A nice and humorous response from Andy Burnham – politicalbetting.com
A nice and humorous response from Andy Burnham – politicalbetting.com
Also probably the first time we’ve had a PM (or soon to be) and leader of the opposition who both look like they enjoy/relish the job rather than being pained by it since Blair-Cameron.
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https://x.com/basilthegreat/status/2070123156870713562
At what point does the Speaker start applying sanctions to ministers, given that this has been going on since 1997, under many PMs and many Speakers?
I still don't like Burnham, but he is infinitely more likeable than SKS
@tse seems to have bought into the Burnham fantasy. As I quite like being a member of PB I won't point and laugh as much as I should, but still!
He’s an improvement on Starmer but then again my cat would also be an improvement on Starmer.
Personally I have a bit of a soft spot for him, for his work on the Hillsborough Inquiry.
He got booed and shouted down by the memorial service Anfield crowd as SoS DCMS, and got a standing ovation from that same crowd a couple of years later.
1st one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3mBIi084Q
2nd one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedZPS1nrwk
A man who was restrained on a Jet2 flight by fellow travellers after he allegedly assaulted another passenger and cabin crew, has died.
Police were called to reports of a passenger attacking another customer and a staff member on the Jet2 flight from Cyprus to Manchester and being "disruptive and aggressive" in the early hours of Monday.
On landing at Manchester Airport, officers used handcuffs to detain Callum Kerr, 35, of Warrington, but quickly found he was "unresponsive" and performed CPR on him before taking him to hospital, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
Kerr, a bare-knuckle fighter, died on Tuesday. An investigation into his death is under way.
Paying tribute, Kerr's loved ones said: "Callum was a family man, father to three beautiful young children, a lover of sport and with a heart of gold."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17ypedelk9o
I tell you what though, anyone who enjoys a long train journey (I've been on this for 17 hours a far and 3 to go) would love the Dogu Express. The views are incredible. I've managed to get 3/4 through the highly relevant Snow by Orhan Pamuk which is set in tonight's destination, Kars.
At the minute it feels like a lot of people are projecting onto him the sort of leader they wish the Labour government had, rather than judging him on what he’s actually saying and doing.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-charges-two-solicitors-linked-to-post-office-scandal/5127169.article
He's a natural on social media.
Actually looks comfortable doing it.
He’s also ruined the perception that lawyers are brilliant.
Offer them some salmon and they’d do whatever you asked them to do.
(I'd like to disassociate myself from my own post above
blackdark blue t-shirtI’ve no doubt that when Sir Wyn finally reports those who were questioned at the inquiry will be referred.
when I was much younger. If it is still around in that sense I have missed it!
Other seems to have been taking their postmaster clients for a ride
“ In a statement, Jonathan Peddie, executive director of investigations, enforcement and litigation at the SRA said: ‘We have referred two cases to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The cases refer to conduct that took place in the period after the main events of the Post Office Horizon scandal.
‘Our wider investigations are still ongoing. This includes issues relating directly to the Horizon scandal, where we are working closely with the Inquiry team and the Metropolitan Police. We can and will act if we find that solicitors we regulate fail to meet our standards.’”
Wish Sir Wyn would hurry up so we can get some referrals of the others under investigation
Now enjoying a welcome breeze in the garden.
https://theemptycity.com/blog/2026/06/the-worst-prime-minister-vs-the-worst-mistake-by-a-prime-minister/
Highest innings total at Nottingham is 658.
What about Boris-Corbyn?
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NEW: The Labour leadership timetable I revealed on Tuesday has been signed off by the full NEC
Confirmed that if there is just one candidate as expected and Burnham gets the required affiliate nominations, it all ends on 16 July with a special conference the next day
https://x.com/siennamarla/status/2070164466973458531
As for this bloke in this article. Some tough guy he was !! Took down by corpulent retired sales managers from Trafford.
https://www.libdems.org.uk/press/release/davey-on-cancelled-eu-uk-summit-this-is-the-cost-of-chaos-for-britain
It's always bad news stories like this.
Working class people having fun.
Heaven forbid.
Sticking shit-faced muppets in a hot tin can at 30,000 feet could have bad consequences, usually doesn’t but just because it usually doesn’t is that a reason to allow it?
Personally I can see both sides of the argument but like I said, there are many laws we have because of a few idiots or small bad possibilities.
Talking of which any one listening to radio 4 News with Evan Davis would have heard him interview a woman in Venezuala describing the damage and other things surrounding the earthquakes. She was super articulate and gave the best description- as in painting a picture -that I have so far heard. All we were told at the end of her interview is that she was a Canadian who teaches at a local school.
I was particularly curious who and how they uncovered this wasted talent.
It is not comparable either as when you go on a plane as a passenger you are not flying it or part of the cabin crew for whom the drink allowance is considerably lower than that for drivers
We always get these edge cases and tedious puritans using them to try to stop people from having a drink when the vast vast majority of flights and people who,have a drink pass off with no issue
I’ve just flown to and from Kos. Had a drink on the way out, didn’t on the way back as I was driving.
Plenty on the flight had a drink. Both ways. No issue at all.
You’re otherwise comparing being a passenger in the vehicle to being in charge of it.
The vast majority who have a couple of drinks cause no issues. Regulate to stop those who think the plane is a night club, rather than a few casual drinks.