Dom
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I don't think there are words in the dictionary to express how much I hate the ONS website. They must have a team of several dozen there working on making sure whatever data you want is impossible to find. Evil.
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I don't think there are words in the dictionary to express how much I hate the ONS website. They must have a team of several dozen there working on making sure whatever data you want is impossible to find. Evil.
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Second staircases in buildings under 30m height will save one life every 6,153 years, but this requirement is reducing housebuilding, so 90,000 fewer homes built over 5 years.
Meanwhile 74 children have died from poor conditions temporary accommodation in 5 years.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Meanwhile 74 children have died from poor conditions temporary accommodation in 5 years.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
The staircase safety rule costing the UK 90,000 new homes
The need for a second staircase, brought in by the Conservatives after the Grenfell Tower disaster, have frustrated housebuilders, who claim it is unnecessary
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Second staircases in buildings under 30m height will save one life every 6,153 years, but this requirement is reducing housebuilding, so 90,000 fewer homes built over 5 years.
Meanwhile 74 children have died from poor conditions temporary accommodation in 5 years.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Meanwhile 74 children have died from poor conditions temporary accommodation in 5 years.
www.thetimes.com/business/com...
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These people are going to help sink the next PM out of spite
Could someone explain to these people that this is not how it works, even more so when you have a 160 seat majority, and only Reform voting headbangers seriously believe it does?
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
These people are going to help sink the next PM out of spite
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here's tonight's FT splash, fresh from the Epstein files
As business secretary Peter Mandelson conspired with leading US bank to end tax on bankers' bonuses. He told Epstein that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon should “threaten” chancellor Alistair Darling over the tax. A year later, Mandy was seeking work with JPMorgan. Top journalism by @pickardje.bsky.social
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor in 2009
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
here's tonight's FT splash, fresh from the Epstein files
Surprising amount of maturity by Polanski imo, I think him losing a by-election right now would really kill his momentum, especially when better target seats will inevitably come along later.
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Surprising amount of maturity by Polanski imo, I think him losing a by-election right now would really kill his momentum, especially when better target seats will inevitably come along later.
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Actively creating these kinds of conspiracy theories is just evil. This is how paths start to someone getting killed.
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Actively creating these kinds of conspiracy theories is just evil. This is how paths start to someone getting killed.
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i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 AM
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
Story of my life minus the books
writes two good books, gets way too online, completely smooths out his brain with poster’s disease
A highly revealing profile, in really quite a few different ways:
January 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Story of my life minus the books
Just saw someone in a tiktok comments section who took out a balance transfer CC to pay off their student debt 😮. This is why y'all need to stop fear mongering about the interest rates for Plan 2.
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Just saw someone in a tiktok comments section who took out a balance transfer CC to pay off their student debt 😮. This is why y'all need to stop fear mongering about the interest rates for Plan 2.
"We find that four weeks without
Facebook improves subjective well‑being and substantially reduces post‑experiment demand"
Facebook improves subjective well‑being and substantially reduces post‑experiment demand"
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"We find that four weeks without
Facebook improves subjective well‑being and substantially reduces post‑experiment demand"
Facebook improves subjective well‑being and substantially reduces post‑experiment demand"
YouGov is becoming a big outlier towards giving smaller Reform figures. Although in fairness, these numbers are closer to the most recent Verian poll than a lot of other pollsters.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 24% (-2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 19% (+2)
LDM: 16% (=)
GRN: 14% (-2)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 11-12 Jan.
Changes w/ 4-5 Jan.
RFM: 24% (-2)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 19% (+2)
LDM: 16% (=)
GRN: 14% (-2)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 11-12 Jan.
Changes w/ 4-5 Jan.
January 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
YouGov is becoming a big outlier towards giving smaller Reform figures. Although in fairness, these numbers are closer to the most recent Verian poll than a lot of other pollsters.
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@torstenbell.bsky.social is spot on - and I wrote a column in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social on what his government could do about it! observer.co.uk/news/busines...
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
@torstenbell.bsky.social is spot on - and I wrote a column in the @theobserveruk.bsky.social on what his government could do about it! observer.co.uk/news/busines...
He looks like petrified prey. How has No10 created an environment where ministers don't even feel confident saying they support Denmark without clearing the language first. It's like having a line manager who won't let you reply to any emails from other teams without signing off on the exact wording
Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?
January 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
He looks like petrified prey. How has No10 created an environment where ministers don't even feel confident saying they support Denmark without clearing the language first. It's like having a line manager who won't let you reply to any emails from other teams without signing off on the exact wording
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
I suspect most of the recent transport infrastructure cancellations have been caused by escalating HS2 overspends eating up funds that were intended for other projects, but I guess we will need to wait for the final HS2 cost figures to know definitively.
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I suspect most of the recent transport infrastructure cancellations have been caused by escalating HS2 overspends eating up funds that were intended for other projects, but I guess we will need to wait for the final HS2 cost figures to know definitively.
This would be a fair criticism if the Treasury was actually funding the DLR extension rather than TfL, but afaik currently the treasury has only committed £23m of actual money, with the large majority of funding coming from TfL.
So just to confirm:
-WY trams (£2.5bn) delayed after 40 years
-Electrification of the Midland mainline up to Sheffield (£1.3 bn) delayed indefinitely after 50 years
But:
-DLR extension to Thamesmead (£1.7 bn) going ahead as planned
Tell me again that the government doesn’t prioritise London?!
-WY trams (£2.5bn) delayed after 40 years
-Electrification of the Midland mainline up to Sheffield (£1.3 bn) delayed indefinitely after 50 years
But:
-DLR extension to Thamesmead (£1.7 bn) going ahead as planned
Tell me again that the government doesn’t prioritise London?!
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This would be a fair criticism if the Treasury was actually funding the DLR extension rather than TfL, but afaik currently the treasury has only committed £23m of actual money, with the large majority of funding coming from TfL.
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This is potentially one of the most transformational policies this government has done if it holds its nerve.
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is potentially one of the most transformational policies this government has done if it holds its nerve.
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What if Thames Water aren’t always the baddies when it comes to sewage in London rivers? It’s hard to comprehend, so in April I challenged @rachel-rees.bsky.social to find a single example of a misconnection and chase it to the Thames. It became an epic quest: www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
London's other sewage scandal
London Centric chases illegal sewage from a single polluting pipe on its toxic journey across the capital.
www.londoncentric.media
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
What if Thames Water aren’t always the baddies when it comes to sewage in London rivers? It’s hard to comprehend, so in April I challenged @rachel-rees.bsky.social to find a single example of a misconnection and chase it to the Thames. It became an epic quest: www.londoncentric.media/p/misconnect...
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The Irish Navy had a ship present, but 'made the decision not to shoot down the drones', though the article also notes it the vessel did not have the capacity to disable the drones.
A huge reminder that Irish neutrality does not protect it from hybrid attacks.
A huge reminder that Irish neutrality does not protect it from hybrid attacks.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Irish Navy had a ship present, but 'made the decision not to shoot down the drones', though the article also notes it the vessel did not have the capacity to disable the drones.
A huge reminder that Irish neutrality does not protect it from hybrid attacks.
A huge reminder that Irish neutrality does not protect it from hybrid attacks.
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Would literally be more credible if he said he consulted the seaweed.
Pinched this video from @cjsnowdon.bsky.social on Twitter because Bluesky has to see it.
Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.
Nothing can prepare you for the punchline here.
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Would literally be more credible if he said he consulted the seaweed.
It's not consistent to claim that the OBR projections of future revenue are overly optimistic and that the OBR is a break on public spending.
Big problems arise when we use these incorrect projections (combined with arbitrary fiscal rules) to guide decisions on spending cuts.
As this piece in the New Statesman explains, the result is we get stuck in an austerity doom loop.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
As this piece in the New Statesman explains, the result is we get stuck in an austerity doom loop.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The OBR is pushing us into a doom loop
It has been making us poorer for 14 years
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It's not consistent to claim that the OBR projections of future revenue are overly optimistic and that the OBR is a break on public spending.
I swear they just make the numbers up atp.
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I swear they just make the numbers up atp.
When I was reading this article this morning, I just felt sad at how much political staff/no10 killed all reform/anything good from coming out of this budget. I already thought it was a missed opportunity, but it's just sad how they are just passing this opportunity down the drain.
Best thing I’ve read so far on the choices behind the Budget from @rachelsylvester.bsky.social
Economic with the truth: the mis-selling of the budget | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
When I was reading this article this morning, I just felt sad at how much political staff/no10 killed all reform/anything good from coming out of this budget. I already thought it was a missed opportunity, but it's just sad how they are just passing this opportunity down the drain.
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Apparently the government trying to make the gilt market more in its favour is akin to insider trading, and the FCA should be involved, according to the tories and Dan Hodges. I mean, what the fuck are you people talking about?
The government attempted to move the gilt market to benefit…the government. Film at 11.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Apparently the government trying to make the gilt market more in its favour is akin to insider trading, and the FCA should be involved, according to the tories and Dan Hodges. I mean, what the fuck are you people talking about?