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The Government never ever has any money when it comes to Public Services. But if you need £830bn for Covid, £620bn to bailout the banks, £7.3bn for Banker Bonuses, £2bn for untaxed pensions....
£37 billion for track and trace There is always money.
£37 billion for track and trace There is always money.
February 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Liz Truss claimed that lefty policies like banning plastic straws were to blame for the unprecedented Tory election wipe out in 2024
February 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Liz Truss claimed that lefty policies like banning plastic straws were to blame for the unprecedented Tory election wipe out in 2024
The radical-right propaganda channel GB News has featured failed Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick in what amounts to little more than an undisclosed 8 minute party political broadcast for the Tory party.
February 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The radical-right propaganda channel GB News has featured failed Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick in what amounts to little more than an undisclosed 8 minute party political broadcast for the Tory party.
According to a new book on Starmer's rise to power, he cancelled a clampdown on malign foreign influence on our politics on the say so of one of his mega-rich donors (the guy who paid for his glasses)
February 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
According to a new book on Starmer's rise to power, he cancelled a clampdown on malign foreign influence on our politics on the say so of one of his mega-rich donors (the guy who paid for his glasses)
Starmer wants nuclear power in people's backyards but cannot answer any question about what will be done with the waste:
February 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Starmer wants nuclear power in people's backyards but cannot answer any question about what will be done with the waste:
This is despite the news that January was the hottest on record and that the rate of climate change is clearly growing:
February 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This is despite the news that January was the hottest on record and that the rate of climate change is clearly growing:
Two examples of what Starmer and his government are doing. He is pushing an oilfield:
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Two examples of what Starmer and his government are doing. He is pushing an oilfield:
The truth about Palestinian hostages has been erased by a racist Western media.
February 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The truth about Palestinian hostages has been erased by a racist Western media.
Yesterday, there was a vigil for Hind Rajab, the 5 year old Palestinian girl who almost exactly a year ago, was butchered alongside her cousins, her aunt and her uncle, as well as the paramedics who were sent to rescue her.
February 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Yesterday, there was a vigil for Hind Rajab, the 5 year old Palestinian girl who almost exactly a year ago, was butchered alongside her cousins, her aunt and her uncle, as well as the paramedics who were sent to rescue her.
DeepSeek has made a fool of Donald Tump and his tech bros
The launch of the DeepSeek-R1 model has wiped a trillion dollars off US tech stocks overnight, and made Donald Trump look a fool in the process.
The launch of the DeepSeek-R1 model has wiped a trillion dollars off US tech stocks overnight, and made Donald Trump look a fool in the process.
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
DeepSeek has made a fool of Donald Tump and his tech bros
The launch of the DeepSeek-R1 model has wiped a trillion dollars off US tech stocks overnight, and made Donald Trump look a fool in the process.
The launch of the DeepSeek-R1 model has wiped a trillion dollars off US tech stocks overnight, and made Donald Trump look a fool in the process.
Just Starmer lying again
January 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Just Starmer lying again
Rachel Reeves said that she was going to relax rules aimed at cracking down on tax-dodging non- domiciled residents because she’d been "listening to the concerns" of the non-dom community.
At the very same time Reeves has been pushing yet another government assault on disabled people
At the very same time Reeves has been pushing yet another government assault on disabled people
January 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rachel Reeves said that she was going to relax rules aimed at cracking down on tax-dodging non- domiciled residents because she’d been "listening to the concerns" of the non-dom community.
At the very same time Reeves has been pushing yet another government assault on disabled people
At the very same time Reeves has been pushing yet another government assault on disabled people
there is no comfort for Starmer or Reeves. Even if external factors or past dire choices (Brexit) are seen as significant, there is growing evidence that people do not think that Labour has got a grip on the economy.
January 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
there is no comfort for Starmer or Reeves. Even if external factors or past dire choices (Brexit) are seen as significant, there is growing evidence that people do not think that Labour has got a grip on the economy.
did anyone expect anything else?
With a government that is promising austerity whilst persistently siding with business against the consumer's best interests, it is wholly rational for consumer confidence to be falling. The arrival of Trump in the White House is only going to make things worse.
With a government that is promising austerity whilst persistently siding with business against the consumer's best interests, it is wholly rational for consumer confidence to be falling. The arrival of Trump in the White House is only going to make things worse.
January 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
did anyone expect anything else?
With a government that is promising austerity whilst persistently siding with business against the consumer's best interests, it is wholly rational for consumer confidence to be falling. The arrival of Trump in the White House is only going to make things worse.
With a government that is promising austerity whilst persistently siding with business against the consumer's best interests, it is wholly rational for consumer confidence to be falling. The arrival of Trump in the White House is only going to make things worse.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01...
A week on from the supposed gilt crisis the FT has produced this chart:
A week on from the supposed gilt crisis the FT has produced this chart:
January 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01...
A week on from the supposed gilt crisis the FT has produced this chart:
A week on from the supposed gilt crisis the FT has produced this chart:
As the FT has noted today in a free-to-access article, as many as one in 6 10 and 11-year-olds in the UK might now be obese.
As they also note, this is a British problem:
As they also note, this is a British problem:
December 29, 2024 at 12:28 PM
As the FT has noted today in a free-to-access article, as many as one in 6 10 and 11-year-olds in the UK might now be obese.
As they also note, this is a British problem:
As they also note, this is a British problem:
The Starmer government is a burning skip of a mess. The polling shows he’s a more unpopular prime minister after 5 months than any other since the polling began in the 1970s.
December 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
The Starmer government is a burning skip of a mess. The polling shows he’s a more unpopular prime minister after 5 months than any other since the polling began in the 1970s.