If only they'd believed anyone who has worked in local government in the past 20 years who said you can't run the same services with 50% cuts.

No, of course not. And she's saying Streeting would be a good candidate because she knows he's tainted by the Mandelson connection and the Sun would use that as soon as he's nominated.
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Apparently it was 62 seconds long, but Trump couldn't get to the end of it. That makes him either a) a liar and a racist or b) someone with severe cognitive impairment making him unfit for office. Or all three. #r4today

Tough decision for Rachel Reeves - bail out a Reform council by £71m or let them raise council tax by 10%. Should take her all of 30 seconds to choose the latter! #r4today

How long was the video that Trump supposedly lost the will to get to the end of? #r4today

Haven't listened to that yet. Will do.

Have you listened to Strong Message Here this week? Emily Maitlis as the guest discussing Mandelson, the Epstein files - and Dickens!

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Yes, I see your points too.

It's all such a mess for Labour. Meanwhile Trump's involvement with Epstein in those files are unlikely to be revealed until after his death/the end of his term. #r4today

That idea works until you remember that Mandelson represented a Labour govt and that it's a Republican govt releasing the Epstein files.

Look how easy it was to endanger a Labour govt and make it easier for Trump's favoured party Reform to get to power.

Were Labour that naive? Maybe.

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I found that slightly shocking. As a staunch republican I'm trying not to be optimistic about it! #wato

Nope, she doesn't do numbers. There were bizarre moments, like when she interviewed a young Reform councillor sitting next to his grandmother who wasn't a Reform supporter, but I always think Kuenssberg missed her vocation as a gossip columnist. #r4today

Prioritising their mates - just like the Tories. #r4today