@jayanne.bsky.social
New GB flag painted train arriving at Glasgow Central .
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The architects and supporters of neo - liberalism did well .
Those who built an economy on consumer capitalism , and those who exploited said consumerism providing cheap goods, cheap money , did well too.
ideologies which need and feed on inequality .
But inbuilt failure looms.
Who gets hurt ?
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I notice that the trains bearing the colours of the Union flag will also appear at Glasgow Central .
Will they be seen in Wales too .
Unifying ?
December 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Cummings Covid-19 inquiry statement P 20
‘ In the Autumn Sunak’s team supported me with the mass testing team as we tried to overcome horrific Whitehall bureaucracy, secretly buying hundreds of millions of fast tests’ .
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Francis Galton was a great fan of numbers too .
Liked measuring human beings
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Using the police as agents of state …eg miners strike and Thatcher ?
Police stopping cars at the end of my road if more than two men inside ?
My friend driving a school minibus regularly stopped during said strike ?
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just wish the government would define ‘ affordable ‘ .
Below market price ?
Building social housing that is available for a fair , affordable rent would be a better option .
Cut back on the private rental profits and the government housing benefit payments . Public money for private profit .
December 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
He believes that Thatcher was transformational .
I agree , by following Reaganism she transformed the country , deindustrialised , called opponents’ moaning Minnie’s ‘ , saw unemployment rise , split communities , used the police as agents .
That sort of transformation , Sir Starmer ?
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
China exploited Western Consumer Capitalism to become wealthy and gain power .
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
And how much of that cash is siphoned off for private profit ?
From PFI repayments , to private equity’s role in social care , to everyday private referrals , Mr Sunak ?
Let’s not forget the money wasted on Covid …with Cummings ‘secret deals ‘ buying tests .
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
So Starmer believes Tory Thatcher didn’t tear ‘ our ‘ country apart .
Seemed he missed out the communities torn apart by her free market deindustrialisation .
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Layer upon layer of stressors.
Starting with Poverty .
Hunger
Abuse.
Disorganised living.
Ill health .
More layers more stress .
I dislike the word Resilience , which points the finger of blame on the individual for not ‘ coping ‘
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It seems Starmer identifies himself as a world leader .
And I thought Johnson had a high opinion of his own and Britain‘s role in global politics .
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pay is too low
Rents/housing costs are too high .
Inequality too high
Thats where neo-liberal politics fails .
A system that feeds and needs inequality to survive
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Quote Starmer was ‘ never worried about the future of our country under a Tory government ‘
This from a man who believes Thatcher was transformational .
She transformed ‘ our ‘ country by deindustrialising, by throwing workers on the scrap heap , by selling council housing
Words fail
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So Starmer identifies himself as a world leader .
A world leader who continues with neo-liberalism
That ideology designed as the acceptable political face of libertarian capitalists, maybe ?
Which needs , feeds and breeds on inequality?
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
make learning to read fun , harness children’s natural curiosity about the world. .
Less decoding , less regimented phonics , support children writing their own words , mix with Look and Say .
Make it fun . If children do not enjoy reading , everything suffers .
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Remembering New Deal and YTS .

If a young person is given a placement and is found not to be suitable , then what happens ?
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
That got my searching logos , ended up looking at the history of the Welsh flag .
Henry VII …Henry Tudor born in Pembrokeshire
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Could backfire .
Quite a few traditions might not pass muster as adding to GDP and social cohesion
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
What happened in Nunthorpe …low turnout? .
If so , why ?
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
And part of Britain signing up to the CPTPP deal was to help keep shipping routes safe and open in the Indo Pacific .
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
British tax payers …through the Public Duty Cost Allowance .
We pay so she can spend her time pontificating
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM