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🚨REPORT: The BBC plans to skip broadcasting the World Cup final halftime show The network is expected to continue with its usual blueprint of pundits analyzing the first half

And another: Burnham has today committed to Labour’s manifesto pledges on tax (after failing to do so mid-week). That means he cannot raise the top rate of income tax as he proposed at conference

The Guardian: “Net migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a massive expansion of free childcare … If Keir Starmer did tub-thumping lists of Labour’s achievements in the style of Gordon Brown, he would not actually have a shortage of things to talk about.” During the two years of Labour government, following fourteen years of Tory mismanagement, there have actually been significant improvements in Britain. Why does the Tory media not report them?

Labour up 2 in this week’s voting intention & Reform lead by 6. Labour have most clear 2nd place lead over Tories since Autumn ➡️ REF UK 29% (-1) 🌹 LAB 23% (+2) 🌳 CON 18% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 13% (-1) 🌍 GREEN 10% (-1) 🟡 SNP 3% (nc) N = 2,599 | Fieldwork 15-19/5 | Changes w/11/5