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Weekend Notebook from me ✍️ The political avatar that is Tony Fauci- what his (show)trial is really about ✍️ Burnham as Biden? ✍️ Why we should be wary about dismantling comprehensive education- one of the great success stories of the last century. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Weekend Notebook: Fauci on (show)trial; Burnham as Biden; why comprehensive education still mattersOh and Nigel Farage's kamikaze by-electionopen.substack.com

If you’re looking to understand Andy Burnham, his thinking and the man- think you could do a lot worse than last two episodes of News Agents Neal Lawson on Burnhamism (ep 1) 👇 youtu.be/B8gkA6ZY8Tk?...

Could Andy Burnham be the most important PM since Thatcher? | The News AgentsYouTube video by The News Agentsyoutu.be

Reading John Campbell’s biography of Ted Heath. His team’s approach to comfort the Prime Minister at the loss of his majority in 1974? “Oysters from Prunier’s…but he barely seemed to notice them as a couple of dozen slipped down his throat.”

Sunday with Lewis Goodall @LBC LIVE on @GlobalPlayer and @YouTube NOW www.youtube.com/live/Alm357t...

LIVE SOON: Sunday with Lewis GoodallYouTube video by LBCwww.youtube.com

Old school- Newsnight kind of night

Another stellar week on views for Sunday with Lewis Goodall 4.7m(!) across all platforms. Now also being streamed in full and in vision on Global Player and YouTube If you want your political message heard, there's one place on a Sunday to come. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pze...

Sunday with Lewis Goodall | Catch up: 19.06.26YouTube video by LBCwww.youtube.com

NEW: Ex-CEO of Southern Water facing charge of conspiracy to defraud, alongside three members of his team. It's alleged Matthew Wright conspired to defraud the Environment Agency and OfWat, the regulator, over the wastewater compliance testing regime.

This- this is the story today. www.ft.com/content/9db7...

OpenAI admits AI ‘agent’ caused major cyber breach by itselfAI lab’s advanced models escaped testing ‘sandbox’ to hack Hugging Facewww.ft.com

Assured media round performance from Johnny Reynolds this am. Was always one of the weirder decisions of last No 10 to put one of Lab’s best communicators in the Whip’s Office.

Andy Burnham has the chance to level one of the most ridiculous ideas in British politics: that the UK has become ungovernable. Our system hasn't been failing- in its own way it's been working, in removing PMs without the politics or a plan. New from me open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Andy Burnham can destroy the myth of Ungovernable BritainAnd why an election will come sooner rather than lateropen.substack.com

Healey is Chancellor

Buckingham Palace confirms that Andy Burnham is now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Cheers Dad

NEW: Devon and Cornwall Police say a 26 year old man, a white British national, has been arrested for the murder of Ann Widdecombe. It is not being treated as terrorism.

Farage is trying to reset the narrative. The problem is a by election win is no guarantee of that, indeed it could make Qs around his finances more acute. This move is born of wider (and worsening) political weaknesses, dressed as strength. New piece from me open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Farage resigns as an MP. Can he control what happens next?What is he up to?open.substack.com

NEW: Nigel Farage to give statement on “my future in public life” at 2pm

Trump, one again showing the narcissism to which he has subjected and subjugated much of American politics. Likely he won’t even care about the football or US team- more likely he can’t stand the fact there’s something massive happening in America which is nothing to do with him.

In the Commons Keir Starmer delivers a powerful apology on behalf of the British state to the women and babies who were victims of the forced adoption scandal: "Forced adoption is a stain on our history. The shame is not yours. The shame was never yours. The shame is ours."

Amusing to see so many commentators lose their minds about Burnham before he’s even done anything. Many have been used to being able to bore nebulously about liberal metropolitan elites. Doesn’t work so well against the MP for Makerfield who anchors his politics in the north.

There are plenty of details to be ironed out and contradictions to be gone through (do devolution and equality always go together?) But Burnham’s team will be v happy with that. Everything in it was designed to maintain his sense of insurgency- and for now, at least, he is.