Starmer is using the #SouthportRiots to drive through greater use of facial recognition cameras -- against which many of his own MPs have very reasonable concerns spectator.co.uk/article/starme…

Do markets like Rachel Reeves any more than they liked Liz Truss? spectator.co.uk/article/why-ar…

“That ESO’s public utterances are at odds with what its executives are saying in private is perhaps the most worrying aspect. It shows we are not having an open and honest debate about Miliband’s decarbonisation plan, nor about net zero targets in general.” Ross Clark

once again, the Great Barrier Reef refuses to die spectator.co.uk/article/is-the…

call it a communist land grab if you like, but the govt is right to propose to assemble land for new towns through compulsory purchase at less-than development value spectator.co.uk/article/in-def…

ever wondered why solar panels have come down so much in price? dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

the train drivers' pay award seals it -- our next PM will have to be in the mold of Javier Milei spectator.co.uk/article/labour…

day 2 of 'grown-up' relations between govt and rail unions bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Starmer berated the Johnson government for not taking action on Covid faster, so what does he do about monkeypox? Ban all travel from sub-Saharan Africa, ban sex outside marriage? spectator.co.uk/article/what-s…

Essential reading from Ross Clark. SPOILER: We have no chance of the UK getting to Net Zero by 2050. A half-hearted attempt will still be ruinously expensive. Even if we did hit the target it would be irrelevant. Climate change is not going to end the world anyway.

we are led by people who have little idea of how societies grow richer spectator.co.uk/article/labour…

rail unions are just taking the mickey now. Sooner or later a government will have to take them on just as Mrs Thatcher took on the NUM spectator.co.uk/article/keir-s…

“Blaming the Tories for everything has been Labour’s default position since it took power seven weeks ago. But it won’t wash once the bill starts rolling in for Miliband’s decarbonisation plans.” Ross Clark #CostOfNetZero 👉spectator.co.uk/article/the-en…

Ross Clark warns in The Sun against the promotion of working from home, arguing that productivity is higher in the office. But Matt Potter / 🦣 [email protected] at the The Independent is in favour. Let workers turn on the 'out of office' email auto-reply. ▶️eurotopics.net/en/325205

It is indeed August 2024. Let no-one say Gordon Brown is wrong about everything theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

the concept of 'work of equal value' is a hugely destructive weapon for UK business spectator.co.uk/article/the-ne…

for once, the influence of unions on the Labour party has achieved something beneficial for us all. We should enjoy the moment spectator.co.uk/article/it-did…

Labour's 4 day week will either be a burden on business -- or it will be totally meaningless spectator.co.uk/article/why-la…

Paris if you look up... And Paris if you look down

Ed Miliband's promise to save s £300 a year on our energy bills is a huge millstone around Labour's neck spectator.co.uk/article/miliba…