Ok that didn't work out. But feeling gutted for England isn't like it used to be. Back in the day, they were a packet of nerves and baseless frustrated entitlement. Now, they're brilliant, serious, diligent and unlucky. Much easier to live with.

Oh.

This is an act of genius.

the united kingdom is a very serious country

A turning point in The Telegraph? Project fear was right and ‘if anything have underestimated both the calamitous loss of international standing and the scale of the damage that six years of policy confusion and ineptitude has imposed on the country.’

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RSPB + National Trust = Truss is toast lol

THIS is the graphic that you all need to share today.

Pig-ignorant illiterate anti-scientific illiberal busybody authoritarian bullshit of the highest order. One of the stupidest possible suggestions from one of the stupidest possible politicians.

Why interest rates rising in the 2020s is *not* the same as in the 1980s: - UK house prices have increased by over 1,000% since 1980 (so debt is much higher). - Real wages have stagnated for over a decade. - There is no mortgage interest tax relief.

bring 👏 back 👏 the 👏 grownups

As I’ve said before, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. Today, I’m taking steps to end our failed approach. Allow me to lay them out.

No-one who arrives on our shores having fled war, persecution or violence should be treated like a criminal.

You’ll have seen a lot of charts in the past few weeks. But this one REALLY matters. The mortgage burden - the % we spend on our repayments - is heading for the highest level since the late 80s. Last time it hit these levels it preceded the biggest housing crash in modern history

After the right turn, the U-turn. But Kwasi Kwarteng's panicked climbdown still leaves £43bn in tax cuts. Growth won’t pay for them so spending cuts worse than austerity will - an amount equivalent to closing every English school. [THREAD] https://t.co/nzrLVGgbet

the format literally every single time she speaks: 1.<long pause> 2.“well…” 3.<extremely unreassuring red herring gobshite>

NEW Westminster Voting Intention. Largest Labour lead (21 points) we've ever recorded. CON 28% (-5) LAB 49% (+6) LD 11% (nc) SNP 5% (+1) GRE 1% (-2) Others 7% (+2) *Changes in comparison to Survation polling September 5th 2022

Our latest VI poll has Labour with a *33pt* lead over the Tories, the highest of any recorded poll since the late 1990s. (Fieldwork 28-29 Sep) Con: 21% (-7 from 23-25 Sep) Lab: 54% (+9) Lib Dem: 7% (-2) Green: 6% (-1) Reform UK: 4% (+1) SNP: 5% (+1) https://t.co/qjE87FPC0i

This is the logical end point of the fantasy economics of the Brexit ideology. Brexit is the comorbidity in the UK economy.