FAB Fiona
@fabfiona.bsky.social
Still on the side of history.
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Gilts - DOWN!
FTSE - UP!
Walliams - SACKED!
Don't tell me this government isn't delivering www.ft.com/content/c9a5...
FTSE - UP!
Walliams - SACKED!
Don't tell me this government isn't delivering www.ft.com/content/c9a5...
Investment banks expect UK borrowing costs to fall further in 2026
Gilts will outshine global peers, helped by BoE rate cuts, Wall Street lenders predict
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Gilts - DOWN!
FTSE - UP!
Walliams - SACKED!
Don't tell me this government isn't delivering www.ft.com/content/c9a5...
FTSE - UP!
Walliams - SACKED!
Don't tell me this government isn't delivering www.ft.com/content/c9a5...
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The world’s biggest Earth science conference had a shocking backdrop this year, with the Trump administration announcing that it plans to close an iconic climate research lab. Suffice to say, that changed the tone of the gathering.
Five Takeaways From the World’s Biggest Earth Science Meeting
The world’s biggest Earth science conference had a shocking backdrop this year, with the Trump administration announcing that it plans to close an iconic climate research lab. Suffice to say, that changed the tone of the gathering.
bloom.bg
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The world’s biggest Earth science conference had a shocking backdrop this year, with the Trump administration announcing that it plans to close an iconic climate research lab. Suffice to say, that changed the tone of the gathering.
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On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵
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Ben Jennings on plans to tackle misogyny in English schools – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ben Jennings on plans to tackle misogyny in English schools – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Go girl 💪
British surfer rides potentially record-breaking monster wave
British surfer rides potentially record-breaking monster wave
Laura Crane, a 30-year-old from Devon, hopes to have broken a world record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman.
www.bbc.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Go girl 💪
🇺🇸 The authority of US democratic institutions undermined under Trump, #Anarchy
Elon Musk's absence from Senate auto hearing a big problem for other CEOs
Elon Musk's absence from Senate auto hearing a big problem for other CEOs
Ford CEO Jim Farley could be a no-show at the January Commerce Committee hearing, a lawyer told the panel recently. Other CEOs may bail.
dlvr.it
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🇺🇸 The authority of US democratic institutions undermined under Trump, #Anarchy
⚡️EU imposes new sanctions on Russia's 'shadow fleet'.
The European Union on Dec. 18 imposed sanctions on 41 more vessels in Russia's "shadow fleet", the Council of the EU said.
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The European Union on Dec. 18 imposed sanctions on 41 more vessels in Russia's "shadow fleet", the Council of the EU said.
kyivindependent.com/eu-imposes-n...
EU imposes new sanctions on Russia's 'shadow fleet'
The new sanctions bring the total of sanctioned "shadow fleet" ships to 600, according to the Council of the EU.
kyivindependent.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🇬🇧 Good interview with Margaret Hodge on #BBC #Radio4 #FrontRow re future-proofing arts funding etc.
Catch up on #Sounds.
Catch up on #Sounds.
Reforms are needed to protect the Arts Council from attempts to politicise it & to make funding less bureaucratic, an independent review by Margaret Hodge recommends
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Arts Council England - an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge
www.gov.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🇺🇸 Brave man.
#StormIncoming 🌩
#StormIncoming 🌩
Former special counsel Jack Smith tells a congressional committee that his team found "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by NBC News.
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
nbcnews.to
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🇺🇸 Brave man.
#StormIncoming 🌩
#StormIncoming 🌩
#BigBabyTrump throwing his toys out of his pram if he doesn't get his way.
#SnowflakeTrump ❄
#BBC #Panorama
#SnowflakeTrump ❄
#BBC #Panorama
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#BigBabyTrump throwing his toys out of his pram if he doesn't get his way.
#SnowflakeTrump ❄
#BBC #Panorama
#SnowflakeTrump ❄
#BBC #Panorama
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'Night Haunts', Westway, 2020 by Gail Brodholt, London based printmaker #WomensArt
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
'Night Haunts', Westway, 2020 by Gail Brodholt, London based printmaker #WomensArt
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Christmas tree … ✅
Letter to Father Christmas … ✅
Private Eye Christmas Special… in shops and with subscribers from Friday.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
Letter to Father Christmas … ✅
Private Eye Christmas Special… in shops and with subscribers from Friday.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
December 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Christmas tree … ✅
Letter to Father Christmas … ✅
Private Eye Christmas Special… in shops and with subscribers from Friday.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
Letter to Father Christmas … ✅
Private Eye Christmas Special… in shops and with subscribers from Friday.
IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK!
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Artwork by UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart.
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Artwork by UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart.
🇺🇸🙄
Q: "The jobs report you mentioned this morning…said 100,000 jobs were lost in October and the unemployment rate…is the highest since the pandemic…How do you inspire companies to hire people?"
Vance: "The unemployment rate only counts people who are looking for work."
Vance: "The unemployment rate only counts people who are looking for work."
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🇺🇸🙄
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EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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The funniest thing about the public debt of Finland that has reached quite an alarming level is that Norway could just pay it off and earn it back in a year or so.
I think it’s time for us to proceed with the plan to invade Norway, immediately surrender and become a Norwegian province
I think it’s time for us to proceed with the plan to invade Norway, immediately surrender and become a Norwegian province
The entire right wing screamed bloody murder about "fiscal irresponsibility" 24/7 during the 3-crisis reign of the previous center-left goverment, and literally promised to end indebtedness if elected.
*This year alone,* they have to borrow 42.5% of the four-year *total* of the previous gov's.
*This year alone,* they have to borrow 42.5% of the four-year *total* of the previous gov's.
Valtiontalous | VM: Velkaa on tulossa miljardeja enemmän kuin tiesimme
Tämän vuoden lainanotto on kasvamassa peräti 17 miljardiin euroon. Yksi keskeinen selitys on johdannaisiin liittyvien käteisvakuuksien kasvu.
www.hs.fi
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The funniest thing about the public debt of Finland that has reached quite an alarming level is that Norway could just pay it off and earn it back in a year or so.
I think it’s time for us to proceed with the plan to invade Norway, immediately surrender and become a Norwegian province
I think it’s time for us to proceed with the plan to invade Norway, immediately surrender and become a Norwegian province
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Interesting piece by Charles - not just because he says nice things about something I wrote, but also because the City and Canary Wharf seem to be racing to build office space fast enough to keep up with demand. A long way from the 'new normal' that was being doomcast five years ago.
New substack - The DLR decision, 'tube wars' and new town battles, the Square Mile v Canary Wharf, and New Year question: Do planning policies give too much weight to conservation? @richardbrown.bsky.social @centreforcities.bsky.social @businessldn.bsky.social wrightc.substack.com/p/happy-chri...
Happy Christmas London?
The DLR decision, 'tube wars' and new town battles, paying for infrastructure, and the Square Mile v Canary Wharf rivalry resumed
wrightc.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Interesting piece by Charles - not just because he says nice things about something I wrote, but also because the City and Canary Wharf seem to be racing to build office space fast enough to keep up with demand. A long way from the 'new normal' that was being doomcast five years ago.
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At least the precedent has now been set on acceptable public comment when Trump finally dies.
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
At least the precedent has now been set on acceptable public comment when Trump finally dies.
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Worse
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Worse
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On Russian state TV tonight, a headline (until recently) you wouldn't have expected to see. "USA-EU: Cold War." Moscow clearly enjoying tensions between Washington & Brussels, as well as the new US national security strategy that's more critical of the EU than of Russia.
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On Russian state TV tonight, a headline (until recently) you wouldn't have expected to see. "USA-EU: Cold War." Moscow clearly enjoying tensions between Washington & Brussels, as well as the new US national security strategy that's more critical of the EU than of Russia.
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Budapest Rocked By Protests Against the Corruption Of The Russian Backed Orban Regime
Budapest Rocked By Protests Against the Corruption Of The Russian Backed Orban Regime
Budapest Rocked By Protests Against the Corruption Of The Russian Backed Orban Regime
kyivinsider.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Budapest Rocked By Protests Against the Corruption Of The Russian Backed Orban Regime
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Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
Conservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request.
The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
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Kein Witz:
Seit dem Erscheinen der US-Sicherheitsstrategie hat der Putin-Vertraute Kirill Dmitriev 237 (!) auf X Anti-EU-Tweets gepostet.
Alle so: EU voll die Schlimmste, aber „Daddy“ Trump voll der Beste.
Der Mann ist der Sonderbeauftragte Russlands für die „Friedensverhandlungen“.
Seit dem Erscheinen der US-Sicherheitsstrategie hat der Putin-Vertraute Kirill Dmitriev 237 (!) auf X Anti-EU-Tweets gepostet.
Alle so: EU voll die Schlimmste, aber „Daddy“ Trump voll der Beste.
Der Mann ist der Sonderbeauftragte Russlands für die „Friedensverhandlungen“.
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Kein Witz:
Seit dem Erscheinen der US-Sicherheitsstrategie hat der Putin-Vertraute Kirill Dmitriev 237 (!) auf X Anti-EU-Tweets gepostet.
Alle so: EU voll die Schlimmste, aber „Daddy“ Trump voll der Beste.
Der Mann ist der Sonderbeauftragte Russlands für die „Friedensverhandlungen“.
Seit dem Erscheinen der US-Sicherheitsstrategie hat der Putin-Vertraute Kirill Dmitriev 237 (!) auf X Anti-EU-Tweets gepostet.
Alle so: EU voll die Schlimmste, aber „Daddy“ Trump voll der Beste.
Der Mann ist der Sonderbeauftragte Russlands für die „Friedensverhandlungen“.
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Ukraine's soldiers are doing much better in the pitched battles in the east of the country than Russia is letting on, Kyiv's top commander said, denouncing what he called Kremlin "disinformation" aimed at influencing a foreign audience.
In message to Trump, Ukraine’s top general attacks Kremlin battlefield narrative
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi says Russia’s frontline gains are tiny as U.S. pressure grows on Ukraine to accept a peace deal.
www.politico.eu
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ukraine's soldiers are doing much better in the pitched battles in the east of the country than Russia is letting on, Kyiv's top commander said, denouncing what he called Kremlin "disinformation" aimed at influencing a foreign audience.
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Do even Tories think that Brexit was a disaster? My SKETCH of a surprising admission from Kemi Badenoch.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Do even Tories think that Brexit was a disaster? My SKETCH of a surprising admission from Kemi Badenoch.
thecritic.co.uk/regr...
thecritic.co.uk/regr...