If you still have even the slightest doubt about why Starmer had to go, make time to read this critique from Ian Dunt. (There's zero guarantee that Burnham will be better. But a reset was very desperately needed, and Labour are now getting one. It's up to him and them to exploit it, or mess it up.)

Lisa Nandy has had two years to improve social media. Instead, she's leaving Twitter for Instagram - even though political content there is also toxic. Instead of fixing the problem, she's walking away. Don't be like Lisa Nandy.

14. All govt comms must be done via official devices, and it will be a criminal act to lose / delete messages. I'm looking at you, Boris. 15. Make it a criminal act to lie in a political advert of any kind - no get-out clauses for referendums, etc. If you lie, you go to jail. Boris.

Sadly, for now, Britain’s open air car parks will carry on doing what they have always done: absorbing the sun’s heat while an opportunity to generate renewable electricity – and make life a little more comfortable – remains largely untapped.

Ridiculous, works well in France

Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Thinking of Jimmy Fallon jovially hosting Conor McGregor reminded me of the Bluesky comment that outraged the BBC so much I felt I had no choice but to resign .

Easily one of my favorite stories about the production of #YoungFrankenstein. #TCMParty

We shall soon have a new PM. Almost certainly, Andy Burnham. The far-right knows how it will respond. Do our progressive parties know what they should do? sh1.sendinblue.com/3gajif62bglp...

He's like a 12 year old who hangs around his local shops, performatively smokes ciggies, and shouts 'What YOU gonna do about it?' to pensioners, who hadn't even noticed him there trying to impress the 10 year olds with the plastic nunchucks his mum bought him from Argos. About as edgy as a sphere.

They literally did this in 1996 with Verizon’s predecessor company MCI. Lasted 18 months. The lesson was to not get involved in 50:50 JVs because they can’t break deadlocks. I was at both Concerts….

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

As was pointed out to me - de minimis is a simplification not a loophole, and while Chinese companies have exploited that in ways that could be tackled, ending the scheme will hit small business and consumers while not likely to revive high streets. www.ft.com/content/0de9...

A warrior princess has no choice but to ally with two immature inexperienced men. When the men finally acknowledge the need to grow up and be accountable, they're given shiny gifts in a public validation of heroism that the seasoned princess, in her humility & wisdom, would have declined for herself

Zack Polanski to Victorian Greens, "Connecting with people's anger and turning it to hope, has been what's been so powerful for people"

Kiran Moodley interviews Vote Leave's Matthew Elliot pointing out that the extra funding for the NHS came in 2019, BEFORE Brexit i.e. we didn't need to leave the EU to fund the NHS better i.e. Brexit was a con www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC1A...

Exceptional.

AI companies like Anthropic and Perplexity are paying college students to promote their products on campus through clubs, swag and events. AI student ambassadors say they have lobbied professors directly, urging them to use specific AI tools in their classes. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

António Guterres, "Here in London, the city of Dickens.. Climate chaos is accelerating before our eyes" "London isn't just calling, it's cooking"

As well as being just, this is also clever, as North Korean troops will recognise the new route to defection, NK leadership and loyal officials will recognise the risk, and the fighting efficiency of those sent there will be reduced by the effort of trying to guard against defection.

CEOs and governments going all-in on heat-emitting AI data centres around the globe while laying off workers during the climate crisis is some real “call the Avengers” stuff. But there are no Avengers.

In 2016 Andy Burnham was knocking on doors to encourage voters to remain in the EU referendum 10 years on, given Brexit is a disaster, will Andy Burnham point this out and make a case for rejoining the European Union? #RejoinEU

I am also a “Galileo was a dick” truther if you take the pope’s money to write a book, and then that book features a character straight-up named Simpleton who quotes the pope verbatim just so your self-insert character can look smart by correcting him, you cannot be surprised when the pope is mad

HOLY SHIT. Go upstairs on the 360 tour. Turn round and enter the room behind you. You'll know which one. Trust me.

"When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight." ~ attributed to John Major. _ (You have to think about it for a second.)

🚨🚨 Nigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The tactics from the right...Badenoch/Jenrick et al ...have been disgusting, as they always are when seeking to whip up anger and division. Don't fall for it. It's toxic. It's deliberate. westcountryvoices.co.uk/dartmoor-pon...

The unofficial list of terms which will allegedly be in the forthcoming Iran peace deal would leave Iran substantially better off than before the USA attacked it. Weird world. Very, very weird.

The right in this country have totally lost it, a complete and utter collapse of any kind of cordon sanitaire with the far right in favour of gutter racism. It's been slow, but the grinding move from "anti-white racism is real" from far right agitprop to Times leader is complete.

Appalling.

The tick-tock of this clock is getting louder and louder - this is where it starts, it is not where it ends. Reform UK is a clear and present danger to LGBTQ+ people.

Nigel Farage wants nothing more than for the UK to tip into large scale disorder. He proved it again this week. The fact that this also distracts from the serious questions around the £5m Harborne donation he received for his work done on Brexit is just the cherry on top.

Left: Nigel Farage, "I suggest the rest of us respond to this with pure, cold, rage" Right: Nigel Farage, "Rage never leads to anything good"

Two weeks till the Makerfield by-election! Like Gorton & Denton, this is a key opportunity for tactical voting. It worked to stop Reform before, and it can again. The evidence shows Andy Burnham is best placed to beat them, so we’re urging voters to back Labour on 18 June. Let's stop Reform.

The biggest skew in my professional life is how salaried, institutionally protected people - academics, nonprofit employees, the few commissioning editors left - just do. not. get. that the rest of us are wildly precarious, have fk all pension, can't afford to do what is to them basic stuff.

As I’m sure others have pointed out, this is more Keminadir than Keminaissance

🚨 Neil Kinnock: “If my headteacher had encountered anybody in our school entertaining anything remotely like Farage… he would’ve lined up all the war veterans on the staff and told them to tell the truth to the kid.” Preview Sunday Roast interview 👇

Section 28 was passed on this day in 1988. It didn’t come out of nowhere. It came from a society where 75% of people thought homosexuality was wrong. It came from a society that believed ignorance was better for children than any knowledge of lesbian or gay lives. 🧵 1/16

I know it’s exhausting to do this endlessly but do write to your Labour MP opposing Labour’s bathroom ban. The party does this because it thinks it’s making the problem go away.

Economic incoherence: Rachel Reeve’s epitaph www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05... Will summer holiday free bus rides be Rachel Reeve's last gasp as Chancellor?

My favourite were the ones who would say in 2018-9 that PR would mean “extremists would be involved in our politics”. A real “have you read the news lately?” moment.

In Southport, Reform, Makerfield candidate Kenyon exploited the aftermath of a child's death before official facts emerged. Minutes after the deaths, he weaponised the tragedy to seed racist cover-up tropes and launch aggressive political attacks.

Brilliant research work here.

Nigel Farage really is a one trick pony. His divisive and inflammatory comments about immigration is all he has. Is it any wonder he won’t want you to know that net migration has fallen by 82% since its peak under the conservatives. LETS MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOW THE REAL FACTS

‘Trail’ hunting is a smokescreen. We know it. They know it. Even Matt Longman, the national police lead on fox hunting crime, has said it. He has described trail hunting as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal activity and warned that the law is not working effectively.

Ross Greer, Scottish Greens, "Yes, delivering a price cap that ensures that farmers, fishers, other producers don't lose out is going to be difficult" "But it's not nearly as difficult as being that child that goes to school on an empty stomach"

Lady in yellow, "Rather than weakening sanctions on Russia so we can buy their oil. Would it not be better to drill in the north sea?" Surely any oil from the North Sea ends up on the international markets anyway, so how does that benefit us in terms of pricing and supply?

Unsurprising to hear Nick Ferrari (briefly) praise Labour for reducing net migration before pivoting to "BUT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING STARMER'S BRITAIN". It is no more than prev years And why do u care if ppl are leaving? I thought "the country is full" & it's just about strain on roads/public servs?

Stephen Flynn on Labour temporary allowing the purchase of Russian oil from third countries, "This is a betrayal of the Ukrainian people and as someone who has served in the Westminster parliament, I am outraged by this"

LAUGHABLE front page from The Express… A newspaper that backs Reform whose leader and MPs voted against laws on: Stalking Harassment Drink spiking Upskirting …and sharing intimate images without consent. A pathetic excuse of a newspaper.