutes before police believe she was attacked. It shows her passionately-held beliefs and long political experience. This excerpt is being published with the permission of Ann's family.

“He’s trying to prove a point.” “I’d vote for Binface” Clacton residents react to Nigel Farage calling a by-election. @RosieWright99

Keir Starmer’s biographer Tom Baldwin says Keir Starmer has been joking that his next job will be hedge cutting for his father-in-law. “He says it’s not offering minimum wage, but he might take it on the basis that if he does it well, he might be allowed to move up to lawns.”

Daniel Finkelstein reveals how George Osborne “kind of talked David Cameron round” to leading the project to modernise the Conservative Party. “George Osborne had decided prime minister was a very hard job. He wasn't ready.” 🗳️ How To Win An Election 🎧

Farage is a "grifter" and the Greens will fight him in Clacton, says the deputy leader of the Greens Mothin Ali. He also adds that Farage is talking about people versus the establishment but "he is the very epitome of the establishment." Mothin Ali

Count Binface admits he has not been to Clacton. “I thought I’d take a leaf out of the current incumbent’s book, and so I specifically have never visited it because I thought that was the done thing.” Count Binface | #TimesRadio

“We would like to explore twinning with a Palestinian town.” The new Green mayor of Lewisham Liam Shrivastava tells #TimesRadio he is “very keen” to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.

"The deep state is after Nigel." Reform UK member Nadhim Zahawi alleges that there have been illegal government leaks in regard to Nigel Farage because of his threat to the status quo.

“Banks are making £1 billion a week between them…we think you could tax the banks more fairly and use that to support a social tariff.” Trade Union Congress general secretary Paul Nowak sets out the TUC’s hopes for Burham’s Autumn budget.

Keir Starmer should rip up Ed Miliband’s “unnecessary” net zero agenda, Tony Blair tells #TimesRadio. “It’s not that I'm a climate denier, but it's just coming to terms with this reality.” Calum Macdonald

Andrew Neil gets emotional talking about his desert island disc: Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys.

The law keeping Shabir Ahmed in the UK could be revoked, says former Conservative Attorney General Dominic Grieve, but the “biggest hurdle” is getting Pakistan to cooperate. “The Pakistani government has made it pretty clear that they won’t have him back.” Calum Macdonald | Rosie Wright

Nigel Farage will win the Clacton by-election "handsomely" and will send "shockwaves through the establishment", Lee Anderson tells John Pienaar. The Reform UK chairman also predicts Farage will win more than 50 per cent of the vote. John Pienaar | Lee Anderson MP

Matt Forde presents his guide to perfecting an Andy Burnham impression. @MattForde | Kate McCann | Stig Abell

Dame Penny Mourdaunt reveals the amount of violent threats most MPs regularly receive.

Times Radio’s Andrew Neil calls out the “buffoon” blaring out music over Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation speech. “The fact that we allow this to happen shows, that at times, we are not a serious country.” @AFNeil

“It is now essential for everybody’s security that those addresses are not made public.” With MPs facing “unprecedented levels of abuse, harassment and direct threats”, Anna Dixon MP is calling for MPs’ home addresses to be removed from ballot papers.

“He talks about values, but I think what Londoners value is not being mugged, not being raped by a serving police officer.” CEO of Palantir UK Louis Mosley says London Mayor Sadiq Khan is “putting politics over public safety” by blocking the tech firm’s deal with the Met Police.

Lesson learned: never ask Andrew Neil for a higher tip! “I called the owner later that night, and he was fired in the morning.” Stig Abell | Kate McCann