Dear BBC South, if this councillor was due to step down anyway, why was he campaigning for election a few weeks ago? Who was your source for this misleading information? Thank you.
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The privatisation casualties are starting to stack up: Railtrack, Thames Water, Royal Mail, Bulb, etc.
Proper regulation is what is needed now to deal with the casualties and to prevent a trickle becoming a flood.

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#thesustainableeconomy #privatisation

I feel this must be wrong but my brain is unable to process why.

I spoke to the brilliant Cal Flyn about my 5 Books for the end of the world. You can read it here! fivebooks.com/best-books/end…

Good luck to everyone who is running the TCS London Marathon today! Your hard work and dedication will help people diagnosed with a brain tumour live longer and better lives! #LondonMarathon2024

Go Jeremy (and Susie and Tim!).

Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977 scroll.in/article/106686…

'The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.'

Daniel Dennett (March 28, 1942 - April 19, 2024)

“As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court.” Hugh Grant on the latest in his fight with the Sun:

One thing playing this game has made clear to me: I would absolutely not want to be the chancellor:
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After many months of work, it's finally here.

We've built a tool that lets you adjust tax &spend and see what happens to debt and borrowing.

The next Chancellor will inherit spending cuts and tax rises. They will have a tough job- what would you do?

Piece on Sure Start free to read here. A cost effective programme enhancing life chances of poor children. A series of policy mistakes saw it diluted and effectively ended. We have chosen a different route: childcare subsidies for working families, not support for poor families.

“Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland” Five Books fivebooks.com/book/ordinary-…

We need to modernise our Parliament.
Whilst many are compassionate advocates (Compass Make Votes Matter Electoral Reform Society LCER Lib Dems for Electoral Reform 🔶️ #FBPPR GET PR DONE! ⭕️⚫️🟣🟢🔴🟠 Unlock Democracy Best for Britain) so many of us just don’t know the facts! Let’s learn more…
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I so enjoyed being interviewed by the terrific Isabel Camara for Five Books and recommending books by Jackie Kay, Viv Albertine, Maggie O’Farrell, Jeanette Winterson and Vera Brittain as great memoirs by women

If you're based in the UK, local elections are coming up on May 2nd (as well as a general election later in the year). Here's an excellent book to read if you want to know what you're voting about:
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Paul Johnson

Yep, with crumbling infrastructure and the NHS falling apart, cutting taxes is a great idea! In my personal life too, when there's not enough food in the fridge I respond by reducing my food shopping.

Don’t let the reality get in the way of a good headline.