The John Healey business is a case study in How Britain Actually Works. A big policy demand is advanced by Tony Blair, a minister resigns to acclamation, some spooky MP you never heard of gets lots of attention, generals pop up in support, not a breath of dissent or scepticism.

Because he was white. And his killer was not. The accusation of racism carries so much weight that the killer used it to get away with murder.

🚨⚠️ M&S RE-ORG!! ⚠️🚨 ** MEN IN MY LOCAL M&S NOW HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE LINGERIE SECTION TO GET TO MENSWEAR ** Ok, so I checked in again today, and it’s even worse. I don’t think this is fair on most men (decent men) either. To be clear, I raised the issue of sex discrimination with the store manager and M&S HQ back in March 2026. Nothing has changed. Except one thing HAS changed. Very recently. In their infinite wisdom, @marksandspencer has now jumbled the Lingerie section pretty much in with the Menswear. 2 videos of my (1) walk round, cut up as I don’t have the tools to obscure faces and a large fella walked straight between me and the lingerie midway through, looking straight at camera. You can also see how isolated the Lingerie fitting rooms are here (also cut at end as a man was sitting on a seat inside the entrance to the Lingerie fitting rooms). There was a staff member at the fitting rooms today, but it’s Saturday, peak time. There are not always staff members present, more often than not in my experience. No till points on this floor either. They took those out last year/year before (they were in the Menswear section adjacent to the Men’s fitting rooms). Before this month (it’s very recent), the Lingerie and Menswear sections were divided by the escalators and men did not have to walk through the Lingerie section to get to Menswear. It’s like a male knicker fetishist is in charge of store layout at M&S HQ. I can’t work out otherwise why they would think this is a good idea! 😬 #BringBackSafeguarding #BringBackCommonSense @sexmatters @MForstater @Your_mums_aTerf @KatyDidKatyDnt @JeanHatchet Please feel free to tag anyone else who might wanna know.

Labour Deputy Leader Lucy Powell tells R4: “I don’t want to see a leadership challenge. That’s not how we operate. “We don’t do hostile takeovers in the Labour Party.”

"A good Green performance is more damaging for Labour than a good Reform performance." Election analysis expert Prof Sir John Curtice explains that the Labour party are 'fracturing in two directions'.

Until about a year ago, Farage regarded mass deportation as an extreme and (most of all) unworkable policy. Now, Zia Yusuf talks about deporting up to 2m and sending them to places that didn't vote Reform. The party is evolving fast. comment.press/far9

I think the Greens are a very important party. They’re not going to win the next general election, that much is clear. But the people they represent line up closely with how I see future conflict in Britain taking shape. If you’re a social scientist, they should be a central focus of your attention. I can’t stand the party or what it stands for. Polanski, in particular, comes across as oddly unserious and lacks the polish you see in someone like Mamdani. But that almost misses the point. He still taps into something real, those raw emotions and ‘animal spirits’ that are driving a significant slice of the population, especially younger voters. That’s why I find the Greens so fascinating right now. They offer a glimpse into where parts of the country are heading when things start to unravel.

Nah.

Anas Sarwar says "the leadership in Downing Street have become a huge distraction," as he calls for Sir Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister. Read more: bbc.in/4a6HsZl