Thread 20 Starmer - Spring Statement

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Insights even.

Cat art tax: Satan's day off by Vanessa Stockard

At this point in the academic year I even question myself with how much humanity is left in me 😂

pointy o hadn’t seen your reply before I posted that 😂 very glad I’m not the only one though 😵‍💫

Cheery Daffodils for tax, thank you for the thread .

I was a teacher. I concur. On a good day.

Ddog tax. Her favourite place to sleep, right between dh and I.

Thanks for the new thread and repeated thanks to all on here who keep me up to date. (Although currently I think ignorance may be bliss!)

Cat tax - one of these is stuffed! 🧐

Hello Spring! Wore 3/4 trousers today, it’s bound to piss down all weekend…..sorry.

I'm afraid Sybil is rather disappointed in the recent performance of the Labour Party.

Tennyson deserves a thread all of his own.

Cat tax

Diolch am y cennin Pedr.

Cat tax paid. My black boy's reaction to the Reform split.

@LlynTegid You are very welcome .

Have you pinched my cat? 🤣

Such lovely photos - here's one of some flowers someone gave me for Lent

PMK. Appreciate all the taxes.

Is it me or is particularly MN crazy at the moment?

It's not you, @Notonthestairs

Nope, not you notonthestairs

It's bonkers

The govt is making it easy for progressives to feel disillusioned, but at the same there's some really, really good stuff happening too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80y2j8d92no

Yes, the press aren’t reporting on the good stuff. Not a surprise.

Clacton's finest is back in Florida, fundraising 🍊

He’s kept quiet about that - presumably because he’s aware just how unpopular Trump/Vance/MAGA are in the UK.

I enjoyed this piece today - something a bit more optimistic:

https://open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/p/reasons-to-be-cheerful?r=1qalya&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email