Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Brian May, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Cocker and others performing 'All You Need Is Love' at Buckingham Palace Garden in London, 2002.
Paul's harmonies while maintaining lead vocals are legendary, outstanding performance.
Tory MPs branded Birmingham and Blackpool 'godawful', Stockton 'a shithole' and Tower Hamlets 'a no-go area'. Then this government diverted levelling up money to Tunbridge Wells.
Pensions are 'unsustainable', the NHS is 'unsustainable' and now disability benefits are 'unsustainable', or so we are told. What's really unsustainable is this Tory government.
The government now has the right to see claimants' bank accounts while cabinet ministers set up trust funds in offshore jurisdictions to avoid scrutiny of their tax affairs. That's class politics, right there.
Fascinating chat with Jurgen Klopp who won’t write the title off yet. Positive words on incoming Arne Slot too, loves his football and says he’ll “watch the truck drive through the city” if Liverpool win the Premier League next year!
Jurgen Klopp: “Liverpool people are special and that is exactly what I've learned here. People are really special in the way they deal with life, how open they are, it's a very special place. I feel really blessed we were allowed to be part of this community for so long.”
As a socialist, I spent the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s arguing that council house sales, privatisations, PFI, austerity and Brexit were storing up disaster for the future. Now the future's here, I'm reluctantly forced to conclude I was right all along.
The idea that British Rail was inferior to privatised rail operators is a rightwing myth. Punctuality was roughly the same, trains were more frequent, overcrowding was rare, and you could actually afford the fares.
🗣️ - Van Basten: 'I saw Rashford play against Coventry. What was this guy doing? It was an unbelievable sight. Didn't make any runs, didn't try anything on the ball, passing every ball he received straight back. He looks like he is playing indoor football with his buddies.'