Think a very popular policy that would actually be enough on its own to get a party elected would be a bank holiday weather rollover. If the Monday in question (it’s always a Monday) is rainy then we get the next available Monday off until there’s a dry one

This Onion headline remains my favorite pun of all time

This is really very silly. 'Exploration' in this sense means using geological data to estimate the likelihood that there will be oil and gas under an offshore wind licenced area. It doesn't mean that this move will lead to additional production. /1 theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Absolutely enormous worry this - particularly for anyone who has a loved one facing a journey into care

Uk knife crime wins Eurovision

Can imposing a call for beauty on England’s planning system help fix our places and turn around our pitiful housing shortage?

✍️ Andrew Brightwell reports
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One point in Lords is that in event of a future change (military coup, war, even a genocide) UK government would not under current bill have any way to prevent Rwanda still being deemed safe until it can legislate again. Amendment provides a simple mechanism to declare it unsafe

There is a lot that’s weird about this community note - but most importantly it sets a very low bar for the things you might need notes for during an election. Which in turn probably devalues the notes and renders them less useful when someone says something egregiously wrong

Despite all the UK govt rhetoric about 'new gas', confirmation today in parliament that govt expects unabated gas to meet ~1% of demand in 2035

Minister Graham Stuart MP, responding to an urgent Q from Caroline Lucas, described new gas capacity as 'back-up…sensible insurance'

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'The East Anglian city has world-class research facilities and infrastructure...built around key presences at the Norwich Research Park...'

Great to see #Norwich 's expertise in #engineeringbiology and #biotech highlighted in this article from The House magazine.
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Next week (Friday, March 15th) is fifth anniversary of Christchurch mosque massacre in New Zealand: 51 people killed after going to pray

A reminder of danger of extremism + terrorism. And of political responsibility to not heighten atmosphere + threat when addressing extremisms

'Between 1990 and 2022 the share of Britons who said they wouldn’t live next door to someone with aids fell from 23% to 4%, according to a survey led by Bobby Duffy'

The Economist highlights findings from our UK in the World Values Survey work

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Jeremy Hunt announced another round of tax cuts today - most notably another £10 billion cut to national insurance, just in time for the next election.

Enjoy it while you can: history teaches us that taxes have a strange tendency to go up straight after elections...