Ros Taylor

Woman who's emigrated to Dubai for the schools and the sun wants to defund a Welsh university.

Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones launch nostalgic new podcast - PodcastingToday Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones are joining forces for a brand-new weekly podcast.

Oh, Griff.

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I don't think relations between ZP and the Lib Dems are good.

Yes. Makes no sense to ask people about 'the media' in this context.

Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party must look at findings like these and congratulate themselves.

This year Edelman have asked people whether they want businesses, NGOs etc to do things to foster more trust, and they say they do. Their ideas about what those things could be are interesting.

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I draw on the Edelman Trust Barometer a lot, but findings like this need a lot more interrogation and explanation. 39% in UK trust media to do what is right. I'm astonished it's that high! Who could possibly trust all the media outlets in the UK?

The Rest Is History production company Goalhanger to launch new books podcast A new books podcast from Goalhanger - the production company behind The Rest Is Entertainment, The Rest Is History and The Rest Is Politics – will be launched in February 2026.

Has the co-host of Goalhanger's new books podcast ever written about books? Does this matter? Discuss.

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Yes. Which is why, as I say in the article, they are leaning more towards conservation, adaptation. And trying to offer Corbynism without the infighting.

More solar farms on the way after record renewables auction The results have been welcomed by climate and clean energy groups but could face opposition from local communities.

For example, Greens have opposed some solar farms. This makes sense when you prioritise local democracy but none at all when you want to emit less carbon, which is nominally the Greens’ biggest priority.

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Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life. It is good news for the Greens but also Reform | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union The turmoil in British politics offers an unprecedented opportunity to the Green party, writes Ros Taylor – though with just four MPs and a culture of local activism rather than big-picture policy thi...

Zack Polanski promised eco-populism. But at some point he needs to get serious about policy. The Greens’ structure won’t make that easy.

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Have a baby while you still can, France to tell 29-year-olds The government campaign is part of a wider 16-point-plan to increase French fertility rates that also includes more free egg-freezing centres.

Interesting move from France – we'll know if it's worked in a few years' time.

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But governing in coalition, as they hope to, means getting their policy act together. The Greens are, to put it tactfully, short on policies in some areas. Agreeing new ones could be spicy. Any member can join a Policy Working Group.

Mocked if we try to improve our looks, deemed repugnant if we don’t.

Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life. It is good news for the Greens but also Reform | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union The turmoil in British politics offers an unprecedented opportunity to the Green party, writes Ros Taylor – though with just four MPs and a culture of local activism rather than big-picture policy thi...

The Greens will be hoping Starmer's successor is popular enough to keep the left in power – but not so popular that they can win a general election outright.

My take on the turmoil, for @boelleu.bsky.social

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Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life. It is good news for the Greens but also Reform | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union The turmoil in British politics offers an unprecedented opportunity to the Green party, writes Ros Taylor – though with just four MPs and a culture of local activism rather than big-picture policy thi...

The Greens will be hoping Starmer's successor is popular enough to keep the left in power – but not so popular that they can win a general election outright.

My take on the turmoil, for @boelleu.bsky.social

eu.boell.org/en/2026/02/0...

He has, as I suspected, too much faith in the law and correct procedure to produce good outcomes.

At the same time we want a guy who respects the rule of law.

Tough times

Decimalisation Britain was one of the last countries to go decimal – and had Margaret Thatcher not abolished the Metrication Board, we might have abandoned miles and pints...

'We have in Britain the handiest and most reasonable coinage in the world, and now — to please the daughters of bloody revolutions — we are told (yes, told; no talk of a plebiscite) to give it up for something blatantly inferior.'

Listen to MJT DECIMALISATION

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The AI worked overtime on this, especially the pic where a hiker appears to be as tall as a viaduct.

'The whole government is rotten.'

No, not really.

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I realise a lot of people want an excuse for Starmer to go. I am not naive. (Nor am I a Starmer 'stan', a belittling phrase I see too often on here.)

But if you get rid of Keir Starmer because of your disgust with Epstein, no one, ever, is going to satisfy your purity test.

It’s a terrible earworm.

Those people don’t know what they’re missing

Loved this. I was a child but I remember it.

I was asked what job he could have been good at. I said foreign sec, where the temptation to make money might have been less. I don’t think that observation is going to have damaged your mental health.

Decimalisation Britain was one of the last countries to go decimal – and had Margaret Thatcher not abolished the Metrication Board, we might have abandoned miles and pints...

Sunday! Why not listen to Anthony Burgess (voiced by @seththevoz.bsky.social) grumbling about the end of shillings and farthings?

You’ll never feel the same way about Clockwork Orange.

MORE JAM TOMORROW Decimalisation is out

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Swansea man's surprise after finding abandoned Welsh village The reason it was abandoned remains a mystery with the local council and developer tight-lipped.

This is a great story, and very odd.

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Martin Amis would definitely have been up for writing this, though Margaret Atwood would do a more interesting job.