| Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good Thursday morning. DRIVING THE DAY BREAKING: Keir Starmer has claimed vaccine passports are 'un-British', and that 'there will be a British sense that we don't actually want to go down this road." Starmer tells the Telegraph today that using passports for everyday social activities would be against 'the British instinct', and that the government should not leave it to private businesses to decide whether to make such checks. The Top Stories: Here are the top stories from today's newspapers. The Daily Mail writes that "Macron locks down France" as he shuts down French schools and shops for the next month, The Guardian says "No 10's race report has been widely condemned as 'divisive'", and The Times reports on the "Backlash over Sewell report slavery claim". There was also some bollocks in the Mail about Carrie Symonds' charity or something. **A message from Brian Rose - Your next mayor for London: I have always loved London and will always love this great city. I love the people, the history, the spirit, the culture, the diversity – it embodies everything I hold dear in my heart. I believe it truly is the greatest city in the world. I am excited to embark on this new mission with your help to lead London in a new direction. COVID UPDATE EVERYTHING'S FINE: Most people are vaccinated now, so go out and have fun. COVID SECURE PICKNICKING: Tom Harwood's head this morning will be unchanged after a Millbank picnic - that never exceeded six attendees - toasted him on his final day at Guido. Highlights included a former senior government comms official admitting that Harwood's strategy for Brexit was better than Theresa May's. Something that I was surprised to hear given that I witnessed the same official telling the then new-to Westminster-Tom that he had no idea what he was talking about. Tom Harwood, who has been with the site since 2018, is the latest of the stellar alumni to graduate from Westminster media's answer to McKinsey/Goldman Sachs. The Guido team are a little worse for wear and will possibly be so for the rest of the week. TODAY IN WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENT: In recess, chill, nowhere to go and for once this email is not going to go on forever. SCOTNAT RELATIONS: Alex Salmond boldly selects his good friend Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh as an Alba Party candidate. MEDIA ROUND Does it really matter today? It's recess you schmucks. Government mouthpiece broadcast round: Sky News (7.05 a.m.) … Times Radio (7.20 a.m.) … LBC (7.50 a.m.) … ITV GMB (8.30 a.m.) … talkRADIO (8.50 a.m.). Shadow Government mouthpiece broadcast round: ITV GMB (6.50 a.m.) … Sky News (7.35 a.m.) … Times Radio (8.20 a.m.) … LBC (8.50 a.m.). Also on the Today program: Some Priest, thought for the day (7.50 a.m.) … Some think-tanker, (8.10 a.m.) … someone you didn't realise was still alive (8.30 a.m.) … Anna Soubry (8.40 a.m.). BBC Breakfast: Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley (6.45 a.m.) … Tory MP Maria Miller (7.10 a.m.). Also on Good Morning Britain (ITV): Brian Gammon (6.20 a.m.) … Woko Ono (7.15 a.m.) … Susan Boyle (8.05 a.m.) … Count Binface (8.15 a.m.). Also on Julia Hartley-Brewer's breakfast show (talkRADIO): former Brexit Party MEP Nigel Farage (8.05 a.m.) … former Brexit Party MEP Richard Tice (8.20 a.m.) … former Brexit Party MEP Martin Daubney (9.06 a.m.). Reviewing the papers tonight: BBC News (10.40 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.): Guardian Columnist and Independent Columnist … Sky News (10.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.): Mirror Columnist and Observer Columnist LONDON CALLING Westminster weather: ☁️☁️☁️ Shit. Clouds and highs of 15C. Birthdays: Chris Grayling, John Glen, Sharon Hodgson, Paul Myners, Stephen O'Brien, and Susan Boyle - no idea why we are mentioning Susan to SW1, like you will personally wish her as a result. GUYBOOK COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT: Paul Staines, Christian Calgie, Adam Cherry, Tom Harwood (mostly). | 
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