British governance has been so debased by the push to vibes-based authoritarianism by the media and right-wing donors that actual collaborative, deliberative governance has become impossible for many to recognise
Yes that’s a v good point on A/C units. Here - air-to-air heat pumps also get a govt subsidy now
I’ve seen figures that UK gets a bit less than half its gas from the North Sea - so the most immediate requirement is to reduce to that level. Surely we could make a dent in that if we really tried? More heat pumps in homes is slow but batteries on the grid could be fast couldn’t it?
Starmer’s position is entirely consistent with what he wrote about Iraq in 2003, a fact of enormous inconvenience to just about everybody currently criticising it. Happily for them, just like the entire bloody Chilcot Inquiry it is apparently very easy to ignore.
And suddenly everyone forgot about the Epstein files.
I don’t care if the Cabinet changed Keir Starmer’s mind on the UKs position in this war. The government I helped elect is doing its job effectively, exactly how it’s meant to.
PS I don’t actually believe that’s what happened though if I’m honest.
Reform's Treasurer and star of the Epstein files, Nick Candy, says he feels safer in Dubai than in London.
If I know Nick, he'd rather get bombed than pay any tax. What a patriot!
Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August.
A reminder: 🇮🇸 is in many ways already a non-voting 🇪🇺 member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.
From Twitter. Worth a share.
The importance of this is so under-appreciated
An impressive win for the Greens yesterday. The press will focus on Labour in third and go completely overboard. My view is that it takes time to fix a country and you can literally feel that just starting to happen. Labour have the time they need…
If you’re in trouble, need help with public services or your children, going to your MP may be the only option.
A compassionate MP is who you need at one of the worst points in your life.
Always consider who you’d want to sit in front of at your greatest time of need.
What’s going on with Reform?
Admit they’re taking away workers rights
Admit they’re taking away renters rights
Admit they’re abandoning Equalities Act
Now admit they’re after your pension.
Have they gone completely mad?
Further announcements by our Labour government. Support for Councils, stronger economic news, reduced borrowing and support for Courts. Changes to SEND support and Youth Future Hubs being rolled out from next month. 👏👏👏👏
People in Clacton are calling Nigel Farage:
Nigel Mirage.
Are we seeing the impact of batteries on the GB grid? The grey peak after 9am this morning is categorised by GridCarbon as “other” but it seems to me it has been growing in recent years
Genuine question. What on earth are all these negative spinners going to do?
The news is positive. Facts are facts. Labour have improved our economy in well under two years.
It’s obvious. And you’re looking really dumb to keep on talking our Country under Labour down.
New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...
A perfect ten from our Labour government this week.
Good news on inflation, fabulous news on the removal of online abusive images and record number of people in employment. 7 news stations in Wales too! 👏👏👏👏
Problem is, Jenrick, you can go on #r4today and bemoan the state of the economy and the cost of living, you can claim to be oh so concerned… but we all know you’re full of shit. We know you don’t care. You spent years failing us as a Tory. You’ve swapped rosettes, not had a personality transplant.
Reform UK want to scrap the Equality Act and leave the ECHR. Yes, this will leave ordinary people open to being exploited by unscrupulous business owners and politicians, but my rich donors and I promise not to take advantage. Trust me, I'm a man of the people.
Many thanks to Zia Yusuf for helping us redefine 'Shadow Minister' to mean someone who isn't in the official party of Opposition, isn't even elected and whose only role is being a toxic gobshite.
It’s almost a year since we learned that Farage’s girlfriend had nearly a mill Swilling around in cash to buy a house in Frinton.
In all that time not one super sleuth has found out how she had all that money.
I find that suspicious. Still.
Inflation falling you say?
Chris Mason-
All hail our leader Farage for making this possible.
Starmer has questions to answer blah blah.
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
If this doesn’t deep-six his Presidency I don’t know what will.
This is vile. This is ugly.
This perpetrator must be held accountable.
No longer is this right versus left.
It’s about right versus wrong.
America’s morality will be tested like never before in nearly 250 years.
Matt Goodwin labelled ‘chicken’ after pulling out of first by-election hustings
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mat...
The media need to listen.
It’s not just Labour grassroots calling for them to STFU. It’s a lot of other people besides, many who never voted for Labour.
The media have lost all credibility with most of the public.
Starmer is popular with real people seeing real improvement
Is it normal for Cabinet officials to have to specify "we left with all of my children" about their past meetings?
Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
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