Businessman, blogger and quimaster. Ex-NHS/DH/DWP. "Pansy ass liberal". "Northumbrian yoghurt fancying serf flake". All views are my own.
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The Republican party changed boundaries and suppressed votes but still lost big. Why did their tactics suddenly fail?
#USMidterms #Trump #elections #ElectionIntegrity
jon-chadwick.com/2026/11/05/…
@santanderuk You are still blocking me from using mobile banking or the app. This means that I can't carry out routine banking.
I have called dozens of times about this. Spent hours on hold. I'm on hold again now
You refuse to help
Tried to buy a cinema ticket. Unable to because I need to confirm the purchase in your app. Which you have blocked me from using
The debate about Slavery isn't going to go away. We should pay reparations? But how? And who to?
#Reparations #slavery
jon-chadwick.com/2026/08/29/…
America goes to vote, but gun control is as far away as ever. Two different versions of freedom, one with it's origins in slavery
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#USPolitics #midterms #guncontrol
October quiz. Always different, always the same
#quiz
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/31/…
Interest rate on Government debt is rising, economic growth is slow. Why?
#interestrates #GovernmentDebt #Budget2026
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/28/…
Every few months the same story comes round again - overpaid public sector workers. I looked at 3 Newcastle institutions; Newcastle Hospitals, Fenwick and NUFC to see if that was true?
#NUFC #NHS #PublicSectorJobs
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/25/…
I’ve spent £20 trying to win a house, a camper van and some camera equipment, but discovered a £1 billion +industry built around some peculiar gambling laws and an expensive VAT dispute.
#Omaze #prizedraw #economics #gambling #HMRC
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/21/…
Why is everyone suddenly shocked by Russian interference in Brexit when the evidence has been public for six years? The real story is what the Mail, Telegraph and Express chose to tell their readers.
#Brexit #russia #AndyBurnham #UKPolitics
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/19/…
Does everyone agree with me? Probably not. How good are we at judging what other people think? Results of my survey reveal surprising gaps between public opinion and what we think others else believes.
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/17/…
#PublicOpinion #UKPolitics
How can newspapers continue to be surprised about something which keeps happening?
#UKeconomy #GDP
9 years ago, I warned the ONS was getting its employment figures wrong. Now it has revised UK productivity growth upwards, are UK is more productive than we thought. What does this mean for the economy jobs wages?
#productivity #UKEconomy #employment
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/14/…
New information shines a light about the closure of Durham High School, and the sale of the land gets closer
#durham #durhamhighschool #UKEducation
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/11/…
America has the most powerful military in the world, so why does it keep losing wars? The answer may lie in a theory Mao developed nearly 90 years ago.
#america #usarmy #mao #MilitaryHistory #Geopolitics #iran
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/07/…
Liz Truss lasted just 49 days in Downing Street, but did her ideas ever really go away?
#Conservatives ConservativeConference
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/03/…
Andy Burnham has put free social care back on the political agenda — but is the National Care Service really a progressive policy?
#SocialCare #AndyBurnham #NationalCareService #nhs #pensions #PublicSpending
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/29/…
For anyone interested in the background behind the Garvaghy road protests this explains modern Orange and Unionist politics
jon-chadwick.com/2026/08/15/…
Thirty years ago, Britain thought it was looking at the future. Britpop was at Knebworth, rave had conquered the charts, Blair was coming, but somehow the future was already turning into nostalgia.
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#britpop #raveculture #Oasis #theprodigy #90smusic
Why did Durham police decriminalise dangerous driving?
@DurhamPolice @marykfoy
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