Andy Burnham has reiterated British support for the dictatorship of Saudi Arabia.
Unreported by mainstream media is that UK military officers based in Saudi Arabia help the repressive royal family maintain itself in power. https://t.co/UC6LxRM7pe
Had the misfortune of listening to this podcast so you don’t have to.
The Guardian’s political editor and deputy editor discuss Andy Burnham’s foreign policy.
Israel, Gaza and the West Bank are mentioned a grand total of zero times.
How can we report the sentencing of the man who climbed Big Ben with a Palestine flag in a way that maximises viewers anger towards him? Easy. Tell them it cost £67,000 of their hard earnt money to bring him down.
Our fearless fourth estate, holding truth to power
NEW: Andy Burnham says he’ll make it harder to claim benefits, vowing to “get really serious” about cutting the welfare bill and setting up a clash with Labour MPs
“It's about changing the nature of the support and making some of the support conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented in front of them,” he tells @BBCLauraK
“Let me just say something more though about what you're driving at, which is the welfare bill. I think we've got to get really serious as a country at getting the welfare bill down”
There are no details yet on how he intends to do it but it will be a major challenge
Keir Starmer’s efforts to reduce the welfare bill by just £5 billion sparked a huge rebellion from Labour MPs - organised by Burnham supporters including Louise Haigh - from which he never recovered
Tomorrow is Lindsey Graham's funeral.
Here is some previously unseen footage of his monstrous reaction to Trump starting the illegal war with Iran.
[laughing]
- We have done it!
[more laughter]
- I almost cried! [of happiness]
- How long have we pushed this?
Shout out to the 4 young lads on the bus I was on in Wythenshawe not long ago.
Was a bloke about 50 ish who made a racist comment to a lady wearing a hijab.
These young lads told him straight he's a neanderthal and is a sad old man.
We need more young lads like them. 🙌
For the first time, I urge you to watch a Burnham clip. Watch it and tell me you're not afraid of who is in No10 now. He's just on one big ego trip, ticking off his bucket list. I feel sorry for those who actually believed him about "change".
@andyburnham The best day of your life is flying a load of Whitehall civil servants and politicians up to Manchester at great cost for a gimmick and then flying them all back to London again?
This costly ego driven gimmick is a disgrace.