The impunity is the point.

Andy-capitalism

During the 2021 Euros the flat I was looking after had a gorgeous roof terrace. England v Ukraine quarter-final...England under Southgate was just sublime that day. 4-0. Every time they scored a bunch of us ran on to our roof terraces, celebrating together. It's only football. But it was a bit more.

Are you still looking for somewhere to watch England v Ghana tomorrow night? Join us and we will have nice chat about Joey D'Urso book beforehand.

This is so awesome. 😍

Great night with Helen Lewis. 👏

"This book changes the way you see the world... There is more to football shirts than meets the eye." Join us to learn all about it and then watch England v Ghana at the World Cup!

Amazingly, we still have tickets for Helen Lewis on Tuesday!

You've seen her on Have I Got News For You, you've read her in the Atlantic, you've heard her on the Ezra Klein podcast. Helen Lewis joins us on 18 June.

An extraordinary read. open.substack.com/pub/thenewwo...

this is amazing

This is exactly it. The work is the point.

letter to the Times today

Ok so don't borrow from them then, that's fine. Do it all with taxes, knock yerself out

LUCE: “I would love to think that billion-dollar ballrooms, .. overt patterns of insider trading and $1.8bn slush funds for January 6 thugs is what is driving the US public’s seemingly decisive move against Trump. But I’m pretty sure it is about the state of the economy.” www.ft.com/content/2051...

www.thetimes.com/culture/book... V much looking forward to @sarahoconnorft.ft.com’s book.

Joey D'Urso. Talking football and politics. On the night England play Ghana in the World Cup. 23 June.

Helen Lewis. 16 June.

If this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?

We didn't quite have our first government minister visit last night. But we did have an amazing evening. Thank you, @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social. Who seemed excited by our announcement of upcoming guests: @helenlewis.bsky.social (16 June) and Joey D'Uro (23 June).

Dems running for president in 2028 should consider pledging to replace Trump's ballroom with a museum devoted to American democracy and all our struggles over it. For good measure, let's throw in an exhibit about Jan 6. END newrepublic.com/article/2101...

Today is polling day and a week today @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social joins us for Political Therapy

J.G. Ballard understood everything about Reform UK decades ago. He saw them very clearly.

“The US admin is announcing the end of the war in effect without having achieved regime change, ending Iran’s nuclear program or eliminating its missile program. Its focus is now on solving a problem which didn’t exist prior to the war: a closed or nearly-closed Strait of Hormuz” - Jim Scuttio, CNN

Looking forward to having @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social join us for Political Therapy on 14 May

Unless you’re a brain surgeon or an ambulance driver, a couple of drinks at lunchtime really aren’t a big deal

Politicians just seem to have given up trying to explain the world as it is to people. It's a huge problem.

an average of just under 35 percent approval. oof.

EV sales surged everywhere apart from the US, rising more than 20% globally in 2025 * EVs were half of Chinese sales and electric truck sales in China tripled * EV sales outside CN/Eu/US grew 80% (!) 10/10

Inspirational evening last night with @nansloane.bsky.social - do read her new Margaret Bondfield biography! A figure who deserves to be much more widely celebrated. Thank you to @klaramargetts.bsky.social for helping to bring it all together. 👏👏👏

"The first woman to speak from the despatch box, the first female Cabinet minister, and the first female privy counsellor... this book (is) testimony to the grit it took to get there," @emmafoodymp.bsky.social on @nansloane.bsky.social's Margaret Bondfield book www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

The best news might be that it's much harder for incumbents to steal elections than everyone fears

We are looking forward to welcoming Labour legend and Margaret Bondfield biographer @nansloane.bsky.social on Tuesday to reflect on where Labour are now and what Bondfield should teach the party. We will be making a donation to @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social to help find some Bondfields for our times.

there is no level of hell deep enough for RFKjr

If I were doing comms for any of the progressive parties, I'd be plastering these images - & Badenoch's support for the war - everywhere: "Don't let Trump's man run your services"; "Don't let Kemi put America First"... It's a huge weakness for the right, but it needs punching out to the electorate

Sounds bad...

We are in local election season. Labour needs to reconnect with lost supporters - with authentic voices like Margaret Bondfield, Britain's first female cabinet minister, and a working class hero. @nansloane.bsky.social, a Labour insider and Bondfield biographer, joins us to look back and ahead.

The president's first post since an F-16 was shot down over Iran with one American still missing.

From being a Labour Cllr in Yorkshire during the Miners Strike to her new biography of Margaret Bondfield, Labour's first female Cabinet member, @nansloane.bsky.social has long been on the political frontline, celebrating and enabling female representation. Join us on 14 April to discuss.

Amazing evening exploring the many lives and vast hinterland of Chris Mullin

This is an incredible documentation of the systematic, intentional collapse of American health science, by Elizabeth Ginexi. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

"Peter goes gaga in the presence of rich people." One of Mandelson's advisers reported a quarter of a century ago in the Chris Mullin diaries. He joins us TOMORROW to reflect on what we have and haven't learned in the intervening period. Still tickets remaining. Come along.

This is unforgivable: Afghan who fought with US special forces — and was legally evacuated to the U.S. — dies in ICE custody www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

To the apoplexy of the Labour whips, Chris Mullin was the only person to have been appointed to the Blair government after voting against the Iraq war. How did he do it? Join us to find out on Tuesday.

Maybe this is just me, but I think that if you swear an oath to defend the Constitution, you should actually read the document once all the way through

We have one of the great political diarists of our times with us next Tuesday, helping us make sense of things

We have got Chris Mullin with us a week tomorrow and a lot of politics to talk about

Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question. Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.