#OnThisDay 1996
England lost to Germany on penalties at Euro ‘96. It started so well with an @alanshearer goal.
If only Gazza’s studs were slightly longer...
Great to watch that England team during the tournament 🏴⚽️
For the first time on record, the number of dairy farms in Great Britain has fallen below 7,000. Just 6,850 producers remain — a 15% reduction in only five years.
As a result, average milk production per farm has risen to nearly 1.9 million litres a year, up 300,000 litres since 2021. Smaller farms are disappearing, larger ones are expanding, and the middle is being squeezed out.
The drivers are familiar: falling milk prices, forage shortages, and rising input costs from inflation. Meanwhile, the government continues to talk about “supporting farmers” while its policies and legislative overreach appear to be accelerating their exit.
Andy Burnham was elected by only 0.03% of the British public.
He wasn’t elected under the current Labour manifesto.
He has been an MP for only a few hours in this parliament.
He would have weakest mandate of ANY potential prime minister in modern history.
Well Makerfield, if you think he’s been thinking about you since you voted for him on Thursday, think again.
You haven’t crossed his mind since.
You were used.
Just so you know.
When Angry Andy Burnham became Mayor of Manchester, he promised to end rough sleeping.
Rough sleeping in Manchester has now actually doubled.
Just so you know.
Really? @BBCNews@BBC You have chartered or paid for a helicopter presumably funded by us the TV license holders to give us an overhead 'live' picture of a train with Andy Burnham. Do you actually think that was needed?
Andy Burnham lost a leadership contest to Ed Miliband in 2015 and to Jeremy Corbyn in 2015. He then flounced off away from Westminster with the hump and became Mayor of Manchester, where all he's achieved is 2 quid bus fares and a gazillion quids worth of debt. #FuckOffBurnham
So the Worst Prime Minister in History has gone, but he leaves behind the Worst Government in History and 400 MPs, none of whom were deemed capable of replacing him.
I suspect Burnham's honeymoon period will be a very short one.
If the reported timetable of Keir Starmer’s departure holds, his time as Prime Minister will be shorter than Boris Johnson’s time in office.
Absolutely hilarious given his grandstanding on sleaze, corruption and chaos.
“No mandate. Nobody voted for this.”
Your words, @AngelaRayner.
I assume you will be calling for a General Election once the new Labour leader is in place?