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A CLIMATE CHANGE RECAP THREAD, OR WHY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CO2. 1: We are in the modern warming period, due to the Solar Cycles called Bray-Halstatt & Eddy. Temperatures are EXPECTED TO INCREASE in this period. Easily understood from this graph:
Snowflake who doesn't understand ancient public rights of way. If I'm right, this is a fourth possible reason for pocketing £5m - now, apparently, it is to keep journalists away. Didn't work, did it?
BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has threatened to use the 'full force of the law' against Unite the Kingdom attendees should the rally turn violent. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support
Delighted to have come fifth in the Lords ballot for Private Members Bills with a Bill to replace the Windsor Framework with sensible mutual enforcement arrangements. Looking forward to introducing it in early June and to highlighting the need for postive change
In recent months I’ve chosen to stay out of all the “noise” of X and the cross party political horrors we are witnessing as our country descends into chaos after years of neglect. And I have been approached by many media outlets today to ask if I am going to stand against @AndyBurnhamGM in the Makerfield by election. I’ve declined all interviews up to now. But I just wanted to say here that whilst I’m hugely flattered that the public consider me as worthy of their trust in such a huge moment, and many have messaged me asking me to throw my hat in the ring, I feel I can do more good from the place I am. The work fighting for victims and survivors of “rape gangs”, all survivors of any kind of sexual violence still being hugely failed by our police/courts/cps, and to continue to use my voice to expose the cover ups and corruption in our institutions that has consumed my life for 13 years isn’t finished yet. And I don’t quit until it’s won! I know my subject inside out! And I know what’s needed…. My charity @TMOFCharity and I are currently fighting this government in a Judicial Review, a “David and Goliath” fight as I said in March. We are also fighting alongside many dozens of survivors as we try to ensure they have an effective voice in this so called new “statutory enquiry” - which in all honesty is shaping up to be exactly like the one that fell apart last year when survivors including @fionagoddarduk @EllieAnnRe71927 @snatched1400 and others resigned in disgust at the secrecy and “game playing” they saw from @jessphillips and others in government. 3 months after we took over two dozen survivors to meet @annelongfield and her team in Manchester we’re still to receive any update, response or even the most basic communication about the direction of travel of this new “Statutory enquiry”and again we’re hearing on the grapevine of more “secret squirrel meetings”, NDAs, lack of openness and transparency etc etc So my work here is not yet done, and I intend to see this through until I can rest knowing change is coming. But thankyou for your trust in me. Which in all honesty means the world 💕
Obviously hypothetical polling has to be taken with a pinch of salt but back in January we found that Burnham was worth roughly ~5 extra points to Labour nationally compared to the VI at the time.
That’s part of it, but the decision only to prosecute Kneecap for a minor summary offence under s.13 of the Act caught both CPS and police by surprise. The only offence Labour Attorney General Richard Hermer approved was displaying a Hezbollah flag - after limitation had expired.
Bank of England was until recently largest holder of gilts. It's been aggressively selling for no good reason other then Bailey wants to. We have a Bailey premium on gilts nobody talks about
Returning to something I have been ringing the alarm bell about, here are five things to note about the move in UK yields since the start of the Middle East War (please see the CNBC chart below): The magnitude is significant: The move is now approaching a full percentage point—a staggering shift in such a short window. "High Beta" turbocharged: The surge has significantly outpaced movements in other advanced economies, reflecting the UK’s structural "high-beta" characteristics and recent domestic political developments. Highly eroded buffers: This volatility comes at a time of not only limited policy flexibility but also a thinning of other economic shock absorbers. "Main Street" as much as Treasury: These yields will not only feed into higher government interest payments but also into mortgage rates and corporate borrowing costs, as well as weaker growth dynamics, placing further pressure on an already strained fiscal situation and the household sector. Multidimensional fallout: The consequences will likely extend far beyond economics, with ripples across financial, political, and social spheres. #economy #UK #gilts #growth #markets
In some London boroughs, 2 in 5 properties are socially rented. Vast swathes of prime, inner london land is occupied by decaying, poorly managed council housing, inhabited by an economically inactive population. My latest for the @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/money/property…
A Muslim employee of NHS England is set for compensation of thousands of pounds after winning an employment tribunal which ruled that bosses had discriminated against her by allowing trans women to use single-sex toilets. care.org.uk/news/2026/05/m…
Prosecutors have been issued new legal guidance on the use of offensive banners, slogans, chants or symbols to recognise the changing context and increase in increase in hate crime attacks ahead of significant planned protests in London this weekend. orlo.uk/z2Tcn
Do we reckon Andy Burnham was ever 'Andy Gurnem'? Exactly the right age for it (56). 19 years old and loaded up on life for the Second Summer of Love. From a pingers stronghold (Liverpool). Lots to chew on here.
