Keir Starmer’s welfare reform bill is under fire, but what if the real threat isn’t from MPs but from economic reality? Mary Kelly Foy MP Luke Akehurst @GrahameMorris Sam Rushworth MP Alan Strickland MP #WelfareState #WelfareCrisis #LabourGovernment #PensionsCrisis jon-chadwick.com/2025/06/28/cri…

#Corbyn might have a new party called "Arise", nearly 5 years ago I assessed his chances, and reviewed some shocking fan art #Arise #zarahsultana #LabourOut jon-chadwick.com/2020/12/19/cor…

Labour’s NHS 10-Year Plan is here — no stealthy privatisation, just the biggest shake-up since Bevan. GPs, and Thatcherism all on the chopping block. #NHS10YearPlan #NHSReform #PublicHealth #FutureOfHealthcare #GeneralPractice jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/05/nhs…

A Commons rebellion, a fiscal wobble, and a media frenzy soaked in misogyny. Welfare reform and political realism. #PublicSpending #UKEconomy #GiltYields #MisogynyInMedia jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/05/wel…

Trump’s 2025 tax bill gives trillions to the rich, guts healthcare & food aid, and arms ICE like a private army. This isn't policy—it's a threat. #Trump2025 #MedicaidCuts #SNAPCuts #USDebtCrisis #ICEBudget #AmericanHealthcare #GOPPolitics #Authoritarianism jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/06/tru…

#musicblog 30 tracks from the 2nd quarter of 2025. Surprisingly summery bbands.band/blogs/news/qua…

7/7 I was an NHS CEO, braced for mass casualties. 9 years earlier the IRA bombed Manchester. 2 terror attacks, 2 Britains. A personal story about how we used to react — and how we might react now. #July7 #LondonBombings #ManchesterBombing #NHS #Terrorism jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/07/7-7…

While Labour’s grooming gang inquiries lead to arrests, the Conservatives and Reforms demand a national inquiry to delay justice. What are they scared will come out? #GroomingGangs #ChildProtection #PublicInquiry jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/09/lab…

The next credit crunch won’t start on Wall Street—it’ll start underwater, uninsured, and overleveraged. Climate change meets the housing bubble.#CreditCrunch #HousingCrisis #ClimateRisk #FinancialCrisis #RealEstateBubble #EconomicCollapse jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/12/nex…

Thousands of boys were abused in UK detention centres like Medomsley — yet the same politicians demanding inquiries into grooming gangs stay silent. Ask yourself why. #ReformUK #GroomingGangs #ChildAbuseInquiry jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/15/gro…

The UK pension system is broken—and it's not asylum seekers or scroungers driving the costs. It's the boomer generation who took out more than they ever put in. #PensionsCrisis #UKEconomy #Boomers #FiscalPolicy #WelfareState #TripleLock #TaxJustice jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/17/pen…

Trump’s own people built an empire on the Epstein conspiracy—now they’re the ones denying it. MAGA is eating itself. Welcome to Mar-A-Gulago. #Trump #Epstein #QAnon #MAGA #ConspiracyTheories #MarALago #PostTruth #USPolitics #Disinformation jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/19/tru…

#musicblog Forget all of the lurid headlines about #knifecrime my generation, born in the 60s was the most violent of the C20th, and our music reflected that bbands.band/blogs/news/the…

No, Starmer’s Brexit deal doesn’t mean paying the EU — it’s saving Britain billions by fixing Boris’s Brexit mess. #BrexitFacts #StarmerBrexitDeal #EUUK #BrexitMyths #UKPolitics #FoodPrices jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/22/uk-…

Far-right riots in the UK are no longer fringe chaos – they’re being fuelled by online hate, cynical politicians, and a push for white nationalism. #FarRight #UKPolitics #WhiteNationalism #OnlineHate #FarRightRiots #BritishPolitics #stoptheviolence jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/24/ref…

It's #quiz time!! jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/26/qui…

Cleo Laine didn’t just sing jazz — she fought fascists. The forgotten story of Britain’s first anti-racist music movement. #CleoLaine #JazzHistory #MusicHistory #AntiRacism #NottingHill #BritishJazz #Mods #FileUnderPopular bbands.band/blogs/news/the…

UK government debt interest rates are eating 8% of public spending – and it’s not just Liz Truss to blame. Trump, BRICS, and Japan all play a part #UKEconomy #GovernmentDebt #RachelReeves #InterestRates #GlobalEconomy #DeDollarisation #BRICS #LizTruss jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/29/tru…

London isn’t the crime-ridden hellhole social media loves to scream about — it’s the city that pays the bills for the rest of Britain #London #UKPolitics #SocialMediaMyths #FakeNews #UrbanLife jon-chadwick.com/2025/07/31/is-…

What happens when towns built on solidarity lose faith in the system? Seaham votes Reform—and tells us something uncomfortable about where Britain is headed. #ReformUK #PostIndustrialBritain #LocalElections2025 #BritishPolitics #LevellingUp jon-chadwick.com/2025/08/02/sea…