Today's NHS data is just so dire. Almost twice as many people had to wait more than 4 hours in A&E in October than in the whole of 2010. And the govt won't put an extra billion into the system to ease some of the pain.
Now that the House has no Speaker, does this mean it'll be run as an anarchist collective where whoever has the conch gets to speak?
GOP learns the hard way: Turning the base up too high blows out your Speaker
The extremist wingnut cabals gaining ascendency in the Conservative Party in the UK and the Republican Party in the US ... just shows that the answer to the question 'how low and irrational can you go?' is 'so much further than you might have previously imagined'.
Me on twitter vs me on Bluesky:
Dear Bluesky. It's not you, it's me.
Biden announced the first 10 prescription drugs subject to price negotiations with Medicare. It’s estimated to cut prices for certain drugs by half — leading to savings for seniors. Big Pharma has of course sued. If you wanted a sign that this is good policy, look no further.
I get hideous cramping pains and the onset of diarrhoea whenever I sit too close to a person of any sex who is a conspicuous vaccination denier. Sphincter Blinked Her? I would like to imagine there is science behind this but suspect it is merely my Shibboleths playing up again.
"We are going to force a shutdown unless you increase hardship for the poorest Americans" is incredible messaging. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The House speaker embraced major spending reductions to win conservative support for a government funding bill.