“Is reported that at former chief of staff McSweeney’s leaving drinks in a Westminster pub, the Prime Minister hailed him as the greatest political strategist in the world! Given Labour’s extinction-level polling position and the complete collapse of popular support for the government that is akin to hailing the military genius of Field Marshal Haig.”

McSweeney was a little shit in Lambeth. He took this forward in Westminster to become a little shit on a wider stage.

via Morning Star

High Court Rules in Favour of Owen Jones in BBC Gaza Libel Case

via Novara

“Your Party should have become the focus for the new mood to the left of Labour. Unfortunately, it is now undeniable that this historic opportunity has been well and truly squandered.”

via Socialist Worker

“I suggested Igor might like to write something about numberplate distributions, Merseyside statues or tube station passenger data, and he went very quiet after that.”

arf Diamond Geezer

Is the cycling industry back on track? UK bike market returns to growth for first time in four years, new report finds

via road.cc

“When Nottingham Forest were considering appointing Vitor Pereira last month, among the key influences were his similarities to Nuno Espirito Santo, the head coach who led them from being tipped for relegation to qualifying for Europe last season.”

With Edu now also gone, what have the past seven months been all about? via The Athletic.

“Edu arrival was Forest’s most calamitous recent decision – it’s hard to see how it could have gone worse.”

Thank fuck he’s gone

“I stress how important it is for every generation to find its own spaces, inspirations, styles, and attitudes and to make its own culture, just as we did.”

Dave Haslam on recreating The Hacienda

“Were my hands bloodied with the deaths of up to a million people, I’d probably think twice before giving my opinion on yet another illegal US adventure in the Middle East. Not our Tone, though.”

via Novara

“Performances on the pitch do not merit price rises. The running of the club off the pitch does not merit price rises. And the state of society does not merit price rises.”

via Pete Blackbrun

“But who were these people who wrote this stuff? These fantastical people, Julie being at the forefront, were pure punk. Football punk. Without the Mohicans and safety pins, but with the big words. With the football knowledge. They did it all themselves too. They were sticking it to the man.”

David Marples on Julie Pritchard and The Mighty Brian.

“Corbyn will now be, for the second time, the one thing he never wanted to be: the leader of a political party.”

via Novara

UK’s second-tallest residential tower planned for last big Vauxhall site

via IanVisits

More than four in 10 cyclists report feeling unsafe riding in the capital, according to a survey presented to Transport for London.

via road.cc

“There’s a solution for e-bike parking chaos - but it’s not problem-free”

Erm, why doesn’t legacy media ever talk about car parking chaos that litter the streets and pavements?

via BBC

“That nicely sums up Labour’s problems. You’re supposed to be selling hope, not soap.”

via Novara

“People are pretty nervous about AI. And so far you have to be a scientist of some kind to really appreciate it. But the internet as a place of business, education and health care is a big global mess”

via Dave Winer

3am, SW8

“Things will come unstuck. Things will fall apart. Mr Hyde will rear his ugly head once more - he cannot be repressed. But for now that’s not important. Long live Dr Jekyll.”

via David Marples

Police receive record number of camera submissions in 2025… most of them from cyclists (again)

Chapeau!

“But now comes a new start - another one - and I can’t remember a managerial appointment being treated with such a level of apathy from so many supporters.”

meh

“As far as I can see, there are only two factions in the Labour Party: 1. Pathetic Losers 2. Evil Sociopaths”

Tell It Like It Is