England beat Croatia. Starmer announces he’s quitting. Yet to win since then.

Because killing people is cheap compared to helping people. Next.

Putting this out there now and given my previous predictions I may well be wrong. I suspect people are going to be very disappointed by Andy Burnham. He’s from the New Labour days and intends to appoint Blairite James Purnell as his Cfief of Staff. Suspect we’re going to see a lot of triangulation.

Demand disclosure of information that they don’t want to release and would rather knock the whole thing on the head. Well known tactic in civil and criminal litigation.

So there *is* a cordon sanitaire for Rupert Lowe. A reminder that however fash you go, for some it will never be enough.

One problem with tackling Climate Change denial has been that it is very difficult to imagine people who are so venal that they would knowingly advocate for what will harm future generations because some more money could be made now. It’s a struggle to envisage someone thinking like that.

Hahahahahaha

I’m calling it now. France will be champions.

I don’t know how much of this is due to ULEZ but worth pointing out that Burnham prevented a similar policy in Manchester as it was unpopular.

This would surely be a case of constructive dismissal in the real world

Lambeth Council, please please please do something about people *openly* taking crack in the street. Spotted four people doing so today and not even making any attempt to hide it.

That just…isn’t true

There seems to be so many ways for women of all ages to dress for hot weather and still look dignified, even elegant. For pasty, pudgy men in their very late fifties, not so much.

Imagine in 2003 being told that one day you would sympathise with John Bolton

Anybody unhappy about the Price of petrol is invited to pay £2 for 750ml of water.

There’s a very online KC who seems to be saying that earning 67k a year makes you too poor to cope with life admin. I know that making a weak argument is an important part of a barrister’s skill set but still.

Sad thing is he’s right.

It’s quite pleasant outdoors in London right now. Get out and enjoy it while you can.

Mahmood can't sack a minister. Only the PM can do that. Starmer may feel that Tapp has broken collective responsibility, which is a breach of the Ministerial Code. But it might be sensible to leave this for the incoming prime minister, rather than appoint a new Immigration Minister for three weeks

Wouldn’t it be a bit pointless to sack a minister, unless they’ve done something *really* bad, given that we”ll almost certainly have a new PM in three and a half weeks time?

Hate to say it but going fash is good for your health. Just to be clear n = 1.

Days like this make me ponder the all important question: is Pimms a nice drink or too sweet and syrupy?

Might be nice to see some more parties saying this too Or even a govt willing to spell out consequences (for people, economy, EU relations and general international standing) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I'm always slightly perturbed to see people using "Bibi" to refer to Netanyahu, and can't help but wonder why other corrupt, authoritarian war criminals don't seem to have acquired a cosy little pet name in general discourse.

What are the tax implications of somebody who you are not in an intimate or family relationship with giving you a “gift” of £5m. Asking for a party leader.

TV licence detector vans have never existed. Never seen one or know anybody that has.

Ten years to the day that the “chaos with Ed Miliband” tweet went viral for ironic reasons

Let’s make Reading the (administrative) capital. Close to London and Heathrow. On the Elizabeth line.

Anybody wondering why hardly any UK homes have air conditioning needs to remember that until recently there were years when the maximum temperature never exceeded 30c.

Fundamentally, Kemi Badenoch just isn’t a very nice person.

Was quite nice outside late last night. Had an idea. Why don’t we just set the clock back (or forward) by 12 hours and do everything at night for the next few days?

If Burnham gives Louise Haigh a job, I suspect there might be shades of Mandelson again, ie stuff pertaining to a matter that Burnham is aware of that forces her out and raises questions about his judgement.

My hands no longer seem to be as filthy when I go into Central London

Having to listen to Shearer when the game is dull is painful. Platitudetastic

Shearer’s getting on my nerves

This is tiring

It’s crazy but entirely predictable how the “patriotic flags” movement by nationalists on lampposts has resulted in a significant reduction of England flags being flown during the World Cup Don’t remember seeing so few being flown out and about

Cash (which of course nobody carries these days) only in both M&S and Tesco. Heat related?

Win the group for kids, England. It would mean a kick off time of 1700 in the next round.

Mandate ban for drivers that stop on pedestrian crossings.

Hydration break AKA taking a cold shower to cool down

It will be possible to call up for a doctor’s appointment after 8am

Even if another Labour MP could get the required number of nominations, do they think they could beat Burnham? Do they want to spend the summer going around the country doing hustings and more importantly is it in the national interest to have a lame duck PM serving out his notice for three months?

“Cabin Crew, boarding complete” 👍💪

But then again, at least Starmer quit when he realised he didn’t have the backing of his MPs

Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...

Terrible that Steve Bray is allowed to blast out this incredibly loud music. Volume often makes walking in Westminster painful. And it's just not right at moments like Prime Ministerial resignations. This isn't about protest or civil rights, it's just unpleasant & needs to stop.

Freedom of speech does not mean the right to disrupt the Prime Minister when he’s making an important announcement.

Love Berlin

People are going to sadly die as a result so please could the media not use terms such as “scorcher” or have photos of people having ice cream or on beaches.