Polish Energy? State owned. The largest Polish bank? One third state owned. Largest mining group? Same. Polish Water? Devolved and mostly owned by municipalities. Local public transport? Devolved and mostly owned by municipalities. Taxes? Higher than the UK.

BOB HOSKINS with a sobering thought after finding out the Super Mario Bros. film was based on a video game.

Make Britain Great Again Under Thatchers government, The UK sold the right to drill North Sea oil fields to private companies. Even if we gave them the green light, the UK would still be paying international prices for our own oil. We need a publicly owned energy company to ensure energy independence!!!

Norway can’t believe their luck. They sell the UK oil and gas then use the profit to buy up London. They are finally finishing what they started in 1066. The UK could be rich, we are just making poor choices.

“Nothing has changed since Brexit,” say Britain’s fishermen. Oh, plenty has changed. They’ve lost markets. Lost income. Lost hope. Brexit is doing exactly what we said it would 💔🎣 #BrexitReality #Fishing #SoldDownTheRiver 1/2 independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.

Here’s Ed Conway highlighting that that every monthly inflation rise adds to the overall incremental inflation. The total inflation rise in the UK since the Covid restrictions is through the roof.

Rooster looks for his owner inside the house to wake him up.

You’re a little slow to the party.

Scottish Liberal Democrats want to see facilities like The Thistle rolled out nationwide. We would introduce multi-year funding for all drug and alcohol services so they can plan for the future and meet demand. glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25563787.…

Meanwhile, inflation in evil authoritarian China is floating around 0.00% while they build bridges in the sky, overtake everyone in tech and have a higher GDP at PPP than the US. x.com/JamesMelville/…

The UK went from being the world's preeminent maritime power to... not producing any commercial ships at all.

One of the odd things about Labour’s collapse is that all they had to do was a small wealth tax, a bit of public investment, literally anything to make life slightly better. And all so easy with a massive majority. But instead: genocide, authoritarianism and ID cards. Mad.

ICYMI // Unique retro games arcade to create new Sidwell Street venue after long search Boneyard arcade seeking permission to change use of empty Brighthouse retail unit after making way for “co-living” block at previous Red Lion Lane location. exeterobserver.org/2025/10/22/bon…

Around £500 of a £1700 energy bill is pure profit. In plain English, that's extortion.

India’s First Bullet Train vs UK’s High Speed Rail 2 More about them: brilliantmaps.com/india-vs-uk-hi…

After decades of legal action, thousands of subpostmasters are getting average compensation of around £130,000 each. In other news, shamed Post Office chief exec Paula Vennells is hanging on to every penny of the £2.2m she was paid in bonuses at the time.

New research from Stanford, the Bank of England, and King’s College London finds Brexit has hit the UK hard: ⤵️GDP: Down 6–8% since the referendum 👉roughly £2,000 per person per year lost. ⤵️Investment: Down 12–18%, a drag that compounds over time. ⤵️Employment & Productivity:

Just checked my watch to see what year it is...

This whole Wes Streeting thing seems a bit like Labour are looking at Zack Polanski and thinking they quickly need a charismatic young gay leader, but could only find Wes Streeting