David Brindle
@brindled.bsky.social
One-time Guardian journo now charity chair and social care commentator
Now 15 years for migrant care workers to qualify. Do ministers have any understanding of the desperate state of the social care sector?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some migrants to face 20-year wait for settled status
Shabana Mahmood says becoming part of the UK is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Now 15 years for migrant care workers to qualify. Do ministers have any understanding of the desperate state of the social care sector?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by David Brindle
This exchange between Hancock and Johnson on 7th March 2020 speaks volumes about that government’s pandemic leadership.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This exchange between Hancock and Johnson on 7th March 2020 speaks volumes about that government’s pandemic leadership.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
Hancock: This is a clarion call for you to lead.
Johnson: Ok, I’m off to the rugby.
A doctor writes: ‘It is absurd that, in one of the world’s richest economies, timely surgical care is now a luxury purchase’
@financialtimes.com
@financialtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A doctor writes: ‘It is absurd that, in one of the world’s richest economies, timely surgical care is now a luxury purchase’
@financialtimes.com
@financialtimes.com
Reposted by David Brindle
Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
Extraordinary story
Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks on.ft.com/484ttC6
Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks
Bank’s customer insights team compared financial resilience of lowest-paid staff to customers as part of salary negotiations
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Extraordinary story
Reposted by David Brindle
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
So tired of all the raiding
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So tired of all the raiding
Reposted by David Brindle
Out for the Count: my SKETCH of James Cartlidge failing at DPMQs so spectacularly that he managed to overshadow David Lammy's TREASONOUS lack of a poppy.
Out for the count | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The most important thing in politics, according to Lyndon Johnson, is knowing how to count. He was talking about votes, but the rule also applies, as we shall see, to questions. And friends.
thecritic.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Out for the Count: my SKETCH of James Cartlidge failing at DPMQs so spectacularly that he managed to overshadow David Lammy's TREASONOUS lack of a poppy.
Intriguing detail from @katie0martin.ft.com - was this appreciated in Downing Street?
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Intriguing detail from @katie0martin.ft.com - was this appreciated in Downing Street?
Julia Unwin named as government’s choice for next Charity Commission chair
www.civilsociety.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Woodward & Bernstein, your legacy is secure
@thetimes.com
@thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Woodward & Bernstein, your legacy is secure
@thetimes.com
@thetimes.com
Car crash of an interview with R4 comedy commissioning ed Julia McKenzie on her scheduling of Call Jonathan Pie at 6.30pm. Apparently the family audience at that time is ‘minuscule’. That’s all right then.
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lff0
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lff0
Feedback - Call Jonathan Pie, and Life Changing - BBC Sounds
Andrea Catherwood talks about Call Jonathan Pie with Radio 4 commissioner Julia McKenzie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Car crash of an interview with R4 comedy commissioning ed Julia McKenzie on her scheduling of Call Jonathan Pie at 6.30pm. Apparently the family audience at that time is ‘minuscule’. That’s all right then.
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lff0
ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lff0
It’s new Private Eye day, thank the lord
October 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It’s new Private Eye day, thank the lord
Knave of Clubs pub, London E1, by Marketa Luskacova. More of her fab 1976 photos are on display at the gloriously revived boozer
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Knave of Clubs pub, London E1, by Marketa Luskacova. More of her fab 1976 photos are on display at the gloriously revived boozer
Heart goes out to anyone who followed this crumble recipe in last week’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Heart goes out to anyone who followed this crumble recipe in last week’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Reposted by David Brindle
The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.
Reposted by David Brindle
Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
Boris’s children | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“My memory is now contaminated.” It was one of the more accurate statements we heard from Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning, though this is never a high bar. He was speaking, again…
thecritic.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
Number of people aged 100+ in UK doubled since 2004. Most per head in Wales. Must be the laverbread.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK - Office for National Statistics
Annual mid-year population estimates of people aged 90 years and over by sex and single year of age to 105 years and over, and comparisons between UK countries.
www.ons.gov.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Number of people aged 100+ in UK doubled since 2004. Most per head in Wales. Must be the laverbread.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Ordered Tuesday (standard service) delivered Saturday 👏
If only all public services …
If only all public services …
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Ordered Tuesday (standard service) delivered Saturday 👏
If only all public services …
If only all public services …
High time for Vol II, Ivor
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
High time for Vol II, Ivor
Lots of @bbc5live.bsky.social listeners seemingly less than impressed by 2 hours 20 mins of unmoderated Trump/Netanyahu love-in
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lots of @bbc5live.bsky.social listeners seemingly less than impressed by 2 hours 20 mins of unmoderated Trump/Netanyahu love-in