Richard
@rtruscott.bsky.social
Architect, work for a London Borough in Planning, Urban Design, Housing, Policy etc, like politics, culture & history, cycling…
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Maybe the Daddy thing was not a smart thing to do.
🇪🇺🇺🇸Trump: "I want to run the United States. I don't want to run Europe. I'm involved in Europe very much. NATO calls me 'Daddy.'"
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Maybe the Daddy thing was not a smart thing to do.
Some important messages here, about the small business owners & self employed who are being neglected when they’re not being further burdened by the Starmer govt., which is why populists promise the opposite, from Huey Long & Poujade to Farage & Mamdani open.substack.com/pub/maguirep...
The voters who make populism happen
And why this government isn't speaking to them
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Some important messages here, about the small business owners & self employed who are being neglected when they’re not being further burdened by the Starmer govt., which is why populists promise the opposite, from Huey Long & Poujade to Farage & Mamdani open.substack.com/pub/maguirep...
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This is the correct headline and coverage.
Fined for misleading business practices, lack of transparency and obfuscating data access.
That’s it. #NotCensorship
Fined for misleading business practices, lack of transparency and obfuscating data access.
That’s it. #NotCensorship
The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers. n.pr/3KutCpG
EU hits Elon Musk's X with $140 million fine over business practices
The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is the correct headline and coverage.
Fined for misleading business practices, lack of transparency and obfuscating data access.
That’s it. #NotCensorship
Fined for misleading business practices, lack of transparency and obfuscating data access.
That’s it. #NotCensorship
Excellent piece by conservative commentator (CONSERVATIVE!) Andrew Coyne, in Canada’s Globe & Mail, on the utter venal corruption, treason, betrayal of allies & all morality that is Donald Trump in his 2nd term as US President www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Donald Trump – and American democracy – is getting exponentially worse
Corruption, extremism, authoritarianism, narcissism: it’s all there now, right at the top of the world’s most powerful democracy – and it can only accelerate from here
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Excellent piece by conservative commentator (CONSERVATIVE!) Andrew Coyne, in Canada’s Globe & Mail, on the utter venal corruption, treason, betrayal of allies & all morality that is Donald Trump in his 2nd term as US President www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Absolutely no way to dress this FIFA Peace Prize up as anything but an utter farce & a disgraceful betrayal of football, to give an apparent honour to the liar, criminal, autocrat & monster that is US President Donald Trump, but I suppose like everyone, FIFA need his support so must flatter him!
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Absolutely no way to dress this FIFA Peace Prize up as anything but an utter farce & a disgraceful betrayal of football, to give an apparent honour to the liar, criminal, autocrat & monster that is US President Donald Trump, but I suppose like everyone, FIFA need his support so must flatter him!
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Twitter becomes the first site to take a hit from the EU Digital Services Act
*ELON MUSK'S X HIT WITH €120M EU FINE FOR CONTENT LAW BREACHES
*EU COMMISSION SAYS X MADE 3 VIOLATIONS OF DIGITAL SERVICES ACT
*EU GIVES X 60 DAYS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, 90 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT
*ELON MUSK'S X HIT WITH €120M EU FINE FOR CONTENT LAW BREACHES
*EU COMMISSION SAYS X MADE 3 VIOLATIONS OF DIGITAL SERVICES ACT
*EU GIVES X 60 DAYS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, 90 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Twitter becomes the first site to take a hit from the EU Digital Services Act
*ELON MUSK'S X HIT WITH €120M EU FINE FOR CONTENT LAW BREACHES
*EU COMMISSION SAYS X MADE 3 VIOLATIONS OF DIGITAL SERVICES ACT
*EU GIVES X 60 DAYS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, 90 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT
*ELON MUSK'S X HIT WITH €120M EU FINE FOR CONTENT LAW BREACHES
*EU COMMISSION SAYS X MADE 3 VIOLATIONS OF DIGITAL SERVICES ACT
*EU GIVES X 60 DAYS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS, 90 DAYS TO IMPLEMENT
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In case you’re wondering about the state of the coalition talks in the Netherlands…
(pictured the five parties talking and the look on the face of the ‘informateur’ says it all)
(pictured the five parties talking and the look on the face of the ‘informateur’ says it all)
Onze fotograaf Robin Utrecht vangt de status van de kabinetsformatie in 1 beeld:
x.com/robinutrecht...
x.com/robinutrecht...
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In case you’re wondering about the state of the coalition talks in the Netherlands…
(pictured the five parties talking and the look on the face of the ‘informateur’ says it all)
(pictured the five parties talking and the look on the face of the ‘informateur’ says it all)
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In this graph, change in Conservative vote 2019-24 is plotted against the share the Tories won in 2019. As you can see, there's a strong relationship. This means the Conservatives suffered *proportional decline* - the better they started, the further they fell back. And that magnifies seat losses
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In this graph, change in Conservative vote 2019-24 is plotted against the share the Tories won in 2019. As you can see, there's a strong relationship. This means the Conservatives suffered *proportional decline* - the better they started, the further they fell back. And that magnifies seat losses
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I love the fact that the Telegraph tried to cover the Rachel Reeves chess 'truth' story, and had to include the fact that even their own chess correspondent thinks it is utter bollocks.
I think if i won the under-14 title for the British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls Championship, you would probably hear me say quite a bit i was the champion. The Telegraph's own chess correspondent points out here why Reeves's is quite right to do so www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I love the fact that the Telegraph tried to cover the Rachel Reeves chess 'truth' story, and had to include the fact that even their own chess correspondent thinks it is utter bollocks.
Watching the @channel4news.bsky.social reports of NUMEROUS #IllegalDumping sites in Kent alone, shouldn’t the law have a simple presumed liability with the registered landowner, who should be both imprisoned, fined & have the land in question confiscated? Hard to hide land ownership!
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Watching the @channel4news.bsky.social reports of NUMEROUS #IllegalDumping sites in Kent alone, shouldn’t the law have a simple presumed liability with the registered landowner, who should be both imprisoned, fined & have the land in question confiscated? Hard to hide land ownership!
An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline - cor, @ollywainwright.bsky.social really gives Spiney Norman’s latest erection for JPMorgan both barrels! But as he says, it’s part of a worrying bombastic trend www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline
It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky superta...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline - cor, @ollywainwright.bsky.social really gives Spiney Norman’s latest erection for JPMorgan both barrels! But as he says, it’s part of a worrying bombastic trend www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The King grants the Mayor of London permission to use the GLC’s historic coat of arms
The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
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It’s a tiny thing, but I’m glad this has happened. Feels like a gentle sticking up of a finger to the people who felt that our great city wasn’t worthy of being trusted with its own governance.
The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The King grants the Mayor of London permission to use the GLC’s historic coat of arms
The King has commanded that the Greater London Authority (GLA) shall be allowed to use the coat of arms that once belonged to its predecessor, the GLC.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It’s a tiny thing, but I’m glad this has happened. Feels like a gentle sticking up of a finger to the people who felt that our great city wasn’t worthy of being trusted with its own governance.
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He lives in a French chateau, it seems. The Gaul of these people is breathtaking.
David Coburn, former leader of UKIP Scotland & mentioned in WhatsApp messages sent between Gill and his handler answers "no" when a journalist asks him if he took money to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The video of him outside his chateau is lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
He lives in a French chateau, it seems. The Gaul of these people is breathtaking.
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A little treat for fans of noughties rom coms & internecine socialist shenanigans
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A little treat for fans of noughties rom coms & internecine socialist shenanigans
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We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
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It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It takes a special kind of right-wing British political party to literally sell black shirts.
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Are you going to tell them?
Or shall I?
Ben Jennings on Kemi Badenoch’s reaction to the lifting of the two-child benefit cap – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ben Jennings on Kemi Badenoch’s reaction to the lifting of the two-child benefit cap – cartoon
Rachel Reeves’s decision to reverse the Tory policy will lift an estimated 450,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ben Jennings on Kemi Badenoch’s reaction to the lifting of the two-child benefit cap – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm honestly not sure I have ever seen a subhead that hurt my brain by being wrong in so many different ways all at once.
I miss the days when the implied audience for UK political speech wasn't slightly to the insane side of the Westboro Baptist Church.
I miss the days when the implied audience for UK political speech wasn't slightly to the insane side of the Westboro Baptist Church.
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm honestly not sure I have ever seen a subhead that hurt my brain by being wrong in so many different ways all at once.
I miss the days when the implied audience for UK political speech wasn't slightly to the insane side of the Westboro Baptist Church.
I miss the days when the implied audience for UK political speech wasn't slightly to the insane side of the Westboro Baptist Church.
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"Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake"
- Deuteronomy 15:10
"God loves a cheerful giver"
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
"Budget for benefit street"
- Badenoch - Odds of Remaining Leader 150:1
- Deuteronomy 15:10
"God loves a cheerful giver"
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
"Budget for benefit street"
- Badenoch - Odds of Remaining Leader 150:1
As Jesus once put it: "what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and then have to pay the mansion tax?"
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake"
- Deuteronomy 15:10
"God loves a cheerful giver"
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
"Budget for benefit street"
- Badenoch - Odds of Remaining Leader 150:1
- Deuteronomy 15:10
"God loves a cheerful giver"
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
"Budget for benefit street"
- Badenoch - Odds of Remaining Leader 150:1
I cannot stand #BlackFriday, a nonsensical orgy of consumerism, that makes no sense, in the middle of the Christmas runup, a frantic time for people in work, & not when good deals are likely to be available! Instead, treat it as #BuyNothingDay! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Buy Nothing day is only the beginning for a new counter-consumer culture | Tony Juniper
Tony Juniper: Our demand for resources now outstrips the natural world's ability to meet it. It's time to foster habits fit for a finite planet
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I cannot stand #BlackFriday, a nonsensical orgy of consumerism, that makes no sense, in the middle of the Christmas runup, a frantic time for people in work, & not when good deals are likely to be available! Instead, treat it as #BuyNothingDay! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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As political scandals go, a grubby backroom deal to, errrr, lift 450,000 children out of poverty is at least a novel one.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As political scandals go, a grubby backroom deal to, errrr, lift 450,000 children out of poverty is at least a novel one.
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.