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John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy

submitted 7 days ago • 32 comments

Remember all these headlines describing a brief rise in government borrowing costs as being "market mayhem", followed by a week of demands for Rachel Reeves to quit? Well one week later and it turns out UK gilts are now outperforming every other G7 country this year, aside from the US

submitted 37 days ago • 139 comments

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Keir Starmer; those annoying pesky facts in full: Those taking a passing interest in my ramblings will know this but feel free to pass it on the far-right Tory and ReformUK Ltd supporters and subscribers most of whom are unschooled, ignorant and easily conned. 🧵

submitted 48 days ago • 15 comments

I understand the sentiment behind dry January, but if you don't want to commit to this, I've an alternative. Pub January, where you stop in at your local hostelry, have a drink and support a sector that is in danger of shrinking into obscurity, and with it a large of part of our heritage.

submitted 53 days ago • 37 comments

New! Ending inheritance tax exemption for farmers will not spell the end of the family farm, argues Paul Cheshire. It was the introduction of the tax exemption in the first place that made farmland unaffordable for farmers. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Great turnout from the farmers but wrong day. The marrying your cousin debate was yesterday.

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments