I'm not voting for a labour party that doesn't look to improve the lives of working people. There are many many fingers that can be pointed at this Labour Gov but I didn't think "unwillingness to examine & improve labour practices" would be something they'd go for.
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against ‘part-time work for full-time pay’
The secretary for local government has written to all councils to warn that adopting a four-day week for staff puts them at risk of being declared a failing authority, according to reports.
Twenty-five councils have discussed a four-day week policy and one, South Cambridgeshire district council, has already moved to the pattern. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I'm not voting for a labour party that doesn't look to improve the lives of working people. There are many many fingers that can be pointed at this Labour Gov but I didn't think "unwillingness to examine & improve labour practices" would be something they'd go for.
Every single review recommends radical change or complete overhaul.
Alan Milburn launches major UK review into rising inactivity among young people
Alan Milburn launches major UK review into rising inactivity among young people
Report to highlight ‘uncomfortable truths’ and could recommend ‘radical change’, former health secretary says
A major review into rising inactivity among Britain’s young people has been launched by the former health secretary Alan Milburn, with a promise not to shy away from “uncomfortable truths” or “radical” policy solutions.
A panel of health, business and policy experts, including the former John Lewis boss Charlie Mayfield, ex-Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane and social welfare expert Dame Louise Casey, will help draw up recommendations. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Every single review recommends radical change or complete overhaul.
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"Incidentally, in the 1960s and 1970s, when net migration was running at minus 50,000 a year, more than 85% of Britons still thought immigration was too high."
Last week's New World column ocncerned immigration to the UK.
Last week's New World column ocncerned immigration to the UK.
Nerd's Eye View: 11 things you need to know about immigration
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Incidentally, in the 1960s and 1970s, when net migration was running at minus 50,000 a year, more than 85% of Britons still thought immigration was too high."
Last week's New World column ocncerned immigration to the UK.
Last week's New World column ocncerned immigration to the UK.
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It's like a summary of the Labour right's entire political project
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's like a summary of the Labour right's entire political project
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Ever the trailblazers, Southend Utd have been chosen for a globally significant experiment: the first real football match streamed, free of charge, on TikTok. Carlisle Utd, like most visitors to Roots Hall, will just be happy to witness history being made.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
English National League game to be streamed live on TikTok in global first
The fixture between arguably the two biggest teams outside the EFL will be streamed live, free of charge, on DAZN's TikTok channel.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Ever the trailblazers, Southend Utd have been chosen for a globally significant experiment: the first real football match streamed, free of charge, on TikTok. Carlisle Utd, like most visitors to Roots Hall, will just be happy to witness history being made.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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Tristone Group is a prime example of why investment firms should not be allowed anywhere near children’s homes. Here’s why 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tristone Group is a prime example of why investment firms should not be allowed anywhere near children’s homes. Here’s why 🧵
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Here I am in DR talking about real ale's newest fans - the youth
drinksretailingnews.co.uk/real-ale-fin...
drinksretailingnews.co.uk/real-ale-fin...
Real ale finds favour with younger crowd - Drinks Retailing
Katie Mather discovers why a new generation of drinkers are choosing cask beer Beer is hard to predict. In an industry where trends have been a major driver for change and growth, consumer desire for ...
drinksretailingnews.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here I am in DR talking about real ale's newest fans - the youth
drinksretailingnews.co.uk/real-ale-fin...
drinksretailingnews.co.uk/real-ale-fin...
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
"And I shall call it The Labour Party"
Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right
Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right
Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and Reform
Keir Starmer will make a major intervention this week, pledging a progressive fightback and promising the UK will reject the division and hate fuelled by the far right.
The move comes ahead of Labour’s conference amid increasing pressure on the prime minister from within his own party, where even senior loyalists have voiced fears that he has not mounted a passionate enough attack on Reform UK and rising racism in Britain. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"And I shall call it The Labour Party"
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life
1. Having someone else make you breakfast
2. Rain hitting the window when you're bone dry
3. Mis-grating the cheese and getting to eat an extra bit for yourself
4. That 2nd pint
5. Using the washine machine timer perfectly
1. Having someone else make you breakfast
2. Rain hitting the window when you're bone dry
3. Mis-grating the cheese and getting to eat an extra bit for yourself
4. That 2nd pint
5. Using the washine machine timer perfectly
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life
1. A solo pint in a great pub
2. Using a little spoon to stir an espresso as you sit outside a cafe up abroad
3. Cleaning the lint out of the tumble dryer filter
4. Bumping into a pal you've not seen in ages and having 3 pints
5. A nice nap
1. A solo pint in a great pub
2. Using a little spoon to stir an espresso as you sit outside a cafe up abroad
3. Cleaning the lint out of the tumble dryer filter
4. Bumping into a pal you've not seen in ages and having 3 pints
5. A nice nap
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life
1. Having someone else make you breakfast
2. Rain hitting the window when you're bone dry
3. Mis-grating the cheese and getting to eat an extra bit for yourself
4. That 2nd pint
5. Using the washine machine timer perfectly
1. Having someone else make you breakfast
2. Rain hitting the window when you're bone dry
3. Mis-grating the cheese and getting to eat an extra bit for yourself
4. That 2nd pint
5. Using the washine machine timer perfectly
Charlie Kirk was a youtuber. Some parts of the Anglosphere have lost their minds.
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Charlie Kirk was a youtuber. Some parts of the Anglosphere have lost their minds.
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100 Women's Rights Organisations, including
@rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction.
They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative
@rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction.
They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative
August 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
100 Women's Rights Organisations, including
@rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction.
They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative
@rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction.
They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative
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Sometimes when I see words like Farage’s, I think of all the times I was abused and assaulted on the streets by men who looked like him, and told by men who looked like him that boys will be boys.
The second paragraph of the Farage piece in the Telegraph today seems to pose a pretty clear threat of contempt of court, in particular because of the way the first sentence provides innuendo for the second. How is this figure supposed to get a fair trial?
August 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Sometimes when I see words like Farage’s, I think of all the times I was abused and assaulted on the streets by men who looked like him, and told by men who looked like him that boys will be boys.
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Obviously - OBVIOUSLY - MPs should not be allowed to be landlords.
August 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Obviously - OBVIOUSLY - MPs should not be allowed to be landlords.
Labour just doing whatever anyone in Gov 97-2010 tells them to do. Not an original thought across the entire party leadership.
Reeves confirms Treasury reviewing gambling taxes – UK politics live
Reeves confirms Treasury reviewing gambling taxes – UK politics live
Gambling tax reform is being strongly promoted by Gordon Brown, the former Labour PM who also spent 10 years as chancellor
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Labour just doing whatever anyone in Gov 97-2010 tells them to do. Not an original thought across the entire party leadership.
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I'm sorry and respectfully but this is written like Jet 2
Tucked away in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' is the requirement that all visitors to the US must pay $250 just to enter the country starting 1 October! For a family of 5 that's $1250! I doubt this will help America's crashing tourism business which is down 10% already since January
July 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm sorry and respectfully but this is written like Jet 2
Hove to Victoria anytime day return £68.
June 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Hove to Victoria anytime day return £68.
I am going to S myself #SouthendUnited
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I am going to S myself #SouthendUnited
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Southend Utd is killing me
May 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Southend Utd is killing me
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A Labour MP posted this image, the direct descendant of UKIP’s Brexit “Breaking Point” immigration poster, and then disabled the replies and quote tweets. Its only value is as a landmark for the moment that this government fully took its mask off and embraced pure xenophobia.
May 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A Labour MP posted this image, the direct descendant of UKIP’s Brexit “Breaking Point” immigration poster, and then disabled the replies and quote tweets. Its only value is as a landmark for the moment that this government fully took its mask off and embraced pure xenophobia.
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"A great pint of real ale, served close to its brewery of origin, in perfect condition – only this fragile, complex, living brew can rival fine wine in terms of aromatic finesse and nuance, flavoury resource, textural wealth, fermentative subtlety, digestibility and overall sensual satisfaction."
Great little write up on the brilliance of well brewed and well kept cask beer from Andrew Jefford in the @newstatesman.com last week
www.newstatesman.com/culture/food...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/food...
Only real ale can rival fine wine
And it’s a lot cheaper too.
www.newstatesman.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"A great pint of real ale, served close to its brewery of origin, in perfect condition – only this fragile, complex, living brew can rival fine wine in terms of aromatic finesse and nuance, flavoury resource, textural wealth, fermentative subtlety, digestibility and overall sensual satisfaction."
If you wanted an insight into why climate change will really be the death of us then watch 77yo multi-millionaire Alan Sugar invest in an air conditioning business on The Apprentice because he is "only interested in profit."
April 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If you wanted an insight into why climate change will really be the death of us then watch 77yo multi-millionaire Alan Sugar invest in an air conditioning business on The Apprentice because he is "only interested in profit."
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What a terrible day at work. Time to relax and read what thousands of mentally ill strangers all think about every single contentious topic around
November 20, 2024 at 8:50 PM
What a terrible day at work. Time to relax and read what thousands of mentally ill strangers all think about every single contentious topic around