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Full time carer. Retired ex Govt, Innovation, R&D, Industrial Policy, views all mine. Live in Dorset, happy place is Lohr am Main, Lower Franconia, rejoin EU. Bake sourdough. Walk a lot. Drink nice coffee. Garden a bit. Rescues plants. Grows veg.
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With all the Spending Review press releases and social media I’m sure @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk will have wanted the Govt to announce to MPs rather than the media !!

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

My instant response to Winter Fuel Payment news & key message to the Chancellor (I heard while walking to the office, so pls forgive the fact it was done there and then for speed)

submitted 10 hours ago • 5 comments

No mention of R&D but clearly if economic growth remains the Govt number one priority then tilting the R&D budgets towards innovation & commercial R&D must be the objective since this leverages huge amount of private sector funding & delivers economic growth. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Sounding very disjointed, needs huge defence allocation as well. Wonder what are the odds of a new Chancellor delivering the Autumn Budget.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

No doubt that well known term "shovel ready" will get used a lot in the Spending Review. It rarely is ready for any shovel. Chancellor to announce £15bn for transport projects www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Well that's a very good move if true. An excellent choice for the Chief of Defence role. RAF chief to lead armed forces, BBC understands www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

The public doesn’t like Brexit. Has anyone told the media? From the broadsheets to the tabloids, journalism is increasingly out of touch with public opinion. @jonnelledge.bsky.social @newstatesman.com @leedseurope.bsky.social @grassrootsforeurope.org www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

If I were leader of the Conservative party, I would simply expel a deeply unpopular former leader with absolutely no constituency in the country whose premiership and post-premiership do my party nothing but harm.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

I wonder how many times AI will be called out by Reeves in her Spending Review statement. Can help thinking HM Treasury will have factored much more than two weeks AI savings, a sort of stretch target…. www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Love these blousy peonies

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Nigel Farage’s ‘£7 Billion DEI Savings’ Don’t Actually Exist bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/n...

submitted 4 days ago • 96 comments

Never seems a little green spider 🕷️ before, liking the rose.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Not an original idea in his head. Mini Trump 👇👇👇

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

“In nearly every industry, the United States’ most transformative innovations over the last eight decades depended on government funding, because the government was the most patient and reliable actor willing to take on risks for the public benefit.” And China will reap the benefits.

submitted 4 days ago • 58 comments

TACO Trump - Making it up as he goes along www.dw.com/en/us-update...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Tonight’s first earlies for dinner plus a few strawberries

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Friday night and it’s Weizen time

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Well next Saturday 7th is the Jurassic Trek for @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and the T Shirt has arrived. Thanks to everyone for support so far, my Just Giving page is still open though every donation helps and is really valued. 👇👇 www.justgiving.com/page/simon-e...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Hashtag #fantasyeconomics 👇👇

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Two great novels by @charlesbeaumont.bsky.social @aspyalone.bsky.social The second A Spy at War chillingly set in the Russia war against Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

How the EU maintains its "strong" position on sanctions and support for Ukraine 🇺🇦 when this is happening, and why doesn't the EU do something about Hungary and Slovakia. From @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments