A fortnight of positive news for the UK economy - Labour deserve more credit We've just had two weeks of positive news stories about the UK economy - and it's about time Labour got some credit for their good work.

A fortnight of positive news for the UK economy – Labour deserve more credit

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I realised afterwards 😳

NHS waiting times have fallen for nine months in a row - thanks to the hard work of our Welsh NHS staff.

This May is a clear choice: stick with a plan that’s delivering, or risk undoing that progress.

President Donald Trump and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at CPAC in 2018. Credit: Shealah Craighead / White House (Public domain) Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal.

Reform UK's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, jailed over pro-Russia bribes The former MEP had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery Dan Haygarth • Friday 21 November 2025 15:42 GMT TREASON. Involving Russia - our greatest threat and enem...

The total tax Tice's companies are known to have avoided through onshore and offshore entities, or failed to pay, in relation to Quidnet now amounts to almost £800,000.

Reform hopeful said Nazis were 'real visionaries' Fintan Hogan, Constance Kampfner - Northern Correspondent Nathaniel Menday has described himself as an ethno-nationalist Reform UK has been accused of "systemic failure" in its vetting after candidates were found to have described the Nazis as "real visionaries", complained immigrants bred "like rats" and encouraged Southport rioters to burn down a mosque.

Incredible really that our media and political landscape is dominated by crisis about Starmer’s fitness for office, while it simultaneously paves the way for corrupt, racist Reform to take power.
Do we actually care about integrity at all? Because if we did… this shitshow wouldn’t stand a chance…

Welsh Government has announced ‘stabilising’ funding for palliative and end-of-life care in Wales… together with setting up the foundation to put hospice care delivery across Wales on a sustainable and equitable basis.”

“ …it is important that whoever takes over completes the task.”

Think carefully when casting your vote for the next Welsh government.

Think about how you want your loved ones to be cared for in their last few days.

Hospice care is vital for families struggling to get through some of the hardest days of their lives.

Ultimately it will most likely affect you

The rise in inflation last month was driven almost entirely by petrol prices.

They jumped from 132p to 140p on average pushing up transport inflation. Fuel oil also pushed up domestic bills when it almost doubled in price.

Has Richard Tice resigned from his front bench & deputy leader positions in Reform yet?

It's a week since controversy over his unpaid tax came to light. It is way more serious than anything related to Angela Rayner.

He called for her to go. But he remains in place.

Why won't Reform take action?

Happy St George’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Let’s celebrate England’s traditions, people, and history.

Speaking of history, not many people know that the dragon was actually defeated outside Barnsley Town Hall – and luckily, we have photographic proof!!

Tomorrow is a symbolic day in the House of Lords.

At the end the end of this Parliamentary session, expected next week, hereditary peers will finally all be removed from the Lords thanks to new laws our Labour government have brought in.

Tomorrow the Lords effectively delete their...

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It's good to share these feelings!

Same. I've had to take time out from it today as it's really been getting me down.

Our focus should be on doing everything possible to stop a Reform govt. If they get in, the NHS, ties with EU, social care, workers rights, ECHR all on the bonfire. We become a US satellite with the same rights as Belarus. i.e None.

Farage & the global right are salivating over a Starmer exit.

Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops Ed Miliband is helping to turn the country into a nation of 'solar zealots' and Josiah Mortimer is enthusiastically along for the ride

“We will become a nation of energy producers; millions of little green power stations. Is that utopian? I don’t think so. It’s already possible, and it’s already happening on a small scale. The challenge is scaling it up.”

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The media in this country are doing what the media in the USA did when it comes to Trump - they’re ignoring Farage, the scandals & the crypto financing completely because they're billionaire owners expect Farage to give them massive tax breaks at the expense of public services

QUICK! While the Hungarian guy is out, but before the Bulgarian guy comes in!

I switched off. Maybe for good this time.

If anyone actually thinks the media are going after Keir Starmer and get him to resign, I have a message for you: they are not doing that.

They are going after a Labour Prime Minister and trying to get them to resign.

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I agree

Me too

Wall of posters on steps exiting the Underground at Westminster.
These companies get every opportunity to influence our legislation.
Yet when we asked Ofcom for details of its meetings with Google (who own YouTube) Ofcom refused to tell us whether they had EVER met.
What price transparency?

Me too

🤯 CATL has developed a battery capable of allowing an electric vehicle to drive 1,500km on a single charge, the Chinese group claimed on Tuesday

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Agreed.

UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9% Most analysts had predicted the rate would remain unchanged at 5.2%.

Further confirmation that gloom over the labour market was considerably overdone.

Employment numbers also look broadly stable, and real wages still rising (slowly).

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UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9% Most analysts had predicted the rate would remain unchanged at 5.2%.

Yet again, reality turns out better than doomsday predictions.

Also, wages still increasing faster than inflation (for now at least)

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this. Complaint has been submitted, but I'm left feeling even more scared about the future of our country.

If you're shocked and disgusted by this, follow Alex's link in the thread to put in a complaint to the BBC.

Picking up yesterdays thread from #WildflowerHour

Here, it isn’t only lady’s smock that holds the orange tip’s young.

Honesty thrives—fairy money by the Fairy House door—
and Jack-by-the-hedge is there too, quietly doing his work.

A small, steady nursery.
A beginning, held in more than one place.