Philip Proudfoot: If @andyburnham really wants...
If @andyburnham really wants to differentiate himself from Starmer and rebuild the absolute mess he left, maybe just stopping this absolute shite? Maybe we shouldn’t arrest people for words on card anymore?
Alex Wickham: BP’s decision to sell its North Sea...
NEW by @Joe_Mayes @MitchellFerman @EllenAMilligan BP’s decision to sell its North Sea business leaves a pivotal decision for Andy Burnham and marks a critical moment for Britain’s dwindling oil and gas industry North Sea producers have criticised Tory and Labour governments since the 2022 windfall tax, arguing investing there is no longer competitive Trump wants Burnham to change tack and the new PM let the president believe he would in their first call But the reality is it’s politically contentious with environmentalists and Labour MPs opposing new drilling. That’s now been made even harder by the wildfires in Europe Despite his rhetoric it appears Burnham is in reality just looking at doing what Keir Starmer likely would have done eventually, ie tie-backs, Jackdaw and Rosebank, rather than any major change in policy That risks upsetting both sides: Trump, trade unions and the oil and gas industry for whom it might not be enough, and the green-minded side who don’t want any more drilling BP’s move “should be a defining moment for the new prime minister,” says Russell Borthwick, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce. “This decision is another stark reminder that confidence in the UK continental shelf has been badly shaken after years of policy uncertainty, punitive taxation and mixed messages about the future of the industry.”
Andrew Bridgen: Hackers steal sensitive data from UK...
Hackers steal sensitive data from UK Department for Education and police Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among data taken by cybercriminals Digital ID anyone ?Andrew Bridgen: What a surprise...
What a surprise ? Not Record reoffending after 70,000 prisoners released early But Alex Belfield remains in HMP Stoke Heath.
Pat McGinnis: 25% turnout in the Manchester...
25% turnout in the Manchester Mayoral election. These turnouts are the reason we are getting ruled by Labour with a minority of the population supporting them. NHPUK campaign for compulsory voting like in Australia.
Ben Habib: What happened in Ceuta...
What happened in Ceuta is happening across Europe and in the U.K. The scale is smaller and the rate of influx slower. But the net result will be the same. Europe and the U.K. will be overwhelmed. Our borders need military enforcement
Chris Williamson: Stop this madness...
Stop this madness, @andyburnham . Deproscribe Palestine action now, and stop selling weapons to Israel.Andrew Bridgen: Remember Dr Stella Immanuel...
Remember Dr Stella Immanuel in 2020 claiming she & her team had successfully treated over 350 Covid patients with Hydroxychloroquine ? She was professionally destroyed in the MSM, banned from social media. An effective treatment would have precluded emergency ‘vaccine’ use !
Adam Brooks: Hey lefties, anything to say...
Hey lefties, anything to say ? Homes looted, cars burned, women harassed, shops emptied. Violence en masse. This is what happens in an invasion from different cultures. Ceuta is what we’ve all warned you of.
Pouria Zeraati: Hamas has endorsed the statement...
Important/ Hamas has endorsed the statement of the International Peace for Gaza Group and announced that it will surrender its weapons. This marks another major defeat for the regime on the eve of the next round of all-out attacks by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic on Iranian soil. American sources say that the IRGC had advised the Hamas delegation, which had traveled to Iran for Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral ceremony, not to rush into signing the agreement in the morning and to buy time. However, Hamas ultimately decided not to follow the Islamic Republic's advice and to pursue its own path.
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The scandal surrounding the Green Party leader’s Instagram post is gaining momentum. While the head of Reform UK is demanding the arrest of his opponent, the public is asking why ordinary people are punished for social media posts while politicians remain untouchable.Alex Wickham: Andy Burnham says he told...
NEW: Andy Burnham says he told Donald Trump the UK cannot “ignore” the oil in the North Sea when “people are struggling,” and that he’ll take a “pragmatic approach” as PM That appears to confirm Burnham is looking at more drilling in the North Sea, as Trump said last night (and as Bloomberg reported a couple of weeks back) “I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here,” Burnham says “There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president”
Bushra Shaikh: Reports of divisions within...
Reports of divisions within the US administration over the Iran war are mounting. A source close to President Donald Trump reportedly described him as "out of ideas" and increasingly frustrated with the military direction of the conflict.
Craig Murray: Iran has launched thousands of drones...
Iran has launched thousands of drones and missiles at Israel and US Middle East targets, and killed very few civilians indeed. What does that tell you about the USA and Israel's methods?
David Kurten: Manchester Mayor By-election...
Manchester Mayor By-election: Labour predicted to win as Reform slide. Labour are benefitting in the short term from a 'Burnham bounce' but that will soon dissipate when people see that he is continuing the destructive policies of the uni-party. Reform are sliding as they are stuck in the quagmire of explaining donations from foreign-based billionaires.Alex Wickham: Essential @PhilAldrick analysis...
Essential @PhilAldrick analysis The Bank of England and by extension Andy Burnham have a Trump problem as the Iran war blocks interest rate cuts It means homeowners have to live with higher interest costs and jobs will be lost, bad news for the “cost of living government”. Read between the lines and the BoE’s message today is that it’s all Trump’s fault Should the war persist “it’s likely that we will have to tighten policy to counter inflationary pressures in the UK economy,” Andrew Bailey said today Without the war we’d have had one or two more rate cuts already, @KallumPickering reckons. Domestically things are better than expected but Brits aren’t feeling it thanks to Iran Bailey indicated the bank doesn’t want to raise rates but will if it has to. The market sees at least one hike this year. It all comes down to TrumpBushra Shaikh: Apparently, Saudi Arabia's definition...
Apparently, Saudi Arabia's definition of "de-escalation" is joining the US in bombing Iran-backed groups in Iraq. That's a fascinating interpretation of the word.Andrew Bridgen: Another brave medical doctor...
Another brave medical doctor, this time in Ireland, struck off for trying to protect his patients from the Covid shots. I was in Dublin last year speaking outside the Irish Medical Board HQ in support of Dr Marcus De Brun and others being victimised by the IMB. Shame on those who cover up the crimes committed by Big Pharma. Justice is coming for them.Adam Brooks: When the general public...
When the general public realise what these savages do to women on these channel dinghies, they’ll realise why people like me have been so vocal. And now they’ll be in a hotel, HMO or barracks near your family. Our Government are a disgrace.
David Icke: This would be the same...
This would be the same Trump that she helped to elect in 2024 when it had been clear for many years that he was a best mate of Epstein and owned by Israel? This was the Epstein convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008 and indicted for sex trafficking minors in 2019.David Icke: They are walking you back...
They are walking you back into the Cult political lair and cesspit from where Trump emerged. Vance is the creation and protégé of Cult operative Peter Thiel at Palantir. Yep, keep the people believing that politics changes anything as the Cult agenda unfolds whatever the 'party' and they'll go on being misdirected into cul-de-sacs while the AI-digital control system is built all around them. Pathetic beyond words. Remember how both these ‘influencers’ told you to vote for Trump to unleash the ‘golden age’?Pouria Zeraati: Sounds of explosions...
Important/ Sounds of explosions at several points in southern Iran, including Ahvaz. U.S. attacks have resumed.
Patrick Christys: Sudanese illegal immigrant...
‘Manchesterism’ - A Sudanese illegal immigrant went into a school in Greater Manchester with a knife, a hammer, a hatchet and half a litre of petrol. He’d been living in an HMO.
Anthony Costello: At last brave serious journalists at the Telegraph...
At last brave serious journalists at the Telegraph like Ambrose Evans Pritchard + Tim Stanley are calling out the anti net-zero nonsense of Badenoch, the right wing MSM, and all the other climate deniers. The future for our children is grim if the world’s politicians don’t act.Alex Wickham: Domestically, these assessments have obvious...
Domestically, these assessments have obvious consequences for Andy Burnham’s “cost of living government” in that they suggest the economic impact of the Iran war will be prolongedPatrick Christys: More people moved out of London...
More people moved out of London last year than any year (except Covid) since 1988. The boroughs seeing the biggest net outflows are Newham, Brent, Redbridge, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lambeth and Hillingdon. It doesn’t take a genius to work out why.Alex Wickham: Andy Burnham’s social care speech signals...
Andy Burnham’s social care speech signals that a major new policy will come in autumn 2027 at the earliest, indicating tax rises will likely be needed to pay for it He says Louise Casey will expedite her review so it’s completed a year from now. The review will consider how to pay for a new social care policy. Casey is launching a national conversation about it From the fiscal perspective this suggests no new policy until at least autumn 2027 and therefore that Burnham and John Healey will not need to find new money for it at this year’s budget Asked about tax rises, he says he thinks it’s possible to do “much more” within existing budgets but that “difficult decisions” will be required. That suggests he accepts tax rises are likely needed to pay for the policy. He recommits to Labour’s manifesto pledges There were no real details today about what sorts of options Burnham and Casey are looking at, but a cast iron commitment to fix social care He says “it is a major dereliction of public duty” that successive governments have not fixed social care, calling it “shameful.” Says “social care in England is as unfair as American healthcare” He says people may be feeling deja vu, criticising 22 social care reviews in the last three decades, but vows “this time we are going to do it” Burnham says he’ll look at how to improve working standards for care workers, and hold talks with other parties to try to build a consensus (although the Tories and Reform say they won’t support new tax rises)
Aaron Bastani: Greens are still doing politics as if Burnham...
Greens are still doing politics as if Burnham wasn’t PM, and their job was stopping Reform. But Labour is coming for your votes! Perfectly reasonable to focus relentlessly on two things: climate change and classic green issues, and foreign policy. Burnham v vulnerable on both.
James Foster: Why would @andyburnham invite @Nigel_Farage...
Why would @andyburnham invite @Nigel_Farage ? Nigel, you chose to resign as an MP to spend your summer fighting a man who wears a bin over his head.Read more