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davidheniguk.bsky.social
One of the things that most annoys me about how history is largely ignored in today's politics. We've been through racists raising the flag not too long ago. Some very brave folk took them on to disdain from right and left alike (why reclaim that?) and won.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Time once again to reclaim this version of Englishness and Britishness from the racists and increasingly shrill right-wing politicos and commentariat (from FT profile of new National Theatre Director) www.ft.com/content/61cd...
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
One has to wonder quite how long it will take the US to recover from Trump, with his off-the-scale corruption, disdain for knowledge, and rewriting of every political norm as well as a lot of laws, could it be a quick hiding it under the carpet or a long drawn out decline?
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Just think this shows the fundamental shallowness of this US administration. Pakistan has completely played Trump and no Indian administration would have been able to accept this. But no other US administration would have been so dumb.
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · Aug 30
Where is world politics going? Back to great power politics/spheres of influence? Trump-Modi dispute signals something much more transformative ie how international affairs work when personalistic regimes sit at its center. We urgently need new models.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
www.nytimes.com
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abenewman.bsky.social
Where is world politics going? Back to great power politics/spheres of influence? Trump-Modi dispute signals something much more transformative ie how international affairs work when personalistic regimes sit at its center. We urgently need new models.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled
www.nytimes.com
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
The US doesn't in effect have a highest legal body considering points of law so not much point in speculating on the content of the President's powers over tariffs or not, very much depends how slavishly devoted a handful of individuals are feeling towards him.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Shrugs in a kind of who knows what this will actually mean way. Yep, that's the official trade policy specialist response. Because this is about Trump's attempts to remove law as it applies to him, everything else is collateral damage.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Aug 29
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under an emergency powers law.
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bradheath.bsky.social
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under an emergency powers law.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Someone very Labour adjacent was telling me a big blame story of the civil service that was undoubtedly because of a Number 10 or Treasury instruction, but obviously scapegoating is easier.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Behind the "he would say that wouldn't he" is a more dangerous scapegoating, that his simplistic nonsense would have worked if only the civil service was any good. Which has been transferred to the new administration.
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · Aug 29
Dominic Cummings’ latest substack goes a bit “needless to say I had the last laugh” here (though is an interesting read)
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lukemcgee.bsky.social
Dominic Cummings’ latest substack goes a bit “needless to say I had the last laugh” here (though is an interesting read)
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Government needs to be able to communicate hope amidst complexity, this one doesn't really do either
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
The infantilism of UK politics has been off the scale since 2016 and the current government has largely carried on from its predecessors on that
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Watching folk get radicalised over the other place is quite the depressing sight. But then again, if government isn't prepared to tell a story of complexity, not surprising if many people think there really is a simple solution like leave the ECHR.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Different companies have different models.

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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Interesting in general, on China there's a big question as to whether European governments have the ability to achieve this not least when stakeholders insist that every industry must be considered strategic.
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Aug 29
For the first time a joint cabinet meeting of the French and German governments were today briefed by economists from each country - they covered 5 points, one of which was "trade with China"

cae-eco.fr/principaux-e...
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fbermingham.bsky.social
For the first time a joint cabinet meeting of the French and German governments were today briefed by economists from each country - they covered 5 points, one of which was "trade with China"

cae-eco.fr/principaux-e...
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
There is no high or low level of immigration that will stop the stories of "them" coming over here taking from "us". You have to take on the perception directly, tell a different story. As a few previous Prime Ministers knew.
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Donna @donnarejoin.bsky.social · Aug 29
Got chatting to a lady of about 80 yesterday outside the dentist. She told me her NHS dentist had kicked her off the practice list in favour of migrants coming over in boats.
I mean, ffs 🙄
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donnarejoin.bsky.social
Got chatting to a lady of about 80 yesterday outside the dentist. She told me her NHS dentist had kicked her off the practice list in favour of migrants coming over in boats.
I mean, ffs 🙄
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gavinwhenman.bsky.social
Well maybe stop sending me emails suggesting I enrol early every fucking week then 🙃
Gov.UK page: Find software that works with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax There is no all-in-one software product to meet your needs You may be able to find more than one software product that works together. You'll need to make sure that the combined products let you send quarterly updates and your tax return. If you use an agent or accountant, talk to them about what software you need.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Call me the old out of touch elite instead of new listening to the masses elite, but when I venture outside of my bubbles I don't actually find people obsessing constantly about flags or immigration.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
One bunch of elites think they have a better handle on "what the people think" than another bunch of elites. These groups spend far more time with each other than "the people" they claim to know
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Am I right in thinking that unless there are riots across the UK this weekend then various predictions will turn out to have been wrong?
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
I imagine they are using warehouses in different countries and not de minimis.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
But Amazon does that anyway and de minimis won't affect that trade. So you need a genuine small business exemption.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Indeed, so scrapping EU de minimis will miss its main target and just hit small exporters. Genius!
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
My tax digital. But not live yet so not certain.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
I did some checking and not all MTD providers have their systems ready, but there seemed to be at least one which wouldn't require you to do all your accounting via them but just would act as the interface, basically quarterly tax returns
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
The global trend is not deglobalisation - large multinationals are doing fine thanks - but the systemic squeezing of competition and competitiveness via measures which sometimes but not always inadvertently are hugely raising the costs of doing business.
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Good that this is being written about - Making Tax Digital appears to be policy making solely for the Treasury's benefit at the cost of deterring small businesses. In other words, the opposite of what successive governments claim to be seeking.
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · Aug 29
For @theleaduk.bsky.social I had another look at the impact of the poorly-designed 'Making Tax Digital' policy on the most economically vulnerable workers in the economy.

The added cost for disabled people at the same time as benefit cuts is inexplicable.

national.thelead.uk/p/making-tax...
Making Tax Digital plans will penalise vulnerable and low-paid workers
Many disabled people are already only surviving because of their ability to work and earn alongside their rights to state support.
national.thelead.uk
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