This is the time of year for a favourite Old English word: the leaves are 'fallowing', from the verb fealwian, 'to turn yellow-gold'. In Anglo-Saxon poetry fealo (fallow) is the pale golden shade of fire, linden shields, sword hilts and autumn leaves. They fallow, then they fall.

The UK’s post-Brexit payments to the EU will top £50billion. We’ve already paid £44billion since leaving in 2020 (ONS). Another £8billion is due. This is the exit deal the useless Tories negotiated. At the time they denied it would even be £40billion. Some of us pointed out it

What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs? What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation? The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?

On Kate Clanchy spectator.co.uk/article/the-co… by Tom Slater

Every single word of this Jenny, every word. How fake, performative, and narcissistic can you get?

SNP MP here, baffled by the idea that the Secretary of State is on top of his brief and well prepared 🤦🏻‍♂️

The President of the United States is confusing South Africa with South America.

Trump's audience at a business conference in Miami sits silently as he rants and raves and lies about his 2019 impeachment

Trump brags about passing cognitive tests and having MRI's taken and our press refuses to ask about what is happening to the man. He was incoherent on the campaign trail in 2024 and you were a partisan hack if you brought that up.

If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country. Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned. We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

Shocking behaviour by our government 🤬

I specifically told the BBC DG to his face in June that if he didn't keep his eye on the gender nuttiness within his corporationg it would destroy it. Last month a member of its Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee wrote: "A BBC presenter contacted me...

Hope this is right. Govt failed to act for too long. Absurd to leave driving untaxed. Not just lost revenue but main externality created by driving is congestion. Tax per mile driven not perfect but like for like replacement of fuel duty. NB also need massive investment in roads.

THIS ⬇️ We have seen this and experienced it so many times. Children have been harmed and women's rights destroyed, but if its not on the BBC it didn't happen.

Far-right grifter thinks Twitter is real life, not a platform designed by his mate to help promote the likes of him. Really, really pathetic.

The Med has become a hot-spot for microplastics. #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution - there is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet. But we have to stop adding to the crisis #PublicHealth #OneHealth reuters.com/sustainability…

Illustration for today's The Guardian to accompany piece by Aditya Chakrabortty on the victory of Zohran Mamdani theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #ZohranMamdani #Mamdani #Trump #NewYork #NYC

Car crash interview on R4 with Alex Davies-Jones MP just now. Completely out of her depth 😕

Fascinating on how the myth that a wealth tax will bring in countless billions allows the middle-class left to oppose Labour's tax rises "If Labour cranks up income taxes, the left will boo loudest" economist.com/britain/2025/1…

Thank you HKFP readers: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/06/tha… Last Friday, HKFP appealed for support after a 20-month tax probe uncovered an alleged HK$3,020 shortfall. Readers helped cover the HK$57,692 settlement almost threefold. Plus, 50 new regular donors have pledged an extra quarter