I know Biden pulling out of the US presidential race is big news but I can’t stop thinking about how an asparagus fortune teller prediction on Jeremy Vine could be right.

NEW: One in six Tory voters are likely to be dead by the next election Assuming nothing else changes, the total impact of demographic change alone would mean +29 seats for Labour and -34 for the Conservatives Chris Smyth The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.com/article/ab2692…

Breaking - NHSE has written to local NHS bosses asking that they prepare locally for GP practices to take 'collective action' over funding from August The letter underlines the uncertainty over - if action does go ahead - how many will take part & in what way

Social care reform takes another hit - ministerial statement just posted on last day pre recess announces that significant increases to training funding promised for the sector will not materialise - questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

The results of the non-statutory ballot for GP contractors/partners are in, and you have voted YES to protect your practice and your patients! #TakeActionSaveGeneralPractice

This time last year Tommy Robinson was in the digital wilderness. Whereas this weekend his posts were viewed on Twitter over 126 million times. He has Elon Musk to thank, which he did on the Alex Jones Show on Friday. Today in Tortoise: Elon & Tommy. tortoisemedia.com/2024/08/06/sto…

After eleven years, it's time to update my London Underground concentric-circles-and-spokes map. Completely redrawn from centre to edges, it's so much better than before, and more geographically accurate than the official map.

😂😂 explains a lot of the posts athletes receive on this platform.

I know people were against the previous government mandating calorie information but honestly I think it was for the best. If you asked people to look at this pastry and guess the calories majority wouldn’t answer anything to near to 777

After a lot of back and forth this week, I’m delighted that community street cleaner Paul Spiers will be going on a well-deserved holiday to Portugal! 🌞🇵🇹 Thank you to everyone who donated and expressed support - it’s shown the community spirit we are all proud of.

Kieran Maguire Kevin Hunter Day The Price of Football Podcast AR real time football is closer than you think, as discussed on the podcast…

She was a WOMAN. A MOTHER. She had a name. Samantha Holden. She was more than how she earned money. Shame on you, BBC News (UK). You push the dehumanising rhetoric that got her k!lled.

Sherwood writer says TV industry should treat class like other inequalities theguardian.com/media/article/…

A thread of mind-blowing facts that will mess with your perception of time 1. John Tyler, the 10th U.S. president, was born in 1790 & has a living grandson. John had a son, Lyon, at age 63 in 1853 Lyon had a son, Harrison, at age 75 in 1928. Harrison Tyler is now 95.

"Oasis. The great Oasis are back. We remember Liam and Noel, don't we? They were very unfair to one another. Liam and Noel. Oasis. They made Sally wait. She knew it was too late as they walked on by. They just walked on by."

Oasis have today announced a return after 15 years away. Wojciech Szczęsny has today announced his retirement from football after a 15-year career. On a completely unrelated note, Szczęsny’s children are called…

The rate of suicides in England & Wales has reached its highest level for 25 years according to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. I was struck by this north south divide in the data. Each suicide is a real person and the collapse of mental health care should concern us all: ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Anybody know what availability is like for 25 July Wembley? Still got 95,000 people in front of me and wondering whether to give up or not... #oasis2025 #ticketmaster #wembley

Not the worst thing to happen to Franz Ferdinand in a car