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Welcome to Bearly Politics! I'm The Bear, your slightly exasperated guide to the strange world of modern politics. Here, I attempt to tackle the absurdities of power, with claws sharpened by satire and the occasional heavy paw of wit.
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Trading the Triple Lock for a National Care Service (opens the original)
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Yesterday, the unthinkable happened - and I’ll note that I’m talking about this as someone who hasn’t necessarily lived their whole life in the UK, but has lived here for the past decade, one of the first concepts I learned about when I arrived in the UK, politically that is, was the pensions triple lock1.Introduced under the Cameron government, it guaranteed that pensions would rise by inflation, by wage growth, or by 2.5% each year.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"
A Dissection: The Fairford Fannywobble (opens the original)
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Net Migration if Falling - now the Treasury needs to Pay the Bill for it. (opens the original)
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Next month, John Healey, our newly minted Chancellor of the Exchequer faces what will be his biggest test yet - his first budget. I will be the first to say that I do not envy his position. Between an economy that has been sluggish to say the least, the continued impact of lower productivity on the back of Brexit, Mango Mussolini’s “Operation” in Iran, the continued war in Ukraine and global economic headwinds gathering steam, it is a very, very shit job. This morning though, I came across yet a
The Right-Wing is Eating Itself - and I’ve Brought Snacks (opens the original)
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Good afternoon, all. I suppose I should start this off with an apology for the late publishing. Usually on a Sunday I do try to get it out for you in the morning. However, having done a rather longish walk for charity yesterday, I decided that I was going to sleep a little bit today, and even the fur daemon let me do so, for which I’m incredibly grateful. Miracles do happen, and apparently they happen on Sundays.For those of you who do not know, I am in a semi-abusive relationship with my fur da
I Left Twitter a Year Ago. Going Back Confirmed It Was The Right Decision. (opens the original)
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