David Walker

Well worth trying (yet) again @cipfa.bsky.social @icaew.bsky.social

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What does Britain get from 'The Special Relationship' with the US? Podcast Episode · Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards · 29/07/2025 · 46m

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So will it expel Reform councils?

Reforms could push council into ‘S114 territory’, leader warns | LocalGov Leader of Surrey County Council has expressed concerns about the Fair Funding reforms and the financial challenges they pose.

Fair funding ie equity versus localism

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Epping Forest councillors urge Government to close asylum hotel | LocalGov Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and permanently’ close a hotel to asylum seekers after a series of violent protests at the site.

This raises big questions about the capacity/sustainability of local government in the age of migration

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Henley & Partners’ wealth migration reports have been reported all over the world, both to prove both that there's a massive exodus of wealth from the UK and that there isn't.

Our forensic review finds the data riddled with anomalies - and in key places looks fabricated:

Aren’t relations between politicians and people a bit more reciprocal - politicians demanding of their people minimal participation, knowledge, integrity ?

Dear "Nige". Ventured out in the crime-ridden hellhole that is "Sadiq Khan's London" earlier today. People were dancing. Smiling. Laughing. Enjoying themselves in the regenerating Docklands. It was terrible. Please put a stop to it immediately. #london #farage

Road deaths are a policy choice.

Orbán is in danger of losing power, and possibly going to jail (with friends and family), and he knows it. This makes him extra dangerous and means the EU should be extra vigilant the coming months.

Encore plus fort que Pablo Escobar

➡️ https://l.lepoint.fr/A5B

« Rester beau est un impératif médiatique ! »
➡️ https://l.lepoint.fr/Lgk #ARelire

«Sycamore Gap Tree» : inspirons-nous des Britanniques pour donner aux arbres tous les droits et le respect qu’ils méritent Après la condamnation des deux hommes qui avaient tronçonné le vénérable érable anglais, l’expert arboricole et auteur David Happe déplore qu’aucun cadre juridique clair ne garantisse en France la pré...

L'influence (pernicieuse) britannique

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Just read this on the train.

I’m a pensions geek but even if you’re not it’s very well written and easily accessible. And it’s IMPORTANT!

I wish the Pensions Commission well and hope their work transcends party politics at all times.

Pour la première fois depuis 1945, il y a plus de morts que de naissances dans le pays. Le démographe Gilles Pison analyse, pour « Le Point », les conséquences sur la population française.

➡️ https://l.lepoint.fr/GTS

Pourquoi le Tour de France est plus populaire que jamais. →https://l.lefigaro.fr/ioD

Sous-marins australiens : les États-Unis continuent de réfléchir, la France se rapproche Alors que les États-Unis réfléchissent à la poursuite d’Aukus, la coopération franco-australienne en matière de défense a repris. Suffisamment pour reparler de sous-marins.

Alors que les États-Unis réfléchissent à la poursuite d’Aukus, la coopération franco-australienne en matière de défense a repris. Suffisamment pour reparler de sous-marins.

Good point. You might also ask why the Secretary of State for an England department is doling out money in allegedly devolved Scotland

Merci, l’état français, pour notre illumination présente et future (j’espère que votre déficit n’augmente trop)

‘A sense of place and pride’ as manifest by the small numbers who bothered to turn out to vote for Andrea Jenkyns et al?

How e-bike riders are doing double the speed limit - and many of them work for fast food delivery firms Sky News has been out with West Midlands Police as the force apprehended people with illegally modified e-bikes.

When are we going to legislate to make delivery firms responsible for the safety of the vehicles that deliver in their name? A system of hefty fines is needed - which could fund councils and the police to enforce in hotspots. It's a massive issue in public spaces.

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Sécurité sociale : sauver un modèle 80 ans après sa création, la Sécurité sociale reste un pilier fondamental du modèle social français. L'occasion de revenir sur son histoire et les grandes dates des réformes de sa gouvernance, qui ont...

Nos voisins ont des problèmes similaires

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It’s almost too perfect that the billboard behind these two confused Waymos says STOP HIRING HUMANS

Just accept you've got a politicised judiciary

A letter not from the NHS, as it might appear, but from a private optical services company offering a home visit. They got my details from Sagacity Data Ltd who ‘help consumer facing businesses increase customer engagement and make more money’

Tour de France : "La domination de quelques-uns interroge", affirme l'ancien coureur et écrivain Olivier Haralambon Avec Fanny Lechevestrier, journaliste à la Direction des sports de Radio France, Emmanuel Hubert, manager de l’équipe Arkéa-B&B Hôtels et Olivier Haralambon, ancien coureur cycliste, auteur de “Un cor...

Le cyclisme est devenu 'protestant'!

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‘Cut-throat’ recruitment round expected after record applications Number of 18-year-olds applying to university reaches new high but anticipated drop in top A-level grades adds to uncertainty ahead of clearing period

UK universities gearing up for another “cut-throat” student recruitment round, with little sign of elite institutions reining in efforts to take lion’s share of domestic intake, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cut-thr...

Ngl I think the FT weekend festival organisers are being a little optimistic about demand for this one.

Polly Toynbee and David Walker - Buxton International Festival Polly Toynbee and David Walker discuss their book 'The Only Way is Up: How to Take Britain from Austerity to Prosperity'

The only way was up!

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And the people who voted for them (and the larger numbers who didn't bother to vote) will draw what consequences?