I am not leftwing or rightwing. As Political Editor of an Ofcom-regulated news channel, I strive to stress all points of view, and hold all politicians to account, on air on behalf of @GBNEWS viewers and listeners. That's it!

First look at the Birmingham Tapestry at Conservative conference…..

Standing room only for John Curtice’s briefing on the Tories’ electoral chances at the Conservative Party Conference. He has just told the activists here that the Tories are doing no better than the 2024 general election. 😳

'The worry I have is are they Margaret Thatcher or more like William Hague?' @GBNEWS Political Editor @ChristopherHope reflects on @KemiBadenoch's opening speech at the @Conservatives conference

Tory goody bag….

I have made it onto the “Birmingham Tapestry” at the Conservative Party Conference! 💪👍😂

Great to run Rothamsted @parkrun today with my old friend @ryansabey. Gladys came too! 🐶 🐾 🏃‍♂️ I got round the 5k in 27 mins 23 seconds.

Great fun at Tom Harwood’s farewell/30th birthday party tonight! We will miss @tomhfh! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

This is nice. Thank you @TiceRichard! Let’s make Twitter fun again! 😀💪👍

The truth of the Twitter war of words between @TiceRichard and @christopherhope "We love each other dearly really"

Most TV is just this now.

I listened to Ed Davey on the @BBCr4today this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point. The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial. The case for the triple lock is a worthy one - stopping pensioner poverty. I want that as much as anyone. But pensioners are now less likely to be in poverty than children or working age adults. We talk about fairness, yet our answer is to give the same increase to every pensioner, treating the one choosing between heating and eating exactly the same as the one with millions in the bank. I can see no moral or fiscal case for above inflation rises for millionaires. That money should go where it's needed most - to everyone in poverty, not just one group. It could help fund free personal care, a policy that would disproportionately benefit older people. Ed is right that we shouldn't pit one generation against another. But intergenerational inequality is already one of the defining injustices of our time, and this would further entrench it. Worse, it gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit. Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense. We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living. I joined this party because I care about fairness and tackling inequality, and that has to include inequality between generations. This line, and this decision, fails on both counts. Ed needs to think again.

‘He is clearly trying to build a coalition already.’ GB News’ Political Editor Christopher Hope analyses the Prime Minister claiming that Britain ‘could go all the way’ and re-join the EU.

‘Is this tone deaf to people in Makerfield concerned about migration?’ GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope asks Prime Minister Andy Burnham about proposals to relax indefinite leave to remain and increase the safe route to the UK. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604

Does being in the European Union bring down immigration to the UK? That seems to be what the PM thinks. Yesterday he told his party conference that immigration controls had been "weakened by Brexit". I wanted to ask him about this in my GB News interview today. Here is what I said, and his reply: CH: "You said immigration controls weaken Brexit, but Brexit gives you the power to control legal migration. Boris Johnson ignored that? The Boris wave happened. He was punished at the polls. Brexit gives you the power you want to be a sovereign nation." PM: "One thing that I want to convey here is Brexit has changed the nature of immigration to this country, because in the past, when we were in the European Union, people can have their view about it, about whether it was good or bad. But what we had was a more revolving door form of migration, where people would come here in their younger years. Many people did from Eastern Europe. People would remember, and they'd maybe spend you know a few years here in their mid to late 20s, and then go home and start a family, and that was a very common form of immigration. "Now, immigration is more likely to be a permanent settlement, where people are coming on a visa to work here. And then we saw obviously the Boris wave and the changes that came through in that in that period. So it's changed the nature of immigration. "But the second thing about control, Chris, if I could just say this: when we left, we lost access to the crucial immigration database held across Europe, which tells you where people arrived and what countries they've been through, and that is information that is invaluable when it comes to managing migration." What do you think?

‘What is your problem with pensioners at Labour?’ GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope asks Andy Burnham about his triple lock announcement as the Prime Minister says he can give pensioners a ‘better deal’. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604

‘I don’t think he has any care for the community at all.’ GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope speaks with constituents in Makerfield about Andy Burnham's comments on Brexit and the possibility of going ‘all the way’ to rejoin the EU.