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And the same effect can be witnessed in other areas too

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Fifty decayed teeth in 10 kids in reception. Why do we hear so little about this dental crisis outside the Commons? Because private dentistry is now the norm among the English elite. open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

In a world of endless TV channels, myriad streaming opportunities why is it impossible to view Imma Tateranni in the UK

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It strikes me every time I walk about in towns and cities, the blithe disregarding of destructive poverty. I'm cheered by my absolute agreement with someone whose politics I don't always agree with. But politics of that sort seems able to solve few of our current problems.

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And he is a populist signaller in this instance and contaminated by his associations. Stroking voters unrealistic ambitions of change without cost is the cheapest of shots

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Brisbane Road was always a proper ground in its own territory. The move to bring in & involve the community exemplary. Now a dream to attract the highly paid from everywhere to chase the premiership dream. Boo!

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I couldn’t care less about an EU youth mobility visa. If it helps get a better deal, fine. But it is meaningless in terms of migrant rights. One more nationality-based, time limited, capped visa with NRPF is not the change our immigration system needs. Not even the right direction. #r4today

submitted 33 days ago • 11 comments

From personal observation I'd say the neurodivergent are over represented amongst the music sharers on public transport

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Is there now NO scenario in which any government can increase income tax. Lots more absurdities to come if so.

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Thirty-six years on, the 97 are never forgotten I have always supported the Hillsborough Law. As a trade unionist I stood with the campaigners demanding it - I ran for election on a manifesto that promised it - as an MP I look forward to voting it into law soon Justice

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I see the rise in sales with my own eyes, not in London, or a big city but on the outer fringes of Medway where the cottontops dwell

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ICYM Solar panel push still won’t cover as much land as golf courses, even if the UK government's 2030 solar power goals are met www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

submitted 43 days ago • 4 comments

I don't care who claims responsibility, or which political party they come from but it is imperative that a large majority of new housing is built for social renting.

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Indeed and the Irish border will make millions for smugglers

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In 1987 my team Gillingham played Sunderland at Roker Park in a playoff game. Several hundred Newcastle fans joined us, arguably their hatred of Sunderland the fiercest emotion on the day

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Kemi Badenoch accepted a £14,000 week-long "residential" for her family and shadow cabinet, courtesy of the chair of climate change denying lobbying group Net Zero Watch. Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

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We need a Rooftop Revolution, welcome as these investments are, they are small - our studies show the vast potential of Britain’s rooftops, to be a significant generator of green power (25% of what we need to build) and bill reducer for millions of homes. We need to go big on this.

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments

Birbalsingh talks loudly and publicly at every opportunity. seems rarely to pause for breath and talks over others. Suspect this goes on in her own head when alone. Zero reflection, unhinged self belief make her opinions sometimes ridiculous

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

In other news millions note that she will never be the full shilling

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

The cost of reaching net zero in the UK by 2050 is now predicted to be just 0.2% of GDP (about £4 billion per year). Spread this far and wide. It reveals Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to net zero for being 'too expensive' as just plain wrong.

submitted 90 days ago • 11 comments

World famous eh? Rochdale is a fine town but it's world famous for one thing and one thing only: the birth of ther co-operative movement. Unsurprising that a psycho-disaster capitalist like Cummings would not have noticed that.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Just a small reminder that Amazon provides nothing that others do not, it isn't always the cheapest option and it's a lousy employer. Oh yes and then there's the tax thing.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Four weeks this morning, GM will have achieved its long-held ambition of integrated public transport by uniting bus and tram in a single payment system. People will be able to make journeys using a combination of both and never pay more than the daily cap. Rail added from 2026. #ChangeDay

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Thames Water have had a £3bn loan approved. Their debts will now cost them £900m a year in interest, which is where one third of your water bill goes. Yet they managed to pay shareholders £158m in dividends last year. Someone ought to nationalise the greedy fuckers…

submitted 99 days ago • 25 comments

Do we really need growth — and if so, of what? Labour’s growth obsession ignores a key truth: we’ve already ‘arrived’ – instead of chasing more, it’s time to share prosperity fairly.

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I'm aware of course of the general decline in crime in the 1990s, but just looking at the scale of it is jaw dropping. Our best estimate is that there were 2.4 million burglaries in 1993, which fell to 400,000 in 2023 www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

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Well done Greater Manchester! Now reaping the rewards of your consistent investment in 🐝 network: walking up from 52% to 57% & short car trips down from 41% to 36% in the last 5 years. Residents confirm the 🐝 network is enabling them to walk or cycle as part of daily lives. 👏

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Incredibly, there are Medieval Streets in Edinburgh, where we STILL have HGVs! No WONDER there are potholes. An SUV weighs TWO TONNES! Anyone wanting Cars in the City Centre is bonkers.

submitted 115 days ago • 4 comments

I regularly stood on football terraces up and down the country in the 80s. Dwindling crowds, the nastiest hanging on, random violence and constant abuse. I hung on because there was nowhere to go but it wasn't much fun.

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At the heart of Canadian national memory is the awareness that Canadians twice came to the UK's aid in world wars years before the Americans showed up. It will not be forgottem if the Brits now hide in a corner and say nothing when Canada faces existential threats.

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Is it not obvious that the Conservatyive party would disappear in any merger whatever name the new party took

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And I think his description of Reform underselling the UK can be made to stick. Read what Isabel Oakshott is saying after her move to Dubai and the general drift of Reform commentary

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