Will Labour MPs join us on Thursday in calling for the #FamilyFarmTax to be axed? ✍️ help by writing to your local MP urging them to stand with the farming community in Thursday's debate.

This kind of Everythingism must go

Amazingly immigration is the No. 1 policy concern for voters who switched from Tory in 2019 to Lib Dem in 2024 - this is not what you would expect. These defectors aren't "liberal" - they were motivated by the desire to vote the Tories out.

Today’s Supreme Court judgment on the definition of women finally sets the record straight - the legal definition of a woman is purely based on biological sex. Firstly, I pay an enormous tribute to the brave women who fought for this ruling today. I have stood up for women

This is why I’m in politics - to stand up for my constituents, our countryside and our great country. I spoke to the Daily Express about Labour’s vindictive policies and the Conservatives plan to reverse the Family Farm Tax. express.co.uk/news/politics/…

What a press release this is..... but the NHS waiting list is now going up: gov.uk/government/new… h/t to Bill Morgan who saw the seasonal trends coming

Updated chart. Despite spin, HMG’s been clearing the waitlist slower than previous govt. But delivering + paying for more activity (in the jargon VWA ~108% in 23/24 and ~118% in 24/25). Bound to concern HMT, esp as any big tariff changes delayed to 26/27. Investment w/out reform

Yet more evidence of the terrible impacts of Labour’s Family Farm Tax and SFI debacle, this time from the EFRA Select Committee. Labour must listen and axe the Family Farm Tax.

Narrator: “Labour had nothing to do with the fall in numbers indeed opposed most of the measures that are responsible for it” Utterly shameless in regularly claiming credit for previous Government achievements and simultaneously blaming them for Labour’s bad decisions

Reminds me of the Liz Truss campaign that accidently said it would cut nurse salaries after saying she would cut 'public sector pay', when they really meant civil service pay. Surprised other parties aren't attacking this in a similar vein

Loretta was a supremely talented actor. She deserved all her 10 EMMY nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one joke sexist stereotype into a real person --

You tried to spend £45 billion on unfunded tax cuts & borrow £72 billion in 2022-23. The Tories fell to 25 points behind in the polls. Why should anyone listen to you ever again?

I wrote this about how to read and why. Books remain the best technology ever invented to understand life and the world. There is no alternative. Every book you read helps you build a richer picture of the entire world. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/open-…

A wise message from Lincolnshire today.

On the SR: Special place in purgatory reserved for the HMT official who decided to put departmental settlement tables in a different orientation to the rest of the document.

So if Rachel Reeves thought a 0.1% contraction of the economy was grounds for an emergency budget for a Tory Chancellor, presumably we can expect her to bring one to the House on Monday?