I'm old enough to remember when we stuck 1.25% on National Insurance and it was nothing
And I'm also old enough to remember that it raised about the same amount each year as abolishing tuition fees would cost (at the time)
But yes, abolishing tuition is unaffordable and too much of an ask
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NEW: Andy Burnham blocked for standing in the Denton by-election.
8-1 against.
Lucy Powell only vote in favour.
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
Oh we're so Oscar Back Piastri right now
REAL
God, this whole thing stinks, right down to the fact our get-out clause seems to be 'we got in a retired official to say eh, they're probably in no more danger than they were for helping us anyway'.
The Green Party being net zero is sensational
the problem with Trump is that he loves imposing tariffs more than just having tariffs, so a couple weeks after any tariff pauses he’ll always get bored want to raise them more
Right where is Rylan Clark-Neal and how much money would it take for him to enter Eurovision for us next year
Thank you but I'll wait for Survation.
It's as simple as 'lack of bandwith' and there are two reasons for the lack of more public in-fighting about who dropped the ball. The first is that Starmer hates the airing of that stuff in public so people don't do it. The second IMO is that everyone is worried *THEY* might be the ball-dropper.
Of all the half-arsed governmental reforms in Britain, English devolution has to be the pinnacle. Just no strategy or coherence, no attempt to build the necessary supporting infrastructure for regional govt, alongside too few powers to be meaningful and a lack of accountability mechanisms.
A lot of Americans don't know this, but the winner of the Canadian election will be required live in a small cottage located in the backyard of the palace where the viceroy to the King of England lives.
The cottage just recently got a new wifi router, which was very exciting for all Canadians.
Our first MRP of the 2025 Canadian election projects a 21-seat majority for the Liberals (based on our central projection)
Liberals: 182 seats (+25 notional change vs 2021)
Conservatives: 133 (+7)
NDP: 4 (-20)
Bloc Québécois: 23 (-11)
Greens: 1 (-1)
People's: 0 (=)
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
urbanist sitting backwards on chair: you kids all know the story of Easter, but let me tell you about another "JC" that "has risen",
I have written my first Substack, about three months after first starting the draft. Who says trips abroad aren't good for anything?
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A table with the rows "US Senators, Canadian Senators, and Ottawa Senators", with the following answers, in order, based on the following columns: DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED: Yes, no, no AVERAGE SALARY: $174,000, $127,700, $3.5 million REPRESENTATION OF ALBERTANS: 1 (Ted Cruz), 6, 1 (Ridly Greig) LAST VISIT FROM LORD STANLEY: Never, 100+ years ago, 100+ years ago LEFT WING/RIGHT WING MIX: 45/53, 15/12, 4 left wings 4 centers 4 right wings SHOULD BE ABOLISHED? Yes, Yes, Yes
U.S. Senators, Canadian Senators, and Ottawa Senators:
Learn The Differences
delusional. he’s 2 years old tops.
Think yesterday has a claim to be one of best days for this Government. 3 reasons
1. Taking control of the plant/nationalisation popular in of itself
2. More widely it shows Government can take control of situations
3. Gave Labour a definition/purpose that has been lacking
While some see justice served in the Le Pen decision, they also know this: her family dynasty might be over, but her movement is far from finished, writes @diane2v.bsky.social.
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Back in Singapore 🇸🇬 to support a project with one of our APAC-based tech clients. Have enjoyed exploring this city again over the last few weeks (this time feeling more and more like a local), and am looking forward to the next two weeks!
Spain’s Constitution says governments ought to “establish means to facilitate access by workers to ownership of the means of production”. Not much has been done about this—yet...
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Medieval peasant hearing of the baroness’ successful delivery of a male heir:
If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten the UK, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
We can all hope that this rift between European democratic states and the US is temporary and certainly try to minimise it if possible. But we should not delude ourselves, writes Dominic Grieve.
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"Who is more responsible for the current state of the economy?"
Trump: 44%
Biden: 34%
Neither: 9%
YouGov / Mar 11, 2025 / n=1699
