I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: We know we have a government that lies. We know it is corrupt. And its big new
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Saturday afternoon
Time off, taking photos of gulls produced this: I am in awe of the sheer aerodynamic beauty of that bird. Just don’t count the number
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We need constitutional reform to tackle the malaise in British politics
There is a deep malaise in British politics (I use the term deliberately). We are all fatigued by Johnson’s antics and incompetence, but that is
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130,000
I noticed this happened overnight: I have been noting every 10,000 additional Twitter followers since September 2020, when I reached 60,000 after more than a
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Sunak’s bailout package was a massive bung to the energy sector that will not stop inflation, but will increase inequality
I tweeted this thread this morning: As I made clear yesterday, the package of measures introduced yesterday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to address the
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Sunak failed badly today
Chancellor Sunak delivered a sticking plaster to save Boris Johnson with measures to tackle the cost of living crisis today. He did not deliver what
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Sunak’s glory days have long gone: today will see a miserable package of measures that will fall far short of the required level of action
Rishi Sunak is to announce measures to tackle the cost of living crisis today. He will supposedly spend £10 billion. He will also announce a
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Johnson’s survival will mark the start of a new assault on our freedoms
After a few days of disruption I admit to being on a late start this morning. What I did manage to do was follow much
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The Tories are fascism in progress
In the midst of Partygate and all that goes with it the possibility that the continuing passage of the Public Order Bill now before the
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