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NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos
📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament
📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025
📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens down 5
struggled to get into the football this year tbh. Leicester being shite not helpful as I need a bit of tribalism but: Man City punishment outstanding has meant everything is false and weird, long international break meaning no real momentum (actually didn’t mind those games tho)
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Sorry - what are you expecting me to do about the situation in France, as a UK consumer finance specialist on a micro-blogging site?
next burnham policy suggestion: if you don’t wait for people to get off the train carriage and give them a clear path in which to do so, you don’t get to get on this one you have to wait for the next train instead
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72% of Britons support fining passengers up to £1,000 for playing music or videos out loud on public transport, as the government announces plans to use existing powers to crack down on the behaviour on trains and to expand the rules to buses
Support: 72%
Oppose: 20%
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Trust in other people in the UK is slightly higher than it was 25 years ago. And there's little convincing evidence of decline since the 1990s.
I'm surprised by that and it's a useful counterpoint to my broad impression that the country has deteriorated socially.
the problem with this norm netflix documentary is it’d be better if it was just all the clips in full back to back with no in between bits with anybody else at all and tbh it’s only almost just that
the guy who sits next to the main one on triggernometry. gotta be one of the worst guys to wake up as every morning
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The UK stands with the International Criminal Court and we stand united with our partners in strongly disagreeing with sanctions imposed on the Court.
The ICC must be permitted to continue its critical work holding perpetrators of the most horrific international crimes to account.
ALT We, the undersigned States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), reaffirm our continued and unwavering support for the independence, impartiality, and integrity of the ICC. As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States. If put into effect, these sanctions will have a significant impact on the Court’s work, its dedicated staff and their families. They work every day to bring those accused of the most serious international crimes to justice and to support their victims. We remain both united in our support for the ICC and committed to engaging in constructive and inclusive dialogue with non-States Parties as we prepare for the Assembly of States Parties in December 2026. We will continue to work together to support the Court’s vital work, uphold the rules-based international system, and advance accountability.
this is very good news imv, had a few friends fucked over by this. seemed mad to me!
NON COMPETES BANNED
Today, the PM has announced that his Government will legislate to functionally ban non-compete agreements for startups and scaleups in the UK or as he called it - the Bosman ruling for ruling for the innovation sector' 😂
At the @StartupCltn been working on this for months and we think it’s a huge potential unlock for our tech ecosystem.
Here’s what you need to know…
- Measures to functionally ban non-competes for startups and scaleups in the UK are going to be set out.
- There will also be consultation on a wider set of restrictive practices including gardening leave.
- More detail on these plans at the budget in a few weeks (Wednesday 28th October) including a timetable for consultation with a view to legislation in the coming months.
We think this is a huge move and so do lots of friends including so many of the great founders that signed the letter with Inherent just the other week.
Why? Because talent matters and mobile talent means startups can build. The Valley was built on free-flowing talent. In the UK, we’re now seeing our own versions of this story with companies being built from alumni of both homegrown firms like Revolut and beyond. But we need that to move faster. Hiring and building faster means British startups and scaleups can grow faster. Barriers to that slow our ecosystem down.
We won’t pretend it will be perfect, and people (including some of our friends but also lots of fairly vested interests too) will have a right to disagree. But we think that startups will thrive and win in a faster paced Britain.
So we are delighted with the progress today - as part of a strong speech by the PM outlining his ambition for building the world’s leading innovation nation including more on tax, growing companies outside London and more. But this is the start, not the end of the process. The announcement launches a consultation. It doesn't mean the issue is settled. How far reform goes, and what it looks like on the ground, is still to be decided.
The Prime Minister today has done something that can materially impact the trajectory of the UK tech ecosystem and with it our economy - but only if we make sure it’s delivered. So, the real work starts now.
