At 9.15 on the morning of 21 October 1966, 150,000 tons of coal waste came off the mountain above Aberfan and buried Pantglas Junior School. Last day before half term. One hundred and sixteen children. Twenty eight adults. The village had been complaining about that tip since 1944. The Coal Board had no tipping policy and had never checked the spring underneath. The tribunal called it "a terrifying tale of bungling ineptitude by many men charged with tasks for which they were totally unfitted, of failure to heed clear warnings, and of total lack of direction from above." It added that it "could and should have been prevented". Nobody was prosecuted. Hold those three things. Warnings ignored. No direction from above. No consequences. That is the method of the British state and it has not moved an inch. Grooming gangs. Casey's audit found abuse in 149 local authority districts, close to forty per cent of the country. The inquiry does not report until March 2029. In June the first batch of closed cases went back to police. Eight of them. Insulation. Thirty thousand homes fitted badly. The minister in charge, Miatta Fahnbulleh, told Parliament it was "systemic failure". £44m went missing. Four people arrested in April. In July she was promoted to Energy Secretary. Twelve thousand people a year arrested for what they posted. And the Prime Minister says nothing about any of it. He does not have to. The wreath does the work. On Monday he laid it. This morning he posted: "Today, I stand with Aberfan. I stand with the people of Aberfan, and I stand with the community as we honour the memory of all those that were lost." Three stands. No country. While he was there he said coal tip safety was "of critical importance". There are 2,600 disused tips in Wales. Round Our Way rates 350 of them high risk. There were landslips at Tylorstown in 2020 and Cwmtillery in 2024. The Welsh Government's own estimate to make them safe is at least £600m. £80m has been allocated. Ninety three days in. He became Prime Minister first and will reveal the policies second. The Budget is in seven days and the Chancellor is going to the banks. Aberfan was 144 people let down by men with a total lack of direction from above. Sixty years on, that is still the job description. The only difference is that the Coal Board got a tribunal. This lot get a wreath.

Kay Burley has spoken. Five words. "Kudos to the camera operator." That is the contribution. From a woman who spent thirty six years in front of a camera, on the mental fitness of the President of the United States. Not an argument. A nod to the man holding the lens. Sit down, Kay. Let us look at the record. Thirty six years at Sky. Suspended for six months for breaching the very Covid rules she reported on. Made Peter Andre cry on live television. Told the country that David Cameron had put on weight. Asked a serial killer's ex whether the sex had been good enough. Mixed up names in the tributes. Misused the aubergine emoji. And now she is the judge of who looks mentally sound. The woman who could not keep her own sixtieth birthday legal is diagnosing a man for waving at a helicopter. Trump waved at nothing. Kay threw a party and got grounded for six months. Kudos to the camera operator. At least somebody in the building knew where to point it.

"Reform absolutely obsessed with the riots in France!" Bless. Now, Mike. Sit down. Let us look at this together. You are the MP for Dover. The boats land in your patch. You were the immigration minister until you were sacked, reportedly for writing in The Times without permission. If anyone should understand why people watch France and worry, it is you. So you looked at the burning cars, the fireworks, the crowds, and decided the people who noticed are "obsessed". Obsessed, Mike, or informed? Dover is not obsessed. Dover is waiting. "They hate our country with a passion." Do they? Reform want to change it because they love it. You want to change it and call anyone who agrees a hater. Then, one word, all on its own: "Reject." A sacked minister closing the matter with a full stop. Still. Nice tweet. There's a good lad.