Say what you will about GOV.UK, but this kind of thing (which is, to be clear, an absolutely outrageous political statement to make on an official government website) would never happen

Depressing myself by reading earlier speeches by prime ministers at their second party conference. Zero chance we get something as good as this:

4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga

It's cracking me up that he doesn't even bother to continue pretending that any of this is about Charlie Kirk

Vain, stupid, bigoted, shallow, crass, ignorant, and so, so unqualified, in every way. America’s shame and humiliation on the world stage, for everyone to see. Russia, China, Iran etc must be quietly pinching themselves at this man’s sabotage of America; victims of oppression worldwide in despair.

This is exactly the problem. It’s not a failure of ordinary people, but a craven, abject failure of elites and people in positions of influence, who all know better, but for reasons of self-interest, opportunism or corruption, enable America’s catastrophic fall from grace and self-sabotage.

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

Very excited for Whitehall lunchtime Bible studies that will now have to get senior sign-off for their autumn series looking at Paul's letter to the Colossians.

Reading this is very much like reading years of pent up Treasury official frustration at successive Chancellor's refusal/cowardice in addressing destructive anomalies in the tax system. Might that be true @ruthcurtice.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social?

What is Wrong with Government, and the Fast Stream? Several interesting reports were published over the summer. I summarise them here: ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/what-is-wr...

Try to switch off from the world for 12 hours and return to see the news about my H1B visa category. Email from the university telling me not to travel outside the country (by far the most direct messaging I’ve had from the institution since Jan). I just… 🥺

Passion, risk ... and the Civil Service:- ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/passion-ri...

Passion, risk ... and the Civil Service:- ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/passion-ri...

This is a shameful press conference, a rambling lying Trump running down his predecessor, egged on by a clutch of craven so- called journalists from both sides of the Atlantic

Good point. One of my many hobby-horses is to encourage people to treat the Cabinet Manual with scepticism. It's only the government's view of the constitution, and while it's a good piece of work it's not perfect. We mustn't let it become accepted as an authoritative constitutional text.

The Kimmel video: "The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War. Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

Reform spent the summer hammering home the need for protection from immigrants - and it worked. But while Farage talks of protecting women, his party is working to dismantle genuine protections that keep communities safe. We need to reclaim 'protection'. Here's how we do it 👇 shorturl.at/zyJ6b

Brilliant science communication ...

Excellent (depressing?) 🧵 and comments 👇👇

One of the best things in the Hillsborough Law Bill is not the duty of candour on public officials, as welcome as that is, but news that bereaved families will have publicly funded legal representation at inquests. Finally an equality of arms that's been lacking for so long

Civil Service Numbers continue to creep upwards. There were 517,000 (full time equivalent) civil servants at the end of June, 4,000 up on a year earlier - and 133,000 more than in the summer of 2016 when there was a referendum ...

This times 100. Not wishing to sound like a member of Dad's Army, there were Britons struggling 100 years ago who suffered from real economic anxiety. And when they were called upon, they went off and fought fascists, rather than marched for them.

Stephen is correct as usual but also i'm glad he's called out the utter bullshit about eCoNoMiC aNxIeTy

This👇 and just what are Guys & St Thomas management .. the present CEO is a certain Amanda Pritchard formerly nhse ceo, trust board, NHSE & DHSC going to do to protect frontline nhs staff exposed to this intimidation??

I think some people may be slipping into the fallacy of assuming "UK Radical Right Vote Intention High" implies that the UK Radical Right has gotten more popular. It's actually substantially more unpopular than UKIP in 2014. What's different is that the Cons. are *waay* more unpopular than 2014.

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He is in the other place and posted this :

I am hugely grateful to @jahodges69.bsky.social for alerting me to this. Give her a follow! x

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

Angela Rayner was innocent ! - and some other regulatory news. ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/postal-coa...

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

“NEW Yield, man!” Another dark moment in United States law and policy By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/yield-man Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/09/yiel...

Some interesting regulatory news + unfair treatment of Angela Rayner:- ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/postal-coa...

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

meanwhile, in Nuneaton

Hard to disagree with Iain Dale's analysis of the recent reshuffle. ( iaindale.substack.com/p/mr-dales-d... )

Kind of incredible that you can get a standing ovation for inciting a race riot but that’s where we are

It goes under the radar but a minister’s staff also suffer at times like this. Angela’s team is made up of top people, smart, professional, driven and nice to work with. I hope they find roles where they can continue to push forward the work they’ve been doing.

#NewcastleUponTyne Heritage in a single frame - Tyne Bridge, Moot Hall, Castle Keep, Central Station and St Mary's Cathedral, on this day 4th September 2005.

The failure of the government to denounce these thugs is completely fucking sickening.

How much power should mayors really have? Lord Ben Houchen says it’s time to decide. In our latest Re:Think, Policy Director, @stkaye.bsky.social, reflects on his conversation with the Tees Valley Mayor - the latest in our Meetings with Mayors series. Check it out👇 re-state.co.uk/rethink/my-c...

This one of several 3+ foot high 'flags' that have been attached to road signs in North Devon. I doubt they are pure expressions of national pride.

Full text of last week's Court of Appeal judgment on Essex asylum hotel www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR. Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says. davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...

here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

Letter from @timbale.bsky.social in Times today

and you may hate the institution - but Treasury experience really helps if you want someone to help you manage Whitehall