This is bad news for people laying Andy Burnham as next Prime Minister – politicalbetting.com
This is bad news for people laying Andy Burnham as next Prime Minister – politicalbetting.com
The Prime Minister previously counted on the support of members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to prevent the Mayor of Greater Manchester from becoming an MP earlier this year.
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Pro tip, don't eat oysters at lunchtime as it ruins the rest of your day when you've got a full itinerary scheduled.
WOW
- He gets his orders from the Lizard People in People Suits.
- Who report to the Gray Aliens
- Who report to the Grand Council of The Illuminati. Soros is on that. (The Trilateral Commission is an advisory body, kinda to one side of the Illuminati on the diagram)
- Who report to The People behind Everything
Process State all the way.
Burnham pushed a story in The Guardian last night and now he is doing the same with The Sunday Telegraph.
If this is what happens it is a game changer
The bond markets will be interesting next week
(The paradox is that this arguably shores up Starmer over the short term. After all, why start a leadership contest now if a much better candidate is going to be heading to Westminster really really soon?)
As of January 2026, the Officers of the NEC are:
@ObserverUK
poll 🚨
🔷 Reform UK remains ahead in Westminster voting intention.
🌹 Labour and the Conservatives are effectively tied for second place.
❔But the key question: how does this national picture translate into local election results?
Reform 27%
Labour 19%
Conservative 18%
Green 15%
Lib Dem 12%
https://x.com/OpiniumResearch/status/2050651538826330375
Badenoch sees approval ratings rise continue ahead of the local elections (change from last week):
🔵Badenoch: net -4 (+2)
🔷Farage: net -17 (+1)
🔴Starmer: net -44 (n/c)
https://x.com/OpiniumResearch/status/2050657827925172578?s=20
You should see the paperwork to get anything done.
Sometimes SKS on the NEC does things that SKS the PM gets very, very angry about, when he finds out.
{And the Lizard Men just nod}
Hope that clears that up.
BBC News - Oil tanker hijacked off coast of Yemen and taken towards Somalia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwprl0v2npo
The confident briefings to the papers. The informed sources going WTAFF?
Our investigation reveals that the pair first met at an NSPCC lunch. It was the start of a mutually beneficial relationship
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/when-prince-andrew-met-peter-mandelson-jeffrey-epstein-friendship-djgmhwxh5
Yes, indeed.
A busy day on the political front line here in the battleground London Borough of Newham.
After the Newham Independents canvassed us yesterday, today we had the Labour Party paying us a visit. The three candidates and a couple of helpers werein the road adjoining others apparently, so they told me, "going to the Tamil addresses" so clearly trying to shore up their vote from the NIP. They seem to think the NIP's uncosted pledges are a weakness they can exploit though Labour's own record running the Council is nothing of which they can ber proud.
Later on, I spotted two of the three Conservative candidates with armfuls of leaflets. They are using one of the Hindu businesses (a barbers) as their unofficial campaign HQ. They conceded they werne't going to win the Borough but recognised Wall End was their strongest prospect but they had no helpers and were leafletting and doing only a targeted canvass which seemed a long way from making a real effort. Perhaps the Tory activists have gone to defend seats in Redbridge or Havering.
The leaflets are okay though the traditional Conservative mantra of "more Police" fails to address the real question of why the Met Police can't attract any recruits. In other areas such as removing the car permit charge for the first vehicle and reinstating the free bulky waste collection, the Conservatives are following Labour and the Newham Independents and are as incapable of answering the basic question about covering the income shortfall as the other two parties.
I expect Streeting to act after the elections, if he has the MPs that he claims
‘We’re all about being nice to children. Would you like a sweety, sweety?’
I think the holding on he is doing is in major part from an odd sense of obligation. He won the election and he is under a duty to see things through to the point when he cannot any more, to see if he can turn things around. All those bus injuries are sad, but necessary and if Rachel falls under during a reshuffle post LE it is just what has to be done. But, at the point Starmer decides everything has been done, he will not resist further. The power play in the meantime is just duty, just what has to be done.
So the time pressure is really on for anyone else who wants the job.
That said, Burnham has to win a by election. as @TSE notes
Not easy anywhere, right now
"However, a Labour source said: “Andy cannot name a single member of the NEC who he has won over since he was last rejected. His ‘credible’ plan is based on fantasy.”"
Not sure what happens if it's a 5-5 tie, but on face of it he may only need two other votes.
He will be PM.
If he has to pretend that he's running in full support of Starmer then he likely gets demolished, yes. But it's not going to be like that I don't think. It's going to be the electoral equivalent of the march on Rome.
I, however, have impeccable sources at the heart of the Labour Party, and they have given me definitive answers to a) when will Starmer go, and b) who will replace him. Their answer to a) is: haven't got a clue. Their answer to b) is: haven't got a clue. Bet wisely.
Maldon rocks? Helford natives? Breton bivalves? Carlingford? Farne? Whitstable? Jersey? How many?
Also: mignonette? Lemon? Tabasco? Rockefeller?
I'm serious. I am - clearly - an oyster obsessive. The 18 Carlingfords I had in Carlingford by Carlingford Lough, last week, was one of the most memorable meals of the year
HEH
RFM: 28% (-)
LAB: 19% (-)
CON: 17% (-1)
GRN: 16% (-)
LDM: 12% (-)
Via
@BMGResearch
, 29th - 30th Apr,
Changes w/ 25-26 Mar
Basically, the French oyster industry as we know it has collapsed. Various parasites and infections, plus global warming, have destroyed French natives. They're producing 5% of what they produced 40 years ago. Now it is all Pacific rocks, the gigas that everyone sells worldwide, and they are not particularly special in French waters - it's a bit too warm. So France has the oyster infrastructure and oyster market, but the actual oysters are foreign, and no longer anything special
If you want real natives or better rocks, you need Britain or Ireland. Who knew?
Bit similar to champagne moving to Kent and Sussex
The other hopefuls need to put their heads above the parapet next Friday to keep the ego of the north off the ballot.
Especially if we add in Polanski's difficulties which may not have fed through into polls yet.
Not saying Labour will do well on Thursday - just that they may do a bit better than expectations.
Wes Sides Tory
(Is he a Jet or a Shark?)
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/keir-starmer-we-have-a-choice-sink-into-division-or-rise-together-stronger
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/02/asylum-seeker-sent-france-one-in-one-out-returned-syria
561 is that it....
So far - about 30 mins of light rain.
Hmmm...
What drama!
Mark Allen just missed a simple black off its spot to go through.
My man still standing!
Go Wu!!
https://x.com/GregHadfield/status/2050675582971596828?s=20
Didn't make that mistake this time.
The thing about the Chinese players versus home grown, I think there is more pressure on UK based players at the Crucible. Mark Allen must have felt so much pressure, when you are 22 and in front of an unknown crowd, you don't feel it as much at that age. Mark Allen may never get a better chance to be back in a world final
I think Taylor is generally a good commentator, but he wore his heart on his sleeve too much there. I remember similar when the BBC commentators wanted their fellow colleague Steve Davis to beat Ding in the UK Champ final way back in 2005
"The deal will involve France deploying millions of pounds worth of drones, two helicopters, and a camera system to intercept people smugglers and illegal migrants."
I am picturing that as 'one very expensive drone prototype they didn't want anyway' plus literally a USB webcam pointed at a stretch of empty beach.
@samstein
Clyburn announces his Fish Fry guests this year:
Andy Beshear
Ro Khanna
https://x.com/samstein/status/2050246836569481223
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Key event in Dem world on the pre-primary circuit.
@samstein
Clyburn announces his Fish Fry guests this year:
Andy Beshear
Ro Khanna
https://x.com/samstein/status/2050246836569481223
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Key event in Dem world on the pre-primary circuit.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c794zd1vqn4o
"Airlines can cancel flights in advance over fuel shortages, under new plans"
@atrupar
Trump: “I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2050709101781639456
The prime minister suggested there were “instances” where it was appropriate to prevent such marches happening on UK streets –as they have done in France – as he said he would fight “with every breath I have” for a diverse and tolerant Britain following a series of attacks on Jewish communities in recent weeks, including the Golders Green terror attack.
But even his government’s own independent adviser on antisemitism said it would be “unconscionable” to outlaw peaceful pro-Palestine protests opposing Israel’s actions in the Middle East.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-ban-protest-palestine-antisemitism-b2969500.html