A little (but unfortunately only a little) levity for the weekend: This quote surely is designed for economists who seem to be quite unaware how money fits in or even where it actually comes from. Then there is this suitcase – which is probably far more important: Looks to be fine for going to the… Read more
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Analogy for climate control…
I enjoyed this Australian ‘import’ comparing climate Net Zero to alcohol consumption. Indeed the concept doesn’t look to be very much different from UK government thinking, based as most of that is, not on actions, but just good intentions – and we learn every day just how reliable they are! The piece both raises a… Read more
Government thinks that the only law that works is the law of supply and demand – but they prove it doesn’t!
The Evening Standard – no less – has pointed out the disaster that is our Criminal Justice System, saying that the extra 33 ‘Nightingale’ emergency courts have been refused by the Treasury. The article states: The government deliberately slashed court sitting days in 2019, allowing the backlog of case in the crown courts of England… Read more
At least Sky seems to get it…
The NHS is unsafe in Conservative hands
This is the Coventry South MP, Zarah Sultana’s withering take: We might care to think too that since the Conservatives have come to power – and prior to Covid there are/were: 100,000 fewer doctors & nurses 17,000 fewer hospital beds 100 fewer A&E facilities Hospital waiting lists have doubled. That is a litany of the… Read more
Does this seem currently rather appropriate?
This was of course a trailer from the Corbyn era prior to the lost election. In my view, then as now, it is still a sentiment that is entirely appropriate. Perhaps Conservative techniques are still working and invoking identity politics will keep us opposing each other rather than the real problem. Or, actually, we need… Read more
Police Bill and power
Rebecca Long-Bailey gives two and a half minutes or so of heartfelt opposition to the Police Bill now going through Parliament – amazingly without a single Conservative MP voting against. This Bill not only infringes everyone’s right to free expression, it neatly entails the everyday politicisation of the Police, which as we have seen during… Read more
Don’t say that Milton Keynes is humourless…
Lovely – from ‘Private Eye’, I think…… Read more
A use for Johnson’s speeches?
Apparently Johnson’s speech to the Conservative Party conference on Tuesday was a full 25 minutes of puffery. Someone has found a use for a shorter version:… Read more
Johnson’s government proves the truth of ‘perfidious albion’
This tweet from the BBC’s Europe correspondent provides another possible reason for Johnson’s Internal Market Bill: Katya Adler@BBCkatyaadler Opinion amongst EU diplomats is broadly that IF PM is talking about EU threatening integrity of UK endangering peace in NIreland etc IN ORDER to eventually sell idea to Tory party that doing a trade deal with… Read more