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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn

What gets more attention?

James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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It's a fantastic book - download it - buy it - or just borrow it and read it. The Dust Bowl Triolgy are worth the effort.
May 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, but only if they pay me 5 million dollars for my instant-citizenship Gold Card.💰” -Comrade Krasnov
#GrifterInChief
March 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The A9 ... What the media won't report.

1. The SNP opposed the Edinburgh Trams.
2. The SNP wanted to dual the A9 instead.
3. Labour joined with the Tories & Lib Dems to force the SNP to fund the trams instead of the A9.
November 12, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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“I believe we should move from freezing assets to seizing assets.”

🇷🇺 Europe should seize frozen Russian assets, foreign secretary David Lammy has said

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February 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Hun Direction! 🤡
February 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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January 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
bollocks
November 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Scotland ffs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 18, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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The brilliant Talking Heads inspired this meme…

“Once In A Lifetime” 🎶
August 28, 2024 at 6:01 AM
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In no particular order; some of my favourite Scottish albums…

Simple Minds: Sons and Fascination

youtu.be/1f_HpwThIrs?...
November 17, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
November 14, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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👇🏼👇🏼
November 13, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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If you support the UK rejoining the EU.

Add your post and RT so we can find each other on Bluesky.
November 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM