Jonty Bloom
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Business, economics and Brexit but the dog comes first
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Dumb and dumber
Kemi Badenoch is about to announce that a Tory government, if there is ever another Tory government, would take the UK out of the ECHR.
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Something has changed in the City
I was travelling through The City yesterday and it is a good thing to do from time to time as it is easy to forget how busy, dynamic, young and wealthy it is.
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Running on empty
One of the biggest problems for the Tory party is not just that they are trying to regain lost voters from Reform by moving ever further to the right when that can never work, it is that you can smell...
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There is no alternative
You have to feel a little sorry for Labour, they inherited a total mess, higher taxes, a gaping gap in future spending already announced by the Tories but totally unfunded and a political atmosphere p...
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Top of the world, Ma
Great to see Europe beat the USA, not least because the crowds at the Ryder cup have been a bunch of braying, jingoistic, rude, cheating, unwelcoming shits.
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Oliver Twist and Germany
The euro is on a sustained rise versus the dollar.
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Very sorry to hear this, he was v kind to me on many occasions and explained so many subjects brilliantly. A lovely gentleman and a wonderful communicator of his extensive knowledge.
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National security and sofas
I can see it now, the case finally makes its way to the Supreme Court, where the judges have to decide on whether the President can impose tariffs on his own, without Congress getting a say.
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Bab bosses
I once had a boss who whenever there was a problem would announce he was going for his lunch, for a walk, a coffee or anything and not come back until he thought someone else had sorted out the proble...
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Trump and Mao
This week has provided the final proof if any were needed that Trump is mad as a hatter, out of control and a loose gun.
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The Trump doctrine
President Monroe laid out the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, South America is our sphere of influence, keep out.
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Strangely quiet
There was a time, only a few short weeks ago when right wing politicians in the UK were singing the praise of Argentinaās President Milei.
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What we want to hear?
It is the turn of the Lib Dems to have a conference, with 72 MPs they will doubtless get wall to wall coverage in the media and especially the BBC.
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Catherine Graham's tit
Humbert Wolfe wrote a poem that I have always remembered.
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The special relationship
Nothing says āspecial relationshipā like 10% tariffs on everything.
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Remember the gates
The idea that there is a campaign within Labour to oust the PM strikes me as both possible and amazingly stupid at the same time.
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Put out more flags
The flag shaggers seem to be getting closer and closer to my street, although I am pretty sure none live on my street.
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POWs not welcome here
The 330 South Korean workers snapped up in chains by ICE at the Hyundai plant in Georgia have been returned to their own country.
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Two courts
The Supreme Court of the USA is about to decide on the first of the many appeals against Trumpās executive actions.
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What is it for?
I make no secret of the fact that I shop at Waitrose and John Lewis a lot.
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If only.....
A year on since Mario Draghi made hundreds of sensible recommendations to get Europe growing more quickly, just 11% have been introduced.
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The Ancien regime
Life expectancy in France is on average 4 and a 1/2 years longer than in America and the average French person now lasts 14 years longer than they did in 1960.
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Welcome, and bienvenue
Nothing says please invest billions in the very latest technology in my country like raiding the factory being built and deporting all the experts who have been flown over especially to build the plac...
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After you Claude.
Just last month Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he claimed that she had rigged the American jobs figures "to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad...
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I know what I'd prefer
Norway is in the middle of a general election but unlike the UK it is having an intelligent debate about Europe.
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A clear and present danger
It is a long time since I read the book or saw the movie but I seem to remember that in āClear and present dangerā the President starts murdering drug gang members in secret.
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about 1 month ago
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In goose step together
My word a despot does love a military parade, especially is there is some goose stepping.
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Norway, gold and borrowing
Sorry I was not around yesterday, I was busy.
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about 1 month ago
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No story
Even the FT is covering the Angela Rayner story about her properties, but with one difference.
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about 1 month ago
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Small packages are big business
The Trump administration is so full of ignorance and sycophancy that it is hard to know the rationale for some of its more stupid actions.
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Socialism in two countries
In the UK the government raises money.
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Hurrah for the Taliban
A few years ago there was an interesting story about the Kindertransport, the measly scheme to let a few children escape Nazis Germany before the war.
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The Fed is dead
The fact that Donald Trump is trying to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve means he has almost got complete control of the central bank.
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Lessons from Bolton
Poor old John Bolton, he saw at first hand what a dangerous nutter Trump was in his first term, when he served under him and has been a critic ever since.
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What if?
There is a certain amount of starry eyed optimism around the role of the UK in the world at the moment.
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The Great Loyalty Oath Crusade
For me in Catch 22 the best bit is not the Catch itself but the ending of the Great Loyalty Oath Crusade.
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The waiting game
I discovered recently that one of the principal reasons that the Communist party of China abandoned communism but not dictatorial rule, was Taiwan.
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Fairer, better and braver
For those of us brought up on āYes Ministerā, and it was a course book at my university politics department, the words āA brave decision, Ministerā tend to bring a smile to the lips.
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1910, here we come
The really worrying thing about the USAās betrayal of Ukraine is not about Ukraine.
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Must work harder
Trump couldnāt negotiate his way out of a paper bag, if you help it open for him, he can only bully and there are some people you canāt bully if they donāt believe your threats.
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about 2 months ago
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What a waste
There are many desperately important gaps between the regions of England (and the UK) but education is one of the largest and most important.
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about 2 months ago
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Suspicious activity
Have you noticed, as I just have, that several commentators from the right wing press have started writing some interesting articles?
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Why Putin owns Trump
When I was at university Russian was a very popular course, in the middle of the Cold War we needed as many experts on the enemy as we could get.
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Why does treason never prosper??
For those of us who thought that America was limiting the export of the very latest microchips to China on the grounds that they could be used to build weapons to attack the USA, the latest news has c...
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$9 trillion, up for grabs
One of the maddest and most dangerous things that Trump has done since getting into the Oval Office happened last week, and the consequences will continue for decades and millions will suffer.
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about 2 months ago
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Good book too, enjoy
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A matter of time
While it is all very amusing that a charity rowing boat was mistaken for an illegal asylum seekersā dingy, there is a very serious side.
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about 2 months ago
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At a loss
I am racking my brains but for the life of me I cannot think of any economic reason for a tariff on gold.
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about 2 months ago
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"Does he have a pointism?"
Every time someone writes an article on āAre tariffs all bad?ā or āIs ICE right?ā or even āDoes it matter if Trump lies?ā, another little bit of journalism dies.
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about 2 months ago
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Whose company?
I must admit I misread the headline on Elon Muskās most recent shocker.
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