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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 1m

Alright Mr Pedantic. Now he should try raising a family of 4 kids on benefits with the 2 child cap.

KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 1m

Just went to see true story, I, Swear.An absolutely fantastic film. Great cast including imo Oscar winning performances from Robert Aramayo and Scott Ellis Watson.It's very funny in parts but I cried on and off throughout because it was also very very sad & wonderfully uplifting. Highly recommended.

KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 11h

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Stuart Arnell @stuartarnell.bsky.social · 11h

Proper TL cleanser.

No idea what’s going on here, but do keep watching.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 11h

Hard to believe anyone would choose Dubai over London (unless they hugely prefer unbearably heat to our unpredictable weather). Especially if you've got the money to do whatever you want.

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 12h

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

on.ft.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11h

In which Tristram Hunt appeals to the super-rich to still choose London over Dubai

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 12h

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

on.ft.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12h

See also my comments here. The OBR is not the problem..

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Rachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s grip

Labour embraced the forecaster’s powerful role, but now finds itself scrambling in the face of gloomy projections

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

...but the fundamental error here (as with many other articles blaming fiscal framework and/or OBR) is that these are 2nd order issues.

Ultimately, it's fiscal sustainability (as judged by markets short-term that's the constraint. The UK needs some combination of higher growth and higher taxes...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

No link/reference for this - but it's implausible to blame Brexit-related *uncertainty* (as opposed to the actual impacts of Brexit itself!) for knocking off 2% of GDP.

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https://www.ft.com/content/1c4de788-6fbc-4ed7-ab5d-41b4d570e542

It is well established that policy uncertainty of this type lowers growth and jobs and raises borrowing costs. The average rise in UK policy uncertainty since last year’s Budget is more than one standard deviation. Based on past studies, that would knock around 0.5-2 per cent off UK growth in the near term. Negative effects on business investment are larger still, at around 3-5 per cent, and longer lasting.

The path and peak of UK policy uncertainty over the past year eerily mimics the pattern at the time of the Brexit referendum. The uncertainty effects of the latter are estimated to have reduced UK GDP by 1.5-2.5 per cent and business investment by 3-6 per cent in the years after it. We are already beginning to see the effects in subdued sentiment, and higher precautionary saving, among UK businesses and consumers.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

This from Andy Haldane gets some basic stuff wrong, notably this:

"A £30bn will need to be filled in this year’s Budget,e ven though a stalled economy needs a 1% of GDP fiscal tightening like a hole in the head."

Just wrong. Not how the fiscal framework works at all.

www.ft.com/content/1c4d...

The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act

The path and peak of policy uncertainty over the past year eerily mimics sentiment at the time of the 2016 referendum

www.ft.com

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 11h

Living in the grey zone - on.ft.com/4h88pgX

"Perhaps it is truer to say that being comfortable with contradiction is the mark of high character, because it entails loneliness. There is never a team to join."

Living in the grey zone

Navigating the 21st century requires a talent for paradox

on.ft.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 12h

How a landlord was allowed to do that to a customer, I will never know.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 13h

Morning.

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 1d

RIP John Lodge

Bass guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and songwriter of the longstanding rock band the Moody Blues.

burningshed.com/store/john-l...

#Musicfeed #musicsky

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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 12h

Crazy on all counts.

Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 20h

Meanwhile in Russia: military expert Igor Korotchenko claimed that massive strikes against Ukraine are "humanitarian" in their nature. He complained about Trump not getting the Nobel Peace Prize & urged Denmark to give him Greenland as a consolation prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AU4...

Igor Korotchenko praises Russia's humanitarian strikes & bemoans Trump being denied the Nobel Prize

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

www.youtube.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 20h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 23h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Le Pole Plumber 🔧 @nihl.fellas.army · 18h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

"The University of Zurich said the married couple, who currently work at MIT, would join its economics faculty …. [They] will be moving … at a time when experts are warning that Trump's cuts to research funding and attacks on … freedoms could lead to a brain drain …."

www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 12h

Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights in threaded gift link form. Each is free x300 and then it's gone but if you miss out you can pop out and buy a paper! It lasts all week! Enjoy!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 12h

Trump announced an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods on top of existing ones, triggering another market crash.

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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 12h

Bastards!

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 12h

Russian drones attacked Chernihiv power company vehicles, killing two employees and wounding three. A follow-up strike damaged a local fire brigade vehicle whose crew arrived with police to help the energy workers.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 12h

Russian drones attacked Chernihiv power company vehicles, killing two employees and wounding three. A follow-up strike damaged a local fire brigade vehicle whose crew arrived with police to help the energy workers.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 13h

You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Why your next upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

www.londoncentric.media

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13h

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Despite Nigel Farage’s promises to cut waste and ‘save a lot of money’, senior officials have now admitted they will likely have to resort to tax rises

www.thetimes.com

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 13h

What is Netanyahu going to do when - not if - many of the dead hostages can't be found?

We hear this morning that the Gaza gangs are rejecting the external "Board Of Peace". Could we please have a rolling report of the bits of the 20 Point Plan currently rejected by the various parties?

#r4today

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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 12h

Now try benefits.

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