Steve Fryer

Congrats to the duplicitous Andy Burnham on making a success of being a landlord ( what would his lefty mates say? ) having bought a 2-bedroomed flat in London 20 years ago , seeing it double in value to £500K and now being rented out for a handy £3K-3.5K. Where Burnham was fortunate and other landlords weren’t, is that for years the interest on his mortgage was paid through his expenses because he was an MP. But he took an even bigger advantage by renting out his place in Kennington and instead rented a place nearby and sent the whole bill to the taxpayer. That’s now illegal but basically he took advantage of an Xs racket in Parliament making him, in my view, unsuitable to be an MP. He’s a creep and he wants to bring that thought process to Downing Street. The more you hear of Burnham the more you know the good people of Makerfield won’t be voting for him.

Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations. So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut. Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever. In the 1980s, the LGBT+ community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families. When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.

Gyökeres is the most pointless signing this season.

I just witnessed the French Navy escorting illegal migrants into British waters, despite the money we are paying them. They even tried to prevent us from filming the handover, as you can see in the video. This is an outrage and a scandal. Time for the government to get a grip.