[Abernathy]

I seem to recall that Dan Jarvis was being talked of as a possible next Labour leadera few years ago, but he wasn’t interested as he has a young family. Not sure he’s interested now.

[Oboogie]

Classic clever man here, the editor of the Yorkshire Post.

Labour's last chance: hokey-cokey politics is suspending the nation in an hallucinogenic purgatory of faux progress ... but one man could save this Government

It's paywalled so I don't find out (alas) who this saviour is. From the opening my guess is that its Dan Jarvis, Who's certainly got the backstory, but he's not yet even been in the Cabinet.

Dan Jarvis has been Minister of State for Security since the election and was the Shadow from 2023. No idea if that's who the Yorkshire Post have in mind, or if he's up for it, but a former Para officer would bring some useful experience in these volatile times.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Another “surprise boost to Reeves” day, I see, as the girly whirls from accounts collects lots of Capital Gains Tax in January.

There are of course months when things do worse than predicted. So perhaps the lesson might be that we don’t build narratives on single data points all the time. Particularly given the bias against her, which means that virtually every stat is a political crisis.

[soulboy]

UK posts largest ever budget surplus of £30.4bn in January

Or, as surely as night follows day, "she lied in the last budget and increased taxes to punish people rather than balance the books".

[Tubby Isaacs]

Either that or “here’s a bloke in <insert random town> who says business has never been worse”

PMIs modestly up, borrowing costs modestly down. This won’t turn the May elections into “Morning In America”, but it helps Starmer that he and Reeves come as a pair. I don’t think anyone else could tread the line Reeves is doing with spending and borrowing.

[The Weeping Angel]

The Guardian has a story on Josh Simons which isn't good.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The Guardian has a story on Josh Simons which isn't good.

Journalists uncritically support other journalists shock...

Also - tankies support other tankies.

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's genuinely not a very good thing he's done.