Ross Paul

@alexwickham @MishalHusain The country will be even more fu(ked if she somehow gets in charge, she got booted for a reason, bringing her back would be catastrophic!

NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read As Keir Starmer faced down the Iran crisis, in a pub just up the road Angela Rayner pitched to replace him. There’s a chasm in British politics between Labour mutineers, markets and a PM contending with Trump’s chaos. — UK government borrowing costs reached their highest in 18 years on the war yet soft-left figures like Lisa Nandy called for looser fiscal rules. Political instability and a new left-wing leader would further test investor confidence. And demands for wide-ranging energy bills support are ultimately what sunk Liz Truss. — Yet Rayner’s intervention shows the key question now is whether she and others move against Starmer in May. Her speech won support from soft-left backers. One said it cemented her as the front-runner, arguing it landed better with MPs than previous efforts by Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting to set out their own stalls. — Labour MPs see two ways rebels could move in May: either a direct challenge led by Rayner, or a push to get a more left-wing cabinet, holding off efforts to replace Starmer until later. One advantage to the latter is Starmer would be the one who weathers the coming economic pain. The downside to waiting for Rayner is Burnham could make it to Westminster. — It should be said there is a significant number of Labour MPs who do not want a left-wing takeover and think the left don’t have the numbers. A minister said it beggared belief that Rayner had made her first proper leadership pitch while Starmer deals with Iran. — Another Labour official said she would have fared better by staying quiet during the crisis like Streeting. A backer of Shabana Mahmood’s policies criticised Rayner for publicly railing against them, predicting that if she became PM she would soon pivot to the right on migration or quickly further lose the support of voters. — Others in Labour are pushing for a more pro-market agenda. Cabinet ministers are circulating a strategy document produced by core figures in @LabourGrowth, which aims to give the leadership a new vision for the government’s purpose having concluded that major economic reforms have fallen by the wayside due to the lack of compelling political arguments. — The project calls for a more “transformative agenda,” warning that “Britain as it is rewards grifters and punishes grafters.” It argues making the link between work and reward is vital if Labour is to win back voters on both its left and right flanks. The group is working with @GoodGrowthFdn to develop a new policy platform and research to show it can rebuild a winning voter coalition. — Policy proposals being examined include shifting the tax burden away from salaried work toward land and economic rent-seeking, merging employees’ NI with income tax, reforming council tax and creating new incentives for entrepreneurship and risk-taking. It also argues for a targeted deregulation push and an energy policy which refocuses the clean energy transition on driving down costs for households and industry, including moving levies off bills and a sprint for cheap electrification. — Starmer’s allies agree Iran is a pivot point for his premiership. Some argue he could re-define his government by taking more of a stand against Trump, getting the country through the energy shock and restoring Britain’s place in the world by rapidly raising defence spending and moving much closer to the EU than currently expected. Nonetheless they know a hit to the economy and mortgages, even if Trump’s fault, rarely ends well for the government of the day. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@adamcooperF1 Aston have the most in F1, they literally hired & shifted sidewise multiple ones, all of whom are still there

Flying all day and thus missed official confirmation of the Jonathan Wheatley shenanigans. None of us saw that coming a few days ago, but it corrects a curious imbalance - Audi appeared to have too many team bosses, and Aston not enough...

@rugbyontnt @BathRugby @tntsports @discoveryplusUK Because the ref fundamentally missed or ignored clear penalties which changed the course of the game

@Saracens Helps when they have 16 players

Beaten in Bath.

@Saracens Penalty from previous play missed again

59 | Mawi is held up over the line after a TMO check! 🛁 43 💫 15

Carley is the worst ref in the @premrugby how can he not see the or even check the play on the ground in the first half & then give a penalty against McFarland for legitimately jumping to contest the ball from a kick off, guys appalling

@Saracens Clear penalty before this & a forward pass, but its Carley, so no surprise here he missed it

20 | Try Bath. Bayliss scores. 🛁 12 💫 10

Great start Sarries

@TheAthleticFC Erosion, they were owned by a Russian oligarch before ffs

Strasbourg fan groups are flying to London to join a Chelsea supporter protest against BlueCo before the London club’s home game against Manchester United on April 18. A statement released on X by NotAProjectCFC - who organised a protest attended by 200 people ahead of Chelsea’s match against Brentford in January - read: “As a result of the continued erosion of values at both football clubs, we have decided to come together to take action with one clear, unified message: BlueCo Out. “We believe this could be a seismic moment in the history of football, where fans of clubs from separate countries will come together to do what is right not only for our clubs individually, but for the sport more widely. Together, we can force change.” More from @JessMCHopkins nytimes.com/athletic/71344…

@5tevieM @BigBoyler I think it would get a better audience on a Friday & be a distinct product, but will watch/record anyway. You on it?

try just letting SNL UK happen. If you don’t like it, shrug and move on, and it will lead to more shows that you maybe do like. TV sketch comedy in the UK is on its knees right now. Just let it try.

A person: there’s no tv sketch comedy anymore Same person: this new tv sketch comedy show that hasnt aired yet is shit. I will also give it one episode max before I decide it’s irredeemable and slag it off online, leaving no room for improvement/ development of any future shows

@SkySportsF1 Personal reasons be the boatload of cash from Stroll senior no doubt

Jonathan Wheatley leaves Audi with immediate effect due to personal reasons.

@SkySportsF1 They’ll bring him in & then wait 6 months as he’ll be on gardening leave then change to someone else 6 months after that, such a dysfunctional team

Sky Sports News understands that Aston Martin are interested in hiring Audi boss Jonathan Wheatley as team principal so Adrian Newey can prioritise car development 👀

@LasVegasLocally Was 20c in London the other day, unheard of in march

For the second day in a row, the official temperature in Las Vegas hit an all-time high for March. It's the earliest we've ever hit 95°F... and the last day of winter.

@shelleyj89 He doesn’t realise his face is orange & the rest of him is deathly pale so probably not

Has he just given up on even attempting to shade match?

@adamcooperF1 @AstonMartinF1 Either way, the job is a revolving door which could explain the issues they’re having as no consistency of message etc

Is Jonathan Wheatley really on his way from Audi to @AstonMartinF1? Hearing contrasting views tonight, but there could be some logic to such a move: crash.net/f1/news/109160…

@LasVegasLocally @AshleyJDiMella Based on personal experience of last 3 visits i made to Vegas, last couple years ago, was worse than previous visit in 2019 which was after they increased the limits, before that in 2017 most were busy & had a good mix of players. Only played once the last time as not enjoyable

@rosspb @AshleyJDiMella Interesting theory...

Las Vegas casino tourism is nowhere near record lows. Last year Vegas hosted 5 million more visitors (and generated nearly double the nominal gaming revenue) of the legendary 1999 "mega-resort" boom. @AshleyJDiMella

@PlanetRugby @stephenjones9 Spot on, talented player but believes his own hype & either overplays or gets found out by experienced or more astute opposition. Needs knuckle down, stop the antics & improve, once he does that then ok act the fool, but has to do it first

“He is a brilliant player, and I would want the real Pollock in the team, but not the current one who is fast becoming a liability," Woodward wrote in his Daily Mail column. Urging Henry Pollock to do his talking on the pitch, he added: "That has to change and quickly.”

@TheSpursExpress @DiMarzio Thought he was up for the job at first

🥇🚨| Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio has been in London in recent days. Contact is expected to be made regarding the signing of #Tottenham goalkeeper. Guglielmo Vicario. @DiMarzio

@PLComms @Anthoulla1 Now do home tickets or have a percentage that must be under x price

Clubs have unanimously agreed to extend the £30 cap on away ticket prices for a further two seasons, meaning the cap will have been in place for 12 consecutive seasons. Read more: preml.ge/z7b573vg