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@historyrock_ Greatest rock band, yes

Is Led Zeppelin the greatest band of all time? 🎸

Donald Trump making China great again

@lmharpin Vote Reform get Starmer

Seems fairly obvious what Reform’s message will be in the forthcoming by-election. Vote Reform to get rid of Labour. They will portray Burnham as being a member of an elitist political class who treats ordinary voters with contempt. And they will bring up grooming gangs. And

@BBCNewsnight Are you officially campaigning for Reform UK now @BBCNewsnight ?

'I think people who are looking for him to sweep in - the way that Boris Johnson did temporarily - I think may be disappointed' Rachel Wolf, who co-wrote the 2019 Conservative manifesto, predicts difficulties ahead for Andy Burnham if he becomes Prime Minister #Newsnight

The case for Brexit has got stronger not weaker over the last 10 years

Image of the day. We are so in trouble.

@JayantJ86269618 @VoicesofWW2 Russia did not enter East Prussia until the autumn of 1944

@VoicesofWW2 Just after a few days Churchill was also beaten badly & had to run away at Dunkirk. Dare not set foot on European land until Russians had already beaten Nazi & were inside Germany. That is when Allies could summon up courage to land on french beaches

86 years ago today, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister for exactly 5 days, was woken by his phone ringing at 7:30 a.m. It was Paul Reynaud, the French Premier. His voice was hollow. "We have been defeated. We are beaten; we have lost the battle." Churchill, half-asleep, couldn't process it: "Surely it can't have happened so soon?" Reynaud: "The front is broken near Sedan. They are pouring through in great numbers with tanks and armoured cars." The German invasion was 5 days old. The "impassable" Ardennes forest had just funneled seven Panzer divisions through France's weakest hinge. The next day, Churchill flew to Paris. He asked General Gamelin a single question: "Where is the strategic reserve?" Gamelin shrugged. "Aucune." None. France had no reserve. There was nothing behind the line that had just broken. Churchill later wrote that this was one of the greatest shocks of his life. The country he'd grown up believing had the finest army in Europe had already lost the war. They just didn't know it yet. Six weeks later, Paris fell.

@BBCNewsnight So is @BBCNewsnight officially a right wing campaigning body now?

"To his fans, Andy Burnham is the King of the North ready to claim the throne in Westminster. To his critics he has had more reinventions then Madonna." Matt Chorley charts Andy Burnham's political journey... so far, for #Newsnight

@PhilipOConnor5 Same as the rest of the UK

RTE news : Poll suggests majority in NI view Brexit as failure rte.ie/news/ulster/20…

@ITVNewsPolitics So what?

Andy Burnham's by-election and mayoral race could cost taxpayers £5m itv.com/news/granada/2…

@ThrillaRilla369 Songs For The Deaf

An album that has no bad songs on it and can be listened all the way through. I’ll go first: Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon 🌑

@JohnCrookes7 Vote Reform get Starmer

If Burnham resigns as Mayor to stand in a bye election he will face a well funded Reform candidate, a popular Green candidate & possibly a ‘I back Starmer’ candidate. Should he lose, his political career will be over & Manchester will end up with a Reform Mayor. Think twice Andy

@PeterStefanovi2 It's not enough

Keir Starmer is expected to approve an £18 billion increase in defence spending. Senior defence insiders said the investment would enable the armed forces to modernise and prepare to fight a future war. thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

@davidyelland Is Manchester a soviet socialist republic today, or a modern metropolitan area enjoying 3% growth every year for a decade?

'Rupert we have a problem...' - Murdoch press et al are now realising Andy Burnham is as left as Kinnock - prepare, now, to see the British press pile in and try to damage Burnham who is both radical AND popular.... panic is breaking out among the hacks.... maybe the final test of their power... it will get ugly.

@TheExtremeMusi1 Aladdin Sane

one of the best ever albums beginning with A

@BBCNewsnight @MDC12345678 Pathetic BBC

'King of the North, more like King Nuisance... the sense of entitlement about it all' Labour MP Neil Coyle says Andy Burnham trying to become Prime Minister is a terrible scenario #Newsnight

@ArmchairAdml @Reyt__106987 £10bn short

£18bn? Great news… *reads small print* “Over 4 years” 🫠

Look at this weak man humiliating the U.S. like no president before him has I am sorry America, but this man is the strangest creatures walking the planet. What a nut case.

@calculus52 Vote Reform, get Starmer

The way I feel right now, I hope Burnham loses.

@timespolitics @charliemansell It's not enough

Starmer readies for leadership battle with £18bn boost for defence #Echobox=1778876357" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…