A small point from the Mandelson/Robbins saga. Refom and many Tories argue for a civil service than can be more easily bent to the will and whims of their elected political masters.
This is precisely what happened here.
Ein Deutscher in London 🇩🇪
Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?
Next up will be the Ministerial Direction over the Robbins compensation payment for wrongful dismission. As was the case with Wormold.
Starmer is convincing himself he was wronged when everyone knows Starmer was wrong.
His answers on Doyle were farcical.
With Orban gone the EU has now approved the 90 billion Euro loan to Ukraine and another package of sanctions on Russia. V good news.
I love that the kids don’t seem to know Obama at all. 🤣
Of course Trump would probably deport them.
I love that the grand staircase doesn’t lead to a grand doorway 🤣🤣🤣
A future Chancellor people say 😳
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Hardly the most compelling argument for keeping Starmer.
I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax.
Please don't share.
If nothing else, the decision to sack Robbins, when he didn't need to, must rank as one of the most absurd acts of political self-harm any prime minister has yet committed. All of this eminently foreseeable.
One consequence of the last week is that it will further gum up the wheels of the state (already on a go slow on many issues because officials think the PM is a goner) with people covering their own backs.
Pity then that Starmer and Reeves eviscerated the “Green New Deal” and Starmer attempted to move Miliband from the energy portfolio. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is so generous to the social media teams that are constantly trolling him. One day someone will show him.
And also Musk prefers Rupert at Restore !!
Which really irks Farage.
But not as Starmer stated ‘deliberately withheld’
Happy birthday Jonny and well done.
Presumably also after pressure from No10
There’s always Belgium with more 😎
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So so sorry Dili, sending all condolences.
Obviously they counted all the Cadbury creme eggs I consumed 🤢
*sound up*
Spain has recently outpaced the US in GDP growth, emerging as one of the fastest-growing major advanced economies. As of 2024–2025, Spain’s economy is growing at a rate over 3% annually, exceeding the US (~2%) and Eurozone (~1%) averages.
Donald is such an uninformed idiot.
💯 🎯
(the midterms can't come soon enough)
BBC reports "more than 600 people crossed the Channel on small boats on Saturday, making it second busiest day so far this year".
BBC reports "Over the past three years, crossings have increased" while omitting 33% year on year fall this year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This seems to be exactly the same behaviour as Boris Johnson’s tenure in No10, disgraceful.
So it starts….’inadvertently’ says Starmer
In reality it is what Robbins says tomorrow that may make a difference.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
And it’s Monday and still nothing on the BBC News App, they kept running the Rayner story……just saying
A Labour Party spokesperson blamed the previous Conservative governments, adding Labour was "finally bringing down" immigration numbers. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had taken "decisive action" to cut small boat crossings and "restore control of our borders after the Tories' failed open borders experiment", they said. "We have already stopped over 42,000 illegal migrants attempting to cross the Channel since the general election," they added. "We have removed or deported nearly 60,000 people with no right to be here."
Obviously Reform's proposals is simultaneously racist, economically and socially damaging and impractical.
But, yet again, instead of saying so, Labour/the government's response is tin-eared me-tooism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
