There is more outrage over the Covid corruption than anything else. Trump, Burnhams backstabbing, cost of living. Everything. Because 99.99% of us lost so much whilst the corrupt 0.01% gained so much. The Party that deals with this will be the winner. Starting with Johnson & Mone

It’s so refreshing to move from ‘You lost, get over it’ to discussions on how quickly we can return to the EU and what shape that might take. Personally I hope very much I’m alive to see the day to rejoice. Ten wasted years is too long to wait. Let’s move forward fast! 🇪🇺🇪🇺

Looking at the photos of Keir Starmer you can see the summer has left him marked. A man who rose to PM as a consistent winner has felt the pain of loss and defeat and importantly injustice. He will rise stronger and wiser. We haven’t seen the best of him. Yet.

It’s only my opinion, but the move from Obama to Trump showed how dumb people could be and how easily duped. I see the same stark comparison in removing Starmer for Burnham. And one day soon, so will everyone. Dumb and duped.

As a woman of a certain age I have exp of having the rug pulled out of my pension expectations please do not do the same to Immigrants & their expected settled status @shabanamahmood.bsky.social It is neither right nor fair. We are a country that values fairness. Don’t rewrite those rules

I’m ambivalent about Number 10 North. Every PM should have their differentiator. This is Burnham’s. Except when it’s costing £m’s which could be allocated to help end rough sleeping or put towards social care. You have to choose your project. Best not make it your vanity one

It’s great backing the winning horse whilst it’s winning. But people like Musk and Kushner and Vance and Hegseth and the Tech Bros are about to see what happens when you’ve backed a loser. I hope it’s payback time from Wednesday.

How long does it take for a new Minister to get their feet under the table and start to make an impact on their brief? Some like Nandy, seemingly never. But others like Cooper - how long? Asking for an ever waiting electorate.

The countries setting an example to us all are Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia and Poland. Central Eastern Europeans showing what patriotism is. We must learn from them

There’s lots of doom & gloom around. But I think the maggot of nationalism is being rooted out in Europe. Britain is firmly on that path and when we look around we can see more good people than bad. November will be a turning point globally. Time to really bring out the flags. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

From Ian Dunt The RW press is just doing what it always does - failing to inform its readers. Healey should damn well know better. His Commons performance on Wednesday was commendable. His performance since then has been an absolute fucking disaster. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

What the hell is Healey up to?

The chancellor has veered off the reservation

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My dinky pocket radio arrived along with batteries. I’m Listening to JOB on it and saving my charge on my phone. I love it. It also has a torch on it. I feel very prepared. 😇😇

All that has been achieved by this Coup is new faces learning new roles at the expense of the Country. There is no magic money tree and now we have the grifters in charge and the grafters have been pushed aside. Thanks for that you bunch of self satisfied twats.

The world is very slowly, reversing the Right Wing trend that has made us all so miserable over the last decade or so. Leading up to next week. Let’s hope the momentum continues. Trump deserves all he gets. He’s made the world the most miserable I’ve ever known it.

Can’t get excited about this crypto heist. From where I sit cryptocurrency is just a money laundering scam that the super rich benefit from. Zero f*cks from me

Interesting that there’s now a few media sources questioning the coup and wondering what the damn point was. Glad to see them catching up with many of us. Only taken 102 days. They’re bloody useless aren’t they. Fingers so far from the pulse of the nation.

Otherwise, voters will draw the conclusion that this summer’s coup against a recently elected prime minister had no grand motivation apart from saving the skins of Labour MPs and fanning a few egos. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Burnham promised big change – where was it? Instead we got the Martin Lewis budget | Aditya Chakrabortty

The financial guru’s fingerprints are all over John Healey’s red book – but Lewis is not a politician. His everyday fixes can’t meet this turbulent moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Well the Healey Budget hasn’t set the world on fire judging by the headlines today. So I think we can all say job done. Mediocre budget, mediocre Chancellor. Mediocre kind of sums it all up. I remember Rachel’s powerful speech and delivery for the last two budgets. Miss her.

Media moaning that Starmer never told a story and brought the public with him. Bollox. He didn’t need a story. We were feeling it in our pockets and feeling it in the respect given by world leaders. He didn’t need stories. They’re needed by inadequate leaders who make shit up

I wonder what the Tory Party see in Kemi Badenoch. In fact I wonder what the public see in her. I admit I do like her little giggle. But there’s nothing likeable about her. I’d be very unhappy if she was leading our country

Racism is a drum you just can’t keep beating as Nigel Farage is finding out. Vast majority of white, brown and black people simply don’t care. We are all happy mingling and don’t want to change it. We are the true Brits - uninterested in skin colour.

Alcohol is one of the greatest drains on our NHS. Accidents caused by it or abuse by addicts. I have relative that goes in every 6-8 weeks for detoxing. I dread to think of the cost. Adding 2p a pint or 13p a bottle does nothing preventative. It’s a curse to some. And enjoyable for many (incl me)

Healey should put a cap on MPs expense claims. No more £45k water bills. Let’s see a bit of housekeeping done in parliament. Allow claims but ensure they fit with the public expenditure. Anything above they pay out of their own pocket. Bring some trust back into Parliament.

OBrien talking pensioners. The one thing they never discuss is couples -v- single pensioners. If like me you’re single for a long time but have brought up kids it was all you can do to survive. No private pension. No investments. Much better financially to be a couple

I see decency and ability has been appreciated in Harry Kane’s award. I congratulate him for his skill and ‘niceness’ as a person 👏👏👏 We had a PM who was just as skilled and nice in his sphere. But he was brought down by dirty tricks. When he too should have been acknowledged

They’re going to have to stop the bikes. Pain in the arse. But other than that lovely. Air felt cleaner. But likely all in my head. Much nicer pedestrianised #OxfordStreet

Just ordered a battery radio, batteries, battery pack for phone, camping stove and gas canisters and a new hot water bottle. Now just need bottled water. I’m done! Message received loud and clear. Hopefully never to be used. But better safe than sorry.

Good start to Monday. Well done Brazil. And well done Serbia. Going to enjoy my coffee now ☕️☕️

I’m going up to Oxford Street today. I’m really excited to see it pedestrianised. Thank you @MayorofLondon

Anyone else’s fed up with tatty, cheap flags flying in tatters from every damn lamppost? Surely it’s time to decouple flags from council owned streetlights. I won’t be lucky as I’m in a Reform led council. But it must be time to tidy up Our country post Reform. They’re finished.