Businessman, blogger and quimaster. Ex-NHS/DH/DWP. "Pansy ass liberal". "Northumbrian yoghurt fancying serf flake". All views are my own.
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Why is everyone suddenly shocked by Russian interference in Brexit when the evidence has been public for six years? The real story is what the Mail, Telegraph and Express chose to tell their readers.
#Brexit #russia #AndyBurnham #UKPolitics
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/19/…
Does everyone agree with me? Probably not. How good are we at judging what other people think? Results of my survey reveal surprising gaps between public opinion and what we think others else believes.
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/17/…
#PublicOpinion #UKPolitics
How can newspapers continue to be surprised about something which keeps happening?
#UKeconomy #GDP
9 years ago, I warned the ONS was getting its employment figures wrong. Now it has revised UK productivity growth upwards, are UK is more productive than we thought. What does this mean for the economy jobs wages?
#productivity #UKEconomy #employment
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/14/…
New information shines a light about the closure of Durham High School, and the sale of the land gets closer
#durham #durhamhighschool #UKEducation
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/11/…
America has the most powerful military in the world, so why does it keep losing wars? The answer may lie in a theory Mao developed nearly 90 years ago.
#america #usarmy #mao #MilitaryHistory #Geopolitics #iran
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/07/…
Liz Truss lasted just 49 days in Downing Street, but did her ideas ever really go away?
#Conservatives ConservativeConference
jon-chadwick.com/2026/10/03/…
Andy Burnham has put free social care back on the political agenda — but is the National Care Service really a progressive policy?
#SocialCare #AndyBurnham #NationalCareService #nhs #pensions #PublicSpending
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/29/…
For anyone interested in the background behind the Garvaghy road protests this explains modern Orange and Unionist politics
jon-chadwick.com/2026/08/15/…
Thirty years ago, Britain thought it was looking at the future. Britpop was at Knebworth, rave had conquered the charts, Blair was coming, but somehow the future was already turning into nostalgia.
bbands.co.uk/1996-when-the-f…
#britpop #raveculture #Oasis #theprodigy #90smusic
Why did Durham police decriminalise dangerous driving?
@DurhamPolice @marykfoy
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/26/…
Britain has some of the highest electricity prices in Europe. But generating electricity isn’t particularly expensive. Why is the gap between cost and price so enormous?
#EnergyPrices #electricitybills #costofliving #EnergyPolicy #netzero #economics
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/23/…
How common are your opinions? Social media makes us think that everyone shares our opinions. A short survey to put that theory to the test.
#publicopinions #UKPolitics #PoliticalPsychology
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/19/…
Parliament says student loans were mis-sold. They behave like a tax when graduates repay them, so why do we still pretend they’re loans?
#StudentLoans #tuitionfees
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/16/…
Why did Durham High School really close? VAT, years of financial decline — or something else? I’ve followed the money and test the rival claims.
#durham #durhamhighschool #privateschools #VAT
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/13/…
Trump’s renaming is out of control. Orlando FL will become Donaldo. Trampolines will become Trumpolines. And Orange County will lose an O and a Y. #donaldtrump #MAGA
Britain’s political funding rules are going to change after a series of scandals. The new rules will change UK politics. But who will pay for political parties afterwards?
#UKPolitics #PoliticalFunding #ElectoralReform #CampaignFinance
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/09/…
Small boats dominate the political argument over immigration. But strip away the rhetoric and look at the numbers: what is actually happening?
#smallboats #ChannelCrossings #immigration #AsylumSeekers #UKPolitics #refugees #homeoffice #ReformUK
jon-chadwick.com/2026/09/05/…