I liked this post on Twitter this morning: The point made is wholly appropriate. Streeting wants to cut spending very much more than he wants
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The UK benefits system is broken
As the FT notes this morning: Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to slash spending on Britain’s “broken” and “indefensible” health-related welfare system, which is costing
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Labour ministers who thought that freezing benefit payments was appropriate are not fit to hold public office
As the Guardian notes this morning: Ministers have left the door open to a humiliating U-turn on their highly contentious plans to cut benefits for disabled people,
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Video experimentation
This morning’s video is, I admit, an experiment. The theme has already been addressed on this blog, as many readers might know, but the YouTube
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Tesla’s tumbling
The world is fleeing Tesla because Musk is now so toxic. [For an explanation of this video, read this post] This is the audio version:
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Where are the students?
Aleksandar Vučić, the President of Serbia, is a politician with a dubious political past and a none too attractive political present. He is an authoritarian,
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Trump set out to be bad, and he is succeeding in being so
This list of articles comes from an FT email this morning: It would seem as if the FT has considered its verdict on Trump and
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Think it possible that you may be mistaken
As I acknowledge every now and again here, I am a Quaker, although I also admit that I am not a regular attender right now.
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Starmer and Reeves must either deliver now, or the leadership coup is on
According to the FT yesterday: Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, home secretary Yvette Cooper and justice secretary Shabana Mahmood raised concerns about the UK government’s
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