I just cannot believe that Shapps is tweeting this… ‘Re-purposed’ Northern Rail carriages seem to be fine for the North – I’m wondering would they be equally good as a classroom in Surrey? Or even perhaps, his own constituency of Welwyn and Hatfield? Maybe we could begin to realise that the fact that we have… Read more
Social Care – or not
The announced ‘solution’ to the care crisis really couldn’t be any worse. National Insurance (NI) with its start at a rate lower than income tax and a rate on the highest income of nil is demonstrably regressive. The fact that companies and employers will have to pay this NI as well and just after a… Read more
At least Sky seems to get it…
The speaker should be a bastion of our democracy..
But now, I’m afraid isn’t… Sir Lindsay Hoyle – Speaker of the UK House of Commons has now decreed that he wants no jeans or sports wear for The House. Should he perhaps have prescribed Ermine – just of lesser quality than the Lords? Or even better, a Frock coat and tights? After all, MP’s… Read more
UK exports suffer huge slump since Brexit vote
This is the title of the piece in the ‘Daily Business’ – and it is no exaggeration. It continues: The Commons data shows the UK saw a decline in exports of -5.5% over five years, putting it behind 13 neighbouring countries: Ireland (+48.1%), Finland (+18.8%), Sweden (+15.5%), the Netherlands (+15%), Denmark (+14%), Luxembourg (+13.6%), Austria… Read more
Unless building back better is a metaphor…
It doesn’t look to have much prospect of coming about. The Independent reports: Builders are being forced to down tools amid a “perfect storm for construction” which is putting the UK’s economic recovery in doubt, industry groups have warned. The cost of building materials has soared by 20 per cent, exacerbating the problems facing an… Read more
This is visceral
There is fellow feeling in this commentary on the last week in the UK … Although – Warning! best avoided if you object to frequent swearing. Personally I seem to have reached the stage where it is probably a necessity, so this is a strangely satisfying watch…… Read more
This is, unbelievably, a member of our very own government – and is also a clip from the BBC….
I find it difficult to believe that this man considers that he is in charge of education. He has had months – if not more than a year – to organise CO2 monitors – or even air filters in schools, but has singularly failed to do so. Just see: It seems that he is a… Read more
The ‘wages’ of immigration are actually most likely, rent
As, personally, a ‘remainer’, we need to speak about wages. It seems that a lot of the original talk that EU immigration had a small – or less – effect on wages was not entirely correct – and let’s be straight about that. It did not actually seem right to me at the time and… Read more
Opting out of what you regulate and run…
A brief and probably, random thought – shouldn’t an incoming progressive government make it illegal for MP’s themselves to use either private healthcare or private education? Initially at least, I cannot see much wrong with that – provided that we get such a government… That would have the effect of encouraging those who wanted to… Read more
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