At last - back to the #Portillo abuse - about bloody time!
I was really getting tired of all that poetry crap.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mgj1/only-connect-series-21-18-pear-trees-v-whitley-baes
#OnlyConnect #quiz

“‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders. Analysis reveals sum equal to 24.2% of average bill taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested. UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.” And why is Choo Choo #Portillo partly responsible for this robbery not in prison? #Privatisation
“UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation. Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010.” And yet #Portillo who is part responsible for this mess is all over our TV like a rash. The rewards of failure. #Privatisation

Punctual departure and a 15min underground ride through the Zaragoza stations of #Portillo, Goya and #Miraflores. Out of the tunnel into the Ebro plain towards Huesca. UIC electrified single track next to us, used by (few) #AVE through services to #Huesca. The train is pretty full, about 40 people in my carriage, so maybe 80 in total.

#Canfranc #RENFE #MediaDistancia

⬆️ @grimmy @Ashedryden

>> Just think, the new #Pope has probably been to #Portillo’s. Wild. #chicago

Reminds me of the scene from #SisterAct with nuns enjoying icecream with the character played by #WhoopiGoldberg

#UKPol #lunatics #asylum #starmer The #economic recovery is going to centre on theme parks. Lewis Carrol couldn't have dreamed this up. Not only a #LINO but an eejit too! Check the photo, far left, WTF is he doing there? A Tory Grandee no less #Portillo . #Rachel from accounts looks like a middle aged groupie to boot. Yeuch.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/09/keir-starmer-economy-rachel-reeves-labour-kemi-badenoch-tories-uk-politics-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67f679fa8f08be867e21578e#block-67f679fa8f08be867e21578e
Starmer rejects claim there are ‘strong arguments’ for suspending fiscal rules amid US tariffs – as it happened

The PM doubled down on his insistence the government won’t change its fiscal rules, describing them as ‘ironclad’ and ‘non-negotiable’

the Guardian
The #Truss moment may replace the #Portillo moment - BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgrz2d77lgo.amp
The Truss moment may replace the Portillo moment - BBC News

The former prime minister was impassive after losing her seat - by more than 600 votes - to Labour.

BBC News
I'm hoping for a few #portillo moments tonight. I understand Rupert Murdoch is launching a new channel exclusively for railway documentaries. #ge2024
Watching Michael Portillo filming something at the Shrewsbury Battlefield. Making me think of the phrase " #Portillo moment" which I hope we'll see repeated for many Tory MPs soon.
Loathsome #Leadsom the latest #Tory to quit. How many is that since #GeneralElection4thJuly announced? All losing seats anyway so why go through six weeks of humiliation? Gravy train about to end. Except for #Truss who will delight us with the best #Portillo moment on the night.