1. Spend 20 years convincing the UK to leave its biggest export market. 2.Succeed. 3. UK economy loses £100 billion annually 4. Come back 10yrs later, point out the wrecked economy & road potholes. 5. Voters go "Yeah!" 6. Win elections. British politics is a black comedy.

Ah yes, because that's the problem.

I’ve worked with a few councils and have never encountered a DEI officer. I also don’t see how making people work from the office 5 days per week actually improves anything? Many workers already do. One council I visited recently couldn’t offer tea/coffee because of budget cuts

This from Martin F. Robbins on the HS2 access track is utterly maddening, but reflects a key flaw in the planning system - councillors pay absolutely no personal cost for spurious decisions, even when they know they will lose on appeal and cost taxpayers huge amounts in the process

Perfect lazy Sunday 👌🏻

Over a million Ukrainians died fighting the Nazis but predictably, the pro-Russia fifth columnists are outraged by this (while of course having absolutely nothing to criticise about Nazi Germany's 21st century counterpart, Russia).

This would be the stupidest politics imaginable. A grovelling, year-late fess-up. Just find a new and fair policy that puts money in the pockets of those who most need it. One that you can take full ownership of. This will gain no goodwill whatsoever.

Absolutely wild. Wealthy pensioners are using the WFA to buy Christmas presents and book holidays and, as a nation, we've convinced ourselves that they're actually freezing at home eating cold beans. I despair.

It's actually very unimpressive that the Conservative Party & Reform have immediately condemned this deal based on misunderstandings & misinformation about its provisions. That's especially so in the case of the Conservatives, from whom one would have expected better.

Literally never been less surprised at anything in my life.

Historians will marvel at how developed economies decided to starve themselves of investment during a period of record low interest rates.

Hs2 to Manchester and a metro for the city isn’t ‘left wing’ - in any country with remotely competent government it would already have happened. Decades ago!

“The world’s wealthiest 10%” is a great rabblerousing stat if you don’t think about it at all - if you do, you realise it’s about 820 million people, the entire population of Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia etc. “The rich” isn’t some billionaire, it’s you

Aperol Spritz in warm sunshine

Three pro performers who are clearly in their element on a stage, and the confidence does make it connect. I can see a good number of jury 1s to 5s, which would tally to a decent outcome for the UK at Eurovision IMO.

A UK city in Saturday sunshine. Simply no vibe like it. Unmatched.

Labour's position on ending migration for the care sector is emblematic of a trade off the political class, including Reform, aren't being honest about: If you want a smaller state, and low inflation, then cutting migration for an ageing society can't work /1

This is going to be pointed out again and again for the next four years. And then, when lots of people vote for them anyway, it’s still going to somehow be everybody’s fault but theirs.