BBC reporting huge shortages in people with skills to do ultrasounds. The government says it can fix it but it will take a while. Imagine having to fix every specific skill shortage for the rest of time when you could simply join the European single market...

People already gave up reading to children. Listening and conversing will be next...

There are many options on gentrification. Boroughs like Southwark accelerated it by destroying social housing estates and letting the market decide rents and prices. There are ways of creating viable and balanced social mix

Why can't people wait till midnight to let off fireworks? Dogs and cats should not have to suffer hours of stress.

Top EU court adviser finds Denmark’s ‘ghetto law’ is direct discrimination www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Now that all territory is up for grabs I am surprised Canada hasn't put in a bid for Alaska. USA could lose Hawaii too.

It would be quicker to abolish the House of Lords and start again.

Ruben Amorim has developed a new business plan to milk Manchester United. First sign a contract for £7.5million a year. Then get sacked in the first 6 months. Finally, collect your payout and return to Portugal. Everyone knows United will sack you in the end so it's logical to take the initiative

"In 2016-19, the Brexiteers obtained Brexit, and then didn’t know what to do. In 2024, the Labour Party obtained power, and then didn’t know what to do. In both cases they were the proverbial dogs that caught the car." @David Allen Green is forgetting the third best example Gordon Brown as PM

Interesting that Israel is not destroying the Russian bases in Syria. Clearly playing safe with a nuclear power. It could have destroyed Assad years ago. But chose not to. They preferred a dictator.