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@jessicaelgot @kiranstacey More focus group bollocks from politicians afraid to make a stand or a decision. Focus groups should only be used to improve the presentation of policy.

“The focus groups I have seen are like actual gold dust. People say things like ‘he cares about people like us’. Do you know how rare it is to see that about a politician?“ Our read, on the consensus forming around Andy Burnham @kiranstacey theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

@fesshole Bet you didn't return the 50p though did you, you little shit.

When I was a small child I stole 50p out of my brothers piggy bank and spent it on sweets. The sound of him crying in his room after discovering said theft still haunts me. I never stole from family or friends again.

@Danny_McMoomins Thanks for reminding me to organise my "Shout "Wankers!" at Hipsters on Bikes Gathering 2027" event.

Lost my temper again

@dfitzgeralds @TomTeodorczuk Yep it's for a similar reason why Top of the Pops isn't on any more.

@TomTeodorczuk There is no real audience for a saturday football show on terrestrial tv. Content is everywhere all the time. Very different to when FF what a highlight of Saturday afternoon. More than 20 years ago.

Who will write the most disingenuously unhinged piece about the euthanasia of Football Focus

@OTGMcCarthy1979 @AaronBastani How is he a Pabloist? I haven't seen Starmer advocate guerilla warfare or push Labour towards revolutionary policies, so I'll be interested in your argument.

@AaronBastani Where's the evidence that Starmer was ever on the Labour "Right"? (Even if you don't think that's a contradiction in terms, he's literally a Pabloist.)

Love the FT, but it’s basically pointless reading them on Starmer’s political failures. They have no idea why the Labour right is failing: after all, it’s Atlanticist, claims to be sensible and moderate, and has big houses in London.

@Footyandpolnerd @Footinit @NoContextBrits Because the plaque is a joke. You may think it's in bad taste, but it's still a joke.

@Footinit @NoContextBrits ...how is it spoilsport to remove a plaque commemorating a murderous sadist?

This was recently installed in a small town near me but the spoilsports removed it within 24 hours.

@Nigel_Farage To all those who receive ANY sort of state benefit (including pensioners, the disabled, people claiming working family tax credits and child benefit) don't for a moment think he's talking about the "undeserving" - he means YOUR benefits.

The big divide in Britain today is between those who work and those who don’t. Reform are on the side of Brits who set their alarm clocks, get up early and go to work.

@missilemendoza @DAaronovitch @RobertJenrick Reform are the "Leopards Eat Faces" Party.

@DAaronovitch @RobertJenrick Reform would absolutely have the highest such % of any party. This will be like Latinos voting Trump, though. Farage will promise that everyone that “needs help will get it,” just like Trump said they’d only target the “worst criminal illegals.” NF will not keep his promise…

Reform are the party of workers, not welfare.

@ramthelinefeed @filmisfabulous @DrMatthewSweet Get a life

@filmisfabulous @DrMatthewSweet Be careful - 'comedy' from 1968 may well be illegal hatecrime in 2026 🙈

The Morecambe & Wise Show Further to reports, Film is Fabulous! is delighted to confirm recovery of a missing episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show from 68. Team expects formal protocols to be agreed with BBC Archives on Tues, 28th April, at which time details will be published

@PoloniusCrambe @briangoldsmith @MatthewStadlen

@briangoldsmith @MatthewStadlen Seriously, what did you intend?

Since the Brexit referendum 10 years ago, we’ve had six Prime Ministers (including Cameron). The sixth, Starmer, is wobbling. It’s been a decade of immense instability, and the idea that the chief architect of Brexit, Nigel Farage, would improve things is one of the most audacious claims in British politics.

@jcjumble @BBCNewsnight Janet wants old people to live in abject poverty and the government to renege on employment contracts.

@BBCNewsnight Let’s ease the ‘energy shock’ by hitting on pensioners but not public sector unfunded pension liabilities or pension credit requiring zero contributions! Let’s have a look at who costs GB the most & has never made any tax contributions. That would be far more revealing.

“I don’t think [the triple lock] is defensible...” Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Michael Gove makes the case for reviewing commitments to the “current settlement” of the pension triple lock, to ease the impact of the UK energy shock caused by the Iran war. #Newsnight

@Goatba6 It's almost as if it's a TV show with no real importance

They making the rules up on the spot #ImACeleb

@BethRigby destroy Corbyn's leadership and vowed never to allow the Left to be in a position where one of it's members could become leader again. Mandelson was one of those behind it and the ambassadorship was his reward.

@BethRigby At the top of the Labour Party there is an arrogant entitled cabal that believes it has a right to lead the Labour Party alone and it can bend the rules to get what it wants. It lost the leadership in 2010 and undermined Ed Miliband when he was the leader. It then helped (1/2)

WATCH: This was a PM that promised to be different, but being forced to the Commons to explain away the Mandelson vetting scandal has thrown his government into crisis and raised real red flags over his own judgement. This scandal has hollowed out his No 10, set his government against Whitehall and left his already disillusioned MPs in quiet despair. There may not be a smoking gun today or appetite to move against him from MPs so close to critical elections, but it leaves an already embattled PM weaker still Film by @IzzyLosseff @JoshGafson1

@EliteMan091 @TheTweetOfGod ?

POLL: Whose side are you on, Pope Leo or President Trump?

@NASAAdmin The Search for Spock?

Next up, Artemis III 🇺🇸

@mattforde I wonder how many Palace fans are in two minds about tonight's match

The most spectacular view in Britain

@J1603Kevin @DPJHodges Waiting until Monday to see if Starmer can ride this out.

@DPJHodges Why is David Lammy seemingly so quiet on this subject? He is surely the main man who controls the fate....

The Mail on Sunday can reveal today that Keir Starmer's team received a briefing from security sources in 2023 about Peter Mandelson that included: * The revelation his friendship with Epstein dated back to 2006 * The pair were being monitored by Russian intelligence, who viewed their relationship as "close" * Soviet intelligence began targeting Mandelson as far back as the late 1980's * British and EU intelligence officials were so concerned about his business links with Putin ally Oleg Deripaska they advised him to cut off links. Including ending his use of Deripaska's private jet

@colinwforster @DPJHodges Mandelson was caught pissing in the street after visiting George Osborne....

@DPJHodges George Osborne also hung out with Deripaska. How does that fit into the narrative?

@Americanaudio55 @SaulStaniforth @faizashaheen agree with their own values and beliefs. Not all wealthy people will have precisely the same beliefs and some divisions will occur between a "centrist" position and a right-wing position - however both these positions will be about maintaining & increasing their wealth & power.

@Americanaudio55 @SaulStaniforth @faizashaheen Rather we have politicians and people in the media who gain prominence due to their adherence to the views and values of their wealthy financial backers. A lot of the system is self-reinforcing - people of a certain view or certain values will promote people who tend to (1/2)

.@faizashaheen: "This just sends a message.. that this is a group of elites that support each other, that help each other regardless of the types of behaviour.. this really stinks & I think many people wont understand the particulars but what they will hear is this is corruption"