Vardy loses in of the all-time great self-inflicted legal defeats. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j… The judge found that "significant parts of [Vardy's] evidence were not credible" and there were many occasions when her "evidence was manifestly inconsistent with the contemporaneous documentary evidence, evasive or implausible".

In a wood-panelled Victorian courtroom in central London, after almost three years of very expensive legal arguments, Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney have just taken their seats a few feet apart for their libel trial. Rooney's lawyers claim Vardy leaked stories to the Sun because "she wanted the favourable publicity and coverage" that came as a result.

(I'm going to keep my court reporting on this thread. If for whatever reason you think this is all silly, simply mute this thread.)

Absolutely *iconic* example of government pre-announcement spin in the Sunday Times today. So this sounds good, right? Something about the Red Wall, wherever that is, and them getting *three new high speed railway lines*. Wahey! All on the TGV to Halifax! thetimes.co.uk/article/9c301d… Huh but actually it’s rolling the ground for cancelling HS2’s eastern leg, meaning we’ll get most of a new railway without the bit that makes the pain worthwhile. The spin frames this as an anti-London thing. (Let’s ignore how trams and buses are the real answer for commuters.)

Just got second dose of Pfizer at Science Museum in London, they’re doing them for anyone who had their first jab 21+ days ago on a walk-in basis with no need to book. It was brilliant, the staff, the volunteers were brilliant. Ten minute queue, go do it Londoners! What’s a mess is centralised info for walk-ins. Ended up cycling around asking in person, some places said they had spare but had been told off by NHS for doing second shots under 8 weeks. In the end a Reddit thread was more accurate than NHS website. LET PEOPLE GET SECOND DOSES.