well that’s cleared that up

I was thinking it was just cope but tbh Mr Farage does look quite knackered in recent interviews

these days it doesn’t feel like a proper World Cup without German disappointment

obviously I thought the burnham speech was good

Don't care about sports but I can't help but feel some pride at my countrymen's knack for completely out of order, unnecessarily vitriolic football chants

people are such bedwetters about the england football team. it’s going fine

Thriller idea: man with world's second smallest penis has to stop him.

“which includes a price increase” what a perk!

do it like england games when they were building the new wembley. pmqs at the stadium of light, villa park etc

Let's hope this is the direction of a Burnham govt. We need a govt able to communicate clearly what the objectives are for increased borrowing. The right infrastructure investment raises long-term growth rates. Bond holders want investment opportunities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

dlr has the vibes of a service with ac but i am learning from bitter experience that those vibes are simply not enough

went outside and it’s not quite as scorchio as i expected (am in shade). have i once again been fooled by the lamestream fake news media

re: this rumoured Darren Jones run. i think the problem with launching a leadership bid on the basis of not wanting ed miliband to be chancellor is that if you put the question of “should ed miliband be chancellor?” to the Labour membership, the answer will be “obviously”

As PMs-in-waiting go doesn't he have a clearer agenda than most, as outlined in Head North? In particular the idea of having a German-style basic law guaranteeing equal living standards across regions feels like a clear statement of intent.

if he stands his ground on miliband to chancellor, it’s fucking on boys he’s serious. if he doesn’t, prayyyyy it all works out somehow maybe

he needs to choose the chancellor most aligned to what he wants to do. sounds obvious but doing some kind of factional unity ticket for an easy life now will bite hard when things get tough down the line. his ambitions will be blocked by anybody who isn’t fully one of the team

hate all the tweeness around Larry the cat when his record is clearly one of a destabilising presence at the heart of democracy but you aren’t ready for that conversation

No it’s Klose (16 World Cup goals) between Messi (18) and Ronaldo (8)

think people who think it’s even close between messi and ronaldo now are a bit mad

It was 3.30am, just after the Wigan returning officer had read out Andy Burnham’s 9,231 majority, and a close adviser to Burnham texted: “We will need to be ready a lot sooner than we thought.” So what is the plan? Read it here. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I say this as someone who was very strongly on team 'it's the right decision to means-test a benefit that is shrinking every year in real terms to give public sector workers a pay rise'...I think some of the 'why is Starmer unpopular??' is people who don't want to admit fault on the answer:

It's shitter than that Chris, it's bad

daft little man, shit prime minister, fuck off

zero tolerance approach for starmer revisionism, shit and bad prime minister, bye

ah yes the wet bulb temperatures

this strand of burnhamism is the bit to get excited about IF everyone is up for the fight www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

should have been a better prime minister then

some literally said “burnham’s blown it/going to blow it” at every stage. conference, nec blocking gorton, initial stuff about finding a seat, announcement he was running for makerfield, basically every briefing or interview. at some stage you have to acknowledge you underestimated his ability!

😎😎😎 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

that Lineker segment on ITV… quite embarrassing for the BBC imo

when you’re at the pub with your mates celebrating the latest resolution foundation report, that’s

cards on table: who will be Burnham’s chancellor

If you're not huffing on a disposable vape, it's possible you're not understanding social democracy correctly from a marxist viewpoint.

Sometimes doesn't take a lot on a high street to make things feel different too. Oldham recently had a bit of development work done where they've resurfaced the pedestrian section and put in a small play area. Just feels much nicer walking through seeing people use it.

your politics just can’t be this based on weirdo online accounts it’s death

oh come on we just don’t need a million of them everywhere and nothing else - it’s a visible symptom of places in decline

Widely broaden the list of Category A sporting events that must be shown on free-to-air TV. People detest paying for about six separate subscriptions to watch what they want to and we all know how unifying it can be to enjoy live sport.

Massive investment in free youth clubs, libraries, and community centres. Give people places to go that aren’t the internet

One of the things he's already mentioned in the campaign, cutting rates for pubs and restaurants, is going to be a big one. Couple that with the bank holidays and he'll be on to a winner.

such a good piece

every pothole filled within 48 hours of reporting, see it, say it, sorted

ban supermarkets and other shops from doing the thing where you have to enter through a barrier and can't leave without going through the till section.

We had to pay a private business to come and take it (along with some other stuff) but I have no idea really whether they dealt with it properly. The incentive to fly-tip is real!

Part of the problem with fly-tipping (I think) is that it depends so much on where you live and what the council there will take. When we moved out of our previous place, we had a broken full-length mirror that the council wouldn't take, and none of us drove.

Ban pavement parking everywhere. Everybody hates it, even pavement parkers

This soooooooo much! They are bad! It's not snobby to think high streets could be nicer, go to any random small Greek/French/Italian town and they've fixed the paving scars or else the mayor would be beaten up! It's snobbier to think that people who don't have much money want to live like that!

Big anti-racism campaign in NHS orgs in England, bonus to do it for social care too, to make all staff feel supported.

Basically we need "Churrasco e Cerveja" for the public sphere. Nice things are nice. Small pleasure are *vital* for a healthy culture, and you can't build and maintain a high trust society capable of promoting liberal/ left values without them

Clean stuff. Streets, buildings, send people out with power washers. Decorate and refurbish schools. Increase the frequency of buses outside of big cities and cap fares. And potholes, always potholes

Yes! Having present public spaces *is a public service* and the left should support it (as they used to) There is a reason the ramblers association has communist roots.