Angela Rayner appears to have as much self awareness as Liz Truss – politicalbetting.com

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"...Every single Labour candidate who stands in any election while Starmer remains party leader deserves to be defeated. The problem is the main beneficiaries will be the far-right. That's why the PLP has to act now. Get plotting. Your party and your country needs you to stand up to the lunacy..."

Bluesky person @JWexTheSpa, who may be familiar to some of you, November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM

FrancisUrquhart

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"...Every single Labour candidate who stands in any election while Starmer remains party leader deserves to be defeated. The problem is the main beneficiaries will be the far-right. That's why the PLP has to act now. Get plotting. Your party and your country needs you to stand up to the lunacy..."

Bluesky person @JWexTheSpa, who may be familiar to some of you, November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM

Put the phone down, get off social media....

DecrepiterJohnL

Don’t use electric blankets and hot water bottles together, public urged
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/16/electric-blankets-and-hot-water-bottles-shocker-cold-snap/ (£££)

DEI-obsessed, lanyard-wearing firefighters urge us to get out of the bath before making toast.

In unrelated news, it will be bloody cold this week.

DecrepiterJohnL

Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv653v1vjo

DecrepiterJohnL

With all the sport over the weekend, you might have missed Luke Littler becoming the top-rated darts player.

Back when MVG became the youngest World No. 1 at 24, it was seen as an incredible feat.
Luke Littler just beat that by 6 years.
https://x.com/Betfred/status/1990092082313093463

FrancisUrquhart

DecrepiterJohnL said:

Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv653v1vjo

I can't keep up.....

DecrepiterJohnL

FrancisUrquhart said:

DecrepiterJohnL said:

Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv653v1vjo

I can't keep up.....

I don't know if this is genuine on Trump's part or if he is relying on DoJ investigations into Democrat links will impose its own delay.

DecrepiterJohnL

Andy_JS said:

I wish Shabana Mahmood could be the next Labour leader, but I don't hold out much hope of her getting enough support from fellow MPs.

If the party collectively decides it should choose a woman this time, that would narrow the field. Shabana Mahmood now has to prove she is a better Home Secretary than Yvette Cooper.