The UK is ending the week with Liz Truss as PM and Charles Windsor as head of state. Is this what you voted for?

I used to think the Smith's song There is a Light that Never Goes Out was about teenage angst but it increasingly sounds like conspicuous consumption. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Please get Miriam Margolyes to do Thought for the Day every day! #r4today

Did I miss the bit on #ch4news where #RachelReeves mentioned socialism as part of Labour's offer to counter the carnage and chaos of Tory Britain?

The cost of meeting nurses’ demand for an inflation-busting pay rise: £1.6 billion. The cost of Rishi Sunak’s bank tax giveaways: £7.3 billion. If we can afford handouts for the rich, we can afford to meet the basic needs of those who keep this country afloat.

Furlough was capped. It was limited to ~£20pa, and time limited to considerably less than a year. #bbcaq

Did I miss the election? A head of state with neither electoral nor constitutional legitimacy. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-643499…

I assume this went via Mandela Way sorting office at some point. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/f…

#r4today Rachel Reeves Nothing in the 2016 referendum question required leaving the SM. You're letting elderly economically inactive voters hold the economy hostage by refusing to do the obvious thing to grow the economy. Show some leadership.

Some thoughtless time lord has stored their TARDIS right in the middle of the footpath. #yplac

Imagine what we could do in London with something like this! Will any mayoral candidates propose it? Manchester’s £1-a-night tourist tax comes into force theguardian.com/travel/2023/ma…

#AvantiWestCoast According to the display boards at Euston, at 1755 the stock for the 1740 was due to arrive at 1800. It's now 1830 and it's expected at 1825 (5 minutes ago). Do you have any idea whether I'm going to get to Birmingham before the restaurants start shutting?

Second week in a row I've missed dinner in Birmingham because of #AvantiWestCoast's shambolic service. 75 minutes after I was due in BHM, have just had to change to a local train from Rugby. I won't get my dinner, but the shareholders will still get their dividends.

Avanti West Coast running their usual service again today.

Seen in the Picos de Europa last #fingerpostfriday.

Labour backing down at the first sign of opposition from the vested interests that have run the country into the ground. It would be good to have an opposition party that had confidence in doing the brave and right things. This isn't it. theguardian.com/environment/20…

A newborn London fingerpost, showing the way to Elephant and Castle, and beyond, on the Green Link Walk for #FingerpostFriday

Surprised that the government spokespeople aren't trumpeting the success of their Brexit. Mel Stride didn't mention it at all this morning. Please start asking them about it, #R4Today.

I'm on my third sherry and at least two people on #Newsnight appear to be ahead of me.

#bbcbh News at start of programme has voxpops with monarchists in Australia but not with the republicans who were reported as being there. I thought the BBC was supposed to be unbiased, but this is how consent is manufactured.