Sir Rob the skiving. #LBFB
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Sir Rob the skiving. #LBFB
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The mutterings of a freelance software engineer. (Be honest now, who amongst us should not be doing something more productive than tweeting?) GC, Right Leaning

@itvnews A “world leader” without any warships to send. A “statesman” presiding over the implosion of the entire economy and industrial base. He’s like a social butterfly who never goes home because all he has is an empty kitchen and peeling wallpaper.














Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to reiterate the UK's support for the newly agreed ceasefire between the US and Iran. He will hold talks with Gulf leaders on “practical efforts” to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. itv.com/news/2026-04-0… ITV News Political Editor @Peston is travelling with the PM








Health secretary @wesstreeting tells @AnnaJonesSky that the resident doctors' strike that started today will cost the NHS £300m. Live updates: trib.al/cfgpgnx 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube







"We could have built a few hospitals with that..." Strikes by resident doctors have cost £3 billion over the last few years. Wes Streeting tells @NickFerrariLBC what the money could have been spent on if the strikes had been prevented.


The Tories refused to negotiate. We have negotiated - with BMA officers, who agreed it and recommended it to their committee. Their committee rejected it and have refused to meet me repeatedly. There is fault here, but it’s not the Government’s. It takes two to tango.



All very well. But when it was the Tories having to deal with the hard-left resident doctors’ leaders, Labour pols like Wes Streeting said a deal could be reached if only the Tory government negotiated with them properly. So what’s the excuse for no deal now?
















