Shane

Writer, copywriter and (ex) journalist. Politics. Books. Music. Labour. Centre Left

[Shane @shane_glag]

I absolutely cannot wait for the moment in the not-too-distant future when the electorate roundly turns on these Brexit Tories and runs the lot of them out of town. Johnson. Gove. Patel. The whole damn lot of them

[Shane @shane_glag]

@johnharris1969 ‘Travel chaos. Delayed surgery. Boris’s Broken Britain…’

[Shane @shane_glag]

The ‘Keir Starmer is boring’ narrative seems to be missing the point that after 3 years of Johnson’s shameless antics a boring prime minister would be welcomed by most voters

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Giving jobs to family members, wives and mistresses is another well-known tactic used by fascists and autocrats down the years.

[Shane @shane_glag]

@LBC @GlobalPlayer @RachelSJohnson @NadineDorries OMG what an appalling line up 😂

[Shane @shane_glag]

2/3 I’m Looking Through You (Rubber Soul, 1965)
For No One (Revolver, 1966)
Fixing a Hole (Sgt Pepper, 1967)
She’s Leaving Home (Sgt Pepper, 1967)
Penny Lane (A single, 1967)

[Shane @shane_glag]

1/3 To celebrate Paul McCartney turning 80 I am listening to the best ‘Paul’ Beatles songs, 1962-1965:
I Saw Her Standing There (Please Please Me, 1963)
I’ll Follow the Sun (Beatles for Sale, 1964)
Things We Said Today (Hard Day’s Night, 1964)
I’ve Just Seen a Face (Help! 1965)

[Sonia Purnell @soniapurnell]

The story that vanished. In case you didn’t see it…

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

I didn’t flag this up as a massive scoop when @wesstreeting talked about it in this week’s Full Disclosure because it was already well known & is something he has always been supremely comfortable discussing. The Daily Mail thinks their readers are too stupid to understand this.

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Any article implying Levido is some kind of strategic genius should really mention that he was advising the now former Australian PM, Scott Morrison, last month.

[Stuart Maconie @StuartMaconie]

Working class northern council estate kid who changed the history of the world. Just the greatest. Happy birthday Macca @PaulMcCartney

[Gráinne Maguire @GrainneMaguire]

“Boris Johnson’s Ethics Advisor” sounds like something you’d have printed on a t shirt for a stag do.

[Shane @shane_glag]

@Steven_Swinford Both cynical and stupid. Posturing over the ECHR and the NI Protocol in a rerun of Brexit really isn’t a vote winner when people can’t heat their homes or feed their kids. Out of touch melts

[Shane @shane_glag]

Paul McCartney turning 80 is as a good time as any to remind people he was equal to John Lennon in his songwriting contribution to the Beatles and as influential on 60s culture and society

[Shane @shane_glag]

@darrengrimes It’s been an unmitigated disaster and all but the most ardent Brexiter voters can now see that. Ripping up the NI protocol and trashing the ECHR amid a cost of living crisis really isn’t the vote winner you think it is daft lad

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

It's funny that whenever I desperately need to boost my popularity or distract attention from my latest disaster, It becomes essential to give Mr Zelensky a very public show of support by visiting Kyiv.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

With two by-elections coming up and my job hanging by a thread, it was either Carrie giving birth to twins or a trip to Kyiv.

[Kate Ferguson @kateferguson4]

A senior NRG member fumed: “The PM has burnt through colleagues’ goodwill.

“He is clearly scared of voters, and holds his colleagues, and the north of England in contempt.”

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

@stephenkb The ‘he’s done Ukraine well’ thing is, I think a myth. He’s done it in the same way all his predecessors going back to Thatcher would have done it.

[Shane @shane_glag]

Or in your fridge