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inevitably yesterday’s press coverage focused on Hamnet, but It Was Just an Accident was phenomenal too - gripping & cohesive (esp at letting you into the characters’ psyche) + funny in parts too. made all the more impressive by the gutting political context #LFF boxd.it/bl576n

the SN Water Supply Zone, a *350 square mile* area (and already home to 250k ppl) has Natural England effectively blocking all new developments as they're *not* sure it *won't* (but likely won't) have an impact on micro sewer-snails. good to see 21k families will finally have a place to call home.

and these soft coalitions of neighbouring ideologies are intrinsic to Labour’s recent decades and we had similar with soft Labour + soc-lib Lab right types in the latter Corbyn days. these are always ultimately doomed to fail - as will be the case for Mainstream if it ultimately succeeds.

As good as ever from Morgan - signs of this fracture are even clearer in Labour youth/student wings where grumbles over anti-migrant/trans rhetoric (+in some cases, Gaza) - taking individuals who’d have historically uncritically batted for the LtW line to step back now that the shtick isn’t soc-lib…

want to emphasise mixed-tenure isn't just for-sale and AH, but also includes Build to Rent. by not cannibalising the market sale absorption rate through BtR bulk sales, you do actually get faster buildout through nigh-on mandating quicker sales & returns to move to the next development, actually!

ha I voted a couple times for Latvia, Luxembourg, Greece (…and Lithuania) if that’s any comfort…

have I found myself at an Apple Event here. feel like I’m about to watch an Apple Watch launch here, and the circles don’t help - we’re either looking at fucking Siri or a new watch band here #ESC2025

the visual nod to France Gall. the impeccable start. the dollhouse breaking away while the framing changes after the outfit change and Laura’s well-trained vocals holding the note at the end. Luxembourg you’ve got my heart #ESC2025

Greece was easily my fav during national final season and while a couple others have ended up being stronger by now, this is still v easily in my top 3 and for fucking good reason. she smashed that. O2 I hope you’re looking forward to the money from my votes #ESC2025

When you’ve got the quarterly projections at 4 and the new Scottish Widows ad at 9

RUUUULE BRITANNIA BRITANNIA RULE THE WAVES. getting theatre performers absolutely *is* the way to go and it was the right call with Lucie and it was the right call *again*. hell yeah!!!! #ESC2025

RTÉ I will be showing up outside your headquarters in 63 hours to ask some serious questions and twist your arm to produce a cohesive Eurosong selection strategy to give Ireland the faintest chance of qualifying next year #ESC2025

if we get another interval where the hosts talk about Swiss-made transparency can we please talk about ProtonMail instead of clingfilm. way more niche and interesting than clingfilm. #Eurovision2025

thought it’d sweep up the soppy vote, aye - Switzerland being unvotable & NAPA’s vocals being shaky …meanwhile Klemen was as polished as he was, and the clips + rounding back to his wife and all. was absolutely the no brainer, the banker. but suppose everyone was saying the same of Belgium too…

BELGIUM SHOCK NQ??? BUT PORTUGAL MANAGED IT??? THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED BUT WHAT????? #Eurovision2025

well, look, he certainly deserved to, at least

PCS members in MHCLG expand their strike mandate and announce strike action Following a second successful ballot on 8 April, PCS MHCLG has expanded its strike mandate to 16 more offices. All MHCLG offices now hold mandates for industrial action over office closures, attendanc...

as the (v watered down vs ER Green Paper) Employment Rights Bill makes its way through Parli, many of the DPM’s own officials will be on strike over office closures. we have a universal mandate from staff in every MHCLG office for strike action & ASOS. more here: www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

Good thread. I’d add: Labour thinks they ARE giving its target voters loads of reasons to vote for it, whether it is renters’ rights, leasehold reform, the employment rights bill. But in the main these are things that people just “bank” and don’t reward incumbents for.

‘Departmen’ on top of everything else here… yeah the yanks are cooked

‘Labour should drop the chainsaw rhetoric and stop trying to impress journalists' - LabourList Morgan Jones argues that Labour does not need to riff on Milei and Musk.

I'm in LabourList, writing about Project Chainsaw, Scottish DOGE, and Labour talking about making Britain great again, all of which does nothing but signal desperation and a clanging lack of ideological self confidence.

labourlist.org/2025/03/labo...

Bernie is a better politician and Warren is a better bureaucrat and when you’re staffing an administration you need bureaucrats rather than politicians. Don’t think it’s much more complicated than that.

a regular bugbear of mine - when something goes over budget on costs by 50% it's the end of the world, but you can underestimate the benefits massively and people treat it like a success story. Crossrail was arguably built 20 years too late because of these errors

#PCS members in MHCLG are being balloted for strike action over office closures, recruitment and office attendance. Their department is the responsibility of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

Slava Ukraini, simple as 👍🏼

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London getting the double against Wicklow this weekend… @simonharrisireland.bsky.social your boys took a smidgen of a beating!!

Pedro Sánchez the way your economic stability & high quality socially liberal social democracy has made way for your populace to enjoy fun & pick the high power ballad with Iberian aesthetics as opposed to the soppy sadgirl and operatic sadboy is something you’ll pay the price for #BenidormFestFinal

sorry the *juries* have given the third lowest points to Lucas Bun and Lachispa? oh they are so cooked what on earth is in the water for the *juries* to put Lucas *second last*. what. #BenidormFestFinal

Katrina Gupalo coming back with a quirky synth-filled banger that would be at home in a cringey romcom… oh we are so fucking back #LTVSupernova

obviously July Jones was incredibly polished and was inevitably going to be one of the superfinalists and I guess we’ve got a bit of range because of the clearest fucking dichotomy here but man. have been hoping for JJ to go for EMA for *years* but I need Klemen to take this today actually #EMA2025