British. Female. Pompey born. Now Kent. No fan of populism from left or right. 🦊#banthehunt 🦊 (Ex 🥀)
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horrible cunt.
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It’s painful to watch this. I don’t want to have to be saying what I’m about to say here but…
These are the words of someone who was totally unprepared for a job he elbowed others out of the way to get and only now he has it realised its implications.
I’ve been listening to Anthony Sheldon’s ‘Rishi at No10’ book and incredibly it tells how Rishi was urged to go for the role against his better judgement, he didn’t think he was ready.
The book cites examples of where he was probably correct. I rate Rishi highly, he is a good man and a huge intellect. Maybe he should have gone with his instincts but he did the best job that could have been done given the national and global picture at the time.
I’d recommend the book rather than giving examples here (I might share a couple of photos of relevant sections later if I have time) but the point is that despite having been the Chancellor of the Exchequer and having been in government for a fair while before that, the book tells us that Rishi was not ready to be PM and crucially felt permanently hampered by his lack of a mandate.
Now we have a PM with no mandate, filled with lots of passion but no recent experience even as an MP (these are very different times to the pre 2015 era). He is someone who displays no real grasp of economics, foreign affairs and defence at a time when these are the key issues of our time. He is also held battling to align his own very left wing beliefs and those of his backbenchers with the demands of the country - there’s no wonder he’s effectively woken up and wondered what kind of mess he’s got himself into.
He probably just longs to curl up in his Manchester home with a book and a cuppa and instead he finds he’s barely got time to sleep.
You get what you wish for.
The moral of this story, Burnham’s confessional as it were, is that you should always understand what you are wishing for before touching the magic lantern…
‘I can’t grieve my dad properly, can’t go for a pint after the match’
Andy Burnham explains to @danielhewittitv how his life has changed since becoming PM
Watch our ITV Tonight Special, 'Burnham: Inside The First 100 Days' at 1915 on Tuesday 3rd November, ITV 1, ITVX and STV
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No I didn’t say that. He grabbed me and shoved me out of the way - I think a colleague said I was sent flying but I wasn’t.
It all happened before this clip
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Best anecdote in Carol Thatcher's book about her father is when Sir Denis boarded a train at Paddington in which the only empty compartment was reserved for Rosewood Psychiatric Hospital.
Denis travelled alone and in comfort as far as Reading when "all these chaps piled in", accompanied by a male nurse, who counted them before the train moved off.
'One, two, three, four ... who are you?"
"I'm the Prime Minister's husband."
"Six, seven, eight, nine..."
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Calling the cops because your own vetting process was so shit that you let journalists in who exposed you as racist, sexist, homophobic pieces of shit is genuinely one of the funniest own goals imaginable.
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Probably time for the DWP to investigate whether Stats for Leftie's Eleonora is eligible for benefits.
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Nigel Farage says he will fix most of the country’s problems within 100 days of becoming Prime Minister so maybe he could tell us why he’s been unable to implement a decent vetting process for well over 2 years and counting.
#newsnight
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People are already paying for subscriptions to Netflix, YouTube, Sky and countless other streaming services. If the BBC is struggling to stay afloat, perhaps it’s time to scrap the archaic TV licence fee and move to a subscription-based model. Let people decide for themselves whether the BBC is worth paying for, rather than forcing everyone to fund a service they have little interest in watching.
With the cost of living already sky-high, why should ordinary people be forced to shoulder yet another financial burden to prop up an institution they neither use nor wish to support? The idea of effectively making people pay more for their existing streaming and entertainment habits to fund the BBC is completely out of touch with the financial pressures households are facing.
People are already struggling to afford even the simplest pleasures in life. A trip to the cinema, a meal out or a night socialising with friends can feel like a luxury these days. For many, a Netflix subscription or a bit of YouTube at home is one of the few affordable ways to unwind and escape the daily grind. Stop reaching further into people's pockets and taking away what little respite they have left.
If the BBC wants to remain relevant and financially sustainable, it should have to persuade people that its content is worth paying for, just like every other subscription service. If people value it, they’ll subscribe. If they don’t, that should be their choice.
The last thing people need during a cost-of-living crisis is another unpopular, forced charge. I suspect it could provoke resentment on a scale reminiscent of the poll tax.
Give people choice, respect their finances and let the BBC earn its subscribers rather than forcing the public to fund it.
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All things considered, Reeves and Starmer are probably going to have better economic legacies than their departures might have indicated.
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John Travolta didn’t just learn to dance for Saturday Night Fever (1977)—he transformed himself for the role. He ran two miles a day, danced for hours every night, and trained with a former boxer who worked with Sylvester Stallone on Rocky. In roughly five months, Travolta lost 20 pounds and built the stamina needed for some of the film’s most demanding dance sequences. He even visited Brooklyn discos to study how real dancers moved. And when the studio wanted to hide his dancing with close-ups, Travolta pushed back—he wanted the audience to see that he was doing it himself. The result? Tony Manero became one of the most unforgettable dance characters in movie history—and Travolta became a global star almost overnight.
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I have seen so many irrational, and quite frankly irresponsible comments about the Yorkshire wildlife park incident.
You know you don’t have to have polarising views about this.
It is possible to feel :
Immense sadness for the man - who appears to have some learning challenges - and his family for the loss
Sympathy for the tiger who acted on his natural instincts
Sympathy for the park and the keepers who were faced with the challenging situation
Sympathy for the other park visitors who witnessed this awful situation
Not everything has to be about being on one side and attacking the other ‘side’
I have seen people twisting this to say that it’s the fault of any carers that were present and how they are likely illegal immigrants 🙄
I have seen people saying that the park should have armed guards on watch towers to prevent this from happening 🙄
I’ve even seen people saying those will learning difficulties shouldn’t be allowed out.
Honestly, days like this I fucking hate humanity.
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Yorkshire Wildlife Park: The Yorkshire Post says … 👇🏻
yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opi…
