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[Julian Jessop @julianHjessop]

Andy Burnham: "and then Brexit compounded the damage, ushering in a decade of low growth..."

Reality: the major shocks since 2016 have been Covid and the energy crisis, which explain why peers like Germany have also struggled.

[George Millo @georgemillo]

@PolitlcsUK "We want to maintain long-term operational control and security of the base, therefore we're paying a geopolitical rival to take it away from us no reason."

Soviet propaganda made more effort than this

[Dan Salt @Danjsalt]

Plenty of talent on the Tory front bench

Do I think they have the guts to do what's required on migration, integration and Islamisation etc?

No

Do I think they are willing to actually have a fight with the EU especially people like Tom Tugendhat over the ECHR and simply getting what's best for the country?

No

I think the party still haven't grasped that the world has moved on and that we're well beyond "a quick nip tuck"

I suspect they are mostly "nice" and "decent" people which are the type that brought the country here - you know the sort of middle class folks who run a mile from anything even vaguely controversial

The first sniff of any push back and they'll swerve

I could be wrong but that's my impression of things

Now does that make Reform a better choice?

No

They have massive questions to answer including on policy and implementation - but also on the simple level of professionalism

I still expect events to overrun everyone now - too many things are falling at once across the country and world

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

Having repeatedly taunted Rishi Sunak with suggestions he'd move to California after losing the General Election, Starmer himself is the one who cuts and runs. V apposite that his departure involves one final bit of shameless hypocrisy

[Thomas Fazi @battleforeurope]

It took them only 48 hours to blame Russia for the outcome of the Icelandic EU referendum. The establishment has become a parody of itself.

[max tempers @maxtempers]

Under the SNP's new food price cap scheme, if Tesco's cheapest 75p own-brand loaf sells out, it would be legally required to immediately start selling its next-most-expensive loaf for 75p ("real-time adaptability to pricing"); and if that sells out, it has to discount another.

The price caps will be set by the Scottish govt on up to 50 "essential items" and the only way for a store to avoid this cascade is to take the rest of the loaves off the shelves and not sell any bread, which the SNP itself recognises could be an issue.

[thdhmo @t848m0]

Impressive effort here, got to say

[Summerisle @LairdSummerisle]

The face of someone who is affronted by people in wooly jumpers standing in the way of monthly junkets to the Berlaymont building to eat canapés and drink Château Mouton Rothschild for ten years before retiring a multi-millionaire.

[Monsoon @FallofWasteland]

@birdgassm @Jay10_6 He's welcome to return to France if it bothers him that much.

[Monsoon @FallofWasteland]

@cjsnowdon The NHS really is their religion.

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

“Question everything, son.”

“Why is Britain’s health service so much worse than in other countries?”

“Not that!”

[Toby Young @toadmeister]

An independent Islamic faith school that requires girls as young as seven to wear hijabs is to become state-funded, with the council saying the uniform policy is "legally compliant".https://t.co/Xwvd00S11b

[James Price @jamespriceglos]

The Tory Shadow Chancellor, @griffitha, has more private sector experience than the entire Labour Cabinet….combined.

Wild.

[Sam Ashworth-Hayes @SAshworthHayes]

One way of visualising the scale of migration to the UK: this isn’t a map of Britain at night. Instead, every dot of light is a company currently licenced to sponsor work visas.

https://t.co/Hn0IvSexgn

[Monsoon @FallofWasteland]

@Blajblaj2023 @EuroDale Good luck chasing that unicorn.

[Enzo Decocco @enzo_decocco]

@LibertyCappy Fixed some factual mistakes for ya folks, you're welcome

[Monsoon @FallofWasteland]

@MartinMonmouth @BurnsideWasTosh The correct decision and I'm glad he took it but the only reason it was happening in the first place was because of Labour's own legislation coming into effect at the start of the year.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

Medics trained abroad accounted for 55.6 per cent of cases where misconduct was proven last year, despite making up 42 per cent of doctors working in the UK

🔗: https://t.co/P1EuFGYMKE

[Monsoon @FallofWasteland]

@IainDale @Chalky_White81 Which rounds to... 53%, not 52%.

[Emerenziano Paronzini 🇱🇮🌳 @EmeParonzini]

Poveracci questi islandesi, non sanno cosa si sono persi
#Islanda