New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
Three more years of Thanos and his bullying.
Funny that. I’m a regular survey participant and have never been asked!
Videos claiming that the government is introducing a £500 “Christmas Decoration Tax” are being shared online.
As you may have guessed, this isn’t true.
"This has nothing to do with the inconsistencies that have characterised Trump's behaviour on other occasions, but is part of a carefully crafted strategy to reconfigure the world order."
Summary of European reaction to Trump's fashy interference. ~AA
www.eurotopics.net/en/349639/ne...
Thou shalt stop attacking Ms. Rachel for caring about the lives of children.
I assume every single European government is calling in the US Ambassador to say….well one can only imagine.
Gentle reminder that the European Union was established because the first four decades of our 20th century were mostly internecine war and genocide.
"For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years."
This is the legacy of aid cuts. ~AA
time.com/7338791/chil...
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent
Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.
The flag-shagging accounts hate all of these policies, want to deny the existence of child poverty and are happy for the kids to suffer for their parents' circumstances. Despite the "Man of the People" schtick
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Really worrying.
[to the tune of Eleanor Rigby]
Jonathan Gullis
Studies his shorts on the train with a sense of unease
Too much Febreze
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
The harmful and biased medical advice from social medial influencers, highlighting lack of expertise and financial conflicts. Many specific examples and recommendations provided
bmj.com/content/391/...
Dozey Don
Bloody hell
Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after it was confirmed that Israel would be allowed to participate in the competition.
Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the contest.
jrnl.ie/6893728
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
There was something "fundamentally wrong" with how Israel conducted its military operation in Gaza and there are "strong reasons to believe" that war crimes have been committed, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said
Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure, says The Telegraph.
Brexit Effect:
UK GDP down 8%
Investment down 18%
Productivity down 4%
Employment down 4%
Immigration not cut
No trade benefits
No regulatory freedom
Why do some still vote for Farage?
archive.ph/L2Gqp
Kemi just roasted the nasal knight and Rachel from accounts If Reeves was a CEO she'd be down the job centre Starmer should get a backbone and sack her.
The "Rachel from accounts" thing is sexist, classist, misogyny, and anyone who uses it should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
Not so much political reporting as gossip column
I wonder if it's time to retire the role of "political editor" altogether
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
At last!
