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"Shared Prosperity Fund" - a name dreamed up by a failed slogan writer. What bloomin' prosperity? "Occasional Bail Out a Few Things Selected for Political Ends Fund", that would better describe the reality, I feel sure.

To think that many of us have lived through complaints about journalists being insistent, demanding, question-repeating, and goodness knows what else. Robin Day v. John Nott Jeremy Paxman v. Michael Howard Eddie Mair v. Boris Johnson It wouldn't happen if the politicos actually answered...

Saw this and started to wonder what others thought of the idea? Children to be banned from cycling to school without number plates Children have been told they will be banned from cycling to their south London school if they do not put number plates on their bikes. Teachers at Stanley Park...

Damn Boris Johnson! He has managed to corrupt one of the classic songs of my teenager-hood in my brain. Like a trouble over bridge water. Could he possibly come to understand this line: And friends just can't be found

No problem with the euros bit - it is still a staggering premium. (I'll disagree with you about some things but there is already a thread going on about that!)

Have to ask how cover can be determined for a bicycle when there is no need to have any unique identifying mark on it? (I know factory-built bikes do have identifiers but there is nothing that compels me to retain that.) I'd have thought that the now-rare motor cycle rider policy would be a...

Boris Johnson’s ‘super-Canada’ plan could never work. Here’s why Gina Miller Time is running out. I implore the Conservative party conference to start talking facts not fiction about Brexit

Are you saying £550 for a one year third party policy? When my reasonably decent, reasonably brisk car is "only" £338, fully comp? Ah! - I see - a comment says 550 euros quoted. Still incredibly high.

What did she say on Marr?

May refuses to deny that no-deal Brexit could lead to hard border in Ireland -

OMG - never thought I'd feel sorry for NK's Kim: Trump professes love for Kim and hate for Kavanaugh torment in freewheeling speech President says he and North Korean dictator ‘fell in love’, decries nasty Democrats and believes UN speech drew respect In a meandering hour-long speech in...

Thank you, David Mitchell: Actually, Boris, this Churchill fetish isn’t your finest hour... David Mitchell If Johnson thinks he’s the reincarnation of the great wartime leader we should really begin to worry...

Pedantry alert - a quantum is the smallest possible change. Any change has to be by one quantum or multiple quanta.

The Observer stories are hitting the web: Britain’s bill for Brexit hits £500m a week – and rising UK’s economy is already 2.5% smaller than it would have been if the country had voted to remain

Did someone mention 8,000 civil servants? How about... Delays vetting civil servants hampering Brexit, watchdog warns Investigation finds more than 25,600 government workers waiting for security clearance...

'I saw myself in Dr Ford's words': protesters tell of Jeff Flake elevator confrontation After Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher challenged senator, he called for an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh case How come our great deal maker, who would obviously give the UK the best deal in...

Wouldn't be so bad if the crowd trampled him.

48% of those who voted in the referendum. Far from 48% of the population, especially if you include various groups who (in my view) absolutely should have been able to vote.

Again, Guardian: Tory MP says she would back new Brexit vote Heidi Allen calls rightwing critics of PM’s Chequers plan ‘economically irresponsible’ Question: If the leavers had a clear majority right now, and talk of a second referendum were effectively only on precisely which...

Looks like PC might no longer immediately mean Politically Correct but... New Plaid Cymru leader: no-deal Brexit could hasten Welsh independence Welsh economy could unravel if UK crashes out of EU, warns Adam Price The newly elected leader of the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru has...