Starcasm
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It’s official. Your #ThreeLions players heading to the @FIFAWorldCup! 🏆


HS2 could cost up to £102.7bn and first services could take until 2039 to start, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says bbc.in/4wtPPXU




My 2023 blog on why I tried so hard to cancel HS2 in Jan 2020. It was a clear disaster and the 'evidence' presented by Cabinet Office/DfT was clearly fraudulent. If you tried to do this in business you'd be jailed. You can see the original chart below with Ben Warner's 'this is bullshit' scribbled on it in the Cabinet room when they presented. You can see the smooth exponential which predicts the need for HS3 then HS4 - everyone in yookay either riding on them or building them! This is how CON-LAB burn your money - and when the Trolley went ahead with it, Labour and Whitehall and FT etc all cheered. Trebles all round for 'the serious grownups'





🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has appointed James Murray as the new Health Secretary



EXCL: Angela Rayner has been cleared by HMRC of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs, paving the way for a potential leadership bid if Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels. The former DPM has settled £40,000 in unpaid stamp duty, but has not paid any penalty as a result of the investigation. HMRC was also satisfied there was no tax avoidance. Rayner tells me she was “bruised” by whole experience because of intrusion into her disabled son’s personal life, but also because it had appeared as though she was “in it for myself” rather than on the side of ordinary people. Rayner indicated she may run in event of a contest as she would “play my part” and that she understood why Labour MPs were so upset following last week’s election crushing. She said Starmer should “reflect on” stepping aside.



















