South Korean state energy monopoly in talks to build new UK nuclear plant: Kepco has held early-stage discussions with British officials over mothballed Wylfa site. Rachel Millard, George Parker, Song Jung-a & Jim Pickard 🐋 | Financial Times on.ft.com/4bejj0O

Great story by Rafe Uddin

Some great questions from the audience in this timely live edition of Political Fix, recorded in the wake of the local elections (and within minutes of the Elphicke turncoat shocker). With Lucy Fisher Stephen Bush and camilla cavendish

Confused about what Labour would do about irregular migration if it wins power? ⁦Anna Gross⁩ looks at what Labour says - and whether it would work on.ft.com/3ycsRLv

Great credit to Jim Pickard 🐋 for scouring through the Labour docs on worker rights off the back of a lobby karaoke night 🎤 🍺

So good by robert shrimsley - and we've seen it so many times before, as parties wrongly convince themselves they are losing because they are 'not being true to themselves'. Can Rishi Sunak rewrite the script?
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great story by gillplimmer and Jim Pickard 🐋 on the ongoing HS2 debacle

Was discussing 'Heevesianism' with Duncan Robinson this am (he wrote about this last year) - it's a grim phrase, but think we can agree it's better than Runtism

Sorry to mention the 4-0 Crystal Palace F.C. win over Manchester United, but just totted up the transfer fees of Palace's team on Monday (Eze £17m, Olise £8m, Guehi £18m, Wharton £18m and Anderson £17m) and they add up to less than the £85m United paid for subbed-off Antony

When Rachel Reeves talks about “stability” she means - to a surprising extent - continuing with lots of Jeremy Hunt policies. Hunt also adopting Lab policies… A look at (*yuk*) Heevesian economics

Indeed. Also: 1) most election experts scoff at this use of a “national equivalent vote” to project a GE 2) Even it *were* true it would boost Starmer’s “no complacency”message 3) the last (Tory) coalition was actually a beacon of stability compared with what followed

Not exactly in John Curtice’s league but looking forward to wrapping up local elections weekend with Ben Wright at 10pm #westminsterhour BBC Radio 4 .. the early hours of Friday am seem a long time ago😴

Interesting that none of the most successful Tory politicians of the last 72 hours - Ben Houchen, Dan Swords in Harlow and (yes, despite losing) Andy Street - tend to sound angry, partisan or ideological

New - Tory MPs urge Sunak to show some “vision” after local election rout. He may be safe for now but unrest widespread. Downing St grabbing hold of “hung parliament” projection but many election experts say it’s worthless on.ft.com/3Qww3YG

Great piece by Jennifer Williams on the dignified end to Andy Street’s mayoralty

Results from Birmingham and Manchester today don’t suggest any Tory bounce from scrapping the high speed rail line between the two cities on.ft.com/4blTM5v

Has Count Binface had a makeover? He somehow looks a bit more like...a bin?