Richard Davies
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@REDCaversham
@Reading_Labour Councillor for Thames Ward. Born in City of St Asaph. Director @HolyBrookLtd. Works in medical applications of information technology.
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
Winston Churchill helped defeat fascism in Europe. He deserves better than being replaced by a badger 🦡
Today’s public finance figures show borrowing is falling, and falling even faster than forecast back in November. This is important: the Chancellor’s plan for meeting her fiscal rules is predicated on borrowing falling significantly this year and next.
This scramble of cabinet ministers defending Keir Starmer in response to @AnasSarwar reminiscent of the rescue mission after James Purnell resigned in protest at Gordon Brown’s leadership in May 2009. A clean sweep of support saved the then PM, until the election when he was rejected by the public. And who masterminded that overnight operation in Downing Street back then - reassuring, cajoling, cutting deals with colleagues? Well, take a guess 😞
So just me and Keir Starmer's mam that don't understand the public's PURE HATRED for him. I get the u-turns and the winter fuel mess were annoying, but after 14 yrs of tory I find it hard to dislike this govt, I think a lot of the hate is fuelled by the media...🤔? Just me then😬
Kaja Kallas: Europe needs to adapt to new realities. Europe is no longer Washington's primary center of gravity. The shift has been ongoing for a while. It is structural, not temporary. It means that Europe must step up. No great power in history has ever outsourced its survival and survived. These developments put the severe strain on the international norms, rules, and the institutions enforcing them that we have built over 80 years. The risk of full-blown return to coercive power politics, spheres of influence, and world where 'might makes right' is very real. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney hit the nail on its head in his own speech in Davos. It's time also for Europe to take down its sign, to acknowledge that this tectonic shift is here to stay and act with urgency. When I was a schoolgirl in Estonia, before anyone had mobile phones in their pocket, many schools used the bell system to tell you the time. The first bell was a signal to go to the class, the second bell was a warning, and the third bell meant that you were late and there would be consequences. We are now dangerously close to the third bell. Before that third bell actually rings, we need to inject a sense of urgency into our efforts in defense.
EXCL: 14 Labour parliamentarians including Debbie Abrahams signed a letter opposing Labour's potential use of an all-women shortlist of candidates in the Gorton and Denton by-election “Women’s representation should never be reduced to a procedural fix or a means of managing political challenges”, they wrote:
