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"I am getting to the point where I refuse to spend more of my time making the case. It just makes you think they don't actually want growth everywhere. They just want to hold on to things down here. We need Whitehall reform but we also need Westminster reform.”

The UK is almost three decades into a mass devolution of powers (if not resources to a similar extent).

The centre still acts like a nineteenth century colonial administration.

Staggering what it tries to manage- and fails to.

Burnham is right here.

Corrupt

I'm about to review my 52nd Sticky Toffee Pudding, but earlier today I got a call from my team...

shocked, just shocked, that Nigel Farage, a favourite on Russia Today who has spoken of his admiration for Putin & has repeated Kremlin talking points, who was a close associate of Russian asset & Reform politician Nathan Gill, blames *Ukraine*

STP Guy has joined bluesky!

Why are members of the House of Lords allowed to own lobbying firms in the first place ?!! This is completely absurd.

In France, that would be illegal.

Them damn Romans...

Absolutely. The honours system.

This Tim Allan fellow, is he the tool maker?

⚡️ BREAKING: International Olympic Committee has banned Vladyslav Heraskevych from using a custom helmet featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia at the 2026 Olympics.

'...understand the lessons we must learn'

Nigel Farage’s Epstein Hypocrisy The Reform leader's own connections to the Jeffrey Epstein story are far deeper than he now pretends

Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!

Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.

Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.

Wasn't expecting to see Jason Manfod in the mix.

The Reform traitors will no doubt be on their knees begging for a handout, like true bootlickers.

Evil.

That‘s the spirit.

help, I paid $80,000 for a spreadsheet entry and it’s losing its intrinsic value

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

By searching for "Farage" in the Epstein Files database (justice.gov/epstein), 38 results come up.

In one, Steve Bannon suggests to Epstein that his advisory roles to European political parties means he can influence European Parliament…. 1/3

Reminder: Mandelson was appointed to made a trade "deal" (with zero legal basis) with a country which is reneging on it and which anyway buys only 17% of UK goods exports.

Not convinced that's worth a scandal which might bring down a prime minister. America-brain strikes British politics again.

Ian drunken smith on ch4 just then, the free loading bag of shite.

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Do Business Rates really buy pints, eat out or go to club?

A fascinating piece for all civil servants. On regulation for me it’s about risk appetite and whether civil servants can spell out costs and consequences and whether politicians really have an appetite for risk. And ultimately prioritising is key. Focus on fewer things to get done than announcements

The Vice-President of Germany's Football Association calls for a debate about boycotting this year's World Cup because of Trump

"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses."

Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.

Starmer could not have made his outrage & call for Trump to apologise over his insulting words re the UK's contribution in Afghanistan, any clearer. He was very blunt.

Yet BBC News spent 20 minutes trying in every possible way, to heap some blame on the PM!
That is as disgusting as Trumps comments.

Once again, these people aren't "patriots". They hate their own countries and have built an entire career out of attacking them, while cheering on any foreign leader who does the same

Anthropic: Best for coding applications

Gemini: Best for summarizing meetings and taking notes

Grok: Best for harassing women and sexualizing children

ChatGPT: Best for assisted suicide