Aled Blake

I'm no political strategist but has anyone in Labour considered *not* alienating any huge chunk of their base? I just feel like they tried alienating the left and the centre left and the public sector workers and the academics, and none of those things worked great, so maybe give my idea a whirl?

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

This is a huge story.

Don't let him get away with it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform's new mayor: 'Put migrants in tents' | LBC YouTube video by LBC

People want actual scrutiny of Reform policies in government- so on my LBC Sunday show today I did just that with newly elected Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns. Do have a watch. youtu.be/WzxfvcZkluw?...

No leadership, no plan and fans furious – This is a mess of Cardiff's own making The Bluebirds have been relegated to League One and it's those at the top who need to shoulder the blame

Brilliant summary of the incompetence at Cardiff City by Glen Williams here:

Cardiff City board repeatedly ignored all warning signs and now the fans will pay the price www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Cardiff University warned of 'spiral of decline' risk over job cuts plan The way Cardiff University announced planned cuts has 'seriously damaged' its reputation, academics have warned management

Academics publish critique of Cardiff University cuts plans. More later.

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

“Angela Rayner asked whether she could do something on her off time during a trip, was told it wasn’t on, so didn’t” isn’t exactly a Woodward and Bernstein level exclusive

Emergency podcasts sir. Thousands of ‘em.

Picked up this fab book from Oxfam in Cardiff this week. Plus ça change in lots of themes. Advocates, in 1974, electrification of the Valleys rail network… and explores the idea of wholesale resettling the population of the Valleys to new coastal belt towns. 🤔

Universal basic income: Wales is set to end its experiment – why we think that’s a mistake A UBI pilot in Wales gives a sum of money to young people leaving the care system. But it won’t be rolled out beyond its trial period.

Universal basic income: Wales is set to end its experiment – why we think that’s a mistake
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Am I missing something, or is the British Museum just a load of old pots? | Adrian Chiles I found the history of the world there, told through the medium of pots. The orgy of earthenware was baffling Having lived in London since 1986, it was to my shame and discredit that I’d never been to the British Museum. I was not proud of the fact. This…

Am I missing something, or is the British Museum just a load of old pots? | Adrian Chiles

I really wish the idiom “for the birds” was for the birds.

Gilt rally offers partial reprieve for Rachel Reeves UK’s growth problems pose long-term challenges for chancellor

UK government bonds have erased the bulk of their losses since Reeves’ October Budget, bringing long-term borrowing costs close to the level they maintained before her tax and spending plans accelerated a gilt market sell-off

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Wow it is quite a sense of relief to read “those who mimic the Nazi salute even as a joke or to troll their opponents trivialise the horror of the Holocaust”.

Apparently there still are some adults left.

the absolute moral clarity and bravery of this letter is something to behold

I have lost all faith in zips | Adrian Chiles The only thing worse than spending a fortune on a coat you don’t really need is spending a fortune on a coat you don’t really need, then damaging it, then discovering that no one wants to fix it What is it with zips? Ask someone who knows about these…

I have lost all faith in zips | Adrian Chiles