Mad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson.

I think this is the likely scenario, yes

Signal you're a dead duck, start the process, give your party a narrative to spin after the disaster, let the new leader crack on

He loves a process after all...

Me: *burns huge stack of old t-shirts so as to retain position of privilege in corporate structure*

Labour have lost their local soldiers in North Bristol to the Greens, agree it's crickets from them here as well

On reflection, I think post the Robbins appearance, KS will have to resign — OR torpedoed the government’s line to the HoC in three crucial regards.

I watched it live and my takeaway was that OR could have made more records (tho it's not 1962) but that ultimately, as someone who knows this process, his narrative tracks & he came across as sincere

So he should not have been sacked, ergo Starmer (if a principled man) should go

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It

Man Finally Good Enough At New Hobby To Understand How Bad He Is At It theonion.com/man-finally-good-enough-...

Are there, perhaps, any recent examples of dubious characters with obvious security risks being appointed to the House of Lords?

My doctor is getting stronger. I’m up to six apples a day and he just keeps inching closer

Scenario 1: Starmer didn't want Mandelson and is weak for acquiescing to whoever did when much of this was entirely foreseeable

Scenario 2: Starmer did want Mandelson so has awful judgement given much of this was entirely foreseeable

Weak or stupid he should be cooked

working from home

Can you name a good one?

Good job making something positive from this. See if you can get that bald headed podcast guy's brand next

this doesn't feel ideal, as a development www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

It's Metal Gear Solid + the gig economy

Terrifying

Project Hail Mary came out a month ago. What do you think of the movie? And the ships? 🚀

I think it was a good buddy movie and the storyline arcs were a useful and plausible way to have a funny "What's this clown doing in space saving the world?" narrative setup that enabled them to get away with a lot

I love that most of the alien was puppetry

I was ambivalent to the ships I think?

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

A swan's arse in the air

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the river.

Or indeed how it should ideally be available on the NHS to mitigate this issue

#W6N remains an awesome and inspiring festival of sport

Incredible women

Yes. This. If it's some lady down the street who you don't know if they even have kids let alone know her kids that's just some hot lady. I think it's like Will's mum from Inbetweeners etc

huge Friday night for me*

*stayed in and currently arguing to a group chat that New Labour killed the MILF, as the entire concept relies on teens/people in their early twenties lusting over people at most 20 years older than them, and the Blair government was v good at stopping teenage pregnancies

I think you're veering into Cougar territory there

Interesting question is perhaps whether Cougars have replaced MILFs? Are the a reframing of the same phenomenon?

If you’re against trans women running as women in park run, a non-competitive community event, you’re not concerned about women’s rights. You’ve gone so far down that bigot rabbit hole that you’re against trans people full stop and you’re a very, very unpleasant person who needs to fuck the fuck off

Imagine how many avocados you can buy with that though

No scenario in latest Mandelson drama makes Keir Starmer look good Something has gone badly wrong in communication between Downing Street and government departments

Today's newsletter: although of the three scenarios that would explain 'he's failed his developed vetting - oh well!', only one is traditionally a resigning matter, all three reveal a man either unwilling or unfit to do the actual job of prime minister.