Agree with John Kehoe, what’s happening in Gaza is a catastrophe, Australia has no influence over what happens there, our domestic policy problems are mounting, we should push our politicians to focus on those, which they have full influence over

> create a law with a super broad definition of harm > crippling fines for breaking law > criticise companies for being risk averse in following law Not a serious country

£4.95 salmon fillets are locked in plastic security boxes at my local Tesco in London

Holy shit it’s real. I am going to fucking LOSE IT. gov.uk/government/new…

I wish I had something positive to write about Labour and Kier’s first year in government, I really do. I am desperate for them to succeed.

Public health lobby has been coming for alcohol relentlessly for a decade now. All I have to say is Jesus turned the water into wine, he didn’t turn it into a matcha smoothy.

Many such cases

High personal taxes, high student loan repayments, high house prices - a toxic political and economic mix. The rich and powerful suggesting to blithely add to the pile is extremely grim.

I despair at tax changes being used to hit mad self-imposed fiscal rules, rather than to improve efficiency, simplicity and fairness. This biannual circus is creating an ever more punishing tax system. It’s shortsighted, it’s counterproductive.

If I wanted to completely kill momentum for future tax reform I would start by proposing road user charging