Bowen: I know the new govt is discussing making a statement on the 2024 ICJ opinion Statement? Pathetic The ICJ ruled that Israel must cease the occupation, dismantle the settlements & withdraw their troops, & states like the UK are obliged to take actions to make it happen.

Last night Israel bombed a residential building in Gaza city & murdered at least 5 people, including 3 children.

The head of JPMorgan Chase (paid $43m last year), warns Burnham not to increase the bank levy: "I want London to be our happy home for all time. I would be very cautious if I was a govt thinking that penalising any company out of the ordinary is a good thing for that country"

"Its also.. problematic that within just a few hours of Burnhams first full day as PM you've got somebody very senior in the Labour Party already publicly having a bit of a dig really at something he's announcing" The Labour right behaving like this? I'm shocked, I tell ya!

The govt has announced they're cutting VAT on energy bills for the rest of the financial year, & this means bills will be cut by an average of £45. Jonathan Reynolds is asked, is this £45 saving an annual figure or does it cover 6 months?

The head of JPMorgan Chase defends trickle down economics, declaring: "growth always helps the lowest paid people the most" He was paid $43 million last year.

"Back in 2016 Ed Miliband described Donald Trump as a racist, misogynistic self confessed groper" Ah yes, but that's when lots of people in Labour were pretending to have principles.

Hunt: "We've grown much wealthier as a country since the 80s" 1970s Britain owned its utilities, millions of council houses, had a huge oil/gas reserve & a national debt of £80bn. Now? No assets & £2.9tn national debt We havent got richer. Jeremy & his mates have at our expense

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The question I have for Andy Burnham is, is he willing to take on those vested interests? We can't just continue as things are, as normal. He needs to be ready to take on power and wealth, and I've not seen that from him yet"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Some of these appointments today suggest we're looking at continuity Keir Starmer.. what we really need is change"

"More than 10m households are now affected by water restrictions" As the climate crisis worsens, are profiteering private companies really best placed to secure our water supply? The same companies that failed to build a single reservoir while extracting over £57bn in profits

"The PM & I have talked about how we will work in lockstep to meet the fiscal rules.. fiscal control is the first duty of any chancellor, it is mine, & fiscal credibility is the bedrock for economic stability & for national security"

Pat McFadden not sacked.

Haynes pointing out that when he resigned as defence secretary Healey said defence spending needed to rise to 3% of GDP by 2030. This would require a significant increase, "far more than has been set out so far in the defence investment plan" Burnham has just made him chancellor

Mandelson didn't just happen to become ambassador. Keir Stamer appointed him because Keir was simply the front man for a political project in which Mandelson was a key figure. But if the msm explained that it might raise some embarrassing questions about that project. So it just happened.

"[Lord Hermer] has said.. 'I've been so lucky to be part of Keirs team.. rebuilding the UK's reputation abroad, in particular in the rule of law'" Defending the deliberate starvation of 2m people. Refusing to confirm the enforcement of ICC arrest warrants. Arming a genocide.

Keir Starmer: "The thing I will always take away with me.. is the front row seat you get to witness the greatest things of this country in action" You mean all the freebie concert & football tickets you took?

The most duplicitous UK politician in my lifetime. Good riddance.

".. we might get something to reduce or cap bus fares" Andy Burnham could stand in front of No.10 and announce that his first act as PM is to make all buses free at the point of use for everyone from tomorrow. That would have a huge impact & it'd signal boldness.

Ben Judah says the war is escalating with US servicemen dead & Gulf allies repeatedly struck. As opposed to escalating because the US keeps bombing Iran But hes right about one thing. Will Burnham facilitate US war crimes by allowing them to keep launching attacks from UK bases?

Ex Lammy adviser Ben Judah explains that Andy Burnham is well known to the ruling elites [dictators] in Qatar & the UAE & they view him very favourably (he means this as a good thing) Tell us again how Andy Burnham is going to dismantle 40 years of neoliberalism.

"About half of the more than 300 people.. are still under all this debris. They include dozens of children" Hind Khoudary reports from Gaza on efforts to recover bodies that have been buried under rubble for almost 3 years.

"In the Gaza strip 4 Palestinians were killed & more than 15 others were wounded by Israeli fire on Sunday.. among the wounded were 6 children"

"At least 2 Palestinians have been shot & killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.. the settlers were under the protection of Israeli forces & were attempting to steal sheep. When residents confronted them the Israeli army opened fire"

"South East Water says its begun restoring water supply to customers in Kent" In April South East Water increased bills by an average of 7% and the company's boss pocketed half a million quid last year.

"I think we're going to get from Burnham exactly what [devolution] means, its giving local areas greater power.. so that people see change.. their education being better" This requires restoring accountability by bringing academies back under local govt oversight. Will AB do it?

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social interviews Javier Bardem after Spain's triumph and Javier reflects on the tournament, including the cost of tickets and the US's treatment of Iran. Watch the interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgQl...

Javier Bardem: ".. its a full genocide & its been documented as such" Following Spains triumph @mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks Javier about how the final became a proxy for Israel versus Palestine. Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgQl...

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social : "Its not just Gaza [Sanchez] has taken a strong stance on for your country, its the Iran war.. do you think other European leaders should be learning from the PM of Spain on how to stand up to Trump" "Absolutely" Javier Bardem with a message for @andyburnham.bsky.social

Viva España

Tracy Brabin explains that while Yorkshire Water shareholders get dividends & the boss gets a massive bonus customers get bigger bills and more sh*t in their rivers.

Lucy Powell is asked if Andy Burnham will allow more drilling in the North Sea. Powell says Burnham will take a "pragmatic approach"

Powell: ".. the utilities & the essentials don't work in the interests of ordinary people so giving people that agency as well" It's laughable. The private water companies have been ripping people off for years. What are you going to do about it? We'll give people agency.

Lucy Powell claims Labour was invented to represent the interests of working people. Rubbish Labour was established to represent the interests of the working class. Powell knows this.

Watch Lucy Powell try to square Andy Burnham saying the economic system hasn't been working for people over 40 years & portraying what hes offering as bold & ambitious with the fact that he's going to stick to Labours manifesto from 2024. Its all about "agency", apparently.

Lucy Powell: "What [Andy Burnhams] saying is that the political & economic model that has governed this country for the last 40 years.. he wants to radically rewrite that political & economic model" 30 seconds later later: "He is going to stick to our manifesto"

Nour Odeh reports on Israel seizing & plundering the archaeological site at Sebastia in the occupied West Bank

'It became necessary to destroy the town to save it'

The chief political correspondent at the Times says Starmer allies are already talking about a possible leadership challenge to Burnham later down the line.

"Socialism will abolish the landlord class" You know who wrote that? Keir Hardie Lab used to support things like rent controls & if Burnham really is serious about ending trickle down economics like he says he is then he needs to return to policies like this. But will he? Nah

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The economy is a result of political choices. The PM should be making political choices that benefit people in our communities & benefit our environment"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Renewable energy, it is the cheapest, greenest form of energy & what we need to be doing is investing in that.. thats common sense thinking & the fact we've got Andy Burnham saying he's still got an open mind on oil and gas is deeply depressing"

Ranvir Singh asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social why his popularity rating is below that of other party leaders Zack: "When you challenge wealth and power, as I do every day, that's going to upset certain amounts of people" Yep, not least the billionaires who own so much of our msm!

@zackpolanski.bsky.social talking sense on #GMB - rent controls, taxing wealth, action on the climate crisis.

"We now know America did do this, the evidence is overwhelming.. what's worrying is [the US govt] do seem to be now obstructing the investigation.. it is one of the worst mass civilian casualty incidents in modern warfare" Dominic Waghorn on the Minab school bombing. A war crime

@zackpolanski.bsky.social says the country needs bold transformative policies not tinkering at the edges and if Burnham is prepared to do them he'll work with the govt, "but every signal we're seeing so far is actually they're going to do the opposite & more of the failed status quo"

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked if he's worried that Burnham will start eating into the huge support the Greens have been getting. Burnhams rhetoric is only because of pressure from the left, & if he does deliver it will only be because that pressure is maintained.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Most people in this country are probably happy to see the back of Keir Starmer.. people on the left are looking at Andy Burnham & going, this looks a lot like Keir Starmer with a different face"

".. everything we've seen so far.. this doesn't sound like we're moving in a direction to end rip off Britain. It looks like more of the same status quo & in hoc to vested interests" @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the prospects of Andy Burnhams premiership.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "We know if we taxed 1% on assets of £10m or 2% on assets of £1bn or more, we could be raising between £15-£24bn.. & just as importantly, we would stop the hoarding of assets. Its that hoarding of assets that's creating the inequality in this country" 🎯