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1

Andy's Tourist Tax

2

Kemi's Housing Benefit Cuts

3

Missaoutery

4

Why did Iceland say no?

5

What should Kemi do?

6

High Street Renaissance?

7

Borrowing woes

8

Ratcliffe's Mystery Mission

9

META make it better?

10

Somebody's Watching You?

11

The Robot Olympics

12

Social Etiquette for All

13

Reform's Benefits Blitz

14

It's Grim Up North

15

Stopping Britain Overheating

16

Prisons - Burnham's First Blunder?

17

E-bikes & Scooters - A Curse or a Blessing

18

Is this the Summer of the PDA?

19

Who Owns Football?

20

Are we frightening off the wealth creators?

21

Is NATO fit for purpose?

22

Defending Ukraine

23

Reforming Prisons

24

Education, Education, Education

25

Gianni's Big Gamble

26

Fixing Social Care

27

Burnham's Cabinet Predictions

28

Burnham's Bulletins

29

Sartorial Elegance or Sunehara? - the shorts question

30

Ukraine's Military's Top Brass Movements

31

Europe's Forgotten War

32

The OBR's 50 Year Projection

33

The Clacton Circus rolls into Town

34

The Binface Manifesto

35

Dippidy, dip, dip

36

Burnham's Bold Agenda

37

The Riff-Raff Cabinet

38

P & Q's at PMQ's

39

Burnham's Policy Platform - Labour's Dick Whittington?

40

Burnham and Social Care

41

Living in the Moment

42

Peace in Our Time

43

Healey's Finest Hour

44

Makerfield Maelstrom

45

Strange Goings On at the SNP

46

The Ghost of Labour's Past

47

The Social Prescribers are Coming

48

Storming Starmer's on the Rampage

49

Welcome to the Circus

50

Hatched, matched, and despatched

51

Awkward enocunters

52

Westminster Hospitality

53

Do Sport and Politics Mix?

54

Whatever Happened to Prime Ministerial Responsibility?

55

The Art of Conversation

56

Is Trump Mad?

57

Free Energy Weekends

58

Is the Ukraine War drawing to a close?

59

Cunning stunts in politics

60

Iran or the US - Who holds the cards?

61

Shoplifting

62

Married to your Career?

63

The Iran War

64

Iran - Full of Surprises

65

Trump Addresses the Nation

66

Rosebank and Jackdaw

67

Artemis, Apollo and the 60's

68

Events in the Gulf

69

Help with energy costs - UK

70

What's the purpose of NATO

71

Iran - UK Politics and Military

72

Iran - Trump's Options

73

Time for Sleep

74

Iran - International Law

75

Iran - Objectives and Outcome

76

Dentistry

77

Student Loans U-Turn?

78

Human Resources on the Rise?

79

Mountbatten-Windsor and Mandelson

80

Trumpwatch

81

UK Unemployment

82

The Five Minute Prime Minister

83

Useless Inventions

84

Child Labour?

85

Mandelson

86

Consumer Corner

87

Consumer Corner

88

Reimagining the High Street

89

Leasehold Reform

90

Airwheels

91

Screentime Restrictions

92

The Board of Peace

93

Mark Carney

94

Greenland Watching

95

The President's Health

96

Bobby J

97

A Load of Old Tankers

98

Greenland

99

Coalition of the Willing

100

Russian Billions for Ukraine?

101

Resident Doctors, Out Again

102

Christmas Fare around the World

103

The Tracksuit Index

104

Social Media Restrictions for Teens in Australia

105

US Strategic Affairs and National Security Review

106

The Unusual Anxieties of Generation Z

107

The Christmas Tree Index

108

Kushner and Witkoff in Moscow

109

Budget 2025 - Part II

110

Budget 2025 - Part I

111

Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me

112

Trump and the BBC

113

The Nazification of Dog Policing

114

Rachel Reeves Rental Irregularities

115

Alaska Summit, and Thames Water

116

Ukraine Ceasefire Prospect, and Musk's Bonus

117

Palestine, and the Resident Doctor's Funnel

118

Reeves' Conundrum, and Kemi's Future

119

Rachel at The Mansion House, and Donald's Ukraine U-Turn

120

Resident Doctors, and the Cost of Live Sport

121

Labour's Year and Rachel's Week

122

NATO, and the Middle East

123

Donald's Dilemma, and The Casey Report

124

The Spending Review, and the Los Angeles Stand-Off

125

Defence Review, and Spending Review

126

Farage's Agenda, and Musk's Return to Business

127

Keir's for Turning, and WFH

128

The Istanbul Conundrum, and Keir's tanks on Nigel's Lawn

129

Trade Deals, and VE Day

130

Farage's Time, and the Solar Revolution

131

Trump scolds the Fed, and Ukraine Peace

132

Supreme Court rules on gender, and China's investment in the UK

133

Did Trump just blink?

134

Liberation Day

135

BYD, and Toxic Masculinity

136

Reeves, Benefits, and the Trump & Putin Show

137

Streeting's Strategy, and Trump's Week

138

Germany, Reeves, and Ukraine

139

Energy, Trump and Ukraine

140

Trump, Russia, and Ukraine

141

Trump - Ukraine, and Tariffs

142

Trumping Gaza, and Wes' Priorities

143

Rachel's growth, and Benefits fraud

144

Donald's back, and Rachel's in Davos

145

Biden's Legacy, Trump's Plans, and Rachel Reeves' Conundrum

146

Economic Armageddon, and Transatlantic Friction

147

Further Predictions for 2025, and WFH

148

2024 in review, and domestic predictions for 2025

149

WASPI Women, and Elon Musk

150

The Spending Review , and Christmas Shopping

151

Labour's Milestones, plus Football and Politics

152

Back to Work, and Electric Vehicles

153

Ukraine, and Farmers' Protest

154

Wes Streeting's Reforms, and Trump's Appointments

155

US Elections, and the Shadow Cabinet

156

Budget Special

157

Wes Streeting's Big Conversation, and US Election Day Nears

158

Business Summit, and Assisted Dying

159

Sue Gray, and Israel's Retaliation

160

Middle East, and the Tory Leadership Contest

161

Labour in Liverpool, and the Middle East

162

Frockgate, and Smashing the Gangs

163

Has the Labour/Business love affair turns sour, and is Britain a Nanny State?

164

Winter Fuel Allowance, and Electric Cars

165

Gloomy Sir Keir, and a replacement for Rishi

166

Labour's first six weeks, and Rachel Reeves' conundrum

167

Ukraine's Bold Move, and Railway Tranquility

168

Unrest on the Streets, and the Latest from the US Presidential Campaign

169

Southport tragedy, and developments in the Middle East

170

Presidential Election, and Rachel Reeves' Problems

171

The King's Speech

172

Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting, and another Tory Leadership Campaign

173

It's Over - The General Election Results and the Fallout

174

Election 24 Week 6 - Sunak v Starmer, the final debate

175

Frome and East Somerset - The Candidate Interviews

176

Frome and East Somerset - The Candidate Interviews

177

Election 24 Week 5

178

Frome and East Somerset - The Candidate Interviews

179

Election 24 Week 4 - The Sky Debate, and Manifestos

180

General Election 2024 Week 3

181

General Election 2024 Week 1

182

Election 24 - and they're off

183

Labour's Pledges, and the OECD on Britain's Economy

184

Electric Vehicles, and Elections Fallout

185

Local Elections and National Insurance

186

Rwanda Law, and the Mental Health benefits bill

187

The Middle East, and Smoking Legislation

188

New Immigration Laws, and Honey Traps

189

Predictions 2024 - Update

190

BBC License Fee, WFH, NHS Dentistry, and Riling Rees-Mogg (8/1)

191

Tory infamy, and sickness benefits (7/10)

192

Extremism, John Lewis, and Putin

193

Budget 2024, and Super Tuesday USA (7/8)

194

Gaza protests, Housing issues, and Ukraine (7/7)

195

Westminster uproar, and a new Industrial Revolution

196

Economic Headwinds, and Ukraine

197

Climate Change and Dentistry (7/4)

198

Immigration, Northern Ireland, and Tax Cuts (7/3)

199

Councils going bust, the Houthis, and calls for Conscription (7/2)

200

The Houthis, the Post Office, and Financial Exclusion

201

Rishi and Keir's New Year Messages (6/10)

202

Our predictions for 2024 (6/9)

203

Interest rates, and the Super League (6/8)

204

Interest rates, Inflation, and an update on Ukraine (6/7)

205

Immigration, Rwanda, and Boris at the Covid Inquiry

206

legal immigration and hancock at the covid inquiry (6/5)

207

the autumn statement (6/4)

208

Suella's Sacking, and the Rwanda Judgement (6/3)

209

The State Opening of Parliament and pro-Palestinian marches in London (6/2)

210

the covid inquiry, with updates on the middle east and ukraine (6/1)

211

israel/gaza update, suella's problems with the met, and banker's bonuses (5/10)

212

an israel gaza update plus wages and inflation (05/10)

213

the one about israel/gaza, and the labour party conference (5/9)

214

the one about the conservative party conference (5/8)

215

the one about trees and hs2 (5/7)

216

the one about liz truss (5/6)

217

the one about birmingham going bust, and the great escape (5/5)

218

the one about raac and wfh (5/4)

219

the one about sir keir's new towns, and the prigozhin affair (5/3)

220

the one about polls on rishi's priorities and scotland's drug problem (5/2)

221

the one about china and small boats week

222

the one about the economically inactive and labour shortages

223

the one about nigel farage and banking confidentiality

224

the one about climate commitments and housing planning reform

225

saving pm rishi

226

the one about the nhs at 75 and oracy

227

the one about the rwanda decision and thames water

228

the one about interest rates and yevgeny prigozhin

229

the one about the boris report and house of lords reform

230

the one about tory fortunes and the atlantic declaration

231

the one about the counter offensive and whatsapp messages

232

the one about inflation and working from home

233

the one about priorities and missions

234

the one about interest rates, the economy, and kemi badenoch

235

the one about local elections and kremlin drones

236

the one about richard sharp, suella braverman and diane abbott

237

the one about dominic raab, the snp, and tackling obesity

238

the one about china and the pentagon leaks

239

the one about scott benton and graham potter

240

the one about 'help to buy' and the small boats

241

the one about credit suisse, boris johnson, and president xi

242

the one about the budget and the aftermath of the lineker affair

243

the one about us interest rates, and the small boats

244

the one about the us inflation reduction, act and the windsor framework

245

the one about gas, and the snp leadership campaign

246

the one about putin, and the northern ireland protocol

247

the one about president zelensky's requests, and building regulations in turkey

248

the one about the economy and ongoing industrial action

249

the one about electric cars and nadhim zahawi

250

the one about levelling up, and the gender recognition reform (scotland) bill

251

the one about pmq's

252

the one about sunak and starmer's new year messages

253

the one about vlad, xi, and pele

254

the one about the nurses strike

255

the one about the strikes

256

the one about the future of pmq's

257

the one about fifa

258

the one about the autumn statement aftermath

259

the one about the autumn statement

260

the one about gavin

261

the one about suella

262

the one about another leadership contest

263

the one about the new chancellor

264

the one about the fiscal crisis

265

the one about the conservative party conference

266

the one about the labour party conference

267

the one about the fiscal event 23.09.22

268

the one about HM The Queen's passing

269

the one about help with energy bills

270

the one about cabinet roles