Today is gonna be the day where nobody wants to talk about anything other than the Oasis reunion and next year’s tour of the UK and Ireland. That’s bad news for Sir Keir Starmer , who spent the bank holiday weekend building up to a major speech ahead of parliament ’s return from recess next week. His big moment in the spotlight was arranged for 10am in the Downing Street rose garden – just two hours after the biggest announcement of the year for British music.

There’s a chance he’s also nervous about the fact that both Noel and Liam Gallagher have spoken at length about the things they’d do if they were in his shoes as prime minister. Liam effectively announced his ambitions in a 7am post on Twitter back in June 2019. In his distinctive style, he wrote: ‘My name is liam Gallagher I have 4 beautiful children I have dabbled in drugs over the years I’ve had many number 1s now send me the keys to no10 I’ll sort this pile of s**t out WHY ME?WHY NOT.

’ My name is liam Gallagher I have 4 beautiful children I have dabbled in drugs over the years I’ve had many number 1s now send me the keys to no10 I’ll sort this pile of shit out WHY ME?WHY NOT. He expanded on his plans in a video for LadBible a couple of years ago, saying he would ‘have to just put a law in and just gaffer tape Scousers’ mouths’, with ‘Manchester United fans followed quickly second’. In an even more bewildering move, he added: ‘If I was prime minister, I’d ban all govern.