Homecoming - the SDP manifesto, is a great read. Available here: sdp.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

When he signed off from his last major tournament as an anchor, Des Lynam was two years younger than Gary Lineker is now. That slightly blows my mind.

What a difference 12 years makes

Nothing says falling costs like a demand for more subsidies.

This is excellent from Dom Cummings and Andrew Adonis on why the British state is so dysfunctional and it's so hard for the government to solve problems like not enough new houses being built. Michael Gove's contribution in the last five minutes is superb. youtu.be/nMn_UqAsl4w?si…

Every time I go to Leeds train station I have a huge urge to work in transport planning to fix the utter shit show that has been created.

True. #FarRightThugsUnite hashtag is worth scrolling down: revealing, thought-provoking & shows people don't like their concerns being lumped under one lable. Too simplistic. The way that picture of one swastika tattooed rioter is used by too many as embodying whole range of

I have never forgotten telling man after man in cell after cell how long they would get in prison for the 2011 London riots. Once enthusiasm for lobbing bins at police has waned, once your pals have been arrested, once the booze & adrenaline subside - you realise. Then regret.

Just don’t understand why people think smashing things and hurting others will make things better.

I thoroughly enjoyed this post and subsequent discussions.

Are Deliveroo offering illegal migrants a backdoor to the UK economy? Short 🧵on why the Deliveroo business model seems to be dependent on illegal migrants working for less than half of minimum wage.

Since Paris climate agreement, the world has increased its decarbonization rate by just 0.01 percentage point from 1.98% to 1.99% To get to 80% below in 2050, it would have to 8.1% Current climate policy is spending lots of money but doing nothing x.com/BjornLomborg/s…

The truth about warm temperatures: Warmer temperatures are less of a threat than cold ones, and fossil fuels make us safer from both. 🧵👇

Have to say the audacity of this Fabian pensions report is breathtaking. The whole thing is about making defined contribution pensions less generous, then it tosses this point in about DB (largely public sector) pensions

#LeShuttle are a perfect example of how to communicate badly. Broken down train only known about because of X and literally nothing said to anyone, even people trapped in the tunnel with no air con, on how or when they might resolve it. leshuttle_help LeShuttle

People with headphones on on the train that may as well be in my own ears they’re that loud..

This is simple. Can police officers accept gifts? No. Can planning officers accept gifts? No. Can traffic wardens accept gifts? No. So why should MP's be able to?

The not so hidden costs of regulation.

If we are to have assisted dying, a basic safeguard would surely be to not allow any advertising, not just on the tube.

“If only we could get rid of that test put in place to make sure it’s in members’ interests superfunds would be great” pensionsage.com/pa/Removal-of-…