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@ElectionMapsUK @LabourList Wild, reform absolutely run through the red wall seats and the Labour members think "I know let's go even further to the left" 🤣

Labour Leadership Voting Intentions: Starmer Vs Burnham: Burnham: 61% Starmer: 28% Starmer Vs Miliband: Miliband: 46% Starmer: 39% Starmer Vs Rayner: Rayner: 45% Starmer: 41% Starmer Vs Streeting: Starmer: 53% Streeting: 23% Via @LabourList - 1,124 Members, 13-14 May.

@DamianSurvation Delusional membership

An underappreciated risk to a Wes challenge and a head to head vote vs Keir with the members is that not only would Wes lose H2H to Keir Starmer in our member polling, many Labour members don't like challengers, & a decent minority still feel Keir can turn fortunes around.

@christiancalgie It's such a strange line to take, the public are the ones that clearly want a change in leadership yet they seem to be pretending that is the last thing the public would want, the electorate have made that very clear

Lucy Powell says Labour would look 'ludicrous' to have a leadership contest amid the cost of living crisis 'This is not a personality contest'

@toryboypierce @ONS Schools you say ... at least use facts and not the same old lines from 20 years ago

Dire warning from @ONS that immigration will add another 2.2 million to the country's population in 10 yrs. We are full up already and schools & NHS are reeling from the strain

@David_J_Ward @LBC The vetter question is, why do we have 2 aircraft carriers anyway

@LBC Why does the Royal Navy have the two ugliest aircraft carriers in the world?

Royal Navy 'not as ready for war as it should be', says First Sea Lord lbc.co.uk/article/royal-…

@nathanrjohns So reduce, get rid of the pointless T20 and ODIs that get slapped on the end of test series and have a proper competition, it could be played in june/July while the test team is busy. That way you slightly reduce the england team quality and close the gap for Ireland/Scotland

ECB chief Richard Gould on Cricket Ireland’s proposed Euro Nations Cup: "It's a very nice idea, [but] our schedule is absolutely jam-packed, and we're not looking to add to our schedule." espncricinfo.com/story/ecb-unmo…

@KP24 Might be in a minority here but I do not enjoy the way T20 is going, it has become a 6 hitting contest and the bowlers are irrelevant. Not a fan, impact sub and perfect wickets not helping.

How many does a team need when batting first in this IPL. Crickey!!!! 👀

@Steven_Swinford Once again the working get shafted to give it to those who don't

Exclusive: Keir Starmer will next week convene an emergency meeting of senior cabinet ministers and the governor of the Bank of England to discuss plans to help households with the soaring cost of living caused by the war in Iran As the conflict enters its fourth week, Starmer and Rachel Reeves, the ­chancellor, are weighing up a series of measures to help families facing an inflation shock, including a potential multibillion-pound energy bill bailout. Reeves favours a “targeted” approach that will focus on the poorest households amid concerns that a “universal” scheme will be too costly, although all options remain under consideration.  The Tories opted for a universal bailout for every household in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which cost more than £40billion.  The chancellor is concerned that taxpayers are still paying off the cost of the huge subsidy, which benefited all households including the richest. “It’s a matter of fairness,” a source close to Reeves said. The average annual household energy bill will rise by £332 in July, ­according to the latest forecast from Cornwall Insight. Further rises in the price of petrol and diesel are “all but inevitable” next week, the RAC said, adding that a tank of diesel for an average family car could reach £100 by Easter The cost of government borrowing surged to the highest level since 2008, reflecting the concerns of investors that Britain is facing an inflation shock.  Traders are now betting on as many as three interest rate rises this year and more than 500 mortgage deals have been pulled by banks this week. The average five-year fixed rate mortgage has risen from 4.95 per cent at the start of the month to 5.39 per cent, the highest level since July 2024 thetimes.com/article/ff2cee…

@tomhfh @lewis_goodall Two things can be true at once of course, we were right not to get involved in striking iran, however the failure to prepare the armed forces to counter any retaliation from iran is shocking

@lewis_goodall You’re aligned with the Starmtroopers on this one! The substance of course is that Macron has stolen a march on Starmer in the Med, and Britain has blown its place in the room in Washington.

Starmtroopers are trying to spin British dither and delay as a strategic masterstroke. Think about it for a second and you’ll see how nonsensical that is: 1. Trump was going to bomb the Ayatollah whether we let him use our bases or not. 2. We were going to see our assets attacked even if we forbade the Americans use of our bases. (We know that because that’s what happened.) 3. Letting the Americans take off from Diego Garcia would have been a zero cost choice relative to what we are seeing now. And it would have delivered significant benefits, keeping us in the room and in a position of influence. 4. Ensuring we had naval assets in the region as we had continuously from 1980-2025 would have put us in a better position, rather than playing catch up this week - and handing Macron the status of Protector of Cyprus. So what has our position achieved? 1. We did not stop the war, no matter how desirable that would have been. 2. We failed to convince the Islamic Republic that we were not involved, as they ordered their proxies to hit us anyway. 3. We pissed off the Americans by quadrupling their bombing raid flight time. 4. We are getting less of a hearing from the White House and DoW. 5. We left our people and assets exposed and undefended by our own navy.

@tomhfh Normal in London. I can't say I know many people who have had phones stolen at all, go anywhere else in the country and this is not normal

My producer had her phone stolen over the weekend. This kicked off a conversation amongst the whole team, reminiscing when our phones were stolen. Every one of us could relate. Everyone had a story of a time someone effectively swiped £1000 from them. This shouldn't be normal.

@ThinkingBriefly @SkyNews @skysarahjane Doesn't change the fact we barely have a navy

"To be so thin on the ground at this stage is frankly an embarrassment." Lieutenant General Sir Simon Mayall tells @skysarahjane that the UK's military is "underfunded." #TheUKTonight

@BethRigby What 🤣 if they have failed there claim, put them on a flight to whatever country they have come from.

@Revoltsuk @SkyNews He ? Did this happen in the last 18 months ?

@SkyNews Keir Starmer flexing how shit and weak he has turned the UK into........

Britain will deploy HMS Dragon and helicopters with anti-drone capabilities in Cyprus, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. 🔗 trib.al/VKBB8HH

@PaulBrandITV Spineless, absolutely terrified to take any sort of position in anything. We deserve better in the UK to be honest

Defence Secretary John Healey won’t answer whether or not the U.K. is on the side of the USA and Israel in their decision to strike Iran #bbclaurak

@TalkTV @JuliaHB1 Sorry, what does people working from home have to do with benefits 😅 blokes living in 1970

🚨 'Robert Jenrick is right on benefits. People paying for the benefits will be worse off in real terms. It's so unfair." Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg says Britain has far too many "idlers" who are still working from home and "not doing their jobs". @JuliaHB1

@MatthewStadlen @tomhfh What an odd comment to that post

@tomhfh How often do you find yourself talking about immigration on your show, Tom?

Literally no one has picked up on this, but perhaps the most important thing that happened today at the Reform press conference was one throwaway remark made by Robert Jenrick. Jenrick was speaking about the proportion of the economy that was in services compared to manufacturing things, compared to goods. He said a fundamental truth that will be a larger and larger part of our political discussion as people wake up to what is actually happening in the world. I am talking, of course, about artificial intelligence. I've written before about how Britain in particular is almost uniquely susceptible to automation. We have more ‘email jobs’ than just about any other major economy. We are at the very frontier of the most automatable and at-risk economies from the rapid advance of large language models and generative AI. Jenrick appeared to suggest one solution is more jobs making physical things. I don’t know if that is the answer, but I do know we should be talking a LOT more about this. It’s kind of insane to me how little we talk about how rapidly our entire economy is going to change. How significantly the world we live in will shift. We need to look beyond our noses.

@luke48602582 @benjonescricket Personally I would have had livingstone over Jacks, I think his bowling and finishing is better. And I'm not against Dawson or Overton I just feel like we are an out and out class pace bowler short

@AllTooNorthern @benjonescricket It might not be but what have we got that’s better

@owenjonesjourno Why do we need to be angry at the rich ? You are exactly the same, just angry at different people.

This is the real divide in British politics. Do you stand up for the elite - or do you stand up for the majority? Reform represent the top 1%. They know if voters are angry at their neighbours, they won't be angry at the rich. The Greens are championing the majority instead.

@2SevernBridges Hang on, conflicting messages going on now, is it opening or not ?!

The #M48 #SevernCrossing is CLOSED both ways between J2 (#Chepstow) and J1 (#Aust) due to strong winds. Wind speeds are being continually monitored. Traffic is being diverted via the #M4 #PrinceOfWales bridge. nationalhighways.co.uk/travel-updates…