James Valentine
jamesevalentine.bsky.social
James Valentine
@jamesevalentine.bsky.social
Labour Councillor for Kempston West, Bedford Borough Council. Current responsibility; Chair of Children's Services Overview & Scrutiny. Liberal, proud European.
She's just tweeted the article.
January 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hope you're right. But it's not just the headline, it's written up as a quote: "Britain must learn from Donald Trump’s “positivity” and be more optimistic if the nation is to revive the “animal spirits” and turn around the economy, Rachel Reeves says."
January 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Better balance"? What about the existing system that continues to allow building on flood plains via FRA sequential and exception tests? The balance here is in favour of developers who know how to work the planning system. And what about the wider public interest in preventing floods?
December 10, 2024 at 8:11 PM
A shameful episode. The UK would have sent a plane or two to back up the US, but Labour opposed, and that was enough to put Cameron, and hence Obama off. I remember arguing the point with fellow Labourites, but virtue-signalling won, and Assad used chemical weapons against his own people.
December 7, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Sadly it might not work that way. Folks do not like admitting they have been duped. How many Brexiters accept they were conned?
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM