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I'm not sorry to see Anas Sarwar stand down as Scottish Labour leader; I think he should have done so immediately following the disastrous loss in May. But doing it now to take up a junior ministerial job in Westminster sends a terrible message about what Labour thinks of Scotland. Really terrible.

It would seem rather better for Labour in Scotland had Sarwar resigned first, after May election, or even around the Makerfield byelection 4 weeks ago, then taken a role in govt when offered, rather than resigning as a national party leader to take up a junior ministerial role

While working on something else, I've just noticed from this Wikipedia page that it seems a huge wave of local government reorganisation decisions got made last week... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcomin...

How much is an artist allowed to appropriate from others without permission when creating a new work? When is it acceptable practice and when is it copyright infringement? A new decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union has tried to set the boundary. buff.ly/mWDECK8

LONDON: On July 30 at the Leicester Square Theatre, Rick Wilson and Maya May join a roundtable on the rise of authoritarianism. Get your tickets here: https://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/the-authoritarian-playbook/

In Agatha Christie's 'Ordeal by Innocence' (1963), Dr Macmaster says, ‘It reminds me, you know, of the Bravo case – nearly a hundred years ago now, I suppose, but books are still being written about it.' 150 years after the case, I've written about it... www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-P...

Cutting VAT on electricity bills won't provide significant support for the families most exposed to rising gas prices this winter. This money would have been better spent on more targeted support 👇

NEWS: Its just been announced that electricity VAT is to be scrapped for six months from 1 October, but will it actually save you money? Martin Lewis instant analysis

the risk for the government is that Andy Burnham comes in with a reputation for wanting to spend money -- see this from early in the Makerfield campaign www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/wasp... That means his govt needs to go out of its way to show that it is not cavalier with spending

The row over funding the VAT cut does not matter much in the wider scheme of things - but should serve as a warning to the Burnham govt to be more careful in announcements. If @hcdunlop.bsky.social and I knew govt had not made clear how it would fund ID cards, people inside govt knew that too

What happens when the first rung of the ladder disappears? Too many young people are being locked out of opportunity. That's why I'm investing £18m to help young Londoners take their first step into work.

People seen lighting BBQs near moorland fires. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NEW: Why would Nigel Farage & George Cottrell share the same lawyer? In @thenerve_news we revealed that the Reform donor under investigation by the NCA & the Reform leader under investigation by Parliamentary Standards share the same Carter Ruck lawyers. Why? 1/l

We desperately need a study to figure out which stolen artefact we need to return to lift this curse. Unfortunately, any such study would fall under the purview of the culture secretary, so we're in something of a bind here.

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Following objections from the Society, and local residents, the Denmark Arms in East Ham will not be turned into a mini-casino. The pub is a fine, remarkably intact example of a late-Victorian public house. 📷 More: tinyurl.com/med6wm8r 📷 London Pub Map on Facebook

Following lobbying from the Victorian Society South Yorkshire Group and the Friends of the Old Town Hall, Sheffield City Council have issued a Repairs Notice for the Grade II-listed building. This requires urgent and longer-term work to protect and restore the landmark. Drone footage: CAV Aerial

“Poverty stricken disaster”. 😂🤣🤣😂

Why is Kemi Badenoch never asked about the hefty funding the Conservative party has taken from the oil industry and its lobby groups whenever she talks about her decision to scrap her commitment to Net Zero?

This is a genuinely thoughtful critique of Burnham's speech from @jonathansimons.bsky.social jonathansimons.substack.com/p/what-i-did...

Those who vilified @carolecadwalla.bsky.social over her revelations about Cambridge Analytica, Vote Leave overspending, and Leave EU’s Russian gold and diamond discussions, at least declared their joint project a few years later - the Brexit Battalion Media Corps bylinetimes.com/2026/06/23/w...

You’ve got to ask yourself why the most thorough, astute, hard working and revelatory journalist over Brexit, Trump and Russia was the most attacked and mocked by the British media establishment, and hauled through the courts? The answer to that is very damning @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Important caveat from The Spectator that the Tate brothers aren't really all that bad, because they annoy left-wing people. spectator.com/article/like...

“In the six weeks between the snap election being called and polling day on July 4, 2024, (retired stylist) Fiona Cottrell apparently gave more than 35 per cent of all funding to Reform UK, either directly or indirectly.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

More resolute?! Starmer set up a 37 country Coalition of the Willing with Macron; contributed to the £90billion EU support package and was given the Freedom of Ukraine by Zelenskyy. Boris was all talk. Starmer acted. news.sky.com/story/politi...

The lie of the Thatcherite 'economic miracle' has to be nailed. It has imprisoned UK politics & public life for four decades. FACT: UK economic growth: 1970-79: 2.7%pa 1980-89: 2.6%pa The Thatcherite economic miracle was a mirage based on North Sea Oil, privatisation & debt.

Was a huge pleasure to talk to the excellent @quietriotpod.bsky.social about Democracy for Sale's investigation into Palantir in the UK, and especially the NHS Do have a listen!

Compelled to give two reviews: As a piece of story telling and film making - an almost flawless 9.5/10. As a telling of The Odyssey - a 7/10. Deducted one point for reasons not in Nolan's control and two points for a reason that very much was. Much more on next week's @alexpodyssey.bsky.social.

WHAT A LINE UP! Quiet Riot, Lincoln Project, and Byline Times! I'm sort of annoyed not to be able just to watch. BOOK!

🧵Many schools have just broken up for the summer. West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire mill towns often had a wakes week during which the local factories, pits and other industries closed for a week. They began as medieval church dedication festivals Over time, these

Wtf, this woman just came down the steps and nicked my delivery of cat food

NEW B-SIDE: THE PALANTIR FILES We are joined by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social to understand: 🩼The taxpayer value from the £330m contract 🇺🇸 Why we're so hooked on US tech 🌹 Can Burnham find an alternative platform? 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4c1x... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

It might possibly have helped a bit had Andy Burnham, former mayor of Greater Manchester and MP for a Manchester adjacent seat who wants to move No.10 to Manchester, chosen to give his big speech on why devolution is so important in a location somewhere - anywhere - that wasn’t Manchester

The Eye exposed Covid profiteering back in 2021, long before this week’s inquiry findings that nearly £10bn of PPE was written off as wasted, and that a “VIP lane” fast-tracked the politically connected. 🧵1/2

This weekend sees the public celebration marking the completion of major parts of the Crystal Palace Park regeneration. Including the restoration of the 30 Grade I dinosaur statues dating from the 1850s.

I have absolutely no idea how Burnham plans to “reindustrialise”. Labour is too often a party of nostalgia looking back to some imagined golden age of horny-handed working people. You can’t magic old industries back to life. What new industries is he thinking about?

Too hot to sleep. Drier parks. Growing wildfire risk. This is what the climate crisis looks like. My city-wide heat plan will help London prepare - from homes to schools to critical infrastructure. Together, we’ll build a city that’s ready.

Labour needs to stop treating its large core vote in London as a weakness rather than a strength. Few remember now but the Tories used to lead in London under Thatcher/Major. Changing that is *a political success*.

So Count Binface is pledging to do everything Farage doesn’t as a MP, utter genius❗️👌🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 He will👇🏼 Hold weekly constituency surgeries✅ Answer all letters and emails within 3 days✅ Spend 10 days in Clacton for every day spent abroad✅ Outside earnings will be donated to Clacton charities✅

Hot day? Head here. More trees. More planting. New wetlands. Grosvenor Square is reopening on Monday 20 July to cool London. Better for your summer, our city’s climate resilience, and the West End.

www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2621312... #18C

These years of anti-immigration hysteria we're living through right now are going to look utterly incomprehensible in the coming era of closing schools, ageing populations and massively understaffed public services

What it took to get Farage to stand as an MP.

Headlines will never be the same again. This landmark ruling today against the Daily Mail will reverberate across the sector. pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/da...

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