FlyTheNest

So...there was this Labour councillor called Daisy Blakemore elected last year at the age of 18 onto Peterborough Council.

But then there was a falling out this year and she quit to become Independent.

And guess where she decided to write all this up?

Why, the Daily Telegraph of course! FFS ...

Well that was an exciting ladies Wimbledon final!

As a boob enthusiast it would be obvious who I was cheering for but it didn't do her much good poor lass.


Yes, it was kinda embarrassing - I was willing her to get at least one game but no...

Incidentally...that change in time from the usual ...

Good morning.

It didn't take much digging to find that the co-founder of Rupert Lowe's 'this really isn't a political party party called Restore would quite like a dictatorship. Shocked!

https://cfdownes.uk/britains-in-decline-democracy-has-lost-its-way-yes-many-would-squeal-but-its-no-wonder-so ...

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I see the World's Greatest Headteacher is on the BBC again - QT tonight.

Almost tempted to watch (until I get fed up with her) just to see how deranged and shouty she gets,

As a reminder - 4FE (in terms of secondary schools that is pretty small) with a narrow curriculum. No ICT ...

Good thread on the Daily Fail outrage story about an independently-schooled pupil being denied healthcare on the NHS because of where he goes to school. Cue frothing by Tory MPs.

Trouble is that it is due to commissioning rules brought in by the Tories themselves in 2014. Basically the LA ...

Good morning.

It's been said that 11,000 pupils have left private education after the VAT imposition on fees.

Now that might sound a lot but it represents a massive...er...2% of the numbers of privately-educated pupils.

And with over 21,000 state schools that is...um about 0.5 pupils per school ...

This could get to be the funniest thing ever - Musk's immigration status being reviewed.

https://bsky.app/profile/mattlodder.com ... v5bgh7qc2c

You could almost see the scales lifting from the eyes...

Meanwhile, this is the wannabee Musk fella in the cap who was their DOGE's tech bro...their 'team' lasted all of 3 days.

Good afternoon. It's been a while I know...been a bit busy.

Well anyway...firstly Reform's chairman has a pop at one of the MPs for asking the PM to do something that isn't even one of their own policies and now...man overboard!

Oops!

There's a few of these around now...the Julius Caesar one is pretty good too.

Oh dear...

I would guess we've all had emails that have been sent to us in error, but this is on a different level of stupid.

Good afternoon.

Things that are entirely unsurprising...

1. A Reform candidate for Runcorn by-election who is a former Tory Mayor.
2. Some bod who was political editor at Paul Marshall's UnHerd now installed as editor of the New Statesman.

Evening.

Funny how you see names and think that it rings a bell...there's a chap who lives not far from me who has been writing to the Ilford Recorder. Today's effort is very pro-oil and gas exploration.

So I looked him up on Facebook. Immediately saw James Heartfield (who writes for Spiked and is ...

This is exactly right. Trump's 'we're discussing land and power stations' is his way of getting a peace deal - by agreeing to whatever Putin wants.

This goes in the "Well I never!" and "Shocked, shocked!" pile...it was screamingly obvious what was going on with this.

I see that dimwitted Tories are posting a list of quangos (sic) that labour have apparently created since last July.

One of them is the House of Commons Modernisation Committee.

How stupid do you have to be to not realise that the title might give it away that it's not actually a quango?

NHS England to be abolished and brought back into the DHSC.

Good. Never could see the logic of having it as an ALB in the same way as the British Museum, the BFI, National Gallery, Debt Management Office etc.

Now, this would be funny...

Evergreen 'fuck Wes Streeting, Dawn Foster was right'

https://bsky.app/profile/jujuliagrace.bsky.social/post/3lk3j4ajwm22g


From what I understand Streeting is rolling back the NHS England quango which Lansley created and bringing the NHS back under the direct control of the department.

If you ...

Regarding Lowe...doesn't bode well for Farage and his chairman...the timing of the accusations was just a little too obvious,

Amesbury is going...wonder whether someone had a word and said that with Reform being in a right mess, this would be the best time to go?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62z9ell358o

Tim Stanley seems to think this Reform row is a tragedy - au contraire, it's pretty hilarious...in the latest news...

Lots of Reform members posting that they should shut up about this...but not everyone is taking any notice.