Jane

Sports nut. #LUFC #hockey Archers fan. Book lover (crime, biography, romantic fiction, chic lit, thrillers...). And the dog. Same handle on BlueSky

[Jane @aj2squared]

I see the #PensionDashboard is in the headlines today.
15 years ago I was in regular group meetings with DWP, HMRC and Pension consultants with Steve Webb popping in regularity to try to shape how it might work
Maybe it wasn’t all a waste of time after all!

[Jane @aj2squared]

@ST0NEHENGE We have a dog
Dogs don’t do “an extra hour in bed”
Their body clocks march on at the same time as the day before
Takes a few days for them to catch up

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Beth Rigby, "All of the people in the Makerfield focus group voted to Leave the EU. When Burnham said it at conference I thought: Brexit betrayal. Those Leave voting parts of the country won't like this."

"But you ask those people and they don't seem to mind (closer ties with the EU"

Brexiter 1, "I voted to leave.. Much younger then.. Didn't understand it.. Dad told me to vote for Leave.. It's harder now.. Maybe it would be better if we went back"

Brexiter 2, "Everything seemed better when we were in Europe, it just did"

Brexiter 3, "I think we were over-promised things.. I think we would be much better as part of an EU.. Than on our own"

Brexiter 4 says she would vote the same way because she thinks we would have to adopt the Euro - currently six EU countries do not use the Euro

My view:

The Makerfield focus group tells you how much the Brexit argument has changed. These were all Leave voters. Now one says she didn’t understand what she was voting for; others say life in the EU felt better, that they were promised too much, and that Britain might be better off as a member again.

That doesn’t mean every one of them would vote to rejoin. It does show that the old assumption—that Leave voters would always reject closer ties with Europe—is wearing thin.

Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage helped persuade people that Brexit would deliver easy gains, without being honest about the trade-offs or what leaving would mean in practice.

The euro objection shows how those scare stories still shape the debate. - Six EU countries currently don’t use the euro and the UK had an opt-out when it was a member.

What this shows is the need for clear information, not deception, half-truths and outright lies, shaping the conversation. Because when people are given clear accurate facts, the majority of them do not buy into populist rhetoric, so much of which is based on hate and division.

[Jane @aj2squared]

@peterboroughtel And what did the head of this board do whilst he was an MP then - didn't he want to turn ideas into action?

[Jane @aj2squared]

@Polymarket Isn’t he already de facto?

[Emma 💛💙🇩🇰🇬🇧🇪🇺 @MonkEmma]

OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now.

It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people!

Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem...

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[Jane @aj2squared]

@scddevereaux Perhaps her early circus training helped?

[Jane @aj2squared]

@Tuttlebees @DPJHodges If we get one it will be returned to sender. And we must remember to put a stamp on it.....

[Jane @aj2squared]

@Nigel_Farage Bet they aren't paying £5,000,000 for them

[Jane @aj2squared]

@vicderbyshire Meanwhile the Rest of the World think "it's beyond time for the USA to get a new president"

[Jane @aj2squared]

@BBCBreaking Is his trip to Argentina still going ahead?

[Jane @aj2squared]

@DavidGHFrost I assume you are trying to be funny?

[Peterborough Telegraph @peterboroughtel]

2,026 lifesavers: Peterborough prepares to Restart a Heart https://t.co/X4614jatzS

[Jane @aj2squared]

@heatonmoorpark 😱

[Heaton Moor Park @heatonmoorpark]

Water and the park. Puffin island,
Lundy, on cusp of closure as it runs out of water…….#puffins #Lundy #water. https://t.co/KL30vNsrL3

[Jane @aj2squared]

@peterboroughtel Goodness.
I might have to find a jumper.
I wonder where I keep them?

[Jane @aj2squared]

@narindertweets So logically she isn't British either as both her parents were immigrants? Thus demonstrating her own lack of any self-awareness

[Jane @aj2squared]

Right person left
Thankfully
I don't think I could have managed another 9 weeks ...
#GBBO

[Tabby @mycathardy]

Splendid rosehips at Snettisham beach #rosehips #autumn

[Jane @aj2squared]

@Nigel_Farage We have dear.