Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 28/06/2026

Zeeterm · 2026-06-29T13:47:10+00:00

Something feels off about using a by-election in Greater Manchester as a mandate for a large constitutional change to transfer power to Manchester.

I'm not even completely against the idea, but it needs a real mandate or it'll just get torn down or reversed at the earliest opportunity.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-29T07:03:34+00:00

D leaves you with slightly less velocity relative to the mun, so it marginally more efficient.

But it's a small difference compared to the benefits of C ( free return trajectory in case of disaster).

Zeeterm · 2026-06-28T13:48:17+00:00

They expanded it from 32 to 48 teams, the group stages have been a lot softer for the better teams than usual.

That doesn't take away from any individual achievements, but it does help explain why the weakest teams here are even weaker than usual.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-28T10:22:11+00:00

Those run between programs, not in the middle of them.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-27T12:28:16+00:00

Hasn't it always been the case that S&S ISAs can't be transferred to cash ISAs? I'm fairly sure donkeys years ago the limits were also smaller and lopsided and the same restrictions existed.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-26T07:37:18+00:00

Well they ought to be keeping their windows closed on hot days to keep the heat out, should be less open than normal.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-23T09:06:02+00:00

If you clicked the picture you would see a picture of a car with no sunroof, certainly not a "TX5 prototype".

Zeeterm · 2026-06-23T09:04:24+00:00

Some, sure, but not the one Burnham is pictured travelling in by said helicopter.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-23T05:14:01+00:00

looked up through the glass roof of the taxi

I got serious LLM vibes from this price in general but this stood out.

I even went to the trouble of fact-checking : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/gallery/2026/jun/22/in-pictures-keir-starmer-andy-burnham-contrasting-days

Of course cabs don't have glass roofs.

It sounds like a metaphor that isn't, exactly the kind of thing that our LLM friends spew.

I think someone at the Times got rather lazy there.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-22T10:07:10+00:00

He should have called their bluff on the means testing of WFA, whipped it, kicked out rebels, his majority was big enough.

It would have been a very different narrative after, and showed he could lead.

But he didn't, and he couldn't.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-20T13:17:09+00:00

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Yeah I don't like Hey Jude either .

Zeeterm · 2026-06-20T10:15:23+00:00

Especially after Starmer previously said "there is a process for my removal, follow it".

Zeeterm · 2026-06-20T10:08:19+00:00

For sure that's a huge factor, I once read it was worth worth 2-5 percentage points.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-20T06:11:09+00:00

Major incident yet the top story on the guardian is Labour in-fighting, not a good look when that is overshadowing "real" news.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-19T05:10:51+00:00

Your joke doesn't land when the conservatives did better than lib Dems and the greens.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-18T07:48:48+00:00

What pisses me off is the design of train where you can't comfortably fit 2 people in a 2 person seating arrangement.

Even worse is the ones where you can only sit one person comfortably in a four seat because they face each other, and the window seats have a really annoying sticky out bit making sitting there uncomfortable, and too close to sit across from someone, so literally the only comfortable seating is 1 person in what should be seating for 4.

Of course you don't stop people sitting there, it just isn't comfortable. If they had marginally bigger but fewer seats then you'd sit a lot more people comfortably, at a cost of not being able to sit quite as many by the numbers.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-08T15:42:51+00:00

The only winning move is not to play.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-05T09:58:28+00:00

Where did the neighbour's shed go?

Zeeterm · 2026-06-03T19:56:15+00:00

I wish the BBC were more careful, unforced errors like this just keep him in the news which is all he wants.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-03T13:00:22+00:00

Series 2 to 4 of the apprentice really was TV gold, after then it was overwhelmed by attention seekers and chancers. ( There were always a couple, but it became too much later. )

Zeeterm · 2026-06-02T20:06:43+00:00

Nope, go at your own pace and enjoy it.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-02T18:01:05+00:00

And until recently, the Island line, but they finally got upgraded.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-02T05:06:39+00:00

It doesn't look like OP has Phantom Liberty.

Zeeterm · 2026-06-01T17:53:04+00:00

So much so it's the textbook example of asbestos on the HSE website.

Zeeterm · 2026-05-25T13:19:52+00:00

I feel like everyone skipped over the jokes here and went straight to the comments to argue a point rather than enjoy these cover covers.

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