Wild to think that in 2025 we have an MP planning on running the economy of North Korea

I’m sure that UNIT v Fishpeople will restore his reputation, right????

a couple of years back I looked at the data and one in four PIP applicants with literal amputations had their application refused by the DWP

but yeah this benefit is too easy to claim obv

Is Richard Hughes 'honourable'? Not a clue. But what I do know is time and time again, someone in the British state fucks up, the head of the organisation quits, and the person who actually fucked up stays in the state and gets promoted.

'Will a 70p per person tax cut make up for the fact one in ten of people are waiting for an NHS procedure?' - hmm, I wonder.

I had this conversation with a family member this weekend, specifically on “is £4bln a lot?”. GDP is ~£2.8trln, making £4bln a rounding error at 0.14%. Apparently average budget headroom since the OBR was constituted is ~£26bln or 1% GDP.

So £4bln is tiny *in context*.

CONTEXT

I like the one year that an American tourist burned it because he thought it was a quaint tradition, and the Swedish police were like no, this is really bad, you are under arrest, can you tell us who burned it last year as well

Let’s do one of those!

Very much enjoyed Kemi Badenoch's Sunday morning message of "the government is lying to you: actually, the public finances are in good shape!"

Is that by Obvious Plant? Can’t be real…

I had no idea

Polly is one of dozens of people worldwide who are not American

Not necessarily Moscow. Plenty of other places at the time would have had a potential interest in stoking division

What made you join out of interest, and what prompted you to leave?

One of my wife’s relatives was in it for decades but left in protest at the comrade delta scandal