Chris Patton at his excoriating best, destroys the Tory Party he was once a part of. Totally damning

As I argue in the The Telegraph, “[closing] off the best that our civilisation has to offer young people in the name of drab collectivist homogeneity is terrifying… “Our role in education is not to tear everything down and enforce what Churchill called the “equal sharing of

Car drivers over-70 are involved in proportionately fewer serious accidents than other ages AND the rate for over-70s has decreased faster in recent years. So why are over-70s being targeted in the new proposed measures? …

Back British sheep farmers! 🐑 🇬🇧

A beautiful summer in England. The beef cattle moved into a fresh paddock of plants at 7pm. They’ll be moved again in the morning. Mimicking the behaviour of a wild herd. Eat real red meat and animal fat; buy the best you can.

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"Time for Thames Water to go into special administration." Well said The Times and The Sunday Times it certainly is, long, long over due. And note "The lenders who allowed the utility company to take on so much debt and supported its financial irresponsibility should pay, not the state." Hear,

The UK used to have a broad vibrant adult education system, with courses (free or cheap) running in local neighbourhood centres. But we kept electing governments who re-engineered it to "serve the economy and employers needs, so "UK plc" can compete with China and India"

Andrew Griffith MP Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA 🗽 What red tape did the tories cut whilst in government between 2010-2024?

"Feargal Sharkey accuses Environment Agency of 'unmatched vandalism' of Hertfordshire river." Indeed I do, indeed I do!!! itv.com/news/anglia/20…

*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:* **“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I

The UK should be running a huge budget surplus. We are drowning in debt, yet other countries are saving for future generations. It is just so pathetic. Look at Ireland - enormous surplus. There is NO reason why we cannot do the same. The Irish have low corporation tax, and

"In recent months, Paris has spent €9.6m unsealing its town hall forecourt & simply planted a new urban forest The result looks so beautiful." From the upcoming documentary "Cycling Cities" by Ingwar Perowanowitsch. #GoodMorning, everyone. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Who could possibly have guessed?

When it comes to government, less is definitely more.

How about HS2 also? That fiasco must have cost a few bob.

Surprise, surprise...who to believe? What is the point of Environment Agency!

Which country has the best government and why? worldatlas.com/articles/the-b…

I’m not sure who this is supposed to benefit. Certainly not the canteen staff, site teams, cleaners, admin staff & teachers losing their jobs. Certainly not the children from these schools facing disruption. Certainly not the children in state schools with larger classes. 📚

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Just got to put it into practise.