"New rules are forcing people to sell homes they'd prefer to keep"

Yes, that is what the new rules were introduced to do. System working as intended.

I mean the CO2 shortages will probably follow about 3 weeks afterwards, so stocking up wouldn't be a terrible idea...

Looks like a landing to me. It's good when planes do that, right?

Though in the case of Scott he was such a no-mark that they more or less threw him a hospital pass in the last redistricting and he was on course to come third in his primary.

Possibly somebody who ends up being the sole Labour councillor on the authority.

That is a pretty vicious sideswipe of your subscribers and their age profile.

The 0.0045% candidate.

I'd guess this makes Unite disaffiliating significantly less likely, in that as much as Sharon Graham dislikes Labour and having to interact with it, she hates McCluskey and his circle even more?

And there is a partisan effect on who neat districts favour. It's a lot easier for rural areas to outvote urban areas with neat lines than it is for the reverse.

Like this is going to end up with only *one* sacking.

I don't think it's exactly sane, but we don't have any options that aren't at least a bit mad and this at least has something resembling a viable theory beyond wishing really hard behind it.

And that applies even for those of us who live in houses with decent gardens. I enjoy having a decent amount of space for growing vegetables, but it's not an important contributor to my food security in the way it was when my great-great-grandparents were growing up.

Most people moving out of London at the time had grandparents, or at most great-grandparents, who had grown up in a family tied to the agricultural economy. The desire for a house with a garden reflects an existence where a smallholding was essential, and very few of us really want that now.

An understated part of the reason why is that if it doesn't work and we need to switch again in early 2029, there's more chance of Rayner having rehabilitated her public standing by then than there is of the electorate falling in love with Miliband at first sight.

I don't think he wants it either, but tough luck - the Labour Party needs saving and he's enough of a party diehard that he'll step in front of a bus for it if required.

Kind Hearts and Coronets remake, but where the aim is to acquire a deposit on a house rather than a dukedom.

It's a good job Kemi Badenoch is still on Twitter, because if she read this she'd believe that Labour councils have a plan to cull the elderly.

"Keir is your manager. His friend Waheed has offered him lots of expensive suits in exchange for a pass to the office. What should Keir do?

A) Turn down the offer and report it
B) Cut the Winter Fuel Allowance"

Cool! No more questions.
(Leaves)
(Comes back into the room) sorry. One quick question

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT YOU DUMB CUNT

Boris was objectively very funny to watch destroying himself. This is like watching a middle aged dad justify his gambling debts it's depressing

Still of the view that the biggest risk in this whole mess is widespread hunger in poorer countries leading to political instability.

This is also why universal demand subsidies in rich countries are immoral.

At least by that point they'd stopped sticking a raw steak in their cycle shorts, in order to a) avoid saddle sores and b) tenderise it ready for dinner that evening.

And that was just the cyclists.

Oh, I'm not arguing Napoleon was a morally good figure, but I don't think there's clear water between him and Nicholas I.

Little known fact: if nobody will pay £850,000 for your house, it's not worth £850,000.

Bart sleeping and showing off a set of gnashers a Great White would be proud of

What big teeth you have, Grandma

And the Lord saw that the museum goers had grown arrogant, and godless, and so he beckoned to Benugo and said unto to him: “ye shall go down upon the museum goers and provide them bad wine, so that they will pray to me for better”.

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

I also think you need a six month gap to detoxify yourself and it really doesn't look like Starmer has that much time left.