Se scoppia la guerra in Groenlandia - Danimarca ovviamente i missili nucleari Nato europei non saranno nemmeno messi in preriscaldo poiché l'EU crede fermamente che in tempi di crisi la salvaguardia dell'ambiente e della storia delle alleanze viene prima di qualsiasi cosa. La deterrenza nucleare può far danni cosi com'è senza dover spendere soldi extra UE per rimodernare tutto.
Anche la guerra commerciale è un'alternativa
"#Ministers and #civilservice leaders must not miss this opportunity. The prize – a more rationally planned, slimmed down and efficient civil service – is worth the effort."
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/spending-review-2025-civil-service
"Rachael Reeves’ changes to fiscal rules — now much looser than first indicated when the party entered office – allow much more scope for an activist, investing state than before, because her new measure of national debt places much greater value on assets held by the state – such as public-sector stakes in private firms."
This chart of changing priorities from spending review to spending review over the last quarter of a century is an interesting, contextualisation of Rachel Reeves announcement(s) this week....
The Institute for Government report from which this is taken offers a range of other useful insights & is worth ten minutes of your time this weekend.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/spending-review-2025
There are some good things in the Spending Review. I think the focus on investment is welcome.
But you know what's missing from all the coverage?
Adult social care.
Seriously, they're never going to fix the NHS unless they can fix that first.
If you read the small print, it says they're waiting for the result of the review, and have allocated an extra £4bn in 2028-2029.
Doesn't sound like a lot of money considering the scale of the task.
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