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Oh ffs. MPs must stop romanticising this absolute horseshit. Brexiters promised a land of milk and honey and delivered contaminated water and broken biscuits. We don’t want it. And we mustn’t be tied to failure and lies just because politicians want to cover up the utter mess they’ve made.

Bing watching This City is Ours on #BBC1. Ludicrous story line but great drama. Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Cheryl Crawford ) stealing the show. Shes a brilliant actor.

Well done and congratulations to Harry Kane.

Shameful from Jeremy Hunt. His pretence to be a wise elder statesman shot to pieces. Like all torys he will follow the party line set by Badenoch because party loyalty is always more important than the needs of the country. Interestingly his constitution was overwhelmingly remain...

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Day of rest after college reunion in the Greenbank Easton. Always a decent boozer. Took 8 trains to get from Alton and back to Stapleton Road. Inevitably chat was mostly pensions and prostrates

Please no...

I'm of the view that Andy Burnham thinks #PMQ is a complete waste of his and Parliament's time. I think he's right. For Badenoch its much more important because it puts her in the spotlight briefly. But it doesn't provide a meaningful scrutiny of government business nor does it shape future policy

Watched the Liverpool Villareal game. Second half was sublime football. But Terry Devlin thumping it into the Wolves goal late on made my evening. #pompey

Care homes were an “afterthought” during the pandemic and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, the public inquiry has found www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#WackyRacists

Niece's birthday in Bristol today. Great day even better for chatting with feiemd of the groom Lee Brown #pompey legend and all round nice guy. Wembley 2018 reminiscences.

I've written to Lisa Nandy at DCMS requesting another meeting about Everyone's Art. Progress has stalled. As I wrote in @thespectator1828.bsky.social 80% of our public art is hidden away in storage. spectator.com/article/muse... 'Top of the Wolds,' (1900) by Alfred East,' is stored in Northampton

#r4today Jeremy Hunt championing economic growth. I smell hypocricy as he has never been supportive of new housing (or solar farms) in his patch because at the end day he will always defer to the elderly home owning NIMBYs he relies on to get reelected.

What is it about Reform that attracts racists, misogynists and vile human beings?

Peak #pompey. We dont so things the easy way

I was on the telly.

A bit of joy....

Brilliant analysis.

BBC News - Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... What the actual fuck !!!

Mrs Badenoch's Bedtime Stories: my SKETCH of a very Conservative flight of fancy. thecritic.co.uk/mrs-...

Telling that at #bbcnewsatone they could only find Chris Philp, the awful Pickles and IDS to interview. It says something when IDS is the most lucid. Still think torys will do a deal with reform... their thirst for power is too much.

If this week's Badenoch shitshow doesn't send the Torys into permanent oblivion I despair for this country. Economically illiterate, uncaring and unserious.

Chris mason word soup on #BBCToday

Is this the week the torys under Badenoch managed to go further to the right of Reform ?

Richard Parker Mayor of West Midlands discussing #housingcrisis on #BBC ##weekendnewsatone. On top of subject and solution focused. Reminder that devolution is at the heart of economic growth. So much better than the newspaper hack and policy wonk who started the debate.

Finally someone is going to help the rich. At long last the most under-privileged people in society have a political party looking out for them. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Made mistake of putting #BBC radio 4 on ten minutes before end. Just more #traitors gossip. Its not news ! The BBC doesn't help it self sometimes.

First venture into watching #traitors on #bbc. Utterly underwhelmed, about as captivating as hide and seek and pass the parcel. The only thing I learned is Ross Kemp buys his clothes at Cotton Traders.

📢 The PM'S promise to amend the triple lock next parliament is good news for the public finances, and for the vulnerable pensioners who lose far more from a broken care system than they gain from a random ratchet on their pension ⤵️

Geoff from Lincoln is a prat. #politicslive #mentalhealthcrisis

George Monbiot wiping the floor with tory peer on net zero / north oil on #politicslive. Lord Stuart Jackson resorting to pathetic abuse. Nesil Calaskin MP performed well.

Of all the remakes, "racist Passport to Pimlico" was not on my bingo card www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The standard of debate about local gove devolution in hampshire had dismal. Mostly nlnny's from posh parishes worried about being in larger unitaries. Devolution brings joined up services, long term planning and fiscal freedom from the treasury. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... this worth a listen.

Not sure why the tourist tax was headline on BBCPM but the debate heavily influenced by the Westminster establishment / BBC view that those provincial types couldn't be trusted to make the decisions. Patronising and wrong. Devolution is the way forward. The deadhand of the treasury needs to go

Feel bit sorry for prince george. Being taken to school by mummy and daddy at age 13 is humiliating. At that age id spent 5 years catching the bus to school in Portsmouth. You can dislike the monarchy as archaic and pointless and feel sympathy for their lack of freedom

Annoyed by hampshire council reorgan. being cancelled/delayed. Torys playing games and some posh parishes playing games An easier alternative? North hants unitary (b and d, hart and r'moor) Leave pmouth and soton IoW as is Unitary covering rest. Need mechanism for strategic planning in south

BBC News - Harry and Meghan 'surprised' by King's letter making clear they remain non-working royals www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... the evidence is pretty clear that the Royal Family are running a vindictive campaign against Harry/Meghan.

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BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... Officers injured and vehicles damaged in Portsmouth small boats protest, police say - BBC News. Strange BBC World at One didn't mention this but had time to give 8 minutes to a local racist.

This is funny to me every time I think about it. Prob because I love bike riding. 🚴‍♂️

After Zia Yusuf's demented rantings yesterday at the Reform children's party yesterday any surprise a bunch of balaclava sundries turn up at Dover to protest.

So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.

"Dear Diary, Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck bollocks"

I recall chatting to a guy a couple of years back who did the prostate test at Fratton Park, they found he had early stages of cancer. Treated easily with pills because it was caught early. Best save Alan Knight ever made? Get yourselves checked #pompey

Dipped briefly into baseball on #bbc. Apparently new york Yankees against Boston red sox is biggest sporting rivalry in world sport. American exceptionalism writ large. Biggest game in baseball... a game hardly anyone outside USA watches or cares about.