The Conservatives have pledged they will increase the number of deportations to 150k/year
- while significantly reducing the size of the civil service - without increasing government spending and taxation. - and opposing mandatory identification.
Agreed on the vacuum ideas wise. But the increasingly unabashed racism? What's the driver there? Can't be just Twitter morphing into X? Like, I don't like, but totally get using leaving ECHR as the new Brexit. But being bigots? How does that help?
It nags at me that people are dancing around the fact that one reason centre-right think-tanks are in an intellectual crisis moment is because we've spent over a decade where lots of their ideas were tried out and didn't pan out as advertised.
Spot on from @stephenkb.bsky.social. And the other aspect of this nasty turn is the eliding of British ‘culture’ with ‘white British’, which will shock anyone who has watched TV or football, or listened to music, or read a book, or indeed breathed since 1980.
Because the four freedoms are like a wrecking ball to UK politics. Well, one of them at any rate. It is not just a trade block when one understands the wider political context. To suggest otherwise is naïve.
Well, no, he couldn't. The process will be long and arduous, with no indication as to whether the EU would be interested in opening such negotiations to join. That, of course, doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
Cutting taxes has helped get us into this mess. Yes, interest on our national debt has increased substantially, but to set out an approach that ignores the lever of broad base tax increases is child-like economics. Not that it matters, they're a dead duck of a party.
Worth remembering that 80 children died in temporary accommodation between 1st October 23 and 30th September 24. This should not be occurring, and is a damning indictment of our failures on housing policy.
These are shocking figures, and are entirely avoidable with the right policy choices. No one should be homeless in an advanced economy, let alone die whilst being without a place to call home.
Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.
At some point this Government is going to understand that however unpopular they think tax rises could be, overstretched and underfunded public services plus perceived falling living standards *will* be worse.
Appreciate it's hard to project a positive form of politics currently. But in the face of grievance and of othering it is essential to argue for a positive, inclusive future. Where work offers dignity and fulfillment. Where your kids will be better off. And you will be helped in times of need.
They're, mixed. Decent TSM c-sat, but know of a few tenants who have really struggled with getting repairs sorted. Agree on landlord accountability. It's a hard to be a locally accountable org when you're that big. Not Impossible, but effectively have to run a federal organisation to achieve it.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
It's funny, because all of the attributes listed here are the same for Farage. Obviously the latter does not have the baggage of Tory years in power. But it's a fascinating thing to observe.
... weariness of this line of questioning, in general, mask the fact that there is another, very legitimate, story here: Badenoch is arrogant, despises scrutiny, and has temperament unsuited to LoTO post - and that all progressives should want her to fall ASAP because she's a massive help to Farage.
Remarkable how ownership of social housing stock in England has become concentrated. For years the sector has been merging & rationalising. The Bromford / LiveWest merger (if successful) will mean a 6th organisation over 100k units. Not exactly the purpose driven, local org of yesteryear.
