Brian Betts
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This article about Burnham is very good. Basically concludes that he would not make a very good Prime Minister. Knowing Andy as I do, I agree with Joshi.






BURNHAM refuses to say if he would continue as Manchester mayor if he lost in the Makerfield by-election: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."







"I LOVE OUR COUNTRY...AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IS GOOD MANNERS" Chancellor Rachel Reeves confronts an angry heckler moments ago in a petrol station in Leeds


You might be cool, but you’ll never be Erik Bonde… a Swedish Major fighting during the Congo Crisis smoking a cigarette after being shot in an ambush while rocking a Lemania TG 195 type of cool. Born in Sweden to gentry (nobility), he inherited the title of “Count.” He started off in the Swedish Army, in the cavalry. He got out in order to persue a life of agriculture but was recalled and reinstated in order to take command of the first Swedish Battalion in Katanga. This timeless photo was taken immediately following an ambush on his elements in which MAJ Bonde was shot multiple times by inferior hostile weapons (mostly outdated muzzle loaders). After the firefight, one of his soldiers ran up and remarked “Sir! You are hit! Your shirt is red!” Bonde shook his head, sighed, took off his shirt, lit a smoke, and looked at him. “Don’t be impertinent. I’m a Count. My blood is blue.” The man makes the watch. Not the other way around! #watcheswinwars


Today I’m pleased to appoint @GordonBrown as my Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation. As Britain’s longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon is well placed to work with our international allies to build a stronger Britain and boost our country’s security and resilience.




An estimated 74% of voters who bothered to turn out in the local elections yesterday did NOT vote for Reform. Let that sink in. And then adjust your hyperbole accordingly.
















