Rayner’s team has followed the lead of Starmer’s team when similarly weak allegations were made: agree to step down if convicted and wait for the boost when it’s all dropped

I think this is cause for hope. Millennials that won’t inherit should be very open to the idea of progressive property taxes. Maybe even wealth taxes. Give it five years and maybe even inheritance tax will be popular…

This is extremely dumb friendly fire between two people who I suspect agree on 99% of health provision. Labour’s huge poll lead is meaning the party is having an even harder time than it otherwise would on messaging and togetherness.

need to see a photograph of this surreal moment

“Because the humidity was below 70% this afternoon I could spend my day off painting warhammer models” – Jasper Jackson

That’s an awful lot of waffle.

“Did a MAGA troll going by Microchip invent QAnon?” is doing the rounds today.

The answer: almost certainly no.

The evidence for Microchip’s claim is a Discord log he supplied to a right-wing outlet.

But there are several slip-ups in the log’s contents that show it’s a fake.

As time goes on, and these guys become increasingly irrelevant, the mask will well and truly be dropped.

Amazing. Perfect.

Millennials have had one another’s backs until now, but as the wealth gap between those with and without deep-pocketed parents becomes increasingly visible, and the realisation dawns that renting was only ever temporary for some, that generational solidarity may start to fracture

NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials.

Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

On The Media Podcast me, James Ball & alexhuds are on a field trip to @themediasociety's election coverage event. I chat to ex-BBC politics boss Katy Searle, elections editor Sam Woodhouse & psephologist Rob Ford
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