[The Weeping Angel]

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's mainly about the 10 pledges.

Yeah, all made before the £350bn hit to the economy.

[Oboogie]

I hope that proves to be accurate, it would dodge Starmer having to sack him, something he is clearly loathe to do.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Andrea Egan has been head of Unison for 5 minutes, elected on a tiny turnout. She’s already calling for the resignation of the PM, who extended trade union rights and settled a load of public sector strikes.

This right here is why Labour raises money from businessmen. Lots of unions are in political terms a joke. I’m tempted to support state funding and force unions to concentrate on their core function relevant to the workplace, which is what they are good at.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Among the things Egan has kicked off at is holding Andy Burnham to his promise to serve at least something approximating to a term as Mayor of Manchester.

She’s also very exercised by Farage, who is on about 25% in credible polls. Farage might be on less than that if some people didn’t act like Starmer was basically Atilla the Hun himself.

[Tubby Isaacs]

North of England 2040? Andy Burnham backs plan for multi-city Olympics bid
Northern leaders urge government to support proposal as Manchester mayor says a London bid ‘wouldn’t be right’

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... ympics-bid

I'm confused. I thought that the London Olympics were over budget, had no sporting legacy and achieved mostly bad regeneration (ie gentrification). Now we're told that the Olympics was brilliant and the Government's got to cough up for a load more venues that will struggle to find a sustainable long term future?

I get that Burnham and the other mayors have to go after any investment that they can get, but there's got to be a better idea than this.

[The Weeping Angel]

[mattomac]

All week it’s been about whether Starmer would resign with the occasional update on the Mandelson situation.

Maybe that’s the issue.

[Youngian]

A few months back the hacks were writing Kemi's obituary but now has made a Lazarus like comeback based about three good performances. But her personal ratings haven't moved and Tory poll numbers have even declined.
Is it just me or is a British PM threatening to use military force against a US president's invasion plans and who then backs down a pretty fucking exciting news story? It was almost a footnote. All a bit too complex for the gossiping courtiers of Her Majesty's press.
Looked up the last time a POTUS threatened military action against Britain and its was Trump's tariff loving hero Grover Cleveland in 1896. And get this, it was in support of a Venezuelan border dispute with neighbouring British Guiana.