The only situation in which it is acceptable to say "I hope this finds you well" is if you're handing someone a set of dowsing rods

In case you missed it, the Government confirmed this week they are going to bin off 50 years of hard-won consumer protections in the hope of maybe adding 0.1% to GDP eventually

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Good.

EXHUME THE ED STONE

STREETING: But what about coup? STARMER: You've already had it. STREETING: We've had one, yes. But what about second coup?

If we needed any more indication that Starmer is incapable of governing, his failure to sack Streeting this morning is perhaps his clearest failure of leadership yet.

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I didn't think it was possible to feel any more contempt for Wes Streeting than I already did, but today's "leading from the rear" action has done it

this is actually very relatable and i applaud him for it

I think Starmer is right to stay put for now and await a formal leadership challenge. As with Corbyn 10 years ago, plotters should be prepared to stick their heads above the parapet - and potentially face the membership - rather than sniping from the shadows.

Under Starmer, Labour's approach is to not do any of these things, but to simply go on Reddit and Bluesky and tell people that actually they have made things better and they're stupid for not having noticed

Nelson has committed a birthday crime in your honour, Ewa

Bless this Guardian subeditor, trying to persuade us that Wes Streeting is "compromised" because of his texts with Mandelson. Er ... no. That's *definitely* not what the MP was referring to. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Who remembers the doctrine of ministerial responsibility? Eh? What were that all about?

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Starmer's rhetoric of tackling "rip-off' energy prices is welcome, but he undermines his own message by committing more public money to fund energy support. He should make clear that any cuts to bills will be financed by the energy companies themselves.

8 hours for work (crime), 8 hours for rest, 8 hours for what we will (also crime)

Show some leadership for once, Keir. Sack him

Someone was in charge of Downing Street communications??!?!

Morgan McSweeney taking "full responsibility" for the appointment of Mandelson feels like him saying the quiet part out loud tbh

At this point, Labour Together should be proscribed by the party.

"And you can start by decently and respectfully tolerating the numerous unforced errors we continue to make as a government"

Remember when the Tories warned not to give Labour a "supermajority" as it would allow the government to do whatever the hell it wanted

Some of us remember the last time "Starmer allies" decided to stitch up the selection for a by-election in Greater Manchester, and ended up letting George Fucking Galloway back into parliament.

Kemi Badenoch hasn't spoken of the need to "detoxify" the Tory Party, but if all the worst people continue defecting to Reform, it might happen by accident

The Christmas Dinner Supervisor has arrived

Who remembers e-cards? I just received one, unironically (I think)

A glance at the "Related Stories" tab shows that it is compulsory for Guardian journalists to use the verb "rattle" in relation to a minor earthquake, apparently for anything up to magnitude 7.0

And another thing: Steve Smith is not mad. Please don't put in the newspaper that he got mad

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Wes is going to be furious when he finds out who's responsible for making trans people less safe than they did a decade ago

Probably because if you sacked everyone in Starmer's inner circle who was being abusive about Diane Abbot circa 2017, there wouldn't be many of them left

Given that we live in the worst of all possible timelines, expecting Starmer to confirm Jas Athwal as the new housing minister this afternoon.

The problem with this analysis is that it relies on Jake Berry having the right political instincts, and, well

Re: the Runcorn by-election result. Turns out if people vote for change, they actually want you to deliver change. Who knew?

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At risk of tapping the sign again: As with grooming gangs, a "proper enquiry" is one where the conclusions have already been drawn before any evidence is gathered. Funnily enough those conclusions align exactly with what the person proposing the "proper enquiry" already thought

Delighted I can once again verify my identity with #proofofcat

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Paging @benitocereno.bsky.social

Pleased to see this firm discouragement of horse cannibalism

The worst Mr Men story is Mr Dizzy, where the central message is, "Being bullied? Have you considered Changing Your Entire Personality so that you don't get bullied anymore?" The best one is Mr Lazy. Don't @ me

I wonder if any other Cabinet members had any, er, unfortunate episodes in their past they'd rather didn't leak

If Wes Streeting won't adhere to the government's neutrality policy on assisted dying, Keir Starmer should sack him. Show some of that ruthless streak we've heard so much about www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Lol, but also, and I cannot stress this enough, lmao