Mike Cameron
@mikercameron.bsky.social
Was a teacher, still a cynic.
lol
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
lol
Cyber…..experts….
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cyber…..experts….
Shock horror!
Original OBR estimates re private schools VAT changes turn out to be mostly correct, if anything an underestimate of the tax being raised.
Original OBR estimates re private schools VAT changes turn out to be mostly correct, if anything an underestimate of the tax being raised.
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Shock horror!
Original OBR estimates re private schools VAT changes turn out to be mostly correct, if anything an underestimate of the tax being raised.
Original OBR estimates re private schools VAT changes turn out to be mostly correct, if anything an underestimate of the tax being raised.
Naga Munchetty - “I have normal people here with me to talk about the budget.”
1st up- Small business owner
2nd up- Small business owner
3rd up- Charity founder
1st up- Small business owner
2nd up- Small business owner
3rd up- Charity founder
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Naga Munchetty - “I have normal people here with me to talk about the budget.”
1st up- Small business owner
2nd up- Small business owner
3rd up- Charity founder
1st up- Small business owner
2nd up- Small business owner
3rd up- Charity founder
Reposted by Mike Cameron
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
Reposted by Mike Cameron
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
btw, if the 2009/10 tax allowances had been updated each year by RPI it would still be lower than it is now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
btw, if the 2009/10 tax allowances had been updated each year by RPI it would still be lower than it is now.
ISA change makes sense, nudging more people to stocks and shares ISA.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ISA change makes sense, nudging more people to stocks and shares ISA.
Reposted by Mike Cameron
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
Deputy Speaker claiming parliament is sovereign and should hear everything first, as is traditional.
But this hails from times before ministers could speak directly to every citizen who wanted to hear them.
In a democratic system the citizens are sovereign. Perhaps time to update the tradition.
But this hails from times before ministers could speak directly to every citizen who wanted to hear them.
In a democratic system the citizens are sovereign. Perhaps time to update the tradition.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Deputy Speaker claiming parliament is sovereign and should hear everything first, as is traditional.
But this hails from times before ministers could speak directly to every citizen who wanted to hear them.
In a democratic system the citizens are sovereign. Perhaps time to update the tradition.
But this hails from times before ministers could speak directly to every citizen who wanted to hear them.
In a democratic system the citizens are sovereign. Perhaps time to update the tradition.
Someone at the OBR is getting sacked.
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Someone at the OBR is getting sacked.
Schrödingers entrepreneurs.
The only people capable of creating wealth where government can’t AND requiring government to subsidise their workforce to do it.
The only people capable of creating wealth where government can’t AND requiring government to subsidise their workforce to do it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Schrödingers entrepreneurs.
The only people capable of creating wealth where government can’t AND requiring government to subsidise their workforce to do it.
The only people capable of creating wealth where government can’t AND requiring government to subsidise their workforce to do it.
That’s right, take on the astronaut. Good luck with that.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
That’s right, take on the astronaut. Good luck with that.
Happy for govt to cut “waste” in the benefits budget. Very happy. But only after they cut waste on:
▪️HS2
▪️Road building
▪️Defence procurement
▪️the monarchy
▪️refurbing parliament
Spend more on collecting the billions of unpaid rather than focusing on the smaller amount of overpaid benefits.
▪️HS2
▪️Road building
▪️Defence procurement
▪️the monarchy
▪️refurbing parliament
Spend more on collecting the billions of unpaid rather than focusing on the smaller amount of overpaid benefits.
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy for govt to cut “waste” in the benefits budget. Very happy. But only after they cut waste on:
▪️HS2
▪️Road building
▪️Defence procurement
▪️the monarchy
▪️refurbing parliament
Spend more on collecting the billions of unpaid rather than focusing on the smaller amount of overpaid benefits.
▪️HS2
▪️Road building
▪️Defence procurement
▪️the monarchy
▪️refurbing parliament
Spend more on collecting the billions of unpaid rather than focusing on the smaller amount of overpaid benefits.
It is hard to know who to trust though. The lying narcissistic liar who lies all the time, who got chased out of Downing Street by his own ministers for all the lies he told, or the independent inquiry.
Tricky one.
Tricky one.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It is hard to know who to trust though. The lying narcissistic liar who lies all the time, who got chased out of Downing Street by his own ministers for all the lies he told, or the independent inquiry.
Tricky one.
Tricky one.
I remember when, a few races ago, we were told by all the pundits that it was virtually impossible for Verstappen to catch Piastri.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I remember when, a few races ago, we were told by all the pundits that it was virtually impossible for Verstappen to catch Piastri.
It’s well worth your time to read this.
New on my Substack: Will the Machine Ever Learn How to Teach? (I'm afraid it's a little on the long side...)
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November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It’s well worth your time to read this.
The really great thing about the internet, and social media especially, is that everyone has the ability to reach a global audience.
The really terrible thing about the internet, and social media especially, is that everyone has the ability to reach a global audience.
Schrödinger would be proud.
The really terrible thing about the internet, and social media especially, is that everyone has the ability to reach a global audience.
Schrödinger would be proud.
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The really great thing about the internet, and social media especially, is that everyone has the ability to reach a global audience.
The really terrible thing about the internet, and social media especially, is that everyone has the ability to reach a global audience.
Schrödinger would be proud.
The really terrible thing about the internet, and social media especially, is that everyone has the ability to reach a global audience.
Schrödinger would be proud.
The thing to note is just how cheaply this man was prepared to sell out his country to gain wealth. In much the same way as he sold out his values moving from party to party to gain power.
A weak, small man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A weak, small man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The thing to note is just how cheaply this man was prepared to sell out his country to gain wealth. In much the same way as he sold out his values moving from party to party to gain power.
A weak, small man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A weak, small man. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gove being interviewed on R4Today as if he were an independent unbiased observer of the pandemic.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Gove being interviewed on R4Today as if he were an independent unbiased observer of the pandemic.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
This is why we can’t have nice things.
One would hope that Johnson, Hancock, Sunak, Cummings et al will now permanently recuse themselves from public life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late' in early Covid response, leading to thousands more deaths
The inquiry says 23,000 lives could have been saved in the first wave in England by an earlier lockdown - but also that a lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One would hope that Johnson, Hancock, Sunak, Cummings et al will now permanently recuse themselves from public life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
I have no “in principle” objections to trying out novel teaching arrangements though this seems a quite expensive way to provide a short term solution to a problem (though if the remote teacher is paid by the hour it may work).
Suspect it could work for top sets.
Suspect it could work for top sets.
Exclusive: Staff are set to strike for six days in December and January over a school’s roll-out of a 'virtual teacher', who teaches maths remotely to secondary pupils
schoolsweek.co.uk/staff-to-str...
schoolsweek.co.uk/staff-to-str...
Staff to strike over school's 'dystopian' virtual teacher
NEU members are to strike for six days in December and January over a school's use of a 'virtual teacher' to teach maths to secondary pupils
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I have no “in principle” objections to trying out novel teaching arrangements though this seems a quite expensive way to provide a short term solution to a problem (though if the remote teacher is paid by the hour it may work).
Suspect it could work for top sets.
Suspect it could work for top sets.