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Labour. Recovering BCC councillor and cabinet member. Know too much about bins. All views my own. RTs may not be. Work for Jess Phillips MP.
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Under interrogation I will only give name, rank, serial number and bluesky mutuals

If Fiona Hill says that, we’d better listen.

Has he actually paid for it?

As it is that time of year again, here is W/C L.E. Healy's wonderful response to the Air Ministry's reminder, hours into the landings in Normandy, that 2TAF's Hawker Typhoon Bomphoons were not cleared to drop 1000lbs bombs. The Canadian Tiffys had already dropped 48 of them that morning... #dday

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

. @gmb.org.uk's founder, Will Thorne, writing about the struggles to provide free school meals more than a hundred years ago

Oh well, let’s not bother then.

I mean, who do we believe? The Russian government or the Russian government?

BBC announce new doctor.

Starmer waiting for Liz Truss to join Reform

I’m going to say that Jesus would suggest that Ernst needs to read some of his words.

Hugh Grant is definitely at the point in his renaissance when he would star in this.

Who would have guessed.. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Well done to PSG. Now they move on to the challenge of Spurs.

Some excellent use of public space in Birmingham today.

Here’s my one - I think.

Thanks to @rmcunliffe.bsky.social for reminding listeners to @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social that parliamentary staffers need employment protection too…

There is an inescapable gravitational pull of HS2. Once you build the (near) London to Birmingham line, the pull to complete to Euston and then Manchester becomes irresistible. And then onwards.