Chris Foulkes

Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap

"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"

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The downfall of Lady Gusset

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

“Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Paris are all doing better than they were. It has been at London’s expense. There is no question about that.” ~AA

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The men who raised the flags Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

Well, well, well: who's surprised?
Excellent bit of local journalism of national interest here, thank you.

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Was it Brecht who parodied Stalinists by saying that they wanted not a new regime but a new people?

Tory party strategists are working on the Migratory Birds Prohibition Bill that would impose limits on the number of birds spending summers in England after wintering in Africa. Quotas for species will allow partial exemption for robins due to their role in the Christmas economy.

Filth

We used to call it Cross Baby Syndrome

After all wine bought a decade ago is effectively free cos I’ve long forgotten what I paid for it

Minority I am happy to be in

You would have to have been there

See also speech in ghost scene in Hamlet that’s there to bridge the gap while actor playing the ghost gets off the battlements , down the ladder and changes costume

Perfect

Who said we Germans have no sense of humour

Looking on the bright side….

Peerage innit

Don’t slam the door on the way out

I know someone who was sent to NYC by her British company and the immigration people counted those 2 years against her.

Really how COULD he wear that waistcoat with that tie?

Like Richard Tice the so called property multi millionaire. Like Trump he didn’t make it, he inherited it.

#Florida

Ah the benefits of a classics degree

Incorrect analysis of the dialectical situation at this moment in time comrade. As Lenin said on ….. zzz….

“A philanthropic lady in the north of London “. Too perfect for words. Hampstead for a bet.

Thought so. Sport is unhealthy

Deeply stupid. IB is a viable and broader alternative to A levels that avoids narrow specialisation and opens up the world to 18 year olds

Headline of the day (so far)

Yes

Hang appearances its really nice with calvados and apples

People who think the globe is round?