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Copywriter, ex journo, news/politics geek, travel lover, real ale/craft beer drinker, world TV/cinema fan. Among other things. Left of centre, increasingly bewildered. Birmingham, UK.
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This was all so, so predictable. But the damage to the USA and the world is done now, and will take far longer to unravel. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Liz Truss is going to be the benchmark for political and economic failure for the rest of her life and beyond. What a legacy.

submitted 10 days ago • 35 comments

I’m trying to find the most deranged social media post of the day regarding Starmer’s new EU deal. This has to come close from Kevin O’Sullivan 😂

submitted 17 days ago • 20 comments

Salmon Scotland: "We congratulate the UK gov't on securing this deal with the EU, which will slash red tape and speed up the delivery of our premium salmon to market." ~AA #NotAllFish Source: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

British Meat Processors Association: Starmer has “managed to achieve what the previous government promised us originally but didn’t deliver”. ~AA

submitted 18 days ago • 27 comments

A series of small steps - but for the first time in a long time it feels like we're moving in the right direction, and having sensible, grown-up discussions rather than grandstanding in the media. Some rare good news. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.

submitted 29 days ago • 182 comments

Ending double taxation of Indians here on temporary work visas just as we do for many other countries (including US, EU, etc) is "two-tier taxation". Ignorance, racism, cynical opportunism, or all three?

submitted 31 days ago • 28 comments

An optimistic but feasible reading of this week's results. #localelections #reform

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Farage is politically smart and agile. But he has been proved totally wrong on Brexit, Trump and Putin. Attacking his judgement really shouldn't be too hard.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Ah, so the spoiled rich kid is bored and wants a new toy? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Trump has blinked but as long as it's a 90 day delay here, a 30 day pause there, how can any business plan for the future? Do those who've paused shipments now start again or wait for more long-term certainty? #TrumpTariffs

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Well there it is. He’ll dress it up but that’s a massive climb down.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Back in #Ghent. Still a great city. #Belgium

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

An extraordinary graph.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Seven years ago and now we are where we are #Brexit #DontBuyTheSun

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Got a sunset...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I've had many great visits to the USA over the years. I won't risk travelling there in the current climate.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Haven't been to Wolverhampton in a while - sad to see the old Express and Star offices where we used to knock out 7 editions a day now closed and deserted. I knew times were changing then but didn't realise how fast... #media #newspapers

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Canada is considering blocking US access to Pornhub, a Canadian site, as part of the trade war. Every Republican puts on a brave face for the public.

submitted 82 days ago • 82 comments

You never really forget your first style guide. No matter how many years pass, its rules on caps will always seem natural to you and any deviation from them a kind of biblical perversion.

submitted 85 days ago • 45 comments

submitted 87 days ago • 154 comments

First private schools, now this. It's almost as if the scaremongerers don't know what they're taking about.... #Ulez www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Andrew Neil now.... and exactly four months ago. A great example of the British Right finally catching up. Their primary objective of 'owning the libs' has hit brutal reality.

submitted 90 days ago • 139 comments

And in today's least surprising news... Always an unlikely scenario put about by those desperate to hold onto their privilege. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Great weather for a day out! #WarwickCastle #Warwick #UK

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments