@suesuzanne.bsky.social
Anglo-French oldie. Ex-publisher. Politically Left-leaning EUrophile. Loves growing flowers, vegetables and succulents, birdwatching, walking the Cornish coastal paths, reading novels.
Hear, hear! Ever since Thatcher, politicians of all stripes have deliberately used this incredibly bogus metaphor - household debt is nothing like national debt. 'Maxxing out the national credit card' is an equally misleading phrase.
September 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hear, hear! Ever since Thatcher, politicians of all stripes have deliberately used this incredibly bogus metaphor - household debt is nothing like national debt. 'Maxxing out the national credit card' is an equally misleading phrase.
Excellent article @jamesbatty.bsky.social - perhaps you could put it on the One and All website, too?
August 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Excellent article @jamesbatty.bsky.social - perhaps you could put it on the One and All website, too?
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I asked a group of students how many asylum seekers were admitted to the UK in 2024. Most estimates were over a million. Real number is about 40,000. People like Farage talk about "invasion;" as in my house was invaded when my niece came for tea and brought her husband too.
August 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I asked a group of students how many asylum seekers were admitted to the UK in 2024. Most estimates were over a million. Real number is about 40,000. People like Farage talk about "invasion;" as in my house was invaded when my niece came for tea and brought her husband too.