FWIW (and I am also sceptical), Streeting was claiming this morning that the £1bn upfront cost would save around £1bn annually in future years. (View Post)

For once, I don't have too much of a problem with Trump doing this. There's no guarantee it will work out, obviously, but there will be no improvement in the region without stability in places like S… (View Post)

Rachel was apparently drunk, and fell over: https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1988299581386616963 (View Post)

A gentle first push down the slide doesn't dominate world news, though. This will likely take months to play out. (View Post)

Whatever else one thinks of Streeting (I don't have a strong opinion either way), he made a fairly good point this morning about the ease with which ministers can arbitrarily increase civil serve hea… (View Post)