On 1st July electricity and gas prices were raised by 13%. Andy Burnham has said that the 5% VAT would be removed from electricity bills next October and claims that will make us better off. Electricity is more than double the price it was when Labour was elected in 2024. The 5% cut is unfunded. A new money tree? (21/7/2026-3)
Foreign Aid to be increased from 0·3% to 0·7% of Gross National Income at a cost of approximately $10 billion per year to British taxpayers. (20/7/2026-2)
As a resident of Farnborough, Hampshire from 1949 I am very aware of its world famous aviation exhibition. It has been opened by the Prime Minister every single year since since Clement Attlee did so in 1945. Andy Burnham has declinedd the invitation. Dooms Day begins. (20/7/2026-1)
Nothing so far. (20/7/2026-1)