There will be people who think this is deeply unfair, but it can’t be avoided anymore. You cannot do politics like this now - going on the radio or TV and using a clever form of words to avoid saying the thing you think will end your career. It doesn’t work and it hasn’t worked

#OTD 1967. Chancellor Jim Callaghan resigns after the devaluation - having promised not to. “I haven’t let them down because I tried to keep that pledge” Less than a decade later he was back as Prime Minister

Blimey. CX is in a bit of a pickle.

Malen rattling a whole fan base. Things you love to see.

Those Young Boys fans are adorable. Guessing they don’t get out much? Bless. #AVL #AVFC #UEL

One of the biggest stories of the Budget is likely to be the huge pressure that SEND is putting on the public finances The government will take responsibility for the expected £6billion funding gap by 2028-29 The IFS says it can fill that gap by attempting to reform SEND,

That PSG kit is absolutely hideous. #ChampionsLeague #PSGTOT

This really is shocking from United. I can’t work out who has been their worst player, Shaw? Zirkzee? Casemiro? Fernandes? Even Mount? They’ve pretty much all been absolutely dreadful tonight. #MUNEVE

I’m not convinced that Dorgu is actually very good at football. #MUNEVE

Worth noting that, even with 10 men, Everton have easily been the better team so far. #bbcfootball #MUNEVE

Jeremy Hunt on how his ancestor George Ward Hunt – a fellow Chancellor of the Exchequer – invented a key Treasury tradition in 1868: “He delivered one budget but forgot his speech and had to dash back to Number 11 to fetch it. MPs were furious. His successor held up the red box

That Ben Stokes interview was deeply concerning/delusional. #bbccricket #Ashes

It’s the same old story. At effectively 100-1 England had the game in the bag. But utterly immature, over-aggressive batting throws it all away.

Responding to Phil Tufnell: being beaten inside two days by 8 wickets is a pulverising. No matter how you look at it. #BBCCricket #Ashes

This England team are fantastic at getting themselves into dominant positions and then immediately throwing it away through childish and kamikaze decision-making. #BBCCricket #Ashes

This is as bad an England performance as any of us have seen in our lifetimes. Inexcusably, indefensibly bad. Not that you’d have any inkling of that from the chirpy TNT coverage.

@henrymoeranBBC Genuine question as an Aussie Henry…has there ever been a team as obviously talented as this England one with such a massive lack of situational awareness? It would drive me mad how often they throw away dominant positions in games…

Feels as though that afternoon session could be terminal for not just the match, but quite possibly beyond. Extraordinary cricket, from 59-1 to 164 all out and now real prospect of defeat.

“the game has swung Australia's way at the moment”…they’re hammering us and it isn’t even close. #bbccricket #ashes

Whether this is scintillating or brain dead batting depends entirely on whether England win. This Aussie team really isn’t great and is entirely there for the taking. No excuses for England not to win this match. #bbccricket #ashes