Does NATO even really exist anymore? Time to think about that European defence force?
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Does NATO even really exist anymore? Time to think about that European defence force?
How was the social contract destroyed under Labour? Above inflation wages, sure start centres, NHS approval rated highest in the world, way more money for education. The only marker which worsened was affordability of housing.
Quite a few people are asking why Angela Rayner didn't just put a call into the head of HMRC.
That would be wildly improper in 2025. However it was absolutely the done thing in 1925
A completely tangential thread:
Windows 11 has warned me that today is International Cat Day. I can only assume this means social media is going to be 87% more fluffy today.
It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives
With Farage inciting his supporters to kickstart the Farage Riots again this Summer, watch him claim to know nothing again if he succeeds.
President Pushes to Strip Citizenship From American for Criticizing Him
One reason we’re in that situation—not the only reason, but a significant contributor—is because of figures who proclaimed a national speech crisis when people they consider lesser talked back to them.
I’ll never get over that
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
To quote an old line, the average IQ of both parties has gone up.
Would you look at that? Getting sucked into far-right American funded hate didn't actually create any winners - just losers all round. bylinetimes.com/2025/07/07/s...
Labour announcing their plan for community centres which will include medical services (dignostic, mental health, dentistry, etc) and link up with debt, employment and other services. Absolutely huge. What are the media talking about? The Chancellor was a bit teary.
Oh yes, and enriching Uranium, at massive expense for a struggling economy, to weapons grade levels was just a practical joke I suppose?
The Ages of Rod Stewart
2018: Advocates for a second Brexit referendum saying that voters might have been misled in the first one
2021: Brexit has been a “disaster for the UK”
2025: "Give Nigel Farage a chance"
He wants to give the person who misled the British people in 2016, a chance? 🤷♂️
They're free to be defended in court now. If the government is in the wrong, they'll win their case.
These aircraft are not being used illegally, therefore the defence that they are preventing a crime does not apply.
As it's in the news again - this is the post I wrote a few months ago on why the disability benefits bill has been going up.
Essentially, you can't remove need by removing support - it just pops up as a cost somewhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
Foreign secretary David Lammy tells Reform's Sarah Pochin to "get off social media and get help"
As she spouts nonsensical conspiracy theories in parliament
Pete Hegseth explains how there's no new evidence to suggest that Iran is building nuclear weapons and that it was just Trump's hunch
9th anniversay of brexit referendum. If anyone fancies a laugh, this is what arch-brexiteer, Daniel Hanan, said life would be like in 2025 if we voted to leave. www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
This is the last thing the BBC needs
1. Take a situation that has challenges - pretend it's a huge crisis (trade deficit, immigration);
2. Use it as a pretext to massively deploy executive power in a way previously constrained by laws and norms;
3. When anyone complains yell, THERE'S A CRISIS AND YOU'RE WHINING ABOUT LAWS & NORMS?!?
So, when Starmer said two hospitals in Badenoch's constituency are getting new scanners, she said there was only one hospital in her constituency. I've checked and there are three main ones, plus community centres. Did she forget about boundary changes?
Interesting campaign strategy. Tell the voters they're all feckless and that's why they should vote for an unhinged maniac to rule over them for their own good.
Setting aside the implausibly high number, wonder if actually most people would prefer a government that protected them from AI making it even harder to actually speak to humans about whatever they're trying to achieve...
NEWS! Winter Fuel Payment to be reintroduced for all state pensioners (Eng & Wal) but clawed back through tax if you earn £35,000+.
My instant analysis of how it works, what it means and is it an improvement.
youtu.be/fHg7ReqbnpA
