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People need to learn to simply say they disagree rather than impugning the other person
2 days ago
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I have now considered it.
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10 days ago
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Alienated the public sector workers by nationalising industry, giving them a huge pay rise and improving employment protections
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15 days ago
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Duncan Robinson
26 days ago
On British state slowly becoming Martin Lewis with nukes The cost of the cost-of-living obsession
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
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Nick Pettigrew
30 days ago
Burnham turning up to the Manchester mayoral office on Monday:
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this is the correct line from Bernie since he's aiming to win American elections not soothe Europeans (which should soothe Europeans)
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about 1 month ago
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Don Moynihan
about 1 month ago
If the basic project is expanding and straightening the American empire, everything this administration has done - destroy soft power, wreck alliances, abandon shared ideals, withdraw for the intl institutions America built, and general erratic behavior - will have the opposite effect.
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i cannot get my head round people genuinely suggesting the dems push abolish ice after the experience with abolish the police
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about 1 month ago
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The enemies of progress are everywhere
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about 2 months ago
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Forced to post like this because i've been silenced by this member of the lib mob who doesn't respect my freedom of speech but
@theangelofhistory.bsky.social
has ignored the meaning of the words "*you* may believe"
about 2 months ago
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I think this still
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about 2 months ago
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Personally I think if you're going to criticise the government increasing IHT on farms and you stand to inherit a farm then you should declare that but I suppose that's not in the NUJ code of conduct
2 months ago
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Duncan Robinson
2 months ago
www.ft.com/content/30a4...
Very good frame from
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
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Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
https://www.ft.com/content/30a49ab7-285b-4641-89f8-7375fc560ab9?shareType=nongift
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3 months ago
Couple of questions for
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
regarding this somewhat unusual story: 1) Is the woman a beneficiary of her partner’s estate? If so she has “lost out” up to £50k of inheritance tax she could have avoided
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Eastbourne MP calls on bank to repay woman ÂŁ125k after error
A woman cashed a ÂŁ125,000 cheque from her dying partner but was only paid ÂŁ125 after it cleared.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjezxvpd9xno
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Even ignoring the subject of the post this is nonsensical. Can something that's bad get worse? Yeah I reckon it can Jolyon!
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3 months ago
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Turnout figures from the New York mayoralty: I think Susan Hall really could do it, you know:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
4 months ago
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Turnout isn't worrying at all. 170k voters (when the membership might be 300k max) for an incredibly low stakes election is absolutely fine. People being very silly about this
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4 months ago
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Stephen Bush
4 months ago
“Infamously”!
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Neal Hudson
5 months ago
MHCLG SoS in his “build baby build” cap at conference
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Good reshuffle
6 months ago
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the scolding will continue until the user base increases
6 months ago
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Stephen Bush
6 months ago
One of two very good threads by Adam on this. A startling number of people - responding, in part, by the tone set by their government - just have this very complacent 'oh, no, this plan will never work'. I mean, 1) it could but also 2) they will definitely try.
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Stephen Bush
7 months ago
Essentially every core understanding a Labour leader needs to follow to succeed is contained within Tony Blair’s 2011 foreword to the Unfinished Revolution.
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People being remarkably dismissive of the possibility of extensive riots given they last occured a whole 12 months ago
7 months ago
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Need a serious unserious big things small things political compass
7 months ago
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8 months ago
This stuff is so maddening. The top part says 10b litres *a year* and then later there is a 5bn/a day shortfall. Ie data centers are irrelevant. 10b litres a year is trivial! A single reservoir will be 100-150bn litres! Later it says we don’t even know if the data center one is solid!
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incredibly funny watching the americans drive themselves insane debating the ethnicity of a ugandan asian
8 months ago
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Duncan Robinson
8 months ago
[posts same tweet but with positive connotation]
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Seems fine. Nothing to worry about whatsoever
8 months ago
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if you cant find anything interesting to talk about with Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey and Jeff Bezos then I think the reflection should be directed inwards
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8 months ago
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Faine Greenwood
8 months ago
Air conditioning is an absolutely vital life-saving technology on a swiftly-warming planet, and people who claim it's somehow more shameful to cool a home than it is to heat one are idiots. I wrote this a few years ago and still stand by it:
foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...
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Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning
An often-disparaged technology is a lifesaver, not a luxury.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/climate-change-air-conditioning-heat-waves/
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James O'Malley
8 months ago
It's time to get over the eco-austerity mindset and embrace the technology of air conditioning. On hot, sunny days, the grid runs almost carbon free. We have the power to stay cool, you just have to get over yourself.
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8 months ago
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Progressives not using and not supporting the proliferation of AI is not going to end well I fear
8 months ago
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Jessica Elgot
8 months ago
V interesting from
@dantomlinson.bsky.social
and
@jakerichardsmp.bsky.social
on reform of the ECHR - very much coming onto the radar of Labour MPs
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Reform of ECHR vital to allow Britain to deport more foreign criminals
Ripping up the convention would be disastrous for the European effort against Russia. Instead, we must lead the change
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/give-yvette-cooper-power-to-overrule-the-echr-rh2hdwfhp
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embarrassing
9 months ago
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counting is very important but so is public perception and telling people that actually they should be satisfied with a certain level of crime... well, good luck I guess
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9 months ago
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Luke Tryl
9 months ago
So only thing you can do is improve people’s experience of the status quo to the extent they don’t think system needs tearing down - show government can deliver on cost of living, nhs, immigration and also address regional inequality and community neglect/decline.
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I'd love people to try this on the doorstep
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9 months ago
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tbf without Brockwell Park there is no local green space for families to use
9 months ago
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Ant Breach
10 months ago
Our latest report looks at five 'anti-supply measures' that are a major bottleneck on urban housebuilding and the 1.5m new home target - a quick thread below on what they are, why they're a problem, and how to fix them:
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an additional 100k is loads!
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10 months ago
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it better be Cardinal Pizzaballa Stromboli or I'm going to kick off
10 months ago
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fascinating piece
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10 months ago
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Gavin Jackson
10 months ago
My column this week is on Charles Kindleberger and the economics of when a hegemon falls.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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What happens when a hegemon falls?
Why economists are turning to a 50-year-old book on the Depression
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/08/what-happens-when-a-hegemon-falls
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Dan Neidle
10 months ago
Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it? We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data. A đź§µ, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
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the idea that AI is "completely useless" for doing research is, if not a minority opinon among professionals, at least highly contested
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10 months ago
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trolling Bluesky is like those videos of Lionel Messi taking on some children in a game of street football
10 months ago
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I adore Bluesky
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10 months ago
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Sam Freedman
10 months ago
Great article - You help "left behind" areas by helping the nearest big city. Our problem is the relative economic weakness of our big cities outside London.
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