Tube drivers are quite well paid. Compare to say London Police Officers

Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich

Well, today we're taxing the rich...

Variable geometry to encompass UK, Ukraine, Türkiye, Canada, Japan, South Korea, ANZ…

Why do you think stats say one thing and lived experience something else?

What about a minimum income tax of 20% (to start) of income plus CGT (with local income taxes deducted, and UK allowances etc) on all UK passport holders to fund defence? Ex pats who live abroad can choose whether to abandon their passports (and votes) or pay tax?

The UK has now had so much wage compression that its wage curve is actually less unequal than the Soviet Union managed on a p10 vs p90 basis. Whatever people are mad about it is not inequality.

Source?

But Colby said it could not help Ukraine because it needed to pivot to China. I wonder if the representative read Colby’s words back to him

Screenshot of a post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump): “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Threatening war crimes and mocking Islam isn't a sign of strength, it's a sign of weakness.

The PM should rule out UK forces and airfields being used for any attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure.

What more will it take for Starmer to call off the Royal Visit Trump craves?

And heating and industrial processes. I really hope we can get to renewables faster - but we still have a long way to travel from 80%

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It is not just electricity- this is primary energy

Also this is electricity only

1 is good for balance of payments and ability to function in shocks (and trade barriers)
2 renewables are still small everywhere because it is a hard marathon. Pretending it could be a sprint through stopping drilling leaves us vulnerable to times like now

If we are going to use fossil fuels, would it not be better to use our own?

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Unserious magic money. Like breaking up the Treasury to show we care about growth. Keep quiet on remedies and don’t box yourself in

Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

If Ukrainian housewives with LEGO can take out main battle tanks like his then he is really in trouble

Countries banning all teenagers from social media because "their brains aren't developed enough to handle it", meanwhile nobody's talking about the percentage of retirement-aged adults who have irreversibly cooked their fucking brains on Facebook since 2020.

Leader of the free world

We love you

Obv credit to Ukraine, but has Kier Starmer achieved something impressive?

This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.

67% of Britons describe themselves as anti-Trump, with Reform UK voters the only group more likely to be pro-Trump than anti

By 2024 vote
Lib Dem: 89% anti-Trump / 2% pro-Trump
Labour: 85% / 3%
Green: 82% / 4%
Conservative: 61% / 19%
Reform UK: 24% / 46%

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Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

And ungracious in defeat - progressives told “how to vote” - he lost double

🤨 UK officials told a Ukrainian girl to wear noise-canceling headphones for air-raid panic.

Sky News reports her family’s asylum claim was denied, with authorities citing parts of Ukraine as “safe” despite the ongoing Russian war.

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What’s really striking in Saruman’s speech to Gandalf is how broadly (and unusually for Tolkien) relevant it is. Take out the one specific reference to the Elves and Númenor and it is just an absolute classic rationale for collaborating with evil in the confidence you can ultimately direct it.

I think it just confirms what Putin is trying to do here - a quarrel between 2 friends on spheres of influence

🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat?

Con 31% v Ref 24%

Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%

LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%

Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%