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There's a decent case for scrapping NHS England but doing so is a major change programme that will take up substantial ministerial and official time. Hard to see how govt can do this while also making good progress on meeting the 18 week target AND the three shifts ahead of the next election

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Absolutely next level batsh1t. Where do you even start? A series of treaties set the border. The line largely follows the 49th parallel.

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Many thanks to BBC Breakfast for giving me the chance to discuss why rumoured huge cuts to disability support would be cruel & counterproductive. The system urgently needs reform - but these cuts will do nothing but increase hunger & hardship and derail plans to boost employment.

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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... > ‘operation chainsaw’? Is this for real? Do they seriously think mimicking Musk and Milei is good branding?

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Wearing gray shirts, not brown or black this time though. With special privileges and control of the police. Not at all subtle.

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I can just see it - all those red state F-250s and Silverados getting traded in tomorrow for the moonmobile that looks like a hunk of metallic origami. 😭

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I wrote a new piece for foreign policy. The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card. When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water. Thread. 1/ foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/e...

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It hasn’t even been two months and already we know we don’t need the long judgment and perspective of history: his second administration is extremely high up there, arguably the top, in terms of both most openly and brazenly corrupt and lawless: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 6 days ago • 81 comments

www.cnbc.com/2025/03/07/t... > straight up pay to play corruption. Unreal.

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The Commerce Department just made it easier for states and municipalities to use government subsidies to buy Musk’s Starlink internet service. When Musk's many ethics conflicts are tallied up, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.

submitted 5 days ago • 191 comments

My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...

submitted 6 days ago • 141 comments

“It’s a kind of farm subsidy, but for billionaires making digital magic beans instead of food.”

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You have to wonder who did they think was buying Teslas… and the ridiculous cyber trucks?

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Democrats must rapidly become the anti-corruption party. The Senator is showing the way. Journalists: if you want to keep a free press you need to keep digging on all of these stories and more, and explain the depth, scale and patterns to people.

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Musk is into sci fi and Mars. X’s AI name, Grok - a verb - comes from Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land - where a child left behind on a Martian colony is adopted by Martians and learns their telepathic communication and metaphysical skills. He returns to Earth as a kind of second Messiah. 🧐😬

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While all workers are covered by new measures in the Government Employment Rights Reform Bill, low-paid workers are most likely to be affected ⤵️

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Who has foreknowledge of the tariff announcements / U-turns and is shorting the market? It’s a rinse and repeat insider trading opportunity. And the administration has gutted the agencies who would investigate, and replaced their leadership with cronies. Financial journalists: your time to shine…

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Key thing to focus on: ✅Persuading OBR to score better employment support as delivering welfare savings: great. ❌Welfare savings from slashing benefits, hitting people already struggling to get by, unable to afford essentials: deeply damaging & counter productive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Worth stating simply what’s happening. An American government is launching a full-scope political & economic assault on an ally repelling an ongoing invasion to compel them to terminate martial law, topple their president, hand over minerals to America & accept a ceasefire w/out security guarantees.

submitted 9 days ago • 112 comments

Former SSA Commissioner @martinomalley.bsky.social: It's interesting to me that the people that are going after waste, fraud, and abuse would do away first with the division, whose job it was to guard against improper payments, waste fraud and abuse... This is totally irresponsible.

submitted 7 days ago • 28 comments

I just can’t stomach the North Korea-coded propaganda Barbie 4.0 ‘press conferences’ from the White House. How long will the real journalists keep showing up? It’s just a theatre for disinformation. Spend that time investigating the avalanche of naked corruption and lawbreaking instead please…

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It’s like a festival of red flags, an orchestral symphony of alarm bells. A global AGM of bad ideas.

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1. Trump is pushing forward with his plans to create a "Crypto Strategic Reserve." No one has bothered to explain why diverting government resources into crypto has ANY STRATEGIC BENEFIT FOR THE UNITED STATES. The only benefit is for people who are current investors in crypto. It's a grift.

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"The most striking aspect to Trump's crypto reserve and the scrapping of anti-money laundering rules, which together amount to a global charter for criminals, is that he's making no effort to dress them up. This pig has no lipstick." My column. on.ft.com/43kiBOu

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EU chief unveils €800bn plan to ‘rearm’ Europe

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MASSIVE FISCAL PACKAGE OUT OF BERLIN: 12-20%+ of GDP. - 500 billion fund for public investment - All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake. - Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment. Germany is back - economically and militarily. 1/x

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'After Germany’s unification in 1990, we celebrated the fact that Germany had become a “normal” European country. Now, in a sense, we must mourn it.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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alumni.web.ox.ac.uk/article/euro...

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Mirroring the far right on immigration backfired for Germany’s political centre | Johannes Hillje

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Members of the House of Lords have voted in favour of exempting smaller charities from the upcoming increase to employer national insurance contributions

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

submitted 18 days ago • 1053 comments

“There are inherent limitations to any voluntary sector/state partnership; nor can most relationships between charities and the government helpfully be described that way. To that extent, Streeting has a point.” - @andrewpurkis.bsky.social

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Charities have been encouraged to tell funders either to increase their funding to cover the impending increase to employer national insurance contributions or expect a reduced output @dsc-charity.bsky.social

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Another piece I wrote for the @thebulwark.bsky.social on yesterday’s negotiation with Russia. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-neg...

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In our latest article, Jay Kennedy highlights some key policy trends and initiatives that will affect the charity sector this year, including insights on the Civil Society Covenant, Devolution White Paper and Trump 2.0. Take a look at the full article here: www.dsc.org.uk/content/look...

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Do you use AI tools to help you with your grant applications? In our new article, Ben Wittenberg, Director of Development and Delivery at DSC, looks at the use of AI in funding applications, listing some useful plus points as well as some things to watch out for. 🔗 www.dsc.org.uk/content/ai-a...

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New blog - Debra Allcock Tyler, DSC's CEO, shares her reaction to the Health Secretary's recent comments about the charity sector. Wes Streeting referred to charities as 'stakeholders' instead of 'partners', contradicting the Civil Society Covenant. Take a look here: www.dsc.org.uk/content/the-...

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James Brooke Turner’s book for @dsc-charity.bsky.social “cuts through the investment industry’s mystique and jargon to show you how you can set an investment policy and think clearly about your financial goals and measures of success”.

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Having trouble deciding what to do and in which order? Managing tasks, deadlines, colleagues and responsibilities can be hard work! In our latest blog, Stuart Cole, DSC's Head of Research, shares advice on managing a heavy workload effectively. Take a look here: www.dsc.org.uk/content/four...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

As ever, it’s all projection. The real corruption is happening before our eyes and it’s so utterly brazen people can’t seem to believe it.

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What could possibly go wrong 😬 www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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www.charitytimes.com/ct/Governmen... > interesting - will it change commissioners’ decisions?

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In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted | Rafael Behr

submitted 29 days ago • 31 comments

‘Pronouns’ also banned. What’s next - adjectives? Prepositions?

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The government has been encouraged by @dsc-charity.bsky.social to delay the upcoming increase to employer National Insurance Contributions for charities to allow trustees more time to plan for the tax rise

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