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“Fusion” material?

Imaging the truly nightmare scenario - and I say this with the love that only an ex-staffer can have - if UK parliamentary staffers had the rank equivalent of major general or rear admiral.

These days, if you say you’re a senator, you get thrown in jail

Yes. According to Army protocol, congressional staff are VIP Code 5, with a rank equivalent to a two-star general/admiral. Members of Congress are of course significantly higher. I have never seen USCP, FPS, or any other federal LEO treat any Member with anywhere near this disrespect and violence.

I have new glasses that are a different shape and now the profile image I’ve been using for ~7 years is out of date

I am very glad to live in a country where we only forcibly manhandle national legislators if they pick up a golden mace

More important point is that these monthly GDP figures are close to meaningless. Just noise. Up in March down in April. Big picture: growth is feeble and we should ignore monthly ups and downs until a consistent picture emerges.

Here it is... the smoking gun that should bring down this entire EHRC committee.

Babies are hilarious. Olly has been trying to get J to sleep for hours with no luck, usual things not working. Wits’ end. I came home fifteen minutes ago, had him in my arms for two minutes, fast asleep since.

Good job we haven’t just announced further reliance on this deal into the next three decades

Podcasts. youtube.com/shorts/6328Q...

Yes, this is what the authors of the Equality Act intended

Time for some initial Spending Review analysis! As expected, this is a very health-centric Spending Review - most of the day-to-day spending increase goes there. Depending how you count it, 20 or so departments will have to share about £5 billion of the remaining increases.

Always a good day when the Church of England makes it onto Jedi News www.jedinews.com/film-music-t...