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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 8d

Why is it so hard to tax the super-rich?

From the Guardian's excellent It's Complicated video explainer series
youtu.be/vPZRDt1kcV8?...

Why it's so hard to tax the super-rich

YouTube video by It's Complicated

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 11d

Er…

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 12d

🧵/ Labour members would choose Andy Burnham over Keir Starmer, if given the chance, but tend to think Starmer should lead Labour into the next general election

Andy Burnham: 62%
Keir Starmer: 29%

Starmer should stay: 53%
Starmer should leave before next election: 37%

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

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Jon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social · 17d

Giving a talk tonight on ‘Science and politics in the national archive’, at the Athenaeum (!)

It’s about how I do history and what I find out

It’s accessible and at times entertaining

Very happy to repeat it for a more public and broader audience. If anyone interested get in touch

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 17d

Say hi to Arthur Conan Doyle for me

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 17d

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 18d

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline.

The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 18d

Most of the Telegraph's columnists these days are a little too, how shall I put it, savoury for my liking, but Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is consistently worth reading. This piece on China and fusion energy is great
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e3464a3...

The ultimate American nightmare: China is winning the fusion energy race

Beijing’s Manhattan Project promises to obliterate the existing global energy order

www.telegraph.co.uk

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David Hopps @davidkhopps.bsky.social · 18d

Privileged to have written Dickie Bird’s obituary for The Guardian. An eccentric innocent treasured by so many. Every time I met him it was an invitation to rediscover my inner child.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Dickie Bird obituary

One of the world’s finest cricket umpires who became a popular celebrity known for his comic anecdotes and quirky ways

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 20d

The rise of the ‘woke right’

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing

Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 21d

As the piece points out, I don’t think many people realise or think about what might happen to their images, or what they’ve agreed to in the small print

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 21d

How something can be both shocking yet also not surprising in the least

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 25d

Chris Wilder 1, Artificial Intelligence 0. Maybe he is a man for our times after all

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Chris Wilder appointed Sheffield United manager for third time with goal of promotion

Chris Wilder has been confirmed as Sheffield United’s manager after Rubén Sellés was sacked on Sunday

www.theguardian.com

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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 25d

Very interesting revelation in
@kitty-donaldson.bsky.social's evening newsletter:

Andrew Gwynne, one of the MPs rumoured to be thinking of standing down to make way for Andy Burnham, has applied to the Commons authorities to retire on medical grounds.

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · 26d

Another very strange thing about this pic is that the keeper isn't wearing gloves

Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 26d

David Harvey being beaten by a penalty at Highbury in 1971. I love these high resolution crowd shots where you can see every face behind the goal. Imagine that nowadays, the sea of faces replaced by a stand full of mobile phone screens…
#LUFC #70sLeeds #ALAW #MOT #Leeds

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hey boy. Hey girl. Superstar DJs …

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Matt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social · Sep 10

The 49ers-led syndicate of rich folk who own Leeds United had a whip-round this summer to raise £120m for players/home improvements. To persuade everyone to chip in, the 49ers made a 50-slide pitch deck that set out their grand vision. One found its way to me.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

Leeds investment pitch analysed: £1bn future valuation and recruitment system

A pitch deck for investment into Leeds has leaked. The Athletic has analysed it

www.nytimes.com

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’ve heard he’s a genius musician but also a bit of a mug

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Sep 2

You can also order beer on it

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Sep 2

There’s going to be a very good story to tell about exactly what happened yesterday and why, if anyone can get to the bottom of it

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Aug 25

Holiday snap of sign on Suffolk church door. Can’t help thinking it would have been fine if it had just ended with the word “church”

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Aug 25

Incredible gallery of Martin Parr's near-70 years of photographing the mundane and turning it into art

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘There’s something very interesting about boring’: Martin Parr on his life in pictures

From Benidorm sunbathers to British birdwatchers, for nearly 70 years the photographer has captured the magic of the mundane. As he publishes his life in pictures, he recalls what drew him to his s...

www.theguardian.com

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Aug 25

London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline.

It's a Bank Holiday so for one day only, I'm making this brilliant piece by @susborne.bsky.social free to read.

There's also an experimental one day flash sale for the first 25 people!

www.londoncentric.media/p/london-mud...

London's mudlarks at war: feuds, fights and slurs on the shoreline

“Fuck off, this is my patch": A niche hobby exploded in popularity due to social media. Now the police are involved, as the people searching the Thames mud for historic artefacts battle each other.

open.substack.com

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Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · Aug 25

'“Elections are won from the centre” goes the old adage, but increasingly the centre itself has changed as the world becomes not a place of wide-tent compromise, but of irreconcilable differences.'

This week's column

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them | Nesrine Malik

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Snowdon @gsnowdon.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very true. Also I think it’s fair to point out that middle-aged people are those most likely to pay for news journalism as well. Not such an easy circle to break

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