Simon Edmonds

Boris Johnson was a complete idiot, that’s why he attracted idiot advisors like this guy.

It was exactly the behaviour when Cooper was Home Sec.
The Home Office is just a blocking Dept in Whitehall.

Kwarteng as energy minister ensured we have no gas storage, despite wanting to drill the North Sea.
Would be handy to have some energy storage right now.

Badenoch denies calling for UK to join US-Israeli war on Iran Conservative leader accused of taking confusing position after she said Starmer should ‘do more than catch arrows’

At the most basic level of 'have some self-respect', Conservative MPs should not put forward someone who visibly is not intellectually equipped to be prime minister as their candidate to be prime minister.

Mixture and booze soaked fruit for a Mary Berry Christmas Cake - yes it’s March !

With the state of world affairs it’s clearly time for another Dame Merry Berry Christmas Cake

🚨👀 Nigel Farage says Reform UK never promised to cut council tax. An election leaflet says otherwise...

New More in Common poll finds that 55% of British voters want Keir Starmer to prioritise "standing up to Trump", compared to just 27% who say he should prioritise working with him.

74% say they want British forces to have either no involvement in the Iran war or to just offer defensive cooperation.

The Iran war should be a lesson for Keir Starmer's Government. If you take a clear line on an issue where the public agree with you then it's your opponents who end up having to back down, not you

Early Iran strikes cost $5.6 billion in munitions, Pentagon estimates The figure, accounting for the war’s first two days, is likely to intensify concerns in Congress that U.S. forces are churning through a scarce supply of advanced weaponry.

The Pentagon calculated it was spending $1 billion a day on Trump and Netanyahu’s war. The truth? It was $3 billion…and that’s just for munitions.

Plus they’ve alarmed everyone by burning through scarce munitions in a matter of days.

At least the world realises now that Trump and he alone with his close court of advisors are completely responsible.

Couple of populist jokers promising to reverse every net zero move re renewables, heat pumps, fuel duty, car grants with absolutely no plan to pay for it.
Just gimmickry, not serious policy at all.
Let’s increase reliance on oil and gas at a time of huge concern. 🙁

Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan Lawyers including top barristers and retired judges urge the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.

Screeching U-turn incoming as the legal profession writes to Keir Starmer bypassing Lammy.

Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK’s public leadership pipeline has fallen into disrepair Institutions are failing to deliver basic commitments because of failures of leadership

One of the oddest features of the Coalition is that they delighted in criticising the civil service’s lack of skills whilst cutting back on civil service training. www.ft.com/content/3599... The UK’s public leadership pipeline has fallen into disrepair

Satire was dead long ago. Now he did the same to standup comedy.
Flabbergasting.

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’

The @theguardian.com finding that some AI investments may be more 'bust than boom'. Very little confidence in Govt oversight especially Dept Science, Innovation and Technology.
Reporting from @aishadown.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.

Only Trump can bomb a school in Iran, that is some sh*t he’s doing

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.

He bombed a school in Iran
Just like his best pal and war criminal Putin
BBC verify has the video analysis, presume Trump will sue for billions

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.

He bombed a school in Iran
No different to his pal and war criminal Putin
BBC Verify video analysis confirms

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It was those Franz Bechenbauer styled sideburns, obvious vote winner !! 😀

UK-EU alignment step in right direction but urgent progress essential Ministers must make urgent progress on a "common sense food and drink deal" with the EU, campaigners have urged.

🚨 Naomi Smith, Best for Britain CEO:

“As Best for Britain has long argued, ministers must not simply make urgent progress on this common sense food and drink deal, but on extending alignment to all industrial service sectors to get growth kickstarted both here and in the EU.”

Am guessing this might get finessed into doing some trials before going any further. Should stop the screeeeeeeching U-turn

A reminder that Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and the entire Conservative-supporting press have spent the past week lambasting Keir Starmer for not joining the Iran war.

Here's what has happened since then to public opinion

From the man that ensured we have absolutely zero gas storage when Energy Minister to the worst Chancellor on record. Words also fail me.

I hope they do green the city centre and along the Main Promenade - it will be a huge improvement and great for residents and visitors.

Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

Zilch is my guess!

It was the same with our dog, had the best places, cushions, blankets in the house !!

We have all 6 here, diaried for tonight !

The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.

The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social

Brexit

a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)

www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

That’s one donor that will want his first class tickets cost back then.