Stuart Crow

He wasn't selected as a council candidate by the Conservative association he was trying to get in with (it wasn't in Portsmouth) and he chucked his toys and eventually started PIP

And of course the other thing to this is that George Madgwick wanted to be a Conservative Councillor himself not that long ago. I think we dodged more than the one bullet.

Portsmouth Lib Dem Jason Fazackarley defects to Reform UK Jason Fazackarley's switch means Reform UK now has eight councillors on Portsmouth City Council.

Jason has actually been in six parties, he was a Conservative for a while when I was Dep Chair Pol in Ports South www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This Labour government is rerunning the catastrophic economic policy failures and bitter personal squabbles of the 60s Wilson government so precisely it feels like a deliberate re-enactment

Trump is a dreadful enough character that telling the truth and using his own words straight should be enough without going to News of the World style machinations that now put the Beeb at risk of a NOTW style outcome

Sunder is as usual correct, and it's a bit of a problem for Labour that Lammy isn't "a diversity hire". He's the best they have.

Hiding from scrutiny, Reeves gave her Budget leak speech to journalists rather than Parliament, but the markets heard the message just the same

If the issue isn't the Chagossians, why did someone else raise it as evidence of Stringer being far-right? It's not a difficult question and if you can't answer it, perhaps you should drop out of this discussion

I am not particularly interested in Stringer - I am not the one who wrote the article claiming that concern for the Chagossians is far-right. It's a nonsensical claim.

I read the article and my point stands - are the human rights of the Chagossians a far-right concern?

What is far-right exactly about thinking the Chagos deal is wrong? Nobody's asked the Chagossians what they think

What did Starmer say in Opp about "people who make laws can't break laws"?

Lots going on here (most of it utterly ridiculous)

Meanwhile in a lot of the country Islamists are slaughtering people and nobody in the West cares about it

I don't think we really know how much better Coventry are than Pompey but I think we know how poor a ref Gavin Ward is. Abysmally poor.

Happy ‘Battle of Trafalgar’ Day 😎

Nazis banning Jewish academics from universities didn't work out too well for Nazis or the universities themselves last time.

No, as the interview the made clear

YouTube video by The Telegraph Jewish man arrested after his Star of David ‘antagonised’ protesters

The Met have arrested a man for wearing a star of David necklace www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEK...

Councillor who claims to ‘advise’ Aston Villa called for Israel boycott Waseem Zaffar, a Labour representative who was previously chastised over his remarks, said he would not attend the Maccabi Tel Aviv game to be played next month

The entire Birmingham scandal was the result of an Islamist conspiracy www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...?

Councillor who ‘advises’ Aston Villa called for Israel boycott Waseem Zaffar, a Labour representative who was previously chastised over his remarks, said he would not attend the Maccabi Tel Aviv game to be played next month

The whole thing has been a stitch-up www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

Home Office told last week of potential Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban, police unit says The Israeli club's supporters will not be allowed to attend the Europa League game over safety concerns.

The inability of Keir Starmer and his Cabinet to govern is astonishing. The country is being run by a few Islamist cranks at the moment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Govt position on China spying scandal: total chaos
Govt position on Birmingham scandal: total chaos
Bit of a theme here chaps
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Unemployment rate rises to 4.8%, wage growth cools Official statistics show the jobless rate is the highest since the lockdown in 2021

Under-reported aspect of this is the sharper rise in youth unemployment as Labour's NI increases depress business confidence and tighten recruitment www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

5k more needed by December. Crack on

I know a lot of people were fond of Mandaric, but if there's a queue for statues Peter Harris is next in line and if people want to put their hand in their pocket @pompeyhistory.bsky.social
are trying to buy Pete's medals

BMA leaders suggest GPs ‘overwhelm A&Es’ in revolt against NHS reforms A letter sent by senior members of the union has been condemned for advising doctors to sabotage the Pharmacy First scheme, which they claim undermines them

BMA doesn't represent all GPs but this is another reminder that there isn't really anything truly national about the NHS. It's a collection of warring factions with a sideline in healthcare www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Rising SEND demand puts pressure on Portsmouth schools budget Portsmouth’s budget for pupils with special educational needs faces a £4.7m deficit, as education leaders warn of a national “vicious circle” in SEND funding.

Where is the MP for Portsmouth South in all this? Labour MP, Labour government, Labour failure, and Selfie Steve is in hiding www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politic...

If the guy who criticised me on Twitter for binning CVs from Goldsmiths graduates on sight has made it over here, do say hi. I think the problem has got a lot wider recently, but Goldsmiths will always have a special place in my bin

Abolish all Parish Councils and jail the lot, Part 94