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Sometime SIPP & due diligence nerd (when I'm not out escaping in live music šøš¶)
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Martin Saxby
7 months ago
Amazing research findings!
#CofE
#BibleSociety
#churchgrowth
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Adam Kucharski
7 months ago
What can airplane cockpits tell us about the dangers of designing for the āaverageā person? š§µ
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āBut too often the platforms' first action on the death of a client is to shut the adviser out of the loop, just when we are often needed the most.ā Some great reflections and comments from
@philbillingham.bsky.social
www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-bi...
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Phil Billingham: Time for a wake-up call - for me
https://www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-billingham-that-was-then-%E2%80%93-this-is-now?utm_source=newsletter_5694
7 months ago
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Prospect Magazine
8 months ago
āIt takes a certain madness to put your name forward for the top job in this busted organisation, and anyone who wants it probably shouldnāt get it.ā @andrewgraystone.bsky.social on the search for a new archbishop of Canterbury.
www.prospectmagazine...
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Who wants to be archbishop of Canterbury?
Beset by safeguarding scandals and a fundamental split on LGBT+ rights, the Church of England is struggling to find a new leader
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/religion/church-of-england/69652/who-wants-to-be-archbishop-of-canterbury
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Thomas Hansen
8 months ago
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht:
@hpsc24.bsky.social
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Gary Rawnsley
8 months ago
Saw
@aiannucci.bsky.social
ās glorious Dr Strangelove tonight thanks to NT Live. Brilliant & innovative staging & a terrific cast led by Steve Coogan. After
#Signalgate
, Putin, Trump - rather too close to reality at times!
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Otto English
8 months ago
Outstanding work
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Michael Liebreich
9 months ago
With the US now voting with Russia, Belarus and N Korea at the UN, this is a good time to read or re-read the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Russia, UK *and US* made clear commitments to Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. Six bullet points, read them.
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
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https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf
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JohnG
9 months ago
Crikey, Frances, thatās grim.
open.substack.com/pub/coppolac...
But as ever, very definitely worth reading.
@francescoppola.bsky.social
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A gruesome hostage exchange
Why are Hamas and Israel trading the dead for the living?
https://open.substack.com/pub/coppolacomment/p/a-gruesome-hostage-exchange?r=5hb5m&utm_medium=ios
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Cara Thompson
9 months ago
If the suspense is too much, you can find the video and a short blurb about my part in it in the description here:
youtu.be/ccnIUL5Z3Y4
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Footprints underground - Hannah Featherstone
YouTube video by Hannah Featherstone
https://youtu.be/ccnIUL5Z3Y4
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Sandy Martin
10 months ago
Weāve lost all hopeā: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border - UK has a moral duty to support both Rohingya and Bangladesh- weāve left the responsibility for helping some of the most oppressed people to one of the poorest nations
t.co/EhTDk6hv31
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/22/rohingya-refugees-bangladesh-border-myanmar-human-rights?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://t.co/EhTDk6hv31
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Ian Dunt
10 months ago
This is a very well reasoned and worded complaint. Predictably, the response makes no attempt to address what it says
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This was great! Really fascinating explanation of how our understanding of the universe has grown over the last century. Looking forward to part 2 - thanks
@jimalkhalili.bsky.social
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10 months ago
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Adam Bienkov
10 months ago
Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown
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The Church Mouse
10 months ago
Denmark set to work building a defensive wall on the Greenland coast
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Great piece by
@philbillingham.bsky.social
: service to clients - itās not just about an annual review!
citywire.com/new-model-ad...
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Billingham: Measuring value by one meeting a year is bonkers
Phil Billingham, director at Perceptive Planning, says assuming that one client meeting a year delivers value for money is flawed thinking.
https://citywire.com/new-model-adviser/news/billingham-measuring-value-by-one-meeting-a-year-is-bonkers/a2457180
10 months ago
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dag
11 months ago
NEW How the lore of New Year defeated the law of New Year How the English state gave up on insisting the new year started on 25 March By me Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-lo...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/how-...
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How the lore of New Year defeated the law of New Year
How the English state gave up on insisting the new year started on 25 March
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-lore-of-new-year-defeated
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Rob Hughes
11 months ago
2025 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)² and 2025 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³ How beautiful
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Barbara Rich
11 months ago
āWomen of a certain ageā, state pensions, Suffragette costumes, and disappointment. My blog in the WASPI campaign and its supportersā expectations of compensation, now disappointed by the government
open.substack.com/pub/bleakhou...
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Full Restitution, Empty Promises
The WASPI campaign and increases in womenās state pension age
https://open.substack.com/pub/bleakhouserevisited/p/full-restitution-empty-promises?r=3zlrnj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Otto English
11 months ago
Takes a few seconds to vote. No need to tick boxes or add emails
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Great analysis of the story of the Magi, with helpful historical context
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11 months ago
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Just discovered Guy Garveyās From The Vaults on Sky Arts - excellent! Great one for the much-missed Mike Morrison music hourā¦
#pensiontechs
11 months ago
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At last! Great to see the FCA thinking openly about allowing stochastic projections for pension clients. Weāve until 27/2 to make our views known.
www.fca.org.uk/publications...
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DP24/3: Pensions: Adapting our requirements for a changing market
We want your feedback on whether and what further changes might be needed to certain aspects of our pensions regulatory framework.
https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/discussion-papers/dp24-3-pensions-adapting-our-requirements-changing-market
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Justin Hendrix
11 months ago
This is an extraordinary document.
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Despite Consumer Duty, financial providers continue to make remarkably foolish decisions. Here's a sad example from
@philbillingham.bsky.social
www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-bi...
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Phil Billingham: Why are providers so bad at death?
https://www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-billingham-why-are-providers-so-bad-at-death
11 months ago
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Great episode - thought-provoking, but strong lines of hopeš
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Another example of the PO holding scheme trustees *personally liable* for losses to members, finding that āscheme funds had been invested in breach of trustee investment duties and in furtherance of a pension liberation arrangementā.
#PensionLiberation
www.professionalpensions.com/news/4383910...
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TPO orders trustees to repay more than £5m to members of three schemes
The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has ordered the trustees of three pension schemes to repay £5.2m after they were found to have been facilitating pension liberation.
https://www.professionalpensions.com/news/4383910/tpo-trustees-repay-gbp-members-schemes
12 months ago
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This is long overdueā¦
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Damian Stancombe
12 months ago
Sum up Retirement perfectly...
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The Tennessee Holler
12 months ago
āAnyone? Anyone?ā
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Pension scam: Good to see the individual behind the corporate trustee being held liable - hope they're successful in recovering some of the c£10m lost.
www.lexology.com/library/deta...
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Ombudsman awards £10m against trustee director in groundbreaking ruling
The Pensions Ombudsman has determined that a corporate trustee breached its duties in multiple ways. He has ordered a former director, Mr Shroff, toā¦
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d2158f3c-1452-45d2-9f9c-b7bd4ddcd08a
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33 Bedford Row
12 months ago
The
#detention
of Dil Mohammed, a prominent spokesperson of the āNo Mans Landā Rohingya community, has been raised before the
#UN
WGAD. Haydee Dijkstal is instructed as counsel, & submitted a complaint raising serious
#fairtrial/#dueprocess
violations.ā¬ļø
thediplomat.com/2024/11/inte...
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International Spotlight on Bangladesh as Rohingya Leaderās Case Heads to the UN
The case of Dil Mohammed, a prominent Rohingya spokesperson currently detained by Bangladeshi authorities, will be examined by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
https://thediplomat.com/2024/11/international-spotlight-on-bangladesh-as-rohingya-leaders-case-heads-to-the-un/
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Michael Liebreich
12 months ago
Good piece from
@natbullard.bsky.social
on why solar forecasts have been so bad, courtesy of
#ExponentialView
www.exponentialview.co/p/the-foreca...
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š Why everyone missed solarās exponential growth
The forecastersā gap
https://www.exponentialview.co/p/the-forecasters-gap
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Great to post real blue sky on
@bsky.app
- guess it would be looking stormy on Xitter...
#IpswichWaterfront
@ipswichtown.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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Great post from
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Another great piece from Robin Ellison - highly recommended - enjoy!
#Regulation
#TPR
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Robin Ellison: VFM audit on TPR needed before general levy consultation completes
PPās regular columnist says the regulatory budget needs halving not doubling
https://www.professionalpensions.com/opinion/4146565/robin-ellison-vfm-audit-tpr-levy-consultation-completes
almost 2 years ago
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Stephen Kinsella
about 2 years ago
This piece by Adam Tooze trying to answer the question from a historical perspective of why an evacuation of 1m Palestinians can be ordered by Israel is must-read.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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Chartbook | Adam Tooze | Substack
A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman. Cli...
https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-245-gaza-beyond-de-developmen
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