The FT newsroom on election results day looks like the aftermath of a frat party

Has the effect of Reform’s surge on the Tories’ misfortune been wildly overstated? This graph from @jburnmurdoch tells a story on.ft.com/45PXD9q

Tory fortunes will be decided by a relative "handful of votes": The collapse of their support means there are apprx 120 "knife edge seats" where the margin of victory is expected to be <5% ft.com/content/113029ff-f2da…

The FT endorses Labour: Britain needs a fresh starts ft.com/content/2290c1f7-a4cb…

The absence of honesty in UK election will undermine democracy itself - important column from Martin Wolf on the dangers of the “politics of evasion” on.ft.com/3RADzSv

Voters are kicking up a stink about the failure to tackle sewage in their local areas - with Tories at risk of losing key seats to the Lib Dems in battlegrounds around the South East ft.com/content/0d3b538c-003d…

Get the sense that the real business of govt in the UK has taken a back seat recently? Well, that’s because it has. The working day of MPs has hit a 25-year low, with members calling out a “zombie parliament”. Story by @LOS_Fisher on.ft.com/43kKdB7

1 in 10 nursing vacancies remain *unfilled* in England - but parents who want to qualify are being forced to quit training due to high childcare costs. Experts warn 'patients will suffer' without more support in the govt's spring childcare package ft.com/content/f0806330-48c9…

Tis the season for giving: The super rich are stepping in to support communities where government services have withered. (Note the stark shift in donation trends from last year as the cost of living crisis hit.) Reporting by @JenWilliams_FT ft.com/content/f3b0751b-5972…

So many touching tributes to the late Shane MacGowan - Ireland’s original punk poet. But maybe Mary Lou McDonald said it best: “Nobody told the Irish story like Shane. He sang to us of dreams and captured stories of emigration, heartbreak, love and joy” ❤️