Big crowd protesting against the Policing Bill in Westminster right now. #KillTheBill before it kills democracy. Is this what we left the EU for? #ToriesOut#downingstreetparty
I think Ed Miliband felt like he couldn’t be himself when he was Labour leader (we expect so much from the opposition leaders) but he really is an asset to the Labour Party. I hope he gets the chance in government.
So on British TV this morning I understand the Director of the Environment Agency has said that all England's rivers now present a health hazard for people and people should avoid swimming in them.
That is simply astonishing.
#brexit
Here's the thing about the #Budget2021 today...
The gazebo/tents used by the UK Government Test and Trace project cost under £200 to buy at B&Q but Serco *hired* them instead for £26,000 a year each.
Go figure that one out!
What does a loss of 4% of GDP because of Brexit look like? If we took current figures of about £2 trillion for 2020 (down hugely from 2019) and imagined it was 4% smaller that would be a loss of £80 billion. That’s about £1.5 billion/week lost. That is a lot more than £350m.