“Voters aren’t turning to Reform and the Greens because they’re becoming ‘extreme’. They’re, fairly, concluding that the mainstream offer is managed decline and they’d rather roll the dice. The answer is to put forward something genuinely bolder that really changes things for them.”
My feelings entirely. There is a dangerous complacency about this government. Despite the many things it has achieved, it hasn't even begun to address the fundamentals of housing and raising tax to properly fund public services. As voter patience evaporates so do voting habits.
Devolution of tax powers to mayors, scrapping of national insurance and property tax overhaul on report’s menu
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Campaigners and parliamentarians who support the assisted dying bill are holding a press conference about next steps, insisting that they will bring the bill back.
“There is appetite” to do so, insists Kim Leadbeater.
Some actual good news to end the week. On Wednesday afternoon, fossil fuels provided 1.2% of the UK's power, as solar generation set fresh records. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528787...
Leeds trams update
Adam Bienkov
Marcus T. Cicero Jr. XXV
On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. 1/28
National Energy System Operator confirms record low electricity share for gas generation on Wednesday afternoon, as solar output surged to new record high
A bunch of constitutional systems are still cruising on the assumption that everyone is acting in good faith and a sense of shame will prevent or fix bad actions.
