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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 23h

If government excuses were included in GDP, our economic woes would be over. But what we really need to hear from the Chancellor is action – especially on Europe.

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 21h

it will be easy targets again. needs to be simpler, progressive, somewhat linear (like avoiding 100k marginal 62% - or sharp benefits cutoff at lower end). And overall, yes, higher.

Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 21h

In part I agree, but it's not helped by an over complex tax structure and oddities (like 100k marginal 62% - that's not progressive, it's abusive. needs smoothing)

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 1d

YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.

Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people

...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"

It's £10ph FFS!

Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger

DO YOU SEE IT NOW?

Spread far & wide.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

bylinetimes.com

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

LibDem already have this policy. Maybe lab will come around. less sure on right. But it’s caused so much damage and crucially has destroyed hope. Having flexibility, options, in a much larger unit can mitigate other challenges and allow new ideas to flourish. brexit took that away for many. criminal

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Student, "How would you, if in power, create closer relationships with Europe?"

Zack Polanski, "In the long term we need to rejoin the European Union"

"So people your age, and students, can have the same experiences and freedoms that I had when I was a student"

Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

A bit like all the Brexit wins were

Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

When will we (as a country and with broad political
Consensus) understand the self-harm Brexit caused

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

“Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Paris are all doing better than they were. It has been at London’s expense. There is no question about that.” ~AA

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

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

www.theguardian.com

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

I’d like to see other parties make a similar statement regardless of who is depicted. It should have near uniform support apart from those promoting

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 2d

this is LITERAL VIOLENCE if you were born in the 60s, too.

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

Yes! Something that gets worse every year!!

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.

This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.

Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog

blog.arxiv.org

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

Is still so annoying that in the uk vat is payable on ebooks

Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 1d

He probably means working politicians…

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 2d

Ah tricky. Also a family birthday at this time….

Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 2d

Unfortunately I had a clash so couldn't make it. But it looked very interesting

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 2d

A majority of people (56%) now say they don't trust the US, compared to 40% in the weeks following Trump's re-election in November 2024. And the EU is now seen as Britain's most reliable partner, according to the YouGov poll, commissioned by campaign group Best for Britain.

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: British people's trust in the United States has collapsed in the year since Donald Trump took office according to @bestforbritain.org latest research:

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

British people's trust in the US has collapsed since Donald Trump was elected

A year on from Donald Trump's shock victory, most people in Britain now say they don't trust the US - a massive drop from last November

www.mirror.co.uk

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 3d

I guess it depends on who who follow.. I can’t remember a single post on the topic until you mentioned it!

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 3d

What a horrendous, scary, potentially deathly situation for those onboard the train last night carrying a vicious attacker.

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 3d

yes indeed. You might get a smaller malatung in a small restaurant for 20-22 (but a fraction of the amount/quality/choice). The pricy one is actually good value as it includes some bbq options, starter and dessert

Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 3d

yep eating out (or indeed takeaway) is expensive here rather than something you can do frequently :-(

Thankfully we now have one of the most awesome hotpot places I’ve been to in the UK open up locally! and it’s fixed price (about 37-38 ukp but worth it!)

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Marion Davis @mariondavis.bsky.social · 4d

Oh Palantir again... Peter Thiel the billionaire owner bankrolled JD Vance rise to be Vice-president.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 5d

🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

bylinetimes.com

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 4d

it says 4 hours *ahead* not behind… georgia, azerbaijan, armenia. Oh a landlord you say? maybe mauritius

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 4d

I wish I could just block paywalled article links, since I can’t access them, quoting them just gets frustrating! (yes a simplistic view ….)

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 4d

Of course it’;s a balance between new ideas/future and experience so **LETS THINK ABOUT THE BREXIT EXPERIENCE** and where the ideas came from … !!

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 4d

An inconvenient truth. @turnbulldugarte.com and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social puncture a pervasive myth. ‬ "Among young respondents aged 18-25, a very comfortable majority of women reject Reform UK (75%), and a similarly large majority of men in the same age group share the same view (71%)."

Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe

Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...

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Planetf1 @planetf1.cherrybyte.me.uk · 4d

my work week is suitably ended with a 'colima stop' ;-)