I can barely remember the “Tell Sid” campaign hawking shares in British Gas in 1986, admits NatWest/RBS chief executive Paul Thwaite. By John-Paul Ford Rojas thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

Twenty-five men jailed for a combined 346 years for their roles in the rape, sexual abuse and trafficking of young girls in West Yorkshire between 1999 and 2012. Their identities could only be revealed today after reporting restrictions were lifted.
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Tory staff are running a network of Facebook groups with 38k members that have become a hotbed of racism, misinformation and calls for criminal damage. Anti-ULEZ groups don’t say they were set up by the Conservatives as part of a coordinated campaign. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

'A government spokesperson said: 'Our record on net zero speaks for itself.' '

Indeed it does.
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David Bowie was right. There are spiders on Mars.🕷️🪐space.com/spiders-mars-i…

Home Office Minister Chris Philp MP unaware that #Congo borders Rwanda, has been invaded by it twice, & has suffered genocide despite his department preparing to deport Congolese refugees to #Rwanda - he's no #TonyBlair , who's also in this post 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

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Happy 40th birthday @insidermag launched by Ray Perman and Alistair Balfour in April 1984.

Over they years I have been commissioned to write features and commentary for Insider by editors including Balfour, Alasdair Northrop Philip Gates Kenny R Kemp. insider.co.uk/news/insider-4…

I thought Anas Sarwar was Labour leader in Scotland?

Saddens me that so many political journalists think that wanky wee jokes on social media make them look like big thinkers.

Thousands of Nationwide members sign petition demanding that the building society, led since June 2022 by chief executive Debbie Crosbie, allows its 16 million members to vote on its proposed £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money. moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/04/n…

Is the tide turning on the era of outsourced government?
Great to have so many join me and Rosie Collington (my co-author) from the @ECB this evening to discuss how government has been hollowed out by an overreliance the consulting industry.

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When Gideon Falter’s Campaign Against Antisemitism accuses the “wrong people” of antisemitism, it really is beyond the pale. theguardian.com/news/2024/apr/…

Who is bankrolling the ‘Jewish Chronicle’, founded in 1841 and traditionally seen as the world’s most influential Jewish newspaper?
alan rusbridger on why it’s troubling that we don’t know… prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/65…

If you were to do a word cloud of Angela Van den Bogerd’s six hours of testimony, you’d see a gigantic DON’T towering over its direct offspring, RECALL and REMEMBER.

Tom Peck on the Post Office’s ex business improvement director at #PostOfficeInquiry thetimes.co.uk/article/if-onl…

Scotland’s opposition parties should take a look in the mirror. Backing climate targets, then opposing every small measure to help achieve them, and finally pointing fingers when they’re not met generates fun headlines but it’s deeply cynical James Mackenzie pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/644…

Home Office minister Chris Philp just asked if Congo is a different country from Rwanda on #bbcqt .

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Key takeaway for me today is FM's reference to needing to speak with one voice. The public do not understand excluded areas of BHA nor party/Govt divide. When they hear Green Minister speak many hear a Govt. voice - unsustainable going into an election.

In a rational country the council would use it's compulsory purchase powers to buy the bus station.

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