I’d like to mention AGAIN the damage that the public school/Oxbridge debating society ethos does to this country: seeing debates as amoral logic games, with kudos for winning a randomly assigned side of any argument. Trained in the weapons of oratory, but given no ethical limits on how to use them.

He really has learned the square root of sweet FA from the last 8 years. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson calls for referendum on leaving ECHR

Move over European convention on human rights likely to put pressure on Tory leadership candidates to follow suit

Boris Johnson has crawled out of the woodwork to join Nigel Farage in saying the UK needs a referendum on ECHR membership If UK media is going to give him a platform to spout this boll**** it’s up to all of us to call it out. Share this if you agree youtu.be/QOtcGqDccc4?...

Boris Johnson joins Nigel Farage in saying UK needs referendum on ECHR membership - enough!

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

I’m still waiting for the EU to “bend” in the Brexit negotiations as Kuenssberg predicted it would.

No mention of youth mobility after yesterday’s Starmer-von der Leyen meeting. Could we do a deal? What would it look like? With insights from @davidheniguk.bsky.social@dmitryopines.bsky.socialwww.theneweuropean.co.uk/ros-taylor-d...

Why is Starmer so scared of youth mobility?

Labour’s caution over the EU’s youth mobility proposals is damaging a reset of relations – and is founded in irrationality

The ECHR obsession is why Brexit still needs to be challenged - Brexit was not a one off but the start of a mission to make Britain as isolated from the rest of the world as possible. ECHR removal is just the next step in that mission.

Property speculation plays a part but there’s also an issue with the quality that house builders and consumers find acceptable in the UK even if the home is intended to be a permanent one.

I suspect it’s a combination of factors including low demand, lack of expertise, cost of importation etc. Anything a bit different is always expensive in UK construction. I was recently quoted £5k for a pair of external sun blinds. I ended up driving them over for Germany for less than £1k.

Gullis says he’s been unable to find work after being ousted as an MP The former Tory MP for Stoke North said he's applied for teaching jobs and not even got an interview. I wonder why..? 🤔

Gullis says he's been unable to find work after being ousted as an MP

Jonathan Gullis says he has been unable to land a job after he lost his seat in the general election - even as a teacher.

Went to see it in the flesh first thing this morning. This is London’s first (I think?) “implied” side road zebra crossing. It has no flashing “Belisha” beacons. It is just paint. Same as you see in dozens of other countries. New for the UK