Burnham has clear lead over other party leaders on who would make best PM, poll suggests – UK politics live

Figures from YouGov also suggest support for Farage is fallingIt is not just the Russians firing on Brits in the English Channel; Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, has accused a French warship of firing “warning shots” near him while he was on a boat in the Channel monitoring small boat crossings.In a post on social media, he says:On the channel today monitoring illegal migrant crossings … as I was being interviewed by the BBC just now a French warship approached close and fired 17 live rounds behind us. There was no notice or training exercise in place. Felt like