Jim Hoggarth

#PMQs Farewell, Starmer. The worst PM in living history. But make no mistake about it, Burnham will make him look like Winston Churchill. If you thought we were in the shit before, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.

@BasilTheGreat One last final piece of control from him

🚨NEWS: Keir Starmer will announce his stasi like midnight social media curfew for 17 and 18 year olds today

@SBarrettBar It’s the way he’s been ushered into the job relatively quiet and without that much fanfare. If this had happened in government 10 years ago, I believe it would have been big news every day.

Burnham. Failure is inevitable.

@GBPolitcs Yes, but does she know all the lyrics to songs by The Smiths?

🚨NEW: Labour MP Neil Coyle has nominated Catherine West to be the next Labour leader

@alexwickham @ChaplainChloe @EllenAMilligan Hopefully he’ll sum it all up in a Smiths lyric, and we’ll all be okay.

*EXCLUSIVE with @ChaplainChloe @EllenAMilligan* Andy Burnham will be told by senior civil servants on Monday that he faces a worsening economy, rising borrowing costs and interest rate hikes in his first six months as PM. He’ll also be warned there could be an oil price shock if the Iran war escalates and new pressure from Donald Trump to provide UK military support. Burnham will receive updated economic forecasts from the Treasury on his first day in office that will paint a challenging picture, according to people familiar with the preparations for the transition of power. It’ll be an immediate reality check that complicates his promise to quickly deliver change for Britons. The latest internal Treasury forecasts produced in recent days have revised inflation upwards to 3.2% for Q4 2026, the people said. If a US-Iran ceasefire isn’t quickly restored that’ll get worse and oil could rise to $150 a barrel, they show. Either way, the Treasury will tell Burnham they see gilt yields rising further and at least one Bank of England interest rate hike by the end of the year, the forecasts will show. It means increased borrowing costs at a time when Burnham is considering how to fund a suite of potentially expensive policies. The impact on prices will be most acute on energy and food, according to the forecasts, and Britain also faces supply chain problems with jet fuel, leading officials to warn air fares will rise. It will all add to pressure on Burnham to offer more generous cost-of-living support as an early top priority. Senior civil servants will advise Burnham that he could face pressure from Trump to deploy British military assets in support of the US blockade. There is no expectation he will agree. Officials will also warn Burnham that in the event a lasting peace deal is agreed between the US and Iran, he will have to decide whether to implement plans made by Starmer and Macron to deploy the military to lead a Hormuz de-mining mission. Britain is also facing an increased risk of cyber attacks from Iran and Russia, officials will tell Burnham, posing another danger to the economy. Burnham will be advised he’ll need to work to maintain Britain’s leadership role on Ukraine, starting by building a personal relationship with Volodymyr Zekensky. Burnham will be told that much of the UK’s foreign policy is conducted at leader level and that he will be integral to ensuring Trump’s currently relatively favorable position toward Kyiv holds, as well as leading western allies on military support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. Access talks so far have proved challenging because Burnham has yet to decide key cabinet and No10 appointments, meaning civil servants have been unable to directly prepare incoming ministers. The lack of transparent preparation ahead of the changeover is prompting a mounting sense of anxiety across the civil service, several officials said.  One dismissed as impossible the suggestion Burnham could hold a mega-budget in the autumn which would include spending plans for departments as well as fiscal measures. The person said the spending review, usually scheduled for the Spring, relied on months of negotiations with departments and said it would not be feasible for this to be hashed out in three months. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Whatever happened to serious journalism?

@NickDixon The kind of people who laugh at anything on that list have a ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ mural on their kitchen wall 100%.

Victoria Wood is a beloved comedian, and possibly Bob Mortimer, but not the others. The Liz Truss lettuce was maybe funny for a minute, then became tedious bullying. No idea what ‘hun culture’ is but I already hate it. Many people can’t stand Theroux. No one likes Mr Blobby.

@LozzaFox Covid really did set the precedent in keeping everyone in line

Get a VPN. Ignore the communist twat.

@GBPolitcs Is the cesspit Bluesky included in this?

🚨NEW: Keir Starmer is set to announce a midnight social media curfew for 16-17 year olds

@benonwine We don’t want Starmer there. Everything he has touched has turned to shit.

If England reach the World Cup final, Keir Starmer has already said he’ll be there. But shouldn’t it be the King 👑 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿representing the country? Who would you rather have standing for England on the world stage the King, or Keir Starmer?

@Mikey1284461 @supertanskiii Famous for what? Robbing people and heroin. Quite the roll of honour. And whilst I’m a cunt, I’m neither fat nor a gammon. And I don’t need to loot a bakery as I’m not on the dole, unlike the majority of your shit city.

@JimHoggarth @supertanskiii I live in one of the most famous cities in the world😂 Now toddle off and loot a pound bakery you fat gammon cunt 😂

I had many murder threats from Reform voters for posting a mild meme about Anne Widdecombe. The hypocrisy is wild. The ironic thing is that Anne would have defended my right to be offensive. The UK far right are just subservient outrage vessels for corrupt multimillionaires.

@Mikey1284461 @supertanskiii I live in the countryside, mate. I’m surrounded by lush green fields and trees. Unlike Liverpool, where you’re surrounded by heroin addicts and boarded up houses. Maybe you should think next time before jumping to conclusions about where us ‘gammons’ live 😂

@Mikey1284461 @supertanskiii Who rattled your cage? All the defending her in the world isn’t going to make her want to fuck you. You’re from Liverpool to start off with, she’d be too worried about waking up the next morning and her car had been stolen.

@exRAF_Al Another idiot parachuted in by Labour when Rishi called a snap election. She’s as thick as mince.

This frantically backtracking moron is the minister in government responsible for the safeguarding of women. I can scarcely believe it.

@supertanskiii But you aren’t funny.

Being funny isn’t a crime, lads.

@supertanskiii @NatalieFleetMP Quite the sweeping statement there. Why are you so full of vitriol?

@JimHoggarth @NatalieFleetMP Because I don’t give a fuck what violent ugly gammons type from their hovels.

Apologies for offence caused by my earlier tweet, which I’ve now deleted. My thoughts are - as they have always been - with Ann Widdecombe’s loved ones at this awful time.

@Iromg @AllisonPearson Thought it was Last of The Summer Wine at first.

These animals deserve lots of publicity…

Bin men and their like founded the Labour Party to stand up for their dignity and rights. Now a Labour MP uses ‘bin men’ as a term of abuse. Says a lot.

@supertanskiii @NatalieFleetMP I thought you’d pipe up. Why haven’t you deleted your account after what you said at the weekend?

@NatalieFleetMP There was nothing wrong with it. You were right to point out that the hateful, sexist and divisive rhetoric of Reform increases a risk of violence towards women, you were right to point out you were targeted by Reform councillors. Don’t let them rattle you.

@NatalieFleetMP Deleting a tweet doesn’t undo the meaning of it. You’re a self centred second rate politician, and third rate human being.