2026-03-31T10:04:14Z https://nostr.ae Emeritus Prof Christopher May https://nostr.ae/npub12pw99cs5a6j6r56yafxt355j8h38hhw6fh3zwunhj99m3gv3nfds7zzvxn https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/accounts/avatars/109/363/471/129/904/593/original/366278842762c266.png https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/accounts/avatars/109/363/471/129/904/593/original/366278842762c266.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8zdw93evf7pjmtl02p3tnr3je9qacfeakss0lu0wejzx4s59yj6qzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k4terjj Across England just over a quarter of all children live in poverty, rising to over a third of children in London; no wonder many voters do not believe claims by our political class that the UK economy is not dysfunctional &amp; just needs some tweaks to improve.<br/><br/>This level of child poverty doesn&#39;t happen by accident nor does it happen quickly; its an indictment of the callousness &amp; inhumanity of our political class&#39; management of the UK&#39;s political economy.<br/><br/>#UK #inequality <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/child-poverty-london-housing-crisis">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/child-poverty-london-housing-crisis</a> 2026-03-26T21:43:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd32d37dmvqrhf0yt0cqkd4pg9jme4a9mpy0ptax6s3kz9lfcz4cqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kwsflru The affordability of housing has dipped from its historic highs (when measured as a multiple of median earnings) - see chart below.<br/><br/>This dip, however still leaves housing across England at just on twice as expensive realty to median earnings as it was a quarter of a century ago (with London even more unaffordable).<br/><br/>Until this ratio is down to at least what it was in 2000 the housing crisis will not be solved - this reduction is a necessary not sufficient condition to end the crisis!<br/><br/>#housing<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/116/296/927/259/926/728/original/51a2df89e9e89fa5.png"> <br/> 2026-03-26T18:40:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxwv9kdg47dgnue2evx6vd5ms7nf0n0drpa8gnqgaaxna5te5e2sczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k3g4j4u The UK&#39;s energy policy over decades (and its reliance on the market) has now bitten us in the backside;<br/><br/>rather than have a strategic view of energy security, our political class have been convinced that markets would offer us energy at all times because it was in the sellers&#39; interest.<br/><br/>The problem with such economic approaches is they assume that our markets relations are somehow inoculated from any wider disruption... it now turns out that this is very much not the case!<br/><br/>#energy #politics 2026-03-26T18:28:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgdtglm4zn79hr8rl7lgjequlvd6vpfxmgn042ke949cl4qf7mgvqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9knfaxaa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgul6gf6hhmyqegzveh5lx07e82fkc5xjjkjjq6uuj79gtxzuxpdcugqacy'>nevent1q…qacy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, its a classic case of guidance reflecting the sort of people the political class mix with..... 2026-03-26T06:03:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7qsgvx8fr0yx0rsn3wrmhkwrkd4scndcjkwrvn28clrzsa4lcnczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kvsxluq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfj9lu572sunv774zazscyu4kw5xxq6tvzy74pw9krrzlg8xg89jgg2h7g2'>nevent1q…h7g2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, sadly I think you may be right; but I guess we&#39;ll see if that lesson might have been learnt when the actual legislation emerges 2026-03-24T08:36:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswknxxunrstxtjn6y6sylg0nw3yemn55nxvnsp8l6hjjenctqs8eszypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k4arnly In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsza98we3762g73c96xvetemlj6dmh8t0gv8jxneduckecjrfc32qgvvgdqq'>nevent1q…gdqq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, I think it all comes down to the legitimacy of the Govt. and that would be value call for the individual but a matter of law for the state.... I see tax as broadly a social good &amp; so I&#39;m always looking for ways for the system to be fairer &amp; work better.... tax evasion is not the way forward 2026-01-31T12:58:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgvyjgutl6h7pn786wdcpkhxw8cj2fw6aclt3zf5n49zkt4ye69lqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kulv4ey And os the bleating starts;<br/><br/>one of the kites flown by the Treasury in the last couple of days is to end the exceptional tax status of partnerships in the professions &amp; make professionals (i.e. lawyers &amp; accountants) pay national insurance contributions.<br/><br/>And so now we&#39;re being told that this will makes things very difficult for the sector, erode international competitiveness, will raise costs for &#39;struggling&#39; mid-field firms etc. etc.<br/><br/>When privilege is removed, oh how they cry!<br/><br/>#AutumnBudget 2025-10-22T17:32:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrtsslltrz4y3fzdzacq43ey3xcj0yn969c5fl8xsz9n35ezmfagczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9ktwm6gs The Tangerine Tyrant is intending to send the military to &#39;war-ravaged&#39; Portland, despite the Oregon Governor making it clear there is no national security threat to be resolved. This makes it the fourth city in which troops have been deployed to counter demonstrations against ICE agents&#39; actions agent immigrants.<br/><br/>Its a common tactic by political leaders to prompt a war to distract from policy failures, but a lot less common to stoke the war in their own country...<br/><br/>#politics #CivilWar <br/>h/t FT 2025-09-28T07:01:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstd329tjhay74ynkjpgfaa5qss67us2yckaxc7cng4yr2ylwhxanczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kzwcx7e More declaratory politics in the ongoing (engineered) health crisis...<br/><br/>The good news is that the Govt. its seeking to reduce constraints on NHS employers to hire nurses &amp; midwives...<br/><br/>the bad news is it looks like such expansion in the staff complement will not be fully funded, meaning for those who want/need to empty more nurses &amp; midwives, cuts will need to be made elsewhere!<br/><br/>This is not the way to solve a funding-based crisis, its just pious words<br/><br/>#NHS #health <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39ddjv09vvo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39ddjv09vvo</a> 2025-08-11T05:58:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgz0hj63grl6cx0xeflctv7yhpqllk8kvaygugg77nsnyqj0q3tzqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k2840kx The strains on schools are evident in the figures for exclusion(s). An education system using exclusion as the solution for difficult to manage behaviour is betraying young people.<br/><br/>Pupils need support &amp; help to find their way through an educative process, not to be stigmatised &amp; treated as a problem that can just be handed off.<br/><br/>While (post-lockdown) shifts in behaviour may be an issue &amp; exclusion may be a ready solution, its not the right one!<br/><br/>#schools #education <br/><br/>data DofE via LinkedIn<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/951/801/547/929/183/original/ccc341412fd689eb.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-01T05:24:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2pqlkwxfjz4yav2f07sydd3vr47vwyu5jp70tgz36pp6da9pzy4szypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kpe6hac The problem with the current Labour Govt. in a nutshell; a &#39;No.10 source&#39; says:<br/><br/>&#39;It’s a fairness issue but also a fiscal one – how can we spend money on the public’s priorities, like schools and hospitals, if all the money is going on welfare?&#39;<br/><br/>How can a Labour Govt. present a fiscal zero-sum game between spending on schools and hospitals, and spending on welfare, as if there were not other sources or income or cuts that might be made... disgraceful!<br/><br/>#politics <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/05/no-10-reviewing-winter-fuel-payment-cut-after-labour-slump-in-local-elections">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/05/no-10-reviewing-winter-fuel-payment-cut-after-labour-slump-in-local-elections</a> 2025-05-05T21:28:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxf47x7zqf2duwyaf3v43495868u5dmp5unqrqnyw59aptmzwnzqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kfweesx More climate myopia.<br/><br/>Across the finance &amp; insurance sector, firms are only accounting for &#39;repetitional risk&#39; around climate change, with little assessment of how shifts in climate might impact on actual investments &amp; insurance claims.<br/><br/>The very fact that the Prudential Regulation Authority is now requiring(!) reviews by firms on their environmental risks tells you a lot about how the financial services sector has effectively ignored a major future problem!<br/><br/>#climate #FinancialServices <br/>h/t FT 2025-05-01T05:16:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxjfktqjqjl3dzndyelyhph4ldpl8ty45wzwgryteyxz3y45c32hqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kttcmc7 WTO DG, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, warns we are seeing a major de-coupling of China/US trade &amp; this will have an adverse impact on the global economy... <br/><br/>she may be right, but equally we may be &#39;merely&#39; entering a period of transition (as I&#39;ve argued before) between a system where the US is (perhaps too uncritically) seen as the global economic &#39;leader&#39; to one not where China takes over, but rather we end up with a multipolar system of regional trading blocs!<br/><br/>#economics <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/trump-tariffs-will-send-global-trade-into-reverse-this-year-warns-wto">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/trump-tariffs-will-send-global-trade-into-reverse-this-year-warns-wto</a> 2025-04-16T16:34:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst75w42cew7vyvk7qg0kpshfye0ca2yesxxmrhwm7wzsvkndka4aqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k4dfq96 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs288hahgj2an4mfea88p9hzl8hqczq75zf9z86zvf7keeq4e4kp9cxddjte'>nevent1q…djte</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, localised micro-power looks like an interesting idea... near us, a housing cooperative on the Lune river has a micro-hydro facility that, I would think, is doing good work for them 2025-04-16T08:39:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz0rlhr2zrz370kwxvumx75uyy5t6cc5ueellj5pydt0nr9xpwh8czypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9ke4uax9 Anyone who thinks a US/UK trade deal will offer any real advantage to the UK is (in my view) delusional... if a deal is concluded it will involve breaching prior UK &#39;red lines&#39;; on imported chicken, on UK data regulation, likely also on access to the NHS.<br/><br/>What is so frustrating is that Keir Starmer seems unwilling to consider changing his &#39;red lines&#39; in negotiation with the EU, but happy to throw out prior limitations on trade with the USA.<br/><br/>Time to pivot (properly) to Europe!<br/><br/>#politics #trade 2025-04-16T06:15:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxtdx2me0rqj2upmzqelm7flsetevrv2q6jsau8m6tg2t6y7lekpczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k6mc2gk Seemingly some lower priced imports POTUS Trump does like:<br/><br/>In an executive order yesterday he paved the way for the importation of medicines from countries where they are cheaper, in a direct move against Big Pharma that often charges US customers around three times the lowest prices levied outside the USA.<br/><br/>This will surely be a popular move, but not with the Pharma sector, which (one must conclude) have done too little to seek favour at the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant.<br/><br/>#BigPharma #politics 2025-04-16T05:25:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswt4sk8pr0xup0czhq3n8980fgjmx7u28hg09rft9aud98cu7yjkszypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9ka9yfg7 One thing that is becoming clear from the rule of the Court of Tangerine Tyrant... if the US constitution fails to contain the danger of Trump&#39;s administration, people like me who support a written constitution as a way of improving UK politics are going to have some re-thinking to do.... because Trump is the very sort of leader a written constitution would be expected to protect people from.<br/><br/>If a constitution doesn&#39;t work in this case, then how useful would it be?<br/><br/>#politics #RuleOfLaw 2025-04-15T21:04:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst38nayw2s76lkzg5qu2a74mlh7j0utm2gjnw9j2ctpv4aex8s97qzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9krs0e9f Q. will the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant finally achieve what globalisation did not? The reduction of our interest in, and influence by, the machinations of the US government &amp; society.<br/><br/>Are we moving into a world where the USA is just one large state among others, and no longer the &#39;leader of the free world&#39;?<br/><br/>Nesrine Malik thinks are &#39;over-exposure&#39; to the USA may be coming to an end... I hope she&#39;s right!<br/><br/>#politics <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/14/post-american-world-washington-chaotic-opportunity">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/14/post-american-world-washington-chaotic-opportunity</a> 2025-04-14T06:02:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92p0pynxf3vz6xp3ma0j5krapt5t68d0prp0f2lp4tldr9cfc7cczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kewl0xp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvag6agcharsl3aw09kjqenvmq4escczsqfyznxqaa4ds78g97wggng2kp'>nevent1q…g2kp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem with this argument is its difficult to refute because we don&#39;t know what&#39;s going on in Starmer&#39;s mind, but equally his actions are clearly consistent with the argument, and lacking clear alternate evidence (rather than potentially bad faith political declarations), we have to fall back on the evidence (making your argument difficult to refute). 2025-03-17T18:33:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgm4tyylmgd5ygkmkvylpsptk82ce83x2pu5phz3f7vvsw5r08mzczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9knfdsgs The Competition &amp; Markets Authority (CMA) has hardly been an an effective pro-competition regulator (witness the UK&#39;s endemic problem with sectoral oligopolies), but Rachel Reeves is still defanging it further, limiting investigations on the basis of &#39;share of supply&#39; &amp; &#39;material influence&#39; raising the threshold for the initiation of regulatory intervention (further).<br/><br/>Whatever Reeves thinks, or has been told, the UK widespread oligopolies are the problem not the solution!<br/><br/>#economics <br/>h/t FT 2025-03-17T06:38:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswagaz9e3wsmal09jhuskqw8kgpfxn25a7pq3c07tfa7ryg0ugcdgzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kpaaqfr The (forced) disappearance of cash continues, but I wonder what would happen if you turn up at a card only premises, eat their food &amp; then only offer cash?<br/><br/>They will say card only, but you are offering legal tender;<br/><br/>They might say you have consumed food without the means to pay, but you have the legal means to pay.<br/><br/>Would they call the police &amp; how would this be litigated I wonder?<br/><br/>Just needs a group to organise this sort of action, and we might find out?<br/><br/>#economics <br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/16/uk-high-street-chains-restaurants-cash-payments">https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/16/uk-high-street-chains-restaurants-cash-payments</a> 2025-03-16T09:00:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsymc0zu4za8m9axu3ut5l55ev2ehu89pqc2mdljqhpgu93ze987sszypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k2nted6 As Sally Gainsbury (Nuffield Trust) says at the heart of the budget part of the NHS crisis is a simple fact:<br/><br/>&#39;While technological advance elsewhere tends to reduce costs, in healthcare it increases them by expanding what treatments are possible. As a consequence, it also expands what the public expects to receive.... [And so] healthcare consumption tends to grow at more than twice the rate of population growth&#39;.<br/><br/>Managing that is, of course, the political challenge<br/><br/>#Health #politics <br/>h/t FT 2025-03-16T08:08:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplg2sd9zlf53y6glk88f87n6zfurv6zvj76scqwshxthhew2ashqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k4nd0xf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszj3u72zwmhrz32a3mz2zwjlwl8u2a4rqchj4x7dxvulhgg49cuzcpvdadq'>nevent1q…dadq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, this is the abiding issue with protest - how do you protest (especially if disruptive, to get coverage &amp; profile) while not alienating the more passive support for the issue.... I think climate protestors have concluded that the passive supporters are no real help &amp; they need to galvanise public opinion differently, but as you suggest that might be a high risk political strategy 2025-03-08T10:23:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspk0fjq69gefl8l8ahckpp4hz8fvk9ekqmfxa2dgv0s0ljk55tckczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kvt5ajd Andy Haldane (Royal Society of Arts, writing in the FT) argues the UK should reform its regulative culture to join the US &amp; focus on forgiveness rather than permission;<br/><br/>so writes a man who likely has never suffered a loss due to rapacious financial service operators, had to rent from an exploitative landlord, or found himself stolen from by scammers;<br/><br/>its always the comfortable middle-class who champion deregulation &amp; a shift to higher risk; strangely never the victims!<br/><br/>#regulation #politics 2025-02-08T10:39:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr7g86gx2c9h0vamxsc69r94z32wusfxlxcs9gl25ufk958jl9xkqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k07slfw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2mf088mkt3darpzst3mj20370axxptc80j7yv8jfswrq8dp6qkg7sedjn'>nevent1q…edjn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>because, they were more wilful about the wrecking.... its my view (you may differ) that new Labour for all its faults wanted to &#39;save&#39; the NHS, whereas the Tories most certainly did not. But I also agree, in the long run its a problems made worse in different ways by both parties.... so perhaps we can meet in the middle? 2025-02-07T09:44:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqzxdw7rtvj6c9k0k8fzpsgdneekf5vsflr3kk8v560f65kfcqmtqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kwqllxn The Tory engineered crisis in the NHS is clear in everyday waiting lists &amp; rationing of treatment(s), but it is also perhaps even more seriously evident in the growing projected costs of repairs &amp; maintenance delayed;<br/><br/>moreover, the worse cases (those with most risk of disruption to health care) are growing.... whatever else Streeting thinks will help the NHS, job No.1 has to be the repair of vital infrastructure... AI tools are no help there!<br/><br/>This cannot continue<br/><br/>#NHS #health #infrastructure<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/113/961/375/214/659/348/original/26811f95d93a6f53.png"> <br/> 2025-02-07T07:19:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9g2tn6cuyldkj9j9y8uk7rwp86lrqnr8nxprw22r8munmsscvryqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k596ml7 Q. will Greenland be the litmus test for how Europe responds to Trump?<br/><br/>Nathalie Tocci, thinks it reveals that:<br/><br/>&#39;Europeans are scared. They fear Trump &amp; their fear is paralysing. It freezes their actions &amp; quiets their rhetoric. The more Trump confirms their fears through his repeated threats, the less they are inclined to react. Trump presumably smells the fear &amp; like all bullies revels in it, upping the ante&#39;!<br/><br/>Time to toughen up?<br/><br/>#politics #security #Greenland <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/30/greenland-europe-donald-trump-us-threats">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/30/greenland-europe-donald-trump-us-threats</a> 2025-01-30T07:20:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstr4v6gjva7w9n9dvv65jvhtc5ra0x869lhaw6rv9m99vmkwx8ydgzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kkc6gr2 The Women&#39;s Budget Group on Rachel Reeves speech:<br/><br/>&#39;Our economy is being held back because people can’t access social care, get the right medical treatment when they need it, or because they cannot afford or secure a nursery place for their child.... Waiting for the economy to grow before investing in these services overlooks a critical point: public services are the backbone of a strong economy, not a consequence of it.&#39;<br/><br/>#RachelReeves #economics #politics <br/><br/><a href="https://www.wbg.org.uk/article/wbg-response-to-rachel-reeves-speech-on-economic-growth/">https://www.wbg.org.uk/article/wbg-response-to-rachel-reeves-speech-on-economic-growth/</a> 2025-01-29T18:19:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp288eqwzyn4t7vngtter67sanzg6yg5nha75zvqp3ypnsfylp0dqzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9knf50af Wes Streeting (in the Times earlier this month via today&#39;s Guardian):<br/><br/>&#39;We’ve got to identify a system of funding for healthcare that is more effective than the one we have currently got, and at the same time carries those who can’t afford to pay&#39;.<br/><br/>To me this sounds like a;<br/>a basic safety net for the poor;<br/>a full spectrum, pay for use NHS for the bulk of the population; and<br/>a quicker(?) private health care system for the rich?<br/><br/>This is not the NHS people want or voted for!<br/><br/>#NHS #health 2025-01-25T08:36:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0dfmjzdqxhc7vk22fxfemrrnup50d6rkn4at7geytx0gdxj4nacgzypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k8m49f4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsarhrkxqfkm9uu248cnydmu0lgxlkg77hmkf2eysn3ycfk4u0lsz9uqq3'>nevent1q…uqq3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How does this relate to pubic sector research, or are your figures inclusive of that cost? 2025-01-05T18:41:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswgupuepg6dvnh60avjyc3ukzaakpydw50767sezj0tyungdl2wvczypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kmqsyvr As with all good conspiracy stories the fact that both Reform &amp; Elon Musk have denied he is considering giving the party $100m to fight the next election in the UK, merely confirms the likelihood of it happening for many commentators.<br/><br/>Certainly Labour are scrambling to tighten up rules on foreign donations to political parties, but if Musk wants to give Farage money, he&#39;ll likely find a way... so can we expect Reform&#39;s already toxic political profile to become even more toxic?<br/><br/>#politics 2024-12-07T09:02:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxwwqxmv5gsnrdqny7dm0fvkv4446v7lljp8urrfdrg34lxkdye7szypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9k39gwxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wh6hkwelmpczcqxcwl38au2tupn5ultc50p3np66eusdq70tyeg37c90n'>nevent1q…c90n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and do we expect that? In a word: no! 2024-10-30T06:24:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyljdjyklg7usz469nsq8x3mpp9sxmmw9u786ve60dnwjlzahlfyszypg9c5hzznh2tgwngn4yewxjjg77y77amfx7yfmjw7g5hw9pjxd9kxzzv8u For those of you who think wondering whether the first female chancellor might do economics differently some how makes me an agent of the patriarchy.... the reason I ask, is I have always regarded feminist standpoint approaches as making some sense.<br/><br/>for this of you unaware of feminist standpoint, here is the article from the Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.<br/><br/><a href="https://iep.utm.edu/fem-stan/">https://iep.utm.edu/fem-stan/</a> 2024-07-05T21:09:20Z