Looks like JCB lied and kept trading with Russia after all. How can the Tories possibly think it's ok to accept donations from them? It's blood money pure and simple - and Sunak must do the right thing & give it back. theguardian.com/business/artic…

Ciaran 'the van driver' was my first caller post-2016 to lay out in detail what was likely to happen at 'our borders'. While he is being proved horribly right about everything, and having his livelihood crippled, Jacob Rees-Mogg is calling for Nigel Farage to be made a minister.

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Conservatives looking at Section 28 and deciding to bring it back on steroids. The inevitable outcome of this is that young people will be left without support, which means more mental health issues. Not that the 'it's about child safety' transphobes care.
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People have some bizarre (and sometimes, unhinged) ideas about how humans move in the landscape when they're given unrestricted access.

No, they don't trample every bluebell. Nor do they carry out search & destroy operations on every bird nest.

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So I left sevington after 6 hours last night .

The physical examination is almost designed to be intimidating . They escort you to a huge metal shed whenever two inspectors guide you in . The shutters then come down and you are told to wait in a cornered off area 1/

Anyone in Northumberland seen swallows yet? Or martins? Or indeed bats. Our skies seem short of insect eating birds. And short of insects too

Left: Rishi Sunak, 'The closest thing we have to a silver bullet is education.. If you can create a world class education system.. That's how you transform people's lives for the better'

Right: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 'Schools serving disadvantaged children have faced the…

Farrukh Let's see in 2010 Nat Debt approx £900 billion in 2024 approx £2.7 trillion. After 14 years of austerity they have successfully increased the Debt mountain by about £1.8 trillion. Done a fantastic job Sunak, Truss, Johnson, May and Cameron. Whilst f**King up everything important

Am on delegated legislation committee where government admitting defeat on its own plans for British standard markings and instead extending EU regulations on consumer standards because otherwise it would cost business £1.6bn.

Brexit -costing you more and giving less everyday.

Anyone who writes stuff like this simply doesn't understand the power of truly #inclusive #cultures . I see inclusive teams in action daily and it's magical when it comes right.

Let's in #business keep doing the right thing and not be put off course.

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The The Economist has declared levelling up a failure. The last three paragraphs are particularly telling.
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Sameer Ahmed Rob Fleming Umesh Salanke Anna Batchelor Mohamed Mohamed Hatem Soliman, FRCP, FEACVI, FASE, FHEA Beth Potter Ahmed Elrefaey Claire Woods At MFT_CSS we have 7 LEDs who have been successful CESR process in recent years. Most of them in Anaesthesia and few in ICM.

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