Anna Foster on #r4today says the defence sector is calling for more investment in defence. There’s a surprise.
The World at One asks what can be done about Elon Musk stirring up division. How about getting off X, which has become a platform for promoting fascism in the UK and beyond. The same should apply to the BBC and other institutions. #WATO
Great news, well done @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social!
RIP Roy Hattersley. His memoirs are the funniest, least pompous & shortest I have read by a politician. And “Choose Freedom: the future for democratic socialism” is also well worth reading, though it’s probably too dangerously left-wing for these times.
If this Sunday Times story is true, it's very bad news for the UK's credibility as a climate leader, for consumers & for the long term future of the UK car industry. The world is going electric & the UK needs to ensure it's not left behind.
"Mandelson files reveal Labour party is riddled with doubts and infighting."
Has there ever been a government in British history not "riddled with doubts and infighting"?
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