Weird AI meats

What if Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise? There's one catch. He'd need to solve the UK’s biggest and least-discussed tax problem. Almost half of all small business corporation tax isn't being paid - and nobody knows why. Thread:

Yoane mate that is your one and only head

Look at this shot!!! One for the ages

Well we now know where Dr Congo's World Cup is going to come to a crashing end.

There was also the 20-year period where all international football matches were defensive and boring.

Can't say they are going to win it, as the 5 knockout rounds are going to turn this into a crap shoot.

I know that Sweden have been lame but even so I think this France team is the most entertaining World Cup team of my lifetime. I'm too young to have properly appreciated the 1970s Dutch teams at the time.

Has anyone tried taping over the navigation cameras on these things?

Yes!

Thomas Christiansen, the Panama head coach, has a touch of the Robin Williams about him.

Can someone explain to me the choice of kits for the England game tonight?

This is a lightning map from the last 24 hours. I've never seen anything like it! And we haven't heard a peep here in Lancaster.

At this World Cup there are more than twice as many obscure statistics used by commentators than ever before.

No, of course they bloody won't. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Heart shaped view, Bishops Bay, Loch Leven #Scotland #Ballachulish #Lochaber www.damianshields.com

Southerners, you should just have time to catch the last train to the North if you get a shift on. It's a cool 29 degrees up here.

Peak Yeltsin, Kyrgyzystan.

Haha, nice one @privateeyenews.bsky.social !

This strikes me as a company that was prepared to profit from the upside but not to take on the risk of the downside. Socialised risks and privatised profits. More regulatory failure?

A few days of the Scottish highlands with mostly rain. But loved every minute of it.

For anyone struggling with the heat, the Norway v Senegal match is a fast-paced and why free flowing game.

Cue hundreds of journos staring at the arrivals board at Euston and then legging it to the correct platform.

The PM looked tired and emotional. I'm pretty sure he stayed up by mistake to watch the end of the Cape Verde vs Uruguay match early this morning.

No joy to be found today. No satisfaction. Just frustration and a profound sense of squandered opportunity iandunt.substack.com/p/the-traged...

What if nobody stands?

"Voting Reform"? Eh?

Andy Burnham: currently writing two letters.

There's a bit of debate about whether a 3 month transition is a good idea. Fwiw, regardless of whether there's a contest, I think it is. We got into this mess because someone came into power without a clear idea of what he wanted to do.

The view from Starmer’s window

Don't care what else happens, this was great

Oh no. I cannot cope with these 11pm kick-offs. They seem to produce the most compelling games. Incredible stuff from Cape Verde. I was all set for bed.

FIFTEEN SAVES Eloy Room, that man that you are

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

The result must have been rigged.

Wee Andy saw us off.

My main worry is that we’re banning social media for kids but not AI. So you can’t speak to real people online anymore, kids, but you sure can talk to your fake artificial friend who weirdly loves to talk about taking your own life!

I was watching in the beautiful Lancaster Town Hall with what seemed like most of the population of the city. My first thought was: "Why have they switched to QVC? No, wait, it's Emma Hayes. What?"

I am obvs slightly joking about podcasts but what are you going to do when you find dozens of teens are communicating via elaborate pins on Google Maps or TripAdvisor reviews of your business?

Today, we remember Jo Cox, who was murdered ten years ago. In her maiden speech, Jo famously said: “We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us.” Ten years on, those words are a powerful reminder to us all: We have far more in common than that which divides us.

There is no pen that will adequately do justice to that Netherlands kit. Nike have to be stopped.

Daichi Kamada's running the show #cpfc

Very good game. Very good photo (📸 Hannah McKay)

In other news, the Dutch football kit has left a permanent afterglow on my 2018-vintage TV as it couldn't cope with that amount of orange.

Just came across a weird Windows bug where the icons on the taskbar were opening the application for the icon to the right - as though it was somehow emulating a Two Ronnies sketch.

Well, what a shame. It felt like Brazil, realising that they were second best in midfield, shut up shop in the second half, hoping to snatch something on the break.

Morocco v Brazil is enthralling. I'm really enjoying Morocco's high pressing, fast breaking style. And some really nasty fouls from Brazil.