Metro mayors get stuff done, the Labour government have to brag about tariff free labubu.

Odd to have so many good candidates standing in Gorton & Denton. Normally it’s just Labour, Tory paper candidate and local anti-LTN bore with too much time on his hands.

Will we see Nigel Farage on the A6 for Gorton and Denton? Don’t think he’d be welcome in either King Karahi or Station South tbh

Glad the Greens have picked a solid candidate in Gorton. Was worried there.

I would die for that leaked England training kit my god

Waiting for the Out on the iPlayer is an incredible piece of television. The music, the grit. Can tell the Utopia fella made it

Watched SNL for Geese and it’s quite bad isn’t it? And they think this will work in the UK?

Oh it’s a *bubble* bubble

George Galloway’s boys are standing in Gorton and Denton to make sure Reform win. Sectarian idiots as always.

My favourite summer pub in Manchester have put a tent over their beer garden. Would never have happened if Andy Burnham got the nomination.

I’ve never held my nose to vote against a fascist before but it looks like I may have to.

This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.

Would it be beneath Keir Starmer to parachute someone like David Miliband here? Would be funny to see him try and canvas the Denton flag shaggers then attend a Masjid.

Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate.

That’s enough internet for today

What briefcase wanker are they parachuting in here then

Pretty gutted about Andy Burnham standing for parliament. Nine of the best years Manchester has ever had. So be it.

Ask every single Reform rep if they agree that British soldiers didn’t fight on the frontlines in Afghanistan

The correct response here is to make it harder to judicial review critical infrastructure. We elect politicians to make decisions. If they decide something should be built, it should be built!

Yday put something of a grenade under my day/week/next three months so forgot to post this as.ft.com/r/02c7684c-a...

Andrew Gwynne is the new Eric Joyce. I realise this is an incredibly niche reference

Another example of us doing what is right for Londoners: More liveable neighbourhoods Healthier communities Fewer Collisions Fewer deaths and serious injuries Change isn’t easy, but I’m willing to make tough choices to make our city safer.

Looking forward to all the Reform nut jobs knocking on my door soon.

I suppose watching the commentariat pretend to be experts on Gorton and Denton would be very very funny. Much to think about.

Have asked a number of NEC members to tell me the chances Andy Burnham has of being selected to fight a by-election. Every single one says zero.

I guess that means Andy Burnham won’t be my mayor for much longer. Devastated.

What are we doing

Mark Rutte is one of the most successful political operators of the last 5 years and he’s a cyclist!

Best set of traitors in a while. The faithful are thick as mince. #TheTraitors

Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs down on military force on Greenland and pleads for talks, in moment of humiliation for the US

Macron put on sunglasses and Trump folded over Greenland. Coïncidence?

Farage is a traitor and Polanski would raise the white flag these people shouldn't be hard to beat, fgs.

Cruel to say but moving government departments to areas will low skill bases has been a mistake. ONS inflation data is objectively bad.

Twitter undefeated in the brain worms arena

Tropical Ting tastes like Fanta Fruit Twist did as a child. Stupendous.

A withdrawal of the US from Europe would be incredibly stupid and likely.

Foreign policy will be their downfall thankfully

Banter timeline when the Supreme Court takes Trump’s tariff powers off him tomorrow and Greenland becomes an irrelevant issue

Lol, lmao etc etc...

A story from last year that’s more salient than ever by @lauramdubois.ft.com, Davjd Djambazov and me ::: Europe builds for war as arms factories expand at triple speed : www.ft.com/content/ce61...

I think the White House badly underestimates the strength of the pan-European folk memory of 1930s appeasement, and how deep it still cuts. I suppose this is what happens when you learn in school that WW2 started in 1941 in Hawaii.

I disengaged from the current affairs bit of Reddit and locked into the niche hobbies part and it is FUCKING CLASS

That 'BBC boycott' in full

Really want Keir Starmer to investigate what happened to the COVID loan given to Tom Skinner. Fuck being technocratic and start cancelling opponents.

“Northern infrastructure has a price cap, southern infrastructure has a blank cheque. Never forget that you whippet owning flat cap wearing serfs”

It speaks to how broken MPs' media diet is that all parties didn't collectively go "pedophilia bad" at the first possible opportunity here

Something funny about having to drag the Treasury kicking and screaming to fund infrastructure like the petulant child it is. #HS2

The level of cynicism over Northern Powerhouse Rail is a shame. Can’t think of a more perfect way to spend my retirement than zipping across the north for cheap.

97% opposition to Grok in the UK and yet every comment section has that 3%. The internet is dead.

Ten year gilt yields are at their lowest for about a year. 🥳