With a lot of this sort of coverage and noise about impact on businesses I wonder how much of it is inconvenienced business owners over anything else.

I've assumed half of it is manufacturers desperately hoping that this stuff takes off so they can get in on the subscription model

The WFA U-turn is a total mess. You rightly say it was a coalition of the working age that elected Labour. The Government now very noticeably handing money to pensioners that earn close to the median salary is quite a statement to make to that coalition.

I think they came in, HMT officials dusted off one of their least favourite policies and plonked it down in front of fresh ministers, and they went with it through political naivety

Kemi's data bill for browsing Reddit and X

I got so burnt by the Mandalorian turning into Fetch Quests: The Series that I put off watching Andor. I needn’t have though, it’s so good

The existence of Mansfield confuses the hell out of me for similar reasons

I'd say damage limitation is about the best we can hope for with Trump!

Critical Mass is an unofficial mass ride organised the last Friday of every month. They usually do different routes around central London so I’d imagine the Silvertown ride was a one off/protest kind of thing

Infrastructure for walking, cycling and/or wheeling. E.g. Bike paths, footpaths etc. You can only drive or get the bus through the Silvertown Tunnel. They’ve put on a free “bike bus” that I can guarantee won’t really be used

£2bn road tunnel that will create more traffic and pollution in Greenwich and Newham and has laughable active travel provision: 👍

£600mn walking and cycling bridge: 🙅‍♂️

She was elected to lead, not to read

He’s done it again!

Smashing that get offer button

Telling the country that maintains your nuclear deterrent to essentially fuck off would be a bold choice

Gets even worse once childcare benefits are factored in. There are people out there for whom salary sacrificing up to 50k to get under 100k would make sense. Money that isn’t being spent or taxed full whack today.

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