BW

I sound deranged when I say 'water' with what I think is an English accent.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

“The defence of our nation is the first duty of government.”

It is. Your predecessor resigned yesterday because Keir Starmer wouldn’t fund it properly.

We need to cut welfare to pay for defence.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

These thugs fractured the spine of Sgt Kate Evans, who spoke in court of the medical and emotional trauma she still lives with.
Prison is where they belong.
Unlike Zack Polanski, I want serious consequences for anyone who attacks police officers risking their lives to protect us.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

This young Dodger fan's reaction to Paul striking out Shohei. 😳

[(haley’s version)❤️‍🔥 @maamstfu]

Tonight’s surprise songs are I Knew It, I Knew You & You’ve Got A Friend In Me ft. Randy Newman 😭😭😭

[BW @b3thany]

Count Binface sounds like David Mitchell doing an accent

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

So this just happened. Binface burns Burnham on the BBC. #Makerfield #ShotsFired

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

I have spent my political career fighting against identity politics when it came from Labour, Lib Dems, or the SNP, and I will do exactly the same against identity politics when it comes from Reform UK.

The answer to Black Lives Matter is not a White Lives Matter born of the same racial grievance.

To fix this the Conservatives will stand up for the silent majority who want order, fairness, common sense, and one law for everyone.

[BW @b3thany]

Theresa May 🤝 Taylor Swift

If you know, you know 🌾🌾🌾

[bethany ☁️ @corneliastagain]

she’s literally just a girl who enjoys a good frolic in a field 🥹

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time. Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory kid from the age of 5 til now… is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.

Thank you to the brilliant Andrew Stanton for imagining me for this, all those years ago when you wrote this newest film. Thank you to the incomparable @RandyNewman or the gorgeous sonic tapestry of songs and scores you’ve meticulously woven over the years. You created the Toy Story musical world, and we are lucky to get to live in it.
By we, I mean myself and my pal @jackantonoff. We wrote this with so much adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped us learn lessons and think outside the backyard all throughout our childhoods. “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5 is out everywhere now. 🤠🐴

https://t.co/2JaaQvxHjp

[BW @b3thany]

Exactly why I rejoined, as well. I've long been a fan of Kemi and always distrusted Jenrick. The past couple of days have shown - once again - that Farage and his confederacy of dunces are nasty, conniving charlatans.

[Adam Sykes @AdamSykesWirral]

I rejoined the Conservative Party and voted for Kemi Badenoch to ensure Robert Jenrick never became the party leader. Both her and his actions over the past two days alone prove this was the right thing to do.

[Emily Hewertson 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @emilyhewertson]

Regardless of what you think of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch is quite clearly the most impressive UK party leader right now.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Every life matters.

One law. One standard. For everyone. 

This is about justice, for Henry, for his family and for all our children. They deserve better.

[Julie Bindel @bindelj]

Scumbag. Badenoch's every word were so sincere and heartfelt:
https://t.co/R2p2BM3BGm

[Kelsey (Taylor’s Version)🪩🦋🐍 @yeswhaleswiftie]

I just realized Miami N1 she debuted:

The gold rep suit💛
The blue fearless dress🩵
And gave us the A13 clip

For surprise songs she sang Tim McGraw X Timeless
In her caption for Toy Story 5 today she wrote “sometimes you just know right?”

In Timeless: “ And sometimes there's no proof, you just know"🎶

Tim McGraw 20yr anniversary is June 19th the same day as Toy Story 5 release date.

And of course that same night, she happened to sing Daylight X This Is Me Trying … “been sleeping so long in a 20yr dark night”

And 💛+🩵=💚

We are setting aside the glitter and showbiz and dusting off our cowboy boots cause I think this summer is gunna be rodeo🤠🐴

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

Hard to get the tone right and she does: impressive and moving @KemiBadenoch

[BW @b3thany]

This looks like bad AI - why is his head so big?! And why does it look two-dimensional?

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

Andy Burnham on the front page of the Mail: he would be the second PM with a tattoo after who?

[Kelly ☁️ @kellysversion13]

Me sitting in the theatre to see Taylor sing in Toy Story 5…

[Taylor Swift Updates @SwiftNYC]

🚨 GMA just aired this clip about Toy Story 5 is getting a new friend, then cut to this clip of Taylor with “Ready For It” ☁️ via @britt_swiftie13 https://t.co/EAbEYYeY8f

[tweet davidson @andyreed]

pronouncing gen ai like forrest gump

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Further to Blair. Literally every honest sensible person in all the main parties privately agrees with all these propositions:

- welfare spending is too high and is throwing good people on the scrapheap
- defence spending is too low
- the triple lock is unsustainable
- without cheap energy we cannot exploit the AI revolution
- we should be investing in EVERY form of energy: renewables, nuclear and the North Sea
- migration needs to be controlled to boost social cohesion and because the boats look like a huge failure of the state
- any new relationship with the EU will be imposed on us until we are stronger and cannot involve the closeness some desire without freedom of movement
- we are deeply embedded with America in ways which the public does not understand and cannot be told and however joyous it makes us feel to hate Trump, disengagement at the deep state level is not only wholly unrealistic but also undesirable
- Whitehall needs a total overhaul so specific project expertise and political appointees can be brought in quickly

Blair basically says all that.

The one thing he doesn’t say and which the same group of people agree on is this and it’s something Blair left behind:

- judges and quangos have too much power, are unaccountable and without redressing the balance in favour of parliament it is very difficult to do anything big fast
- the bare minimum that needs to change in this regard is to reform judicial review and planning law so we can put building and economic growth ahead of newts and NIMBYs

None of that above really ought to be up for discussion. It is all common sense but not one of our politicians will publicly say all of it

Whatever you think of Blair, engage with what he’s saying not how he makes you feel. The bare minimum we should expect from any leader is that they have an analysis of the current situation and a plan to deal with it which is as coherent and realistic as his intervention. Pretty well every critique I’ve read so far has failed to meet this requirement.

Over to Andy and Keir and Kemi and Nigel and Zack and all the others

[BW @b3thany]

At what point do we all just start quoting Mugatu in Zoolander? Men cannot get pregnant and humans cannot change sex, ergo a “transwoman” cannot be discriminated on because of the potential of pregnancy.

[Anthony Khallouf @ausvstheagenda]

Dr. Anna Cody, Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner just said:

If a transgender woman (man) is denied a job because they said they intend to have children, then this is discrimination “on the basis on POTENTIAL pregnancy.”

Oh my god.