@mayorofgm.bsky.social
Now is the time for Andy Burnham to reenter parliament. It is clear Starmer and Reeves are not listening to their own voters. Burnham does do that. He also delivers for the people he represents. Burnham puts people before party. We need him back in Parliament.

@mayorofgm.bsky.social.

Storm Darragh is ravaging the Midlands. Can someone tell that lanky bald Irish comedian to stay away from Mercia for a bit!

I saw a job. Well paid,well within my skills set etc. Paying about 100K. It was for a workers rights NFP in Washington DC. I talked to my partner about it. She said "under any other president I would say yes. Under this one you would be rotting in an American prison inside 6 months". I didnt apply.

Yes

"Some jobs are productive and others less so," says Kemi Badenoch, whose own job has involved trying to start a culture war with autistic children, calling for civil servants to be locked up, and attempting to start an online spat with Doctor Who

Headline reading: “James Aspin jailed for threatening to burn down every Newcastle mosque in Tik-Tok video The judge took into account his ADHD and guilty plea but condemned the four-minute video as "hugely offensive and dangerous".

How long until we have the bleats of “it was just hurty words, you can’t even say anything anymore without getting arrested, please save us Elmo!”

Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences

Good for her! Musk is a danger to the world - a wannabe demigod

Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship

Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

So, after all the outrage in the Telegraph, and across the right wing press (which then, as ever, bled into the rest of the UK news media), about Allison Pearson's non-crime hate incident, it turns out the police have proved that she was lying, and never accused of any such thing.

These fkn people.

Ireland’s liberal centre conceals something darker Who will represent the country’s fragmented edges?

Ireland’s liberal centre conceals something darker

Who will represent the country’s fragmented edges?

Finn McRedmond
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

US right wing hypocrisy

'Unserious' Kemi Badenoch pledges £12million per hour with unfunded wishlist Analysis of Kemi Badenoch's record reveals she's made pledges and opposed policies worth £7.6billion - but not said what she would cut instead after backing Labour spending

Kemi Bad Enoch is not a serious politician

She has pledged £12million per HOUR with unfunded wishlist

Analysis of her record reveals she's made pledges and opposed policies worth £7.6billion - but not said what she would cut instead after backing Labour spending www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Extraordinary experience. Disturb three people riffling through bags unlikely to be their own on the edge of a local park. They pedal away. We pack all the stuff we can see & carry the 4 bags to our magnificent local (Black Dog, Brentford). We all post about it. Victim arrives 40 minutes later.

Morning!

Can someone explain why anyone listens to Reform?

They lied about Brexit (spoiler: it’s a disaster).
Now they’re lying about climate change (apparently, it doesn’t exist).

And yet… millions still vote for them 🗳️.
What’s in the water? #MorningMadness

Why does it feel like America is going to get into the FO part of FAFO very, very quickly?

I am still very strongly of the opinion that Liz Kendal went through the wrong door at her University Fresher's Fair in 1992 and accidently joined the Labour Party. I reckon she was looking for the Libertarian Society but had been drinking too much Lambrini.

YouTube video by Sunday Roast Sunday Roast Talks Trump and Badenoch

Join our panel discussing Trump Badenoch and Brexit mixed in with some laughs 😆

youtu.be/sdBl-ZLc9A8?...

S4 EP 16 AAHHHHmerica The Bylines Network Podcast · Episode

In our latest episode, we focus on the two elections of November.

First is the Tory Leadership Contest, where we look at Kemi, her record, and ask how long she'll last.

But it is the US Election that draws our attention for most of the bumper episode. The title speaks for itself.

Elon Musk hides X engagement figures amid user exodus As X loses users, the platform introduced a new feature allowing optional hiding of likes, shares, and other engagement metrics.

Elon Musk Hides X Engagement Figures Amid User Exodus

Sounds desperate to me

www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-hi...

Dijon-style trams could finally rid UK cities of the traffic jam Louise Haigh, the transport secretary, is looking to France for inspiration as she heads to Leeds to unveil her strategy to get Britain moving

Labour's transport policy taking inspiration from precisely the right places

www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...

Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs | William Keegan Stronger ties with the single market is the only way to stop the president-elect from having the last laugh

Without EU, the joke is on us (UK) if Trump gets his tariffs

True, there are serious leadership problems in Germany France, & EU has many economic problems, but given what is happening, & Ukraine war, Europe needs desperately to hang together & we are European! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Putin pensive and staring at his reflection as he travels on a train.

The criticism from X-creters about Bluesky as an "echo chamber" are funny.

1. They exist in echo chambers and won the election

2. People agree about facts in many areas, how rockets are made, whether you need gasoline or water in your gas tank to make your car go. Sometimes, it's just reality.

Donald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation world Vow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice

Donald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation world

Trump will attempt to destroy those who question misinformation....in other words the few "fact finders" left

How do we spell dystopia nowadays?

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We are not. But the alternative is The Tories

Reform UK MP jailed for 'repeatedly kicking his ex girlfriend' He had not publicly disclosed the conviction before he was elected as an MP and downplayed the attack as a “teenage indiscretion”.

Reform MP James McMurdock (won his seat by 98 votes) didn't disclose his conviction for assaulting his partner before the GE

He went on to describe it as a "teenage indiscretion"

The Times now reveals he "kicked his girlfriend" repeatedly

Thoughts?
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...

Labour will always need a John Prescott In divided times, the former deputy prime minister held the labour movement together.

Labour will always need a John Prescott

In divided times, the former deputy prime minister held the labour movement together.

By Andrew Marr

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

You will be lucky. Fascism is going to happen in the USA. I would consider applying for asylum in either Canada or Europe.

The thing about Starmer is he takes the job seriously. Tories think its a game