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The demise of WHSmith reminds me of when my friend queued for ages to buy a protractor, only to get to the front and discover that it was Jeffrey Archer doing a signing

submitted 12 hours ago • 44 comments

I assumed that I'd misread or something and this was about national US politics. But no, it appears the.... electoral contest???... over who gets to be the next judge on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will cost about the same as all campaign spending by all parties in a UK general election.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

The Laffer Curve theory of welfare cuts.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Column. On pathetic European freeloaders. www.thetimes.com/article/7652...

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

TfL being really hit by crap economy and everyone being skint and just… not travelling around London as much as expected. Passenger numbers way below forecast on everything bar the Elizabeth line. Plus at least £32m spent on the cyberattack.

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

Went and checked the government stats and it turns out the number of single people (as is the implied claim here - “this patient gets”) getting over £2.5k in UC, which they’d need to to get over 3.5k with PIP is 1472 in the entire of the U.K. And I’m pretty sure they are all in supported living.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

It might not seem like the major issue, but the historical illiteracy of an American administration complaining that freeloading Europeans haven't done enough to militarily control the Suez Canal is quite the thing, eh?

submitted 3 days ago • 109 comments

Canada is everything.

submitted 4 days ago • 296 comments

Good high level piece. Key takeaways; migration has limited impact on house prices. However, we're not building enough to meet the backlog of demand. Volume of non UK residents of social housing is likely far lower than claimed by right-wingers. www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/housing...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

After years of mocking British food, the NYT is treating a crisp butty as if its some sort of revelation.

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

I see your “spectre of Liz Truss”, and I raise you George Osborne.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Another meme bites the dust

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

My home village living up to its name (Storrington is derived from Storkington, as storks used to knock around there centuries ago).

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

the senators recoil in horror as a wounded Caesar rises from the floor and a second health bar appears on the screen

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

Obligatory post:

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I have never wanted to be in a gang more in my life

submitted 28 days ago • 39 comments

Reality check. Thank you, Financial Times.

submitted 31 days ago • 47 comments

Albert Speer (1945)

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

submitted 56 days ago • 472 comments

"now, Hennimore, I need you to give this briefing to Mr Bell with the Scandinavian name, who is responsible for policy development, It ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT BE SEEN by his twin brother, Mr Bell with the Scandinavian name, who is responsible for policy scrutiny"

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

Can they stop saying click when they mean clique in The Traitors, please? #traitorsUK

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

The email that is still in my drafts waiting to be sent whilst I talk to a person assuming they read that email

submitted 108 days ago • 2 comments

And our congratulations to Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya on publishing the full report! 🎉👏 2 years of hard work conducted as a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) Fellow coming to a conclusion tinyurl.com/bddekube 🦉#parlisky

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

You know who hasn't had this degree of media support for their financial interests? Disabled people, poor people with more than two kids, public sector workers (after all that clapping for the NHS). I'm not usually a 'blame the media' person but seriously - this is mad

submitted 129 days ago • 61 comments

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

submitted 129 days ago • 470 comments

The UK could now get into the place Harold Macmillan foresaw and feared - trapped between Europe and America, unable to choose either. Let's see how it pans out, but we may be simply forced to join the Customs Union and consider some sort of Anglo-French defence union.

submitted 142 days ago • 7 comments

Great analysis here

submitted 167 days ago • 0 comments

The whole winter fuel row is so depressing. Tories who stood on a manifesto to do the same in 2017 condemning it despite secretly agreeing. Labour making stupid arguments about bankruptcy (when there are much better arguments for the policy available.)

submitted 199 days ago • 30 comments

Thank you @jasonreifler.bsky.social for the books! Lovely stocked office right now

submitted 218 days ago • 0 comments

Any other @uniofexeter.bsky.social staff here?

submitted 224 days ago • 0 comments

BlueSky seems to be mostly academics and lawyers so far; an almost uncontrollable crowd!