Had to visit hospital last night. A&E was predictably packed, with waits of up to 7 hours, yet the main entrance and extra waiting area were shut due to “things going on in the country”, according to the delightful night porter.
Thanks, Wes Streeting. Terrific job.
We’ve seen two leaders pitch to the country this morning: Kemi Badenoch with a serious plan to fix Britain, and Andy Burnham, whose big idea appears to be moving Number 10 to Manchester.
The decision for people couldn’t be clearer. The Conservatives have the plan Britain needs.
Pure and utter fantasy from Nigel Farage’s Will from The Inbetweeners lookalike, Raheem Kassam.
Why would the British state hack his phone? If they wanted financial records, they could just request from banks, not take the messy, high-risk route of a phone hack.
Something seems very off at Reform UK.
Calling for Nigel Farage to take a holiday when they may need to be ready for a General Election raises serious questions by their members.
No serious political leader should be clocking off in a moment this historic.
With all this talk of poverty and classism, perhaps Bridget Phillipson needs a Wembley benefit concert and charity appeal.
“For just £2 a month, you can lift a Bridget Phillipson from hardship, and fund her next racism accusation in the Commons.”
Every child death is a tragedy. But this UN report reads less like justice and more like a pre-written indictment of Israel, turning a brutal war started by Hamas into a one-sided political attack.
The UN has reduced itself to a propaganda arm of Hamas.
Britain’s next Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, hates America, and not just the politicians, but ordinary, non-political Americans too.
Make no mistake, a Burnham premiership would be an absolute catastrophe for the UK-US special relationship.
Reform claiming credit for Keir Starmer’s resignation is hilarious.
The only time I saw Nigel take the fight to him in Parliament was when Keir wandered over, shook his hand, and they shared a tender little Westminster close encounter.
Burnham would be mad not to call a general election, but he knows he won’t win a majority.
This time next year we could be trapped in a Green/Lib Dem/Labour coalition hellscape, with Burnham as PM and Zack Polanski as deputy.
Stranger things have happened.
Really looking forward to the first PMQs where Kemi Badenoch wipes that smug look off Andy Burnham’s face at the despatch box.
There would be no shortage of material for her, it’s going to be pretty epic.
I’ve seen far too many people trying to turn the Edinburgh attacker into some kind of martyr. It’s disgusting and dangerous. Violence has no place in politics, and anyone who excuses or celebrates it forfeits any claim to legitimate debate.
When Zia Yusuf is inevitably ejected from Reform UK, the door opens for Rupert Lowe’s return and a Restore/Reform merger.
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage’s henchman, Raheem “Will from The Inbetweeners” Kassam, may step into Lee Anderson’s chairmanship.
The attack in Scotland must be utterly condemned.
Like Belfast, it shows where extremism leads. In a divided country, with people pitted against each other, more horrors will follow.
Taking a weapon to innocent people is not patriotism; it is cowardice.
Hard to watch footage from inside the Bedford train filmed by Dr Pete Knapp, a Green Party member and activist.
People appear to be in agony with serious injuries, yet the focus is on filming their distress.
Maybe it’s just me, but that feels totally wrong.
Britain did not vote for Andy Burnham’s hard-left project. He may be popular in pockets of Manchester, but the country does not want uncontrolled immigration, political correctness or metropolitan weirdism.
I think Conservatives in Makerfield have performed far better than Reform expected, helped by a genuinely decent candidate in Michael Winstanley, in a never-blue constituency.
All eyes on Aberdeen though.
Major celebrations could be incoming. 👀
Deeply concerning that a British vessel has been fired upon in the Channel by a Russian warship.
Kemi Badenoch was absolutely right on defence spending. While Farage shouts “white lives matter”, underfunded defence puts ALL British lives at risk.
Starmer must act.
This is huge for Kemi Badenoch and exactly why Reform and the rest fear her.
Away from Reform’s noisy minority, the British public overwhelmingly like Kemi.
Don’t dismiss it as just another poll, this is genuinely staggering.
Great news today: the Court of Appeal has ruled Palestine Action’s proscription lawful.
That should make arresting and prosecuting these antisemitic extremists far easier.
Anyone still promoting or supporting them now knows what awaits. ⛓️💥