Vickers doing Vickers things Faux outrage Finger on the pulse of what matters most And Being wrong

The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform

Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There must be something I’m not seeing here It looks like blatant asset stripping There MUST be another explanation, surely

NEW: Teesworks Ltd has published its latest accounts. Despite plummeting revenues, the businessmen at the centre of the controversial redevelopment project continue to increase their dividends each year. This year they paid themselves more than £32m against revenue of £6m.

Private Eye reveals Teesside Airport boss Phil Forster’s ties to a Miami firm eyeing land beside a debt-hit airport | Ray Casey

Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist

Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

I spent 40 years campaigning for supporters' rights, was a founder member of the FSA and wrote extensively about the tensions between 'proper' fans, hooligans & police. I crossed swords with clubs & politicians. I never thought a top Tory would publicly support the boot boys as 'good natured fun'.

I am often confused when people talk about British values as it smacks of arrogance…our values are better than yours, or we are just better than you. So, Peter, I think does a good job with his assessment of so called British values and Starmers actions sometimes/often being the opposite.

Private Eye’s Richard Brooks today exposes how Lord Houchen enabled two businessmen to turn Teesworks into a taxpayer-funded gravy train. It is a staggering story. The investment should have created a wealth fund for Teesside but fills millionaire coffers instead.

The Labour Party needs to find its soul again | Chris Wade

"There are, sadly some MPs that don’t need this idiots’ advice as they do a fantastic job all on their own" | Chris Wade

Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist? Like if he is. RT if he is Donald Trump's little bitch.

In case you missed it yesterday...

Hi 🦀 #BenHouchen🦀 fans He's a liar, in case you hadn't noticed teesside.thelead.uk/p/ben-houche...

Island of strangers? PM’s immigration speech Starmer’s immigration speech echoed Powell and Farage, fuelling xenophobia instead of fixing Britain’s broken systems northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...

Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Mayor who branded public questions insane to face public questions live on radio Monthly Mayor’s Question Time with Ben Houchen to start this week northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

Hi #BenHouchen fans. That's if there are any Ben Houchen fans still left out there. You need to read every word of this from Peter Morris of @northeastbylines.co.uk Government audit bombshell for Houchen’s Tees Valley northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

In a letter sent to members of the TVCA Cabinet, and copied to Secretary of State Angela Rayner, auditors confirmed that TVCA did not comply with its statutory reporting obligations, setting out numerous problems

Starmer faces growing rebellion over welfare cuts

EXCL: Auditors for Ben Houchen's TVCA have written to Angela Rayner after it had "limited engagement" from the authority when trying to complete its audit. It comes only a month after Rayner's department issued TVCA with a Best Value Notice.

Local elections: requiem for a dream "Labour was in our DNA and on our side" - reflections on where we are now northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

The government was wrong to cut winter fuel payments. It was wrong to keep the 2-child benefit cap. It was wrong to slash disability benefits. Pushing people into poverty is the wrong thing to do. The right thing to do is redistribute wealth and power so that everyone can live in dignity.

The Labour government was wrong to cut winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners last September — and it’s still wrong now. I voted against it then. It must be *fully* reversed now. This isn’t difficult.

What should the Labour Party do? Starmer says “I get it”—but voters, activists, and results say otherwise. Labour's soul is slipping through his hand northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...

1966 – North Korea shock Italy. Ayresome Park goes global. @deameral.bsky.social walks where the ghosts still whisper 📖 buff.ly/z5rCVul #Liberoguide @mfc.co.uk @untypicalboro.bsky.social

Give the official Finnish #Boro fan club a follow.

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

Since the decline of the last Tory government and his own personal loss in the election, I haven't had much opportunity to use this Simon Clarke photo of him wearing a retro Middlesbrough shirt and trying to kick a ball. As the clip below suggests, Simon still has it.

Hi everyone My latest article for @northeastbylines.co.uk I would welcome comments on this, either positive or negative (within reason) A new Metro for Teesside: Let’s get serious northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...

Closely followed by his dick shaker, arse wiper

Reality Bites for Houchen as Best Value Notice Starts to Take Effect Tees Valley mayor will step down as chair of three development corporations. Why didn't he do it sooner? And what else might be in the pipeline? Our report is here: www.teesvalleymonitor.com/reality-bite...

A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale carbon capture technology -recent studies show the plant’s total emissions would far exceed any carbon stored under the sea Read more about this second, new challenge to Net Zero Teesside goodlawproject.org/labour-is-ch...

Thursday’s @mirror.co.uk front page

Come on the rest of you Labour MPs Do the decent thing

Ben Houchen must be the most dishonest politician Teesside has ever had. Can't believe a word he says Luckily for him, the local press are on his side and prepared to print his rubbish Kudos to Ray and Leigh Jones of the Teesside Lead for keeping tabs on him

Joey Barton kicked his wife in the head

Elbows up, Canada.

Well said. news.sky.com/story/nigel-...

Rachel Reeves is slashing benefits for over one million disabled people. At the same time, she's taking freebie gig tickets worth hundreds of pounds, while taking a break from falsifying her LinkedIn These ghouls have lost contact with reality - we need to sack them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The ‘nasty party’ is back — this time wearing a red rose.” 🌹 This is brutal. 👇

Celebrities urge government to reverse 'shameful' welfare cuts news.sky.com/story/celebr...

Excellent read