British wages are insane for a supposedly rich Western European country what the hell is going on there

Mamdani closed a $12B deficit in 132 days, fixed 100K potholes, secured millions for gig workers, fined corrupt landlords millions, raised snow workers to $30/hr, and violent crime hit historic lows. THIS IS WHAT A LEADER DOES!!

🚨BREAKING: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists Amnesty opposes the use of terrorism powers in this case. It is completely disproportionate to punish protesters for criminal damage as if they were terrorists, a sentence which stays with you for life. The defendants in today’s case were sentenced as terrorists because prosecutors want to make an example of them. Today's decision shows how direct action protesters could be treated in the future. The use of terrorism laws against direct action protesters must end. Together we must continue calling out the abuse of power and fighting for our right to protest. Read our position: Criminal Damage, Direct Action, Terrorism: Misuse of counter-terrorism powers in the UK: amn.st/6015B87ZCx

'London will be less safe', says Sir Mark Rowley, after London mayor Sadiq Khan blocked a contract between Palantir and the Metropolitan police ⬇️

EXCL: The Lawyer can reveal that Burnley has won its legal case against Everton over Everton's PSR breaches. The Toffees are to pay Burnley nearly £40m in damages and interest. Everton is expected to appeal. thelawyer.com/everton-to-pay…

Finished Couch to 5K there

Mamdani closed a $12B deficit in 132 days, fixed 100K potholes, protected gig workers, fined corrupt landlords millions, raised snow workers’ pay to $30/hr and drove violent crime to historic lows.

Blair is making the same mistake about AI as he did about globalisation. That change is beyond democratic control. The irony is Blair has forgotten what made Blairism powerful. It needs advocates within Labour. But it may no longer be him. My latest👇 substack.com/home/post/p-199…

Referee blows the whistle for half-time before Arsenal could take their corner kick vs PSG | PSG vs Arsenal | UEFA Champions League Final

This is what an Emmy awards acceptance speech looks like. Kudos

Slot and Starmer have become so intertwined in my head. Someone needs to do one of those lettuce clock things like with Truss. (Unsure which of the 2 is more lettuce like).

Oh no, how unfortunate to see these definitely not planned and closely choreographed events

Further to Blair. Literally every honest sensible person in all the main parties privately agrees with all these propositions: - welfare spending is too high and is throwing good people on the scrapheap - defence spending is too low - the triple lock is unsustainable - without cheap energy we cannot exploit the AI revolution - we should be investing in EVERY form of energy: renewables, nuclear and the North Sea - migration needs to be controlled to boost social cohesion and because the boats look like a huge failure of the state - any new relationship with the EU will be imposed on us until we are stronger and cannot involve the closeness some desire without freedom of movement - we are deeply embedded with America in ways which the public does not understand and cannot be told and however joyous it makes us feel to hate Trump, disengagement at the deep state level is not only wholly unrealistic but also undesirable - Whitehall needs a total overhaul so specific project expertise and political appointees can be brought in quickly Blair basically says all that. The one thing he doesn’t say and which the same group of people agree on is this and it’s something Blair left behind: - judges and quangos have too much power, are unaccountable and without redressing the balance in favour of parliament it is very difficult to do anything big fast - the bare minimum that needs to change in this regard is to reform judicial review and planning law so we can put building and economic growth ahead of newts and NIMBYs None of that above really ought to be up for discussion. It is all common sense but not one of our politicians will publicly say all of it Whatever you think of Blair, engage with what he’s saying not how he makes you feel. The bare minimum we should expect from any leader is that they have an analysis of the current situation and a plan to deal with it which is as coherent and realistic as his intervention. Pretty well every critique I’ve read so far has failed to meet this requirement. Over to Andy and Keir and Kemi and Nigel and Zack and all the others