Neil

Brilliant

Really wished I'd seen that

Meanwhile, while locking up a retired teacher with no criminal record on a legal visa, Trump has rolled out the red carpet for convicted thug and fraudster Tommy Robinson

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-bends-...

Meanwhile, while locking up a retired teacher with no criminal record on a legal visa, Trump has rolled out the red carpet for convicted thug and fraudster Tommy Robinson

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-bends-...

Best thing I've read in a while, but suspect nothing will change.

It seems much of our media are intent on getting clicks and unfortunately sensationist headlines gets that

With such a small sample, it is certainly well within the margin of error

Ignore the professional gloomsters and doomsters.
- Borrowing ⬇️ (record surplus last month)
- Inflation (and interest rates) ⬇️
- UK fastest growing European G7 economy
- Retail sales up 4.5% over the year
There’s lots more to do but Britain’s economy is on the mend.

It's also noticeable Government borrowing costs are coming down, with ten year gifts at their lowest for over a year
This is a virtuous circle, lower borrowing costs, less debt, drives lower borrowing costs etc
Ultimately it means more money for public services
tradingeconomics.com/united-kingd...

UK public finances show record surplus in January Britain's public finances showed a record monthly surplus of 30.4 billion pounds ($40.9 billion) in January, official figures showed on Friday in a boost for finance minister Rachel Reeves ahead of a ...

Wage and earnings inflation might be bad news for the Bank of England but it's better news for the Government finances.

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

Labour is lifting half a million children out of poverty.

Reform wants to put them straight back there.

Nigel Farage should be ashamed.

This is huge. I believe it has the potential to make or entirely break this government.

Arsenal dropping points to Wolves last night, after being 2 nil up, takes some beating

UK wealth tax: high risk and anti-growth Claims of £24bn from a UK wealth tax ignore delays, capital flight (£200–£500bn) risks to growth and employment. Data, country evidence & better reforms.

Agree, it's also very unlikely to raise anywhere near that as this article shows, especially the way the Greens have structured it
In comparison Labour have raised £44b in taxes, many of which were on the wealthy
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/u...

Why did you edit the video to miss out the few seconds before where Reeves talked about cutting £150 off energy bills?

I think there are some pretty legitimate questions for the Greens to answer in this short thread – entirely possible they didn't know the history here, but if so they should say that and distance themselves.

You suggest cause and effect, which isn't at all certain
For example paying people a decent wage means they can spend more and more people could be employed

Wonder what the result would be if you gave a choice of bigger profits or more jobs. Suspect it would be overwhelming for more jobs

If you don't know how all this works now here is a perfect example....

Yesterday: Reform were asked about minimum wage and the outcome was that they will reduce it - worrying people and getting some negative press.

Today: an unsourced, anonymously briefed, speculative story is 'revealled'...

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But we can afford to give big tax breaks to wealthy landowners and parents of private school kids

But we can afford to give big tax breaks to wealthy landowners and parents of private school kids

Matthew 13:57

In my secondary modern school in the 1970's we didn't have to worry about tuition fees. But then again only half a dozen of the 300 plus year group went to University...

Took me decades to think in Celsius without automatically converting it to Fahrenheit
But Celsius does make more sense

Had the same issue with stones, pounds and Kgs

Decimalisation came ten years too late for me

Awkward 😀

One of the biggest reasons is the availability of alternatives to fill your spare time
With social media and on demand TV etc many prefer to stay in, it's a lot cheaper aswell
When I was younger if you wanted to socialise there were few alternatives to the pub

UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the US

'The Green party leader said he supported the UK leaving Nato'

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Agree, but FON results are the ones that gets the biggest attention from the mainstream media, it's almost as if there's an agenda at work...

I assume we will be seeing significant action over this, Give retiring from the Lords, the entire media talking about it non-stop for weeks?

Find Out Now...enough said

Is Keir Starmer Starting to Turn Things Around? There were signs this week that Starmer's post-McSweeney Downing Street operation may finally be starting to drag itself back from the brink of death

After a truly dire couple of weeks there are signs that Keir Starmer’s post-McSweeney Downing Street operation may finally be starting to drag itself from the brink of death

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/is-keir-st...

Biggest uptake in workers rights for a generation, got through in the teeth of opposition in the Lords
All if the above will be got rid of if the tory/reform party get in
You may think it doesn't go far enough, (I disagree), but those measures are certainly not right wing
Taxes on the wealthy