Loving the ringtone in Scoop

Request: do you run a business affected by reliability problems on the West Coast Mainline? If so and you fancy a chat, please do DM. A cheery tweet to end the week

Andy Burnham currently kicking off his campaign at Salford lads club:

Council-run bus services cut by 90%

localgov.co.uk/Council-run-bu…

If you give the impression that you think Britain’s biggest success story is a dystopian crime-ridden hellscape inhabited by an out-of-touch elite and people afraid to leave their homes, there’s always a risk of an, um, electoral disconnect