New metaphors are needed in housing. People have been saying this since 2010 but a perfect storm is a rare conjunction of natural phenomena. With the exception of inflation triggered by Covid, what's happened in last 14 years is result of deliberate policy choices www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Housebuilders say they have thousands of social homes ready to be built but no customers to buy them.
š We didnāt need the Darzi report to prompt calls for alcohol minimum unit pricing [MUP] NICE recommended it in 2010 www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph24amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Signing and Q&A with Colleen Doran. One day only at Impact Comics, Canberra, Australia. www.facebook.com/eve...
Blaming the Chief of Staff for a lack of political edge seems worryingly lacking in insight ā¦ āMorgan McSweeney as Ms Grayās replacement and the arrival of James Lyons, a former political journalist ā¦ is likely to give the operation a sharper political edge.ā www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Those working alongside the ex-chief of staff were flipping angry, the BBC's political editor writes.
Q. Anything asked by a Mail journalist A. āFuck off, I wonāt talk to you. Go away.ā * when a MailOnline reporter doorstepped Lineker to ask about the rumours, the former England striker said: āFuck off, I wonāt talk to you. Go away.ā* www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Match of the Day presenter made light of speculation that his time on flagship football show is ending
Or, hear me out, we could stop pouring money and energy into the insatiable void ā hoping that it will, somehow, magically and despite all evidence to the contrary, solve everything ā and instead invest in real human beings doing actual science.
And this morning the Shed is a Tarot card, depicting a shed-shaped tower against a background of tumbled figures...
The Labour Party was founded on collective action + opposition to strike breaking, scabs and profiteering Wes Streeting wants the parasitic private sector to get more and more #NHSwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The health secretary outlined measures on cutting
Tory loophole lets ministers not declare value of work-related freebies Ex Foreign Sec Rohypnolā¢ļø Jimmy Cleverly at Wimbledon Menās Final (OK because foreigners were playing?) Declared no relative with him Has his wife been switching their drinks? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
James Cleverly watched the Wimbledon men's final with his wife Susannah last year - but the official declaration of the freebie states she wasn't there, The Mirror discovered
Yes. Get a Blue Yeti microphone. Theyāre not too pricy and they do a lovely job. Download Audacity (itās free) and then find a small, cluttered (soft things especially absorb sound and prevent echos) place to record. Airing cupboards, large closets, small box rooms/home offices all work.