critics accused ministers of trying not to upset the French
Isn’t trying not to upset our nearest neighbours a good thing?
Absence of UK entries leaves holes in cheese awards
Anyone else buying the story…
…that Laura Kuenssberg ‘accidentally’ sent the briefing notes for her interview to Boris Johnson resulting in it being called off?
No, didn’t think so.
Let the train take the strain…
A new Prime Minister is on the way.
It’s the final hustings before the results of the Tory party leadership election are announced, where fewer than 200,000 people will select the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Reporting suggests there are so many dog whistles that half the canines in the country should have been running towards Wembley Arena where the hustings took place.
- Fining people who miss hospital appointments.
- Criticising the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who is “anti-everything” and they need to get him (who was elected by the inhabitants of London) “out of office.”
- Obligatory references to “woke nonsense” and the culture that will “cancel our history.”
- Decrying self-identity.
- Supporting trans rights, but when asked if a “trans woman is a woman,” the answer was no.
- Would be willing to “look at” abolishing the speed limit.
Meanwhile, City A.M. is reporting that the pound sterling is expected to hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar. Though it isn’t the first time there have been reports of GBP/USD approaching near-parity, and I take with a pinch of salt reports in a paper that also has a section titled “Crypto A.M.“
To NIMBY or not to NIMBY?
In #ChippingBarnet this morning with Theresa Villiers!
— Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson MP (@Andrew4Pendle) August 31, 2022She has campaigned alongside local residents against the overdevelopment of the old gasworks site in New Barnet to protect residents & the environment!
This proposal is not going ahead, thanks to their efforts! pic.twitter.com/8GYWAuZF1c
If anybody wants a site to rebuild a gasometer to help stabilise energy prices, it looks like we’ve got one here. Maybe the new homes would be better built on greenbelt rather than old industrial sites?
Getting Brexit Done
Is Brexit done yet?
UK science is struggling because it’s not part of Europe’s Horizon programme. The leading candidate to become the new Prime Minister next week is threatening to invoke Article 16 early in her premiership. I have to queue and get my passport stamped when entering Europe. Our energy prices have risen further and faster than the rest of Europe.
To say there’s a monster under the bed suggests the monster is hiding, not that politicians appear to have their head stuck in the sand.