In this thread I want to give you an idea just how insane the current government spending is and how far we drifted away from any sustainable fiscal spending. This is all based on reported numbers and there are no assumptions/forecasts. In the current fiscal year, the government already spent $4,159 billion. This is for the first 7 months and the fiscal year ends in September. The latest available data is as of April. The already accrued deficit amounts to over $1 trillion: $1,049 billion. You can see in the chart how net interest expense has become the #2 largest spending category at $579 billion (for 7 months) after social security ($907 billion) and even exceeded national defense ($536 billion), health ($555 billion), and Medicare ($550 billion). The deficit is 34% of total receipts! (1049/3110) In other words: the government spent 34% more than it took in.

Am going myself but paid full price. Hope @realjahwobble can sign my @cilip libraries promo poster of him

Whoop! Only gone & snagged a @realjahwobble Metal Box-Rebuilt in Dub ticket in the @hareandhounds #BlackFriday sale…& it’s next Sunday!😀😀😀

Rishi Sunak, who last week committed to building dozens of new transport projects across the country, now tells the BBC that they were merely a "range of illustrative projects that could be funded..."

First graders aren't old enough to grasp complex sexual issues. Let children be children. This is why we're fighting to restore parental rights in school.

I don't believe in "good reading" and "bad reading". I believe all reading is reading, and it's all good. If a child is reading something & enjoying it, I think it's wrong for adults to dismiss it or belittle it. It might be the thing that makes them a lifelong reader! #literacy

Aside from the obvious Oh superman by L Anderson, I always felt that Death Disco by PiL was a brave minor hit. And I have a soft spot for They’re Coming to Take Me Away by the Napoleon XIV.