If license fee money is used to pay Trump then shut down the BBC because what is the point
I might be wrong, but this stinks of Pharage involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If license fee money is used to pay Trump then shut down the BBC because what is the point
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The presentation here of the country’s fiscal problems as being something the chancellor ought to solve personally without bothering anyone else is so odd as to make me question why these people want to cover politics for a living.
“Don’t try to make me feel it’s my job to help you out of your problem - that’s just wrong.”
Rachel Reeves urges the public to “do their bit” ahead of a Budget widely expected to include manifesto-breaking tax rises.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves urges the public to “do their bit” ahead of a Budget widely expected to include manifesto-breaking tax rises.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The presentation here of the country’s fiscal problems as being something the chancellor ought to solve personally without bothering anyone else is so odd as to make me question why these people want to cover politics for a living.
Love to open The Times and see the latest PR push by a gambling industry resistant to paying more tax while it rips wages out of communities.
November 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Love to open The Times and see the latest PR push by a gambling industry resistant to paying more tax while it rips wages out of communities.
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.
I mean not *all* the men and women worked together during the week. Some did, some had other jobs. For instance, Robert Jenrick’s dad was Managing Director at Cannon Industries.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I mean not *all* the men and women worked together during the week. Some did, some had other jobs. For instance, Robert Jenrick’s dad was Managing Director at Cannon Industries.
If the UK had any sense it would be rolling out the red carpet for every American scientist. But a substantial part of that would involve fixing our HE sector, so
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If the UK had any sense it would be rolling out the red carpet for every American scientist. But a substantial part of that would involve fixing our HE sector, so
Reform has 5 MPs and 4 of them are among Parliament’s highest earners. Party of the people.
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Reform has 5 MPs and 4 of them are among Parliament’s highest earners. Party of the people.
The Conservative 2029 manifesto:
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Conservative 2029 manifesto:
Agree with all this. But also felt a bit uncomfortable that Panorama aired the private criticism from other (mostly women) officers who didn’t like what they’d heard and confided in the undercover reporter. The doc blurred faces, but they now have to walk back into work at Charing Cross station…
The Panorama doc was disturbing. Many women, migrants, Muslims and all decent people will be wondering if the culture in the Met police is a reflection of wider society - a microcosm. A culture that has failed to accept diverse change & holds on to prejudiced power structures.Is it just the police?
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Agree with all this. But also felt a bit uncomfortable that Panorama aired the private criticism from other (mostly women) officers who didn’t like what they’d heard and confided in the undercover reporter. The doc blurred faces, but they now have to walk back into work at Charing Cross station…
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this is actually extraordinary and a lot of it's been done just by asking people to drive basically any car produced since 2007. almost no cars later than that (and some earlier) comply with ULEZ - it's not forcing everyone into a Tesla, it's incredibly basic improvements
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
this is actually extraordinary and a lot of it's been done just by asking people to drive basically any car produced since 2007. almost no cars later than that (and some earlier) comply with ULEZ - it's not forcing everyone into a Tesla, it's incredibly basic improvements
We definitely need more ‘haters said I couldn’t, they were correct, honestly great call from the haters’ features.
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We definitely need more ‘haters said I couldn’t, they were correct, honestly great call from the haters’ features.
It was published more than an hour ago but Zarah Sultana’s announcement that she’s no longer suing her own party still hasn’t replaced her pinned announcement that she’s suing her own party.
September 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It was published more than an hour ago but Zarah Sultana’s announcement that she’s no longer suing her own party still hasn’t replaced her pinned announcement that she’s suing her own party.
At what point does it become a credibility risk for the Greens if she joins
September 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
At what point does it become a credibility risk for the Greens if she joins
What we need is a new New Party, freed from the shackles of the status quo that have ground down the old New Party. It’s our hope that the new New Party will embody the pioneering spirit the old New Party demonstrated when it was originally launched all those days ago.
Not just splitting, but smashed into atoms.
Novara Media exclusive: a group of around two dozen grassroots organisers has launched a surprise bid to lead the new Your Party and have asked Corbyn, Sultana and the four Gaza Independent MPs to step aside.
Novara Media exclusive: a group of around two dozen grassroots organisers has launched a surprise bid to lead the new Your Party and have asked Corbyn, Sultana and the four Gaza Independent MPs to step aside.
September 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What we need is a new New Party, freed from the shackles of the status quo that have ground down the old New Party. It’s our hope that the new New Party will embody the pioneering spirit the old New Party demonstrated when it was originally launched all those days ago.
‘The Labour leadership should stop catering to Farage’s racist mates and start catering to *my* racist mates’
jesus, that's a wall of text
September 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
‘The Labour leadership should stop catering to Farage’s racist mates and start catering to *my* racist mates’
They could just take down all the road signs to prevent Westminster Outsider Andy Burnham from even finding parliament.
There are just so many plausibly deniable ways the leadership has to stop Andy Burnham getting back into parliament, even allowing for their inability to see around corners I can't see how it works out.
I don't think there can be much doubt now that Burnham is preparing for a leadership contest.
September 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
They could just take down all the road signs to prevent Westminster Outsider Andy Burnham from even finding parliament.
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I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
yes. yes yes.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
Agree. One thing that I really liked about @jpspencer.bsky.social’s Labour Together report is it included culture in “growth spending”. So much policy about regional development in the UK basically regards culture, tourism, etc. as distractions from the real work of building trains to nowhere.
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
Whataboutism is very annoying but do think it’s somewhat justified when the people accusing others of backsliding on human rights have been deporting their own citizens to torture prisons.
www.thetimes.com/article/5049...
www.thetimes.com/article/5049...
August 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Whataboutism is very annoying but do think it’s somewhat justified when the people accusing others of backsliding on human rights have been deporting their own citizens to torture prisons.
www.thetimes.com/article/5049...
www.thetimes.com/article/5049...
“The only thing they can find money for is weapons of war”
Across 2025/26, UK social security spending (£327bn) will be x5 the defence spending (£60bn). Personally think we should spend more on social security than defence and that we should stop pretending that we don’t already do so.
Across 2025/26, UK social security spending (£327bn) will be x5 the defence spending (£60bn). Personally think we should spend more on social security than defence and that we should stop pretending that we don’t already do so.
"People have had enough... they're fed up seeing cuts to their services, threats to PIP, continuing child poverty, WASPI women short changed by the govt, and the only thing they can find money for is more weapons of war"
Jeremy Corbyn on the announcement of a new party.
Jeremy Corbyn on the announcement of a new party.
July 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“The only thing they can find money for is weapons of war”
Across 2025/26, UK social security spending (£327bn) will be x5 the defence spending (£60bn). Personally think we should spend more on social security than defence and that we should stop pretending that we don’t already do so.
Across 2025/26, UK social security spending (£327bn) will be x5 the defence spending (£60bn). Personally think we should spend more on social security than defence and that we should stop pretending that we don’t already do so.
