Mason making a mountain out of a molehill as usual when it comes to something he can find to criticise Labour for

It's interesting to note that over the past 100 years, economic growth, job creation, and investment in the USA have all been greater under Democrat presidents than under Republican presidents. This is a message that seems to have been lost on the US electorate, especially recently.

Surely too late for any Daily Mail reader?

Researchers warn UK has a “finance curse” – an oversized sector extracting wealth instead of creating it. If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it. Andrew Curry explains

Will be ironic if Trump turns his attention to Cuba thinking he can teach them a thing or two. Cuba's education system (free) is vastly superior to that of the US and its health system (also free) just as good with a far lower spend. Several indices of happiness are better for Cuba than for USA too.

When Argentina invaded the Falklands (300 miles from their shores), we (8,000 miles away) went to their rescue with the support of most of Europe. If the USA should invade Greenland (1200 miles from US shores), I hope the UK and Europe would come to their rescue; the distance is a mere 2,000 miles.

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Just been catching up on the BBC's "Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Japan", only to hear Charles Moore stating that no society can afford to erect a wall around itself and take an isolationism stance if it is to survive. This from a supporter of Vote Leave, Brexit and an end to immigration!

Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics.

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

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Member of Transport Police on R4 this morning explaining why they couldn't be expected to review hours of CCTV footage to spot thefts of bicycles from railway stations. I can't believe that in this day and age they appear not to be aware of binary searching, which would reduce such tasks to minutes.

The heat pump will take in waste heat from one of the site's steam crackers, and deliver 500,000 tonnes of steam per year to drive formic acid production.

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?" So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

Schindler's Lift

Your chance to sample the vibrant West London arts scene this weekend and next: Borough of Ealing Art Trail share.google/UUSs4GMhEAT8...

From black bins to green gains: how Leeds transforms waste Leeds’ recycling and energy recovery facility turns black bin waste into electricity, heat and even roads – cutting landfill for good By Dr Pam Jarvis @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

What has London’s Bakerloo line got to do with the government’s ability to invest in the North? Put simply, if we let London raise more money from high land values to pay for its infrastructure, this frees up more government spending for the rest of the country. Read below to see detail 👇

Putin on his way? Following plane is "Russian Special Flight Squadron" too

If a new west-east railway line can be this transformative for London, then it's high time we had similar lines in the Midlands and the North Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway | Jonn Elledge www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interesting and informative, but depressing:

Blackpool's rate of new business formation (5.6 per 1000 people/yr) exceeds Oxfordshire's (4.2 per 1000 people/yr) It's that greater degree of entrepreneurial spirit that must account for the fact that Blackpool is famously more prosperous than Oxfordshire.

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated". #climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

The Spectacle continues. Meanwhile Project 2025 is 42% complete. www.project2025.observer

📣 New report 📣 In a volatile world, we need an economy that is firing on all cylinders - but regional imbalances are driving overheating and stagnation in different places. www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...

The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people. Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much. Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.

I'm surprised that so many people seem to be taken aback by Trump's imposition of tariffs and the way in which the sizes of these tariffs have been calculated. But the pros and cons of tariffs and the effects of implementing them in various ways is all spelled out in Trump's script: Project 2025.

Euro up 1.2% against dollar this afternoon, and £ up 1.1%. Looks as though markets not too impressed by Trump's stated intentions so far.

Trump says the future will be golden. Well, it will certainly be orange, unfortunately.

Philip Hammond peddling the myth on Radio 4 that recent public sector pay rises fueled inflation. They didn't, since at least 30% was immediately returned to the employer (the government) in the form of income tax and national insurance, and more when VAT on purchases is taken into account.

Yesterday, Lancaster was disrupted by the visit of a very minor Royal to rededicate (why?) a war memorial: Richard Duke of Gloucester. Yes, I had never heard of him before either. He is 31st in line to the throne apparently. Do we really need such an extended Royal family to undertake such "tasks"?

So, Lord Frost apparently suffers from prosopagnosia, or face blindness. No wonder he made such a pig's ear of our Brexit negotiations if he didn't know who he was talking to most of the time!

Should anyone be interested in my science (and I'm not holding my breath!), some details can be found here: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Just as taxation can be used to redistribute income from rich to poor, so it could be used to encourage EV purchase. Tax sales of each new petrol/diesel car by, say, £3000, and offer it as a subsidy on the price of a new EV. Could also use fuel taxes to subsidise charging point electricity sales.

I am not surprised that electric cars are proving difficult to sell. My research tells me that the average price of a new EV is £28k compared with £22k for a small petrol car. Also, whereas an EV costs £18 - 24 per 100 miles to run using public chargers, a petrol car costs typically £17 in petrol.