Oh FFS. Every single week. Week after week after week.
The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter · 53m BREAKING: Axios claims the US and Iran have agreed to stop attacking each other and meet this week in Doha, Qatar.
Of course, this comes just 1 hour before the US stock market futures open.
Following the suggestion of KCIII I expect the Scots will choose to support Canada for the rest of the tournament, given that it's another of his realms.
Britain's Emma Raducanu will not play at Wimbledon after withdrawing on the eve of her home Grand Slam tournament because of a stress fracture in her lower right leg.
Raducanu, 23, announced the decision shortly after 22:00 BST on Sunday - about seven hours after telling journalists she planned to play.
Raducanu, who is seeded 30th, was due to start her campaign on Monday against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic on Court One.
"I've done everything possible to try to get to the start line but after a final scan tonight the niggle I've been managing has developed into a stress fracture," Raducanu said.
"I've been medically advised to stop pushing through."
NEW: Shabana Mahmood has announced members of the public will replace judges in deciding appeals from failed asylum seekers
Anyone can apply as long as they eat Tofu and raved the Gaurdian…
Politics UK @PolitlcsUK · 41m Mahmood will recruit hundreds of people from various different backgrounds who will be trained as adjudicators
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This one isn't going to go horribly wrong is it? No siree.
Everything will be fine.
Forget everything else, why announce this now? We're effectively in a shortish interregnum, shouldn't she be waiting to confirm who the new boss is and what Andy thinks?
In old regeneration terms - that's about two Dr.Who's (imperial to metric allowing). If he doesn't have a proper old-time sonic screwdriver and/or dodgy cabinet console that only responds to a solid thump - he's in trouble.
NEW: Shabana Mahmood has announced members of the public will replace judges in deciding appeals from failed asylum seekers
Anyone can apply as long as they eat Tofu and raved the Gaurdian…
Politics UK @PolitlcsUK · 41m Mahmood will recruit hundreds of people from various different backgrounds who will be trained as adjudicators
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This one isn't going to go horribly wrong is it? No siree.
Everything will be fine.
Forget everything else, why announce this now? We're effectively in a shortish interregnum, shouldn't she be waiting to confirm who the new boss is and what Andy thinks?
"Andy? What do you think about this?" "Aaaaa-mazing!" "Great! I'll announce it!" .... "LOL - see ya on the back benches!"
Alls well with the world . Wimbledon starts tomorrow !
There’s nothing quite like it. Im tuning out of politics and the news in general and am going into my happy tennis bubble!
Always brilliant. Absolutely in my top 5 annual sports events along with the Open, the Arc, the Crucible, and Boxing Day football.
I'd like to see Novak do 25.
Forgive my stupidity, but what's the Arc?
A big horse race in Paris. First Sunday in October. 12 furlongs, flat.
Ahhhhhh, I see, thanks. Sadly I know as much about horse racing as I do about the Old Testament, it's all Greek Hebrew to me.
You are far from alone. It's a struggling sport, sadly.
Back in the day when I worked for a company where the Directors indulged themselves, a colleague woke up after an industry do lying on the grass near a big tower, the Directors passed out around him. After the initial reaction of "what am I doing in Blackpool?", he remembered that someone had suggested going to longchamp for the Arc.
Heard an anecdote today from a former chauffeur who was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham. Said he came back from the meeting and said 'that man hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and is out of his depth.'
We will see if there is more to Burnham than the likeable northern chappy image, we must hope the Roche chair was wrong
In old regeneration terms - that's about two Dr.Who's (imperial to metric allowing). If he doesn't have a proper old-time sonic screwdriver and/or dodgy cabinet console that only responds to a solid thump - he's in trouble.
Depends. From 1970 to 1981 only two people were Dr Who: Baker T. and Pertwee. But between the 2013 anniversary special and 2025 there's been several: Tennant twice, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whittaker, Ncuti Gatwa and arguably John Hurt, Jo Martin and possibly Billie Piper. That's nine Whos in twelve years.
That's comparable to seven PMs between 2016 and 2026: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer, Burnham, or seven PMs in ten years.
It's almost like you can draw a similarity between the decay of the program and the decay of Bristish politics. But who would write such a thing...
Another morning when Russia’s on fire again, is a good morning.
Crimea seems to be getting it particularly hard today, and there’s a long queue to get out as supplies can’t get in and there’s power and water shortages.
"France blames US for deadly heatwave Paris official hits back at mockery over lack of air conditioning, saying America shares responsibility for record-breaking temperatures" (£)
Heard an anecdote today from a former chauffeur who was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham. Said he came back from the meeting and said 'that man hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and is out of his depth.'
We will see if there is more to Burnham than the likeable northern chappy image, we must hope the Roche chair was wrong
Was this chauffeur Albanian by chance?
No Jewish ex East End
Isn't Roche a Swiss pharmaceutical company with a Swiss board, based in Switzerland? What is an East End chauffeur doing there? The East End of Geneva?
Heard an anecdote today from a former chauffeur who was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham. Said he came back from the meeting and said 'that man hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and is out of his depth.'
We will see if there is more to Burnham than the likeable northern chappy image, we must hope the Roche chair was wrong
Was this chauffeur Albanian by chance?
No Jewish ex East End
Isn't Roche a Swiss pharmaceutical company with a Swiss board, based in Switzerland? What is an East End chauffeur doing there? The East End of Geneva?
..was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham..
Heard an anecdote today from a former chauffeur who was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham. Said he came back from the meeting and said 'that man hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and is out of his depth.'
We will see if there is more to Burnham than the likeable northern chappy image, we must hope the Roche chair was wrong
Was this chauffeur Albanian by chance?
No Jewish ex East End
Isn't Roche a Swiss pharmaceutical company with a Swiss board, based in Switzerland? What is an East End chauffeur doing there? The East End of Geneva?
..was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham..
I don't particularly want to defend Burnham, and I am sure he is most likely an idiot, but there are some distinctly Tirana taxi service vibes about this story.
Really disappointing for Raducanu to have to withdraw from Wimbledon .
It just seems to have been a catalogue of injuries and illness since her US Open win . Similarly with Jack Draper one has very little confidence in him maintaining a healthy body .
Last year he got as high as number 4 in the world and does have the game to trouble the very best . Now on his way back with the rankings drop he gets an awful draw against Taylor Fritz .
Heard an anecdote today from a former chauffeur who was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham. Said he came back from the meeting and said 'that man hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and is out of his depth.'
We will see if there is more to Burnham than the likeable northern chappy image, we must hope the Roche chair was wrong
Was this chauffeur Albanian by chance?
No Jewish ex East End
Isn't Roche a Swiss pharmaceutical company with a Swiss board, based in Switzerland? What is an East End chauffeur doing there? The East End of Geneva?
..was driving the chairman of Roche to a meeting with then Health Secretary Andy Burnham..
Well there we have it then. Anonymous poster quotes anonymous driver’s report of pharmaceutical’s exec’s assessment that Burnham, successful mayor of Britain’s second largest city ‘hasn't got a clue what he is talking about and is out of his depth.'
Really disappointing for Raducanu to have to withdraw from Wimbledon .
It just seems to have been a catalogue of injuries and illness since her US Open win . Similarly with Jack Draper one has very little confidence in him maintaining a healthy body .
Last year he got as high as number 4 in the world and does have the game to trouble the very best . Now on his way back with the rankings drop he gets an awful draw against Taylor Fritz .
Let’s hope Fritz has an off day !
Disappointing for her no doubt, but even if she never wins another tournament again, winning one Grand Slam is a bigger sporting achievement than most other tennis players will get in their career.
Following the suggestion of KCIII I expect the Scots will choose to support Canada for the rest of the tournament, given that it's another of his realms.
Talk is the Russians are looking to evacuate EVERYONE from Crimea.
Surely that would provoke bringing down the Bridge?
Ukraine has already told everyone to leave over the bridge.
They want the Russians all off the peninsula, and have left the bridge up for them to do so. It’s the only way off back to Russia. There’s several hundred thousand people living there, who are about to experience shortages of power and water.
Dare I suggest that, once everyone who wants to leave has left, then the bridge comes down and the Russians are forced to evacuate or supply their military by boat.
A real turning point of the war, if the enemy can no longer hold what they’ve held for 12 years already. Ukraine took out 500 vehicles on Saturday, mostly supply trucks heading through occupied Donbas regions, continuing to starve out the invaders. There’s some movement on the front lines in the South, but too early to say if the enemy is actually withdrawing.
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BREAKING: Axios claims the US and Iran have agreed to stop attacking each other and meet this week in Doha, Qatar.
Of course, this comes just 1 hour before the US stock market futures open.
@PolitlcsUK
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Mahmood will recruit hundreds of people from various different backgrounds who will be trained as adjudicators
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This one isn't going to go horribly wrong is it? No siree.
Everything will be fine.
Didn’t Starmer want 10 years, too?
It's an absolutely dreadful idea.
That's comparable to seven PMs between 2016 and 2026: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer, Burnham, or seven PMs in ten years.
It's almost like you can draw a similarity between the decay of the program and the decay of Bristish politics. But who would write such a thing...
Christopher Eccleston should be the Doctor again.
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/david-miliband-being-considered-for-senior-job-in-burnham-cabinet
Crimea seems to be getting it particularly hard today, and there’s a long queue to get out as supplies can’t get in and there’s power and water shortages.
Paris official hits back at mockery over lack of air conditioning, saying America shares responsibility for record-breaking temperatures" (£)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/28/france-blames-us-for-deadly-heatwave/?recomm_id=073f9437-16aa-465c-866d-398a2d821800
Just leave law to the legal people and if there’s a problem change the law.
How practical it might be is a good question.
https://x.com/propeertys/status/2071319459285852453
Choo choo!
It just seems to have been a catalogue of injuries and illness since her US Open win . Similarly with Jack Draper one has very little confidence in him maintaining a healthy body .
Last year he got as high as number 4 in the world and does have the game to trouble the very best . Now on his way back with the rankings drop he gets an awful draw against Taylor Fritz .
Let’s hope Fritz has an off day !
Surely that would provoke bringing down the Bridge?
And if they did that, could Ukraine feasibly amphibiously land?
They want the Russians all off the peninsula, and have left the bridge up for them to do so. It’s the only way off back to Russia. There’s several hundred thousand people living there, who are about to experience shortages of power and water.
Dare I suggest that, once everyone who wants to leave has left, then the bridge comes down and the Russians are forced to evacuate or supply their military by boat.
A real turning point of the war, if the enemy can no longer hold what they’ve held for 12 years already. Ukraine took out 500 vehicles on Saturday, mostly supply trucks heading through occupied Donbas regions, continuing to starve out the invaders. There’s some movement on the front lines in the South, but too early to say if the enemy is actually withdrawing.