One simple industrial strategy would be to support those industries in which the UK has a comparative advantage, such as music, the creative arts & universities. The govt's strategy, however, is to do the opposite: https://t.co/uivgs6mw3x
NEW: Workers in the UK took a 2.5% real-term pay cut in 2022, while top CEOs received a 4.4% real-term rise, new analysis from @oxfamgb reveals ahead of International Workers’ Day today.
don't think I'll ever love anything as much as 50+ year old fellas love hearing the opening bars of the specials' version of 'monkey man' being parped through a pub of a saturday night and - as if by pavlovian impulse - assuming the obligatory skanking position
You'd think I'd be surprised that she asked to break the law and then have tax payers foot the bill, but I'm not, it totally tracks with both her acumen and attitude. Thank god she's not in charge of anything important....
In the UK
• Life expectancy is down by 448 days.
• Retirement age is up by 730 days.
We are dying younger & working longer.
We should be on the streets campaigning to lower the age of retirement.
Got four superior queen rooms at Z Hotel Liverpool (near the station) for the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights of Grand National week. Looking for £300 (£100 a night, well below what they’re going for now) RTs much appreciated