Simon Whitehead

Agreed. Also I think Reeves has an unrealistic faith not backed by necessary state action to support private capital.

There are massive new labs being built, and housing, in Oxford. The government seems to expect the private sector to fund any projects. Is there someone setting a strategic direction?

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Ian Hislop, "It is pretty ludicrous we have got to a state where a man is arrested for carrying a joke? I mean, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, all those things we claim to be interested in?"

Shame on Labour this isn't the change any of us wanted after 14 years of Conservative chaos

I once had a spreadsheet from an actuary blocked because a column heading ‘cumulative’ was abbreviated.

Water company bosses have pocketed millions in bonuses while ruining our rivers with filthy sewage.

This scandal needs to end. We need to scrap Ofwat and end all sewage dumping in bathing waters by 2030.

They do look more fun than the saint

Ed Davey criticises BBC ‘for not doing a very good job’ of exposing Nigel Farage ‘You cover the tittle tattle around Reform, you don’t look at their policies.’

Ed Davey wants the BBC to do more to hold Reform to account

“Thank you for your question Hugo. The mad woman with the black cat says it will be a soft day in Ireland on St. Swithun’s Day, and the day after, and every day after that. Research from Met Éireann shows that it is pissing down every day in Ireland…Is there anything else I can help you with today?”

Sad to see Layla Moran on the stupid list

It’s the venality rather than dishonesty that I find the most striking. They have no underlying principles that act as a vaccine against such behaviours.

This sounds very interesting and upends my understanding

Interesting thread. I will read Eltis

Chas is no.3 for us but the French are way ahead on their Chasno range

That’s a fair flagon of medicine

No mention of Israel or the Middle East. Not obvious areas of success abroad. And massively understates the home disaster. A poor article

This makes it more difficult for the culture warriors

We have already wasted too much time. Polanski has seized the moment. The rest of us need to step up: join the Greens by July 31 to vote for him, and his victory can be a decisive step towards a historic political breakthrough."

- @meadwaj.bsky.social

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I think it was a majority similar to the overall UK 52%. What annoyed people was that everywhere one drove in the countryside you saw boards supporting Brexit

Postcode is of course just a proxy for social class. So increasing support in poorer areas should be the most effective strategy

They did but I suspect the same point. Landowners voted Brexit? I have no data analysing wealth here

There is a rich landowner tax not a family farm tax. Why are LibDems siding with tax avoiders?

Interesting that this approach seems so far away now

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Maybe they are planning on using them in Iran?

#AltText has various uses ...

The Liz Truss wing of the Labour Party. Worrying they’ve got one

@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Morning Gaby! Love your work, but this week’s Guardian Politics Weekly.

“Finally, someone promises to scrap the two child benefit cap and reverse cuts to winter fuel payments…”

Harsh on the Green Party surely?

Out of interest, how do the Greens get noticed more?

When Sorolla painted 'Niña en mar plateado,' in 1909, it was amongst the most luminous and freely handled works he had produced. In 1906, the newspaper 'La Nación' had written: 'Sorolla is one of the glories of Valencia...one of the glories of modern Spain.'

Lots of flowers, mainly different pinks. A great variety, some a bit startling. I’d say pungent but it’s not a visual word! English herbaceous border style.

First poppy of the year