Perhaps we should take away his annual salary if he cannot respect the rules. Boris Johnson ‘refused to be open’ with watchdog about hedge fund role theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

This is a great example of how eroded our sense of fair play has become. Deny liability, deny responsibility. Only when published in a national newspaper do things change ‘Completely destroyed’: how a Halfords service left a car owner £2,000 out of pocket theguardian.com/money/2024/apr…

⁦James O'Brien⁩⁦Channel 4 News⁩ . Why are no news outlets in the UK reporting this? via franceinfo : Risque de guerre Rwanda-RDC : la médiation de l'Angola 'est la voie de la dernière chance', estime le président congolais Félix Tshisekedi francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/…

Was clever Trevor clever on James O'Brien ?

I think NF have a point . You have little opportunity (time) to enhance your squad following promotion yet are subject to tighter spending controls. Nottingham Forest docked four points for Premier League financial rules breach theguardian.com/football/2024/…

Think Sir Lindsay Hoyle frit of Tories so didn’t ask Diane Abbot to speak. Would have been the moral thing to do…

Imagine if a Labour donor had suggested a black Tory MP should be shot and the Labour Party tried to keep ten million quid by buying the lie that the comments had nothing to do with race. It would run and run for weeks and months. Yet even today you can feel to media ache to will…

'McGinn's intention is not bad' bbc.co.uk/sport/live/foo… via BBC Sport

I always hate this ‘His intention was not bad’ that was a reckless challenge that could have broken a leg.

I see all the trolls who say we’re doing great after Brexit are quiet on the day the UK enters into a recession. We’re not by the way…

Local supermarkets overflowing with fresh produce despite claims to the contrary

This letter is going viral right now 🔥

…because it destroys BBC Question Time - with clear data. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/an-op…

Damn. Someone beat me to it! Still, will be adding this to my 'Make Square 1thing!' campaign.

I woke up this morning feeling strangely unsettled...and realised that despite (or perhaps, because of) 30+yrs in conventional govt service, I'm now starting to question everything I thought I once knew about my country and its institutions.

Tourists heading to Europe could face 14-hour queues at Dover from October theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

We’ll Bill Cash says he implored decision makers to reduce this potential 14 hr delay, we’ll he should have thought about the consequences when he pushed Brexit like a rabid dog

I wonder over time whether any EU citizen will want to remain in the UK? To those who then write ‘good riddance’ there is a deficit of employable people, they’re needed from somewhere

Spanish woman removed from UK after returning from Christmas holiday theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

This maybe a clue to some of the flooded roads all around us Councils used to have a routine maintenance plan for sucking out drains I know I used to do it. I don’t think most councils now even own a gully sucker Well those chief executives need there big wages don’t they

Ever wondered why James Cleverly gets so defensive and arrogant when questioned about absolutely anything?
It’s because he’s terrified of being found out that he’s an over privileged undereducated social and political climber.
You’re welcome.

Liz is not only a farmer but the founder of Save British Farming. She is an expert on the subject & a vocal defender of food security, standards & animal welfare.
Have you walked around the fruit & veg section of a UK supermarket lately?

The Telegraph is saying the Tories are going to change the UK's fiscal rules to catch Labour out in the run-up to the general election. This is because they think that we're all terrified of the national debt. We shouldn't be, and what they're proposing is bonkers. A thread...

My company here in Italy is tiny. For 38 years we imported from Birmingham until 2 years ago when it became impossible. So the UK lost our biz of 300k pa.
There are 1000's of small biz like me, this is the true invisible price of brexit.