No, not Brexit Britain: EU Germany.
Those thinking Britain's economic sclerosis stems from Brexit, and rejoining the EU is the answer, are awash with ideology, unable to see common factors in European decline: locked-in neoliberalism & hollowing of representative democracy 2/2
Guess the country:
- 20% 14-29yos intend to emigrate, 41% forever
- 2025 net loss of EU migrants 54k, new arrivals mostly from Ukraine/Asia/Africa
- bottom G7 for 2026 GDP growth
- crumbling infrastructure, 4-5k highway bridges need repair
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It is NOT ok to experiment on kids as young as 11 and make irreversible changes to their bodies.
We must protect children from dangerous ideology.
Conservatives will not just sit back and let this happen. I refuse to believe MPs, if given the chance, would let this continue. That is why we will force a vote, not just to pause this trial but to stop it completely.
Barnaby Philip John Webber
11/01/2004-13/06/2023 💔
If you can, share these images of the beautiful soul stolen from us by the worst of humanity.
Let his face today burn bright.
Barney, I promise you there will be accountability 💛💚
For You. For Grace. For Ian.
This week the most advanced AI model on the planet got switched off by a foreign government. British researchers were studying it. British companies were testing it. British hospitals were piloting it. Not any more.
This isn't an AI story. It's the story of every industry we used to lead.
Britain has some of the best AI talent in the world. DeepMind was built here. Our AI Safety Institute writes the rules other countries follow. We have the researchers, the universities, the standards.
What we don't have is the power stations to run the data centres, the planning system to build them, or the industrial base to make the chips. So the work happens here and the value lands somewhere else. We invent. Others build. Others decide. Then we read about it on Saturday morning.
Same story as the kit our soldiers don't have. Same story as the factories we used to.
I spent nine months in government making this argument inside the room. I'll make it louder from outside.
Tomorrow marks the 3rd anniversary of losing him.
It’s unbearable and still so raw.
In an effort to try and think of his legacy it feels appropriate to share details of the major fundraiser for his foundation.
More details of this special evening plus news of very ‘special guests’ to follow.
We would love to see anyone and everyone who wants to join us.
Many who follow me here are not in or near Somerset, and some may not be interested in this aspect of my family; but for anyone who does fancy a trip to the Westcountry; you are most welcome. 💚💛
Tables of 10 can be booked via email: [email protected]
Britain spent a decade choosing to be smaller in the world.
Right now the rules on communications, energy and trade are being rewritten. By China. By Russia. By countries that take their own security seriously. We need to be at that table. That's a choice we must make.
Strong countries get cheap energy. Weak countries pay whatever the strong ones decide.
Keir Starmer can complain about foreign interference from @elonmusk and @JDVance all he likes but:
He's the one who led the UK's martyrdom of George Floyd in 2020
And he's the one who led a party which campaigned for Kamala Harris in battleground states during the US election
Tomorrow marks the 3rd Grace O’Malley-Kumar cup🏆.
We would love to see as many of you there as possible to honour my daughter and join us for a family day of quality hockey, music and food.
Tickets in the available here:
https://t.co/MqBTNS6DIN
The scale of the failure is at an unfathomable level.
Only unearthed because of a full statutory inquiry.
How can this be acceptable on any level by any agency?
The most shameful part? no one has been held to account for their negligence and Calocane has thus far gotten away with murder.
Obviously I don’t want to feel angry about the death of a boy as that would make me the tool of the far-right, so it would be helpful if the Government could tell me how I should feel. Annoyed? Irritated? Mildly anxious?
Why was Valdo Calocane put in hospital and not tried for murder?
A police report found he acted rationally and “exercised self-control” as he killed his victims.
But the CPS kept the report secret.
My letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions:
These people are protesting against the “far right” at a vigil for Henry Nowak, the boy stabbed and left to bleed to death in handcuffs because his murderer told police he was racist.
Absolutely vile behaviour.