What do Scotland’s retailers need to grow? We brought together businesses in Edinburgh to hear directly about the challenges they face. From business rates and rising costs to retail crime, our new report sets out their priorities for stronger high streets and more jobs. prosperuk.com/retail_high_st…

Loved joining @BethRigby @HarrietHarman and @RuthDavidsonPC on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast to discuss welfare reform, the budget and how making AI work for all should be a top priority for the PM’s 10 year plan

Neither Cartier-Bresson, Banksy nor Cold War Steve could have come up with such an image. Absolutely perfect composition and lighting (even the road signs are perfect)! 😍

🇮🇹🇺🇦 WOW! WHAT A SPEECH! WHAT POWERFUL WORDS FROM ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI! Here is the full five-minute excerpt of her speech devoted to Ukraine and Donald Trump. “Russia has launched a new autumn campaign against Ukraine. Unable to advance on the battlefield, Moscow has increasingly turned its attacks against civilians: power plants, residential buildings, hospitals, and even buses carrying people to work, as in the horrific massacre in Kramatorsk. This is a strategy through which Russia seeks to subjugate Ukraine with terror, cold, and darkness, simply because it has failed to conquer it on the battlefield. The facts contradict Kremlin propaganda and those who spread it here. Since the beginning of the year, Russia has captured very little territory, and in September it lost much of what it had previously seized. This halt did not happen by chance. It was achieved through Ukraine’s courage and Western support, including that of Italy. This resistance is the only effective instrument for bringing Russia to the negotiating table. I respect and understand the passionate debate on this issue, including within this chamber, because nobody here wants war. We all want peace. The difference lies in how we intend to achieve it. As I see it, supporting Ukraine is not an alternative to peace. It is what makes peace possible. Because if an aggressor expects its opponent to surrender, why would it negotiate? Surrender is not peace. It is conquest. If Ukraine stopped defending itself tomorrow, as many suggest, we would not have peace. We would be discussing the occupation of a European nation and the return of Soviet imperialism. Personally, I do not miss those times. I do not miss Russian tanks crushing uprisings in Prague and Budapest. I do not miss the Berlin Wall. And nobody will ever convince me that the surrender of those defending their freedom can be called ‘peace.’ The peace we want, and the peace we are working toward, even at the cost of concessions, is a just peace, because only a just peace can endure. Only a just peace can protect Europe and our interests. That is why our government's position remains unchanged: support for Ukraine, with particular attention to civilians, pressure on Moscow, and Euro-Atlantic unity remain the pillars of our actions. In this context, we must address Donald Trump's diesel agreement with Russia. This is a decision I consider extremely risky. Of course, we all recognize the need to contain fuel prices, which place a heavy burden on families, including Italian families. But we must understand that rising prices are primarily linked to the war in Iran, not Ukraine. Legitimizing Moscow, whose bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, providing new revenues to finance the war, and weakening sanctions are all factors we cannot ignore. And they contradict everything Western nations, including the United States, have done to force Putin to the negotiating table. An energy ceasefire is a different matter, one that Italy supports, and we are grateful to President Zelenskyy for Ukraine's immediate willingness to agree to it. Now we expect Russia to stop attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Finally, at such a difficult moment, when so many variables are beyond our control, there is at least one thing that depends on us: We must ensure that Europe does not simply stand by and watch, because the terms of peace will affect our continent and our security.” — Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy

'Security interests being sacrificed on the altar of an election,' General Sir Richard Barrons has warned in a discussion about the strategic implications of the US' diesel deal with Russia. #SundayMorningWith @RuthDavidsonPC | trib.al/iz5JIAa 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602

"I resist the temptation to engage in megaphone diplomacy and instead engage in actual diplomacy." Wes Streeting is questioned by #SundayMorningWith host @RuthDavidsonPC on the US' plan to livestream the execution of mass killer Nidal Hasan, and its impact on UK-US relations

Is the US still a reliable ally? #SundayMorningWith host @RuthDavidsonPC is unsure, comparing the breakdown of a close friendship to the fracturing of the UK-US alliance. "I'm not sure normal exists anymore." 📱 Watch live trib.al/mMN8pTc 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602

On Sunday Morning with @RuthDavidsonPC... 🔵 Defence Secretary @WesStreeting 🔵 Shadow chancellor @GriffithA 🔵 General Sir Richard Barrons 🕣 Sunday 8.30am 📱 Watch live trib.al/mMN8pTc 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

🚨🚨Woot woot 🚨🚨 New presenter klaxon The next half dozen set to fill the hotseat are waiting in the wings. Delighted to be first up - and what a lot there is to talk about. Sunday Morning, 8.30am on @SkyNews

🚨Electoral Dysfunction LIVE is back this Autumn🚨 Tickets on sale NOW, so get yours to join @BethRigby @JessPhillips @HarrietHarman @RuthDavidsonPC on 26th November for a big podcast night out in London at Cadogan Hall. 🎫 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ele…

Quick reminder that #ElectoralDysfunction will be out a bit later tomorrow so @BethRigby, @HarrietHarman & I can take in the by election result. Also tomorrow: tickets for our London live show go on general sale. Woot woot! 🙌 click the link 👇 cadoganhall.com/whats-on/ele…

There are times when you think AI has gone too far, but then there are moments when you see Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air scoring Mesut Özil's goal against Ludogrets, and suddenly it all feels worthwhile.

Very pleased to be kicking off the next tranche of rotating presenters on @SkyNews Sunday Show alongside @ayeshahazarika @FraserNelson @annemcelvoy et al. Excited to be in the hot seat this Sunday.

Three days. Packed events. Serious conversations about growth and the future of the centre-right. A brilliant turnout at The Exchange to round off Prosper UK’s #CPC26.

Millions of votes are up for grabs in the centre ground of British politics. That was the message from a packed room at #CPC26 as @ShippersUnbound put the big questions to @andy4wm and @RuthDavidsonPC. A brilliant conversation about why they founded Prosper UK, the voters who feel politically homeless and the opportunity for a serious, pro-growth centre right.

A packed room for Prosper UK at #CPC26 tonight. Thank you to everyone who came along for a conversation about the future of the centre-right, economic growth and the challenges facing the country. A brilliant start to our Conference programme.

Tonight at #CPC26, join @andy4wm, @RuthDavidsonPC, @margot_james_ & @DavidGauke for the Prosper UK Reception. Drinks, conversation and a chance to meet the Prosper UK team and people from across Conference. Come and join us. 8:30PM | Hall 8A

This week at #CPC26 is all about ideas. How do we get the economy growing? Back businesses? Create opportunity? Raise living standards? We will be putting forward our ideas and making the case for a serious, pro-growth Conservative agenda.

Good to catch up with the old boss @RuthDavidsonPC today at #cpc26 in-between various @Prosper_UK_ events. If possible for two people to look better than ten years prior, this photo is surely proof 😂

Why did @andy4wm and @RuthDavidsonPC set up Prosper UK? What needs to change in British politics? And what comes next for the centre-right? At #CPC26 on Tuesday, hear @ShippersUnbound put the big questions to our Co-Chairs. Join us: prosperuk.com/andy_street_an…