“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.”
A sentence more people would do well to reflect upon.
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Tunes of Glory (1960): Alec Guinness & John Mills. A film about military tradition, loyalty, pride, friendship & the human cost of wounded ambition. Brilliant performances, superb dialogue & a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of a bygone British Army. A classic of British cinema.
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Labour came into power promising that it had a plan to turn things around. More than two years on, we're one Prime Minister down, and seemingly no further forward.
"It is, by my understanding, the biggest tax rise ever in British history. And the politicians love it because they don't think we notice it." Andrew Neil explains how freezing income tax thresholds creates a hidden revenue grab that drags millions into higher tax brackets.
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It was a non-starter from the outset.
It is starting to look very likely that the government will drop the complete ban on the sale of petrol cars after 2035 and ease up on the targets for the transition to battery-powered vehicles (EVs).
The industry is not ready for it, the infrastructure does not seem to be in place, and it is all costing too much money.
But will watering down government targets for how many EVs the industry sells actually solve any of these problems? The charging networks will need compensation, while it will take a lot of money to rebuild the domestic industry.
✍️ Matthew Lynn
Article | spectator.com/article/britai… | @mattlynnwriter
Excellent: "Andy Burnham Is Away With The Fairies" – Andrew Neil youtu.be/eAi7ZqygrCU?is=R-aW… via @YouTube
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Given the recent antics of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the words of the late Christopher Hitchens are more than a little prophetic:
"The Barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open for... youtu.be/MYeVGdV59Ec?is=cOCC… via @YouTube
The Second Plane, 25 Years Later - Sam Harris
youtu.be/84gzkfDXkAU?is=zq7S… via @YouTube
Climate Change: What the Data Actually Shows with Geologist Scott Tinker youtu.be/p7gyAkrLg64?is=dCz1… via @YouTube
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“The Treasury scrapped its numerical reasoning test for graduates as it had an ‘adverse impact on candidate diversity’. Even more worryingly, it has sacrificed the one thing that is meant to be the Treasury’s selling point: its numeracy.” - Spectator
Call me old fashioned but…
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Given the revolving door of Prime Ministers in recent years, Burnham (or whoever it is) had better hit the ground running; it’s unlikely he will be extended the usual “honeymoon period,” as public trust and tolerance in politicians is at an all-time low.
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