As the BBC has reported: Care workers will no longer be recruited from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the
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Saving is not the same as investment
Savings are persistently confused with investing in the UK. In reality, few savings create any real investment in the UK, and that’s why our investment
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Going wild at Welney
Yesterday was ideal for an afternoon of birdwatching with some photography thrown in. We were at the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust’s Welney reserve, near Ely.
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This country needs left wing politics
Politics.co.uk was one of a number of organisations to note comments made by former Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, last week, as they
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Why can’t the right questions about proportional representation be asked?
Politics Home noted this yesterday: As the political landscape in the UK becomes more fractured, some politicians are already worrying about the chaos it could
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How long is it before Reform implodes?
Farage’s political track record is poor. The moment anyone tries to hold him to account, he runs a mile. How long will it be before
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The neoliberal’s prayer
From Mike Parr, a equal commentator on this blog: Our market which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy perfect competition come. Thy will
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It’s nice to be popular, but…
I do, on occasion, note the increasing popularity of this blog and its related YouTube channel in posts on this site. I do so with
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Is there any value left in Labour?
There was an article in the Guardian this week that appeared to discuss the conditions for a revival of the fortunes of the Labour Party,
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