1978: Barry Norman delivers his critical verdict on Grease, a new musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

You’re either against politicians receiving these gifts or you’re not. Anyone clutching at straws saying that ‘the Tories were worse’ is splitting hairs. It’s either OK, or it’s not.

Inside Westminster’s freebie merry-go-round: who gets what and why thetimes.com/article/90c329…

People who send gifts to MPs and ministers could just send them to food banks and clothes banks instead.

It’s far more important for The Labour Party to make a u-turn on the winter fuel allowance - it’s wrong and they need to make a different decision. Full BBC News (UK) coverage ➡️ youtu.be/7lchXPlpCeg #LabourConference24

Saul Staniforth So they’re happy to starve some children why’ll their’s get to go to a Taylor Swift concert. I see.

If "wealthy" pensioners on 13,500 p/y don't need a winter fuel allowance, Then wealthy MPs on a minimum £90,000 p/y don't need free Taylor Swift tickets.

Targeting everyday people without much money is not a tough choice – it is a mistake. #WinterFuelPayment

"Cutting the Winter Fuel Allowance...is a form of austerity. It's a brutal change." RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch talking to PoliticsJOE at #LabourConference24

Saul Staniforth The “working people” line is really starting to grate. What about pensioners, those unable to work through disability, students, children in schools, carers of family members in need, homeless, unemployed, stay-at-home parents. A government should be for everyone.

I am bitterly disappointed that Rachel Reeves is refusing to listen to the profound worries people have about the Winter Fuel Allowance & is just ploughing on despite all the evidence of the hardship & suffering this would cause. A dreadful mistake. Saddening to say the least.

Removing pensioners’ winter fuel allowance was an easy, lazy choice. A soft target that can’t fight back or offer luxury boxes at football games.

I just signed the petition calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves not to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance for MILLIONS of struggling pensioners - just as energy bills are about to go up again! Will you add your name too? 38d.gs/pt4l

'They've failed me' Pensioners from the Unite union protest outside Labour conference against the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance

Reeves at the Labour conference in Liverpool 'there will be no return to austerity' Too late, scrapping the #WinterFuelAllowance and continuing the Tories cap on child benefit are austerity measures. Sheep in Tory clothing

As the nights draw in and the icy cold winds blow in the winter, spare a thought for Starmer, Rayner & Reeves as they struggle on without their clothing donations #WinterFuelAllowance

Fiscal rules are self-imposed. You can change the fiscal rules if you want to. In 1945 we had double the debt-to-GDP, more than double we’ve got now, and we built the #NHS and the welfare state. We went on to be prosperous. #LabourConference24 politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

What a dickhead of a tweet. Sorry but wishing injuries on players is just a dickhead move. Success doesn't come with wishing failure on others.

Meryl Streep at the United Nations: A female cat has more freedoms than a woman in Afghanistan, "A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face," Streep said. "She may chase a squirrel into the park. A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan."

The monarchy now estimated to cost taxpayers over half a billion pounds a year. And this new report shows very clearly that the Crown Estate land and duchies are state property. This is a scandalous abuse of public property. #AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing