Mark Berry
@boulezian.bsky.social
Musicology and history (intellectual, political, etc.). Writing a book on the complete Mozart operas in eighteenth-century historical context. Views, for better or worse, my own. He/him/his https://boulezian.blogspot.com/
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But Badenoch is *totally* wrong, as the idea that the poor deserved special care and attention was essentially a Christian idea, adopted by the state after Constantine’s conversion.
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
But Badenoch is *totally* wrong, as the idea that the poor deserved special care and attention was essentially a Christian idea, adopted by the state after Constantine’s conversion.
Precisely. It is wicked.
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Precisely. It is wicked.
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They're also forgoing billions in revenue by freezing fuel duty for motorists once again, which hasn't risen since 2010. And yet they were happy to increase the bus fare cap from £2 to £3 in January to save £350m, a hugely deleterious change for low income passengers and bad for the environment too.
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
They're also forgoing billions in revenue by freezing fuel duty for motorists once again, which hasn't risen since 2010. And yet they were happy to increase the bus fare cap from £2 to £3 in January to save £350m, a hugely deleterious change for low income passengers and bad for the environment too.
‘“It’s laughable,” said local homeowner Nick Miller, whose five-bedroom family home is on the market for £2m. “I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house.”’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
‘“It’s laughable,” said local homeowner Nick Miller, whose five-bedroom family home is on the market for £2m. “I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house.”’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...