Thread: Whisper it… but I think the governement is finally going to do the right thing. Senior governement sources have confirmed that ministers are preparing to announce a compensation package for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal that will be “northwards” of £10bn.

Nearly 40% of South Koreans over 65 live below the poverty line of the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, which is set at half the national median income. In Japan that rate is 20%. The OECD average is 14% econ.st/4boM2Qv 👇

thetimes.co.uk/article/9c332a…

So of course please don't upset them by sharing our article further: taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/11/23/sha…

Just came across great example of the mediocrity of my academic critics, on ⁦Cambridge University Press⁩ site. Snarky, boastful, psychologising my motives rather than addressing arguments. Like a high school bitchfest. How don’t these people die of embarrassment. cambridgeblog.org/2023/10/why-ka…

Looking for retirees to talk on what they did w/ their tax-free lump sum for a series of @telegraph
features.

Ongoing, no firm deadlines, just whenever they'd like to chat. Looking for a broad range, so whatever they did could be of interest #journorequest #journorequest s

Interesting piece by Martin Waller 'Means test the state pension? Better ways of finding money' via @https://twitter.com/BylinesEast eastangliabylines.co.uk/means-test-the…

Jonathan Ashworth going after The Two Ronnies fan vote #LocalElections2024

Day 11,432: Angela Rayner stands down after 40 years in parliament. But still no sign of any voters caring about her house.

Can this be right? That the Post Office *successfully* applied to a court that the critical Second Sight report needn’t be disclosed to a defendant, on grounds of public interest immunity?

There was a year in which they drew straws for a ward in Stockport and my little reporter brain was so excited to ring it in. Then found out they were deciding the entire control of Bury by drawing straws.

You couldn't make it up

Sometimes I'm glad I'm called Smith.

Yup.

And remember, this applies to the elderly, lone women, vulnerable young girls, women with disabilities, women with previous trauma, women with mental health issues, abuse survivors, women from different cultures, schoolgirls, etc.

In fact, if ANY of them ask a question or…

The case for seeing Trump as a sensible conservative can seem a solid one, says Simon Kuper, until you listen to what people who have worked with him say…

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…Approximately 2,500 years after the first *annuity* was offered to the King of Judah, by the Babylonians…

(Even the #WSJ can’t bring themselves to use the A-word)

You OK Hum?!

The waspi women are fighting for themselves. Your daughters will be footing the bill

What #WASPI solution do you support?

Nobody thinks all men are rapists, paedophiles or voyeurs, but enough are to make it provably safer for women and girls to have single sex spaces. Those campaigning to dismantle basic safeguarding are either dangerously naive or plain dangerous. There is no third possibility.

Alex גדעון בן װעלװל My grandfather came here alone at the age of 13 from Nazi German. He kept a diary in German. As soon as he saw the Statue of Liberty he wrote “I will continue in English now, for I am an American.”