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Harvey Whitby retweeted
Luxury communism for the boomers, state-mandated depression for youths.
You could sum up Britain with a "no ball games" sign.
What a miserable country we've become.
Harvey Whitby retweeted
inadvertently true, the PPE grads are clearly talented at ‘politics’ where politics = keeping the westminster system alive & oiling the revolving door between business/parliament/media. the needs of the people haven’t been part of this consideration for about 50 years
Harvey Whitby retweeted
🚨NEW: The Government has announced plans to ban children from leaving a white padded room until they turn 16.
Phones to be banned from pupils' bags or pockets under stricter rules for schools in England bbc.in/3VltHRP
We’re that broke as a country that the only policies governments can enact are those which ban something.
🚨 BREAKING: Government to ban under-16s from Vinted, eBay and Depop, claiming the sites can be used to groom children.
• Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is preparing to expand the under-16s social media ban to cover online marketplaces including Vinted, eBay, Depop and Facebook Marketplace
• Officials are concerned that messaging functions on the platforms allow strangers to contact and groom children
• The Children’s Society has reported cases of young users being asked for indecent photos in exchange for money or gifts
• A government source said there is growing evidence that under-16s are accessing these services and facing potential risk
• The move follows a government consultation, appearing to show nine in ten parents back a ban, with two-thirds of young people agreeing under-16s should not use at least some platforms
• Regulations are due before the end of the year and the changes are expected to take effect in spring 2027
Harvey Whitby retweeted
The scandal isn't that BCG does questionable corporate modelling abroad.
The scandal is that half a million civil servants in Whitehall are apparently incapable of formulating a national economic strategy without paying a US consultancy firm to think for them.
🚨NEW: Andy Burnham's government has hired Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to advise on his upcoming 10-year strategic plan for the UK
BCG were involved in a secret multimillion-dollar project which evaluated scenarios for removing Palestinians out the Gaza Strip and redeveloping it into a commercial tourist "Riviera"
People will call you crazy but if you look into it the anti Brum / anti west midland agenda from successive governments is insane.
Harvey Whitby retweeted
BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
Russell Brand given plenty of spare time to find that elusive bible passage.
People shocked that no constituencies in birmingham are net contributors seem to be skipping over the fact this is entirely the result of government centralisation and anti Birmingham sentiment. Stretching as far back as the 50s , for example 1958 - Tory board of trade banned
Labour then extended these restrictions to new offices in 1965 "growth needed controlling before it got out of hand"
Even with employment plummeting in the 70s these restrictions stayed in place. These are long term impacts of these policies being felt today, particularly the
Harvey Whitby retweeted
For near 40 years, Whitehall set to destroy Brum! No new factory without a government permit. Car firms forced to Merseyside, Lucas to South Wales, 200,000 residents earmarked to leave, a population growth cap and all agglomeration benefits strangled. Then we ask why it declined!
ZERO constituencies in Birmingham are fiscally solvent. That compares to 47 in London.
It is an uncomfortable fact, but Britain’s welfare state depends on high earners in London and the South East footing the bill for the rest of the country.
See the @ASI Welfare Sustainability Tracker. 👇
