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But 69 million people don’t.
July 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
But 69 million people don’t.
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British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
July 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
British politics in all its diversity on display this morning
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Congratulations to Ian on his elevation. I remember working with him as plain old Mr Dove from No5 Chambers in Birmingham
We would like to offer warm congratulations to Inner Templars, Mr Justice Ian Dove (Called, 1986) and Mrs Justice Juliet May (Called, 1988) on their appointments, by His Majesty The King, as two of the six Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal ⚖️
June 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Congratulations to Ian on his elevation. I remember working with him as plain old Mr Dove from No5 Chambers in Birmingham
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Democracy is dying in plain sight and with it goes any standards in public life. And don’t think it stops in the US. Others will be emboldened unless we push back.
This is freakishly wrong. Extortion, corruption, submission. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Democracy is dying in plain sight and with it goes any standards in public life. And don’t think it stops in the US. Others will be emboldened unless we push back.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Do you not worry that voters who are skeptical about Trump are going to start expecting you to stand up to him at some point?"
Liam Byrne, "Absolutely, but.. We just don't have the same tools to our disposal that the European Union has"
Liam Byrne, "Absolutely, but.. We just don't have the same tools to our disposal that the European Union has"
March 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Do you not worry that voters who are skeptical about Trump are going to start expecting you to stand up to him at some point?"
Liam Byrne, "Absolutely, but.. We just don't have the same tools to our disposal that the European Union has"
Liam Byrne, "Absolutely, but.. We just don't have the same tools to our disposal that the European Union has"
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NEW | Attlee’s secret weapon to build homes: zoning
Ahead of today’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill, @johnrmyers.bsky.social looks back to the Special Development Orders used by Attlee to supercharge housebuilding:
redbrickblog.co.uk/2025/03/attl...
Ahead of today’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill, @johnrmyers.bsky.social looks back to the Special Development Orders used by Attlee to supercharge housebuilding:
redbrickblog.co.uk/2025/03/attl...
Attlee’s secret weapon to build homes: zoning - Red Brick
Special Development Orders in the Town and Country Planning Act not only show zoning of the past but also look to the potential of the future.
redbrickblog.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
NEW | Attlee’s secret weapon to build homes: zoning
Ahead of today’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill, @johnrmyers.bsky.social looks back to the Special Development Orders used by Attlee to supercharge housebuilding:
redbrickblog.co.uk/2025/03/attl...
Ahead of today’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill, @johnrmyers.bsky.social looks back to the Special Development Orders used by Attlee to supercharge housebuilding:
redbrickblog.co.uk/2025/03/attl...
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No solar panels as it's a "designated heritage asset". Really? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
No solar panels as it's a "designated heritage asset". Really? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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TELL KEIR STARMER TO STOP ARMING ISRAEL
Earlier this year, I presented a Bill to Parliament that would suspend arms sales to Israel. This Bill seeks to ensure that the UK does not supply arms to any country where they might be used in vi...
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March 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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Indeed. Imagine how much we'd have saved if we'd given Ukraine everything they wanted in 2014.
If you dislike the cost of defending our nation, you're going to hate the cost of failing to do so.
February 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Indeed. Imagine how much we'd have saved if we'd given Ukraine everything they wanted in 2014.
Stating the obvious but important presentationally, a reduction in ODA budget from 0.5 to 0.3% of GDP is a 40% cut…
February 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Stating the obvious but important presentationally, a reduction in ODA budget from 0.5 to 0.3% of GDP is a 40% cut…
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The Government should make building hundreds of thousands of council homes its defining purpose.
No other policy, achievable within a Parliament, would bring greater social and economic benefits.
No other policy, achievable within a Parliament, would bring greater social and economic benefits.
Nearly two-thirds of working private renters in England struggle to pay rent
Nearly two-thirds of working private renters in England struggle to pay rent
Exclusive: Shelter poll shows housing crisis is causing hardship even for those with jobs
Nearly two-thirds of workers living in private rented housing struggle to pay their rent, according to a poll that shows how England’s housing crisis is causing…
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December 27, 2024 at 12:45 PM
The Government should make building hundreds of thousands of council homes its defining purpose.
No other policy, achievable within a Parliament, would bring greater social and economic benefits.
No other policy, achievable within a Parliament, would bring greater social and economic benefits.
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Groundhog Day.
When it comes to economic management, Britain really does try the same thing over and over, somehow expecting the outcome to be different.
Cutting public investment at this point would be economic self-harm.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
When it comes to economic management, Britain really does try the same thing over and over, somehow expecting the outcome to be different.
Cutting public investment at this point would be economic self-harm.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Treasury asking ministers to draw up billions of pounds of infrastructure cuts
Exclusive: departments asked to model cuts of up to 10% despite Rachel Reeves’ vow to invest in growth
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Groundhog Day.
When it comes to economic management, Britain really does try the same thing over and over, somehow expecting the outcome to be different.
Cutting public investment at this point would be economic self-harm.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
When it comes to economic management, Britain really does try the same thing over and over, somehow expecting the outcome to be different.
Cutting public investment at this point would be economic self-harm.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"NHS budget is not being spent where it should be - too great a share is being spent in hospitals, too little in the community"
"Prevention is better than cure. Interventions that protect health tend to be far less costly than dealing with the consequences of illness"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
"Prevention is better than cure. Interventions that protect health tend to be far less costly than dealing with the consequences of illness"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Independent investigation of the NHS in England
Lord Darzi's report on the state of the National Health Service in England.
www.gov.uk
September 12, 2024 at 7:12 AM
"NHS budget is not being spent where it should be - too great a share is being spent in hospitals, too little in the community"
"Prevention is better than cure. Interventions that protect health tend to be far less costly than dealing with the consequences of illness"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
"Prevention is better than cure. Interventions that protect health tend to be far less costly than dealing with the consequences of illness"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The capacity remaining in the previous generations of New Towns, with potential development land often still in public ownership, could provide early wins and should be urgently addressed.
Options in the Green Belt should also not be lightly set aside.
Options in the Green Belt should also not be lightly set aside.
This is super analysis on opportunities for new towns by @lichfieldsuk.bsky.social in a typically brilliant blog by @mspry.bsky.social.
Link: lichfields.uk/blog/2024/ju...
Link: lichfields.uk/blog/2024/ju...
August 24, 2024 at 8:43 PM
The capacity remaining in the previous generations of New Towns, with potential development land often still in public ownership, could provide early wins and should be urgently addressed.
Options in the Green Belt should also not be lightly set aside.
Options in the Green Belt should also not be lightly set aside.
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The full resignation letter from Mark Smith, Foreign Office diplomat, over the the UK’s continuing arms sales to Israel. It is quite something.
August 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The full resignation letter from Mark Smith, Foreign Office diplomat, over the the UK’s continuing arms sales to Israel. It is quite something.
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There's been lots of discussion lately about whether we should build on the greenbelt where needed.
Here's a map of all the greenbelt land in England - I think a lot of people probably don't realise how much of England is neither greenbelt nor built on.
Here's a map of all the greenbelt land in England - I think a lot of people probably don't realise how much of England is neither greenbelt nor built on.
August 15, 2024 at 10:48 AM
There's been lots of discussion lately about whether we should build on the greenbelt where needed.
Here's a map of all the greenbelt land in England - I think a lot of people probably don't realise how much of England is neither greenbelt nor built on.
Here's a map of all the greenbelt land in England - I think a lot of people probably don't realise how much of England is neither greenbelt nor built on.