Murdoch says we need a new PM so...

The article spends an awful lot of time talking about the government and pretty much glosses over the media.

The government responds to public interest, if there is more public interest on a topic the government will spend more time addressing it.

Public interest is by and large driven by the media (and even when it's not it often appears to be so).

The problem here is that the media is not covering this widely enough. This is perhaps understandable with privately owned media, who have their own vested interests, but I think the bigger question is why state-funded news organisations aren't better at picking this up. That is a root cause and political issue.

The waste is throwing in the towel less than halfway through over nothing.

Did you notice that they said no reputable international economists actually say that?

But you're right to call out the accusatory tone of @[email protected]'s comment, that did kind of spoil an otherwise very informative post.

I actually kind of think Cameron introducing austerity may have been worse, overall, over time. Brexit was a fumble, but austerity was malicious.

I'm just trying to imagine what kind of holiday £300k might buy..

I get Nick Clegg vibes from Burnham tbh (similar to Zack Polanski of the Green Party), it feels like it's only a matter of time before he betrays everyone who buys into his words.

The fact that Wes Streeting has put his hat in with Burnham all but confirms it.

The EU never really had much in terms of American products, ie food stuffs. The kind of American products the EU has is primarily internet services where there aren't always alternatives (or at least ones that are as polished as the big US ones). Then there's the fact that most people don't even consider a lot of things as American - WhatsApp isn't even recognised as owned by Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook/Meta, for example, for many people in spite of it being overwhelmingly the most popular messaging app in many countries.

Drax helps the UK government meet its climate targets because, on paper at least, the power station is treated as emission-free. This is because international carbon accounting rules state that greenhouse gas emissions from burning wood are counted in the country where the trees are felled as opposed to where they are burned.

Such bullshit. All the emissions happen here, but they don't get counted here.

Isn't Revolut that company owned by the son of a member of the board of Russia's Gazprom? Weren't they also partnering with a mobile phone company that was owned by Russians, so to get around sanctions they sold it to a German Russophile for €1, meanwhile continuing to pay profits to sanctioned Russians?

Revolut isn't really a good alternative for Buy European - and I say that as a user myself. By all means take advantage of the deals and low rates (good currency exchange rates), but be wary of integrating it into your traditional banking and definitely think twice before making it your main bank.

The modernisation of the royal palace has long been used to justify increases in the sovereign grant, which was just £31m when it was first introduced in 2012-2013. Under a “golden ratchet” clause in the Sovereign Grant Act, the amount of money handed to the monarch can never fall, even if the crown estate’s profits decrease.

A Treasury spokesperson said: “The grant has been largely unchanged since 2020 and this temporary increase covers the remainder of the Buckingham Palace refurbishment. We will review the grant in 2026, expecting to bring it back down in 2027.”

How can they bring it down in 2027 when there's this golden ratchet clause that says it never goes down?

Literally taking a page out of Russia, where holding up a sign could get you dragged into a van.

Eventually, it won't matter what is even on the sign, they'll just say you're trying to circumvent the law by holding up a blank sign when "everyone knows what that means". Just like in Russia.

That's not what this article is on about, at all.

All food is merely a medium for sauce.

My dad claimed to have seen one of these inside a plane when he was in the RAF, although he referred to it as ball lightning.

TL;DR an MP accused him of accepting £550,000 from Russian state news organisation RT.

The banks probably can't say anything for legal reasons. However the fact that it's happening, and the fact that 7 banks have rejected him from opening a new account, strongly suggest it's true.

That's because there haven't been any successful economic policies since then.

“It seems as though families like us are paying more and more, and being squeezed on everything from our salaries to our outgoings. I know each party has its flaws, but I think the Conservatives are at least a bit more transparent,” he says.

More like the Conservatives didn't target those with lots of money, those who can make reasonable adjustments, instead focusing on those who already have very little.

Which is exceedingly funny given that Microsoft (along with Facebook and Google) store UK data in the US, outside of the UK's jurisdiction, ever since the UK voted for more "sovereignty" with Brexit.