Burnham's for PR so I say Burnham for PM

Love this story from 1994 when the News of the World tried to do a hit job on a Citizens Advice which operated underneath a brothel and the advisers were just like "we know" and the sex worker was like "yeah they helped me with my forms, they're really nice"

Glad to see there are some people in Labour (though still too few) who see First Past The Post might gift a far-right party absolute power on less than 30% of the vote, and think they should do something about it. @alexsobel.co.uk

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Think @mazmhussain.bsky.social is right that Samuel Huntington's clash of civilisations thesis is looking somewhat vindicated lately.

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mfw writing advice without having to give advice is what I do in my job now

The Employment Rights Bill is one of the few very good things this government is doing. It's already been diluted, but not nearly as much as I expected, and by all accounts that's because of Angela Rayner. Vultures circling with her gone.

Good to keep this on hand for anyone complaining about taxpayer money and Scottish Gaelic road signs

Would be very funny if this is the only reason Council Tax reform finally happens

Renewable energy will be as important as oil and gas was. The energy transition could make Scottish islands very wealthy and fundamentally reshape their relationship with the mainland. @carbonbrief.org

"The citizen is no longer free to decide which heating system he wants." @politico.eu

The German far-right was so successful at fermenting backlash against banning gas boilers in favour of heat pumps that the UK Labour Government has taken notice.

Always felt the UN Sustainable Development Goals were laudable for their scope, a kind of 'first manifesto' for the whole human species and what we want to achieve.

Best Things First makes a decent case for junking them and focusing more resources on the easiest wins / highest rewards. Recommend.