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Father, lover & business owner. Bad at two.
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Jorge Liboreiro
1 day ago
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion. I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans. 🧵 Long thread.
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Otto English
26 days ago
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million In New York - population 8.5 million - there were 391. London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago. And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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Ian Dunt
7 months ago
There's no placating the Brexiters, no reasoning with them, no basic comprehension or adulthood. You can't debate papers behaving like the Sun or the Mail this morning. There's nothing to debate with. They view all trading relations with Europe as humiliation.
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Julie Cohen ❌👑
7 months ago
Trump: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls…They don’t need 250 pencils, they can have 5.” Also Trump: accepts new Air Force One worth $400M from Qatari royal family.
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Migration is the solution, not the problem.
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Who Pays for Your Pension? And Why Migration Matters More Than You Might Think
There’s a common belief — especially among older generations — that “I’ve paid in all my life, so I’m entitled to my state pension.” But that’s not quite how the system works.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robrandtoul1/p/who-pays-for-your-pension-and-why?r=3w3y29
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@iandunt.bsky.social
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#216 – Ian Dunt on why governments in Britain and elsewhere can't get anything done – and how to fix it
Podcast Episode · 80,000 Hours Podcast · 02/05/2025 · 3h 15m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast/id1245002988?i=1000705853110
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Best for Britain
7 months ago
"Three Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia were present at an event to debate Brexit in a committee room in May 2016." ~AA
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Convicted Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament
Bulgarians Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova attended an event in the Palace of Westminster, the BBC finds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj4kze7kvdo
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Best for Britain
7 months ago
The quantity of UK goods exports is lower now than in 2016 or 2021. The UK is the only country in the G7 that has this record.
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Peter Thal Larsen
7 months ago
I see we've moved on to putting tariffs on services industries where the US has historically enjoyed a trade surplus with the rest of the world. Looking forward to the formula they conjur up to justify this one.
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Vance not so bothered by people being arrested for silently praying in a restricted area now, eh?
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8 months ago
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“They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.” - Presidental candidate Donald J. Trump.
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US will 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon
The US Secretary of State's comments come as Ukraine says it took a first step towards signing a minerals deal with the US.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20x5xn1g92o
8 months ago
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Adam Posen
8 months ago
Trump's tariffs are designed for maximum damage—to America This is not a both sides have a point situation. Maury Obstfeld
@piie.com
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Trump's tariffs are designed for maximum damage—to America
President Donald Trump touted his bewildering array of "Liberation Day" import tariffs as carefully calibrated to offset trade partners' tariff, nontariff, and currency barriers to US exports. However...
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2025/trumps-tariffs-are-designed-maximum-damage-america
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What does MAGA stand for again?
8 months ago
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Congratulations America! You’ve been liberated from low prices, falling inflation and all of your international allies. Good job!
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Gaby Hinsliff
9 months ago
Not making time to watch the actual programme everyone’s talking about but seemingly having time to absorb a twitter conspiracy about it is the most Kemi Badenoch response I ever heard
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But Hilary’s emails!
9 months ago
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Where are the Democrats? Rather than taking the high ground, get down in the gutter and fight. Trump is not interested in your rules. Start by calling him Vice President Trump at EVERY opportunity. Childish? Yes. Will it get under his thin skin? Definitely. The old rule book has been torn up.
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Someone should write a paper on immigrants, or children of immigrants, wanting to pull the drawbridge up behind themselves. Musk. Badenoch. Raab. Braverman. Sunak. Patel.
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9 months ago
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Where “peace plan” equals “forcing the democracy to surrender”.
9 months ago
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@benstiller.redhour.com
I’d be grateful if you could lobby Apple to release the last three episodes of Severance immediately so that I can finish watching it before WW3.
10 months ago
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Goats.
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about 1 year ago
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AlexTaylorNews
about 1 year ago
Absolute goosebumps ! 👇 One of man's greatest creations, Beethoven's 5th rattling the core foundations of God's millennial cathedral It's primal - sound on LOUD !
#NotreDameDeParis
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Giles Wilkes
about 1 year ago
The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2024 -
on.ft.com/3ZBsSUh
via @FT This is pretty cool
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The FT’s 25 most influential women of 2024
This year we celebrate the women remaking the world we live in today
https://on.ft.com/3ZBsSUh
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Liam Thorp
about 1 year ago
On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
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I am only 996 followers away from 1,000 followers!
about 1 year ago
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Be still, his beating heart.
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about 1 year ago
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£20 million on policing alone. Yet it will get less coverage in the right wing press than Taylor Swifts’ police escort.
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King Charles III's Coronation cost taxpayers ÂŁ72m
Government figures show that more than ÂŁ20 million was spent by the Home Office policing the event.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04lyddv2p5o
about 1 year ago
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 1 year ago
This is a good block list. Best part is that as MAGA are added, once you subscribe and block all, all the new adds are blocked, too.
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