David
@daviduknorthwest.bsky.social
Retired Engineer, revisiting history and dog walking
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Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
@pippacrerar.bsky.social Robert brilliantly covers off the Tory complaining.
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How comfortable is wafer thin? | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“I wouldn’t say that we were at war with the Treasury,” Professor David Miles, of the Office for Budget Responsibility, was giving a demonstration of the British art of slipping a knife between the…
thecritic.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@pippacrerar.bsky.social Robert brilliantly covers off the Tory complaining.
thecritic.co.uk/how-comforta...
thecritic.co.uk/how-comforta...
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I just can't get over the fact that the guy who gave this quote is 45. It would be embarrassing for all involved if this quote came from the *current* under-14 chess champion, but from an adult...I worry I've ruptured something from cringing so hard.
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I just can't get over the fact that the guy who gave this quote is 45. It would be embarrassing for all involved if this quote came from the *current* under-14 chess champion, but from an adult...I worry I've ruptured something from cringing so hard.
@matthew-wright.bsky.social this appeared thanks to the algorithm. Brilliant.
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At Last the 1948 Show: The Four Yorkshiremen - Remastered
YouTube video by I'mFairlySureThat'sChroma
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December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
@matthew-wright.bsky.social this appeared thanks to the algorithm. Brilliant.
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youtube.com/watch?v=sGTD...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I thought you may like this having met John this week.
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The Iconic Four Yorkshiremen | At Last the 1948 Show
YouTube video by BritBox
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December 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I thought you may like this having met John this week.
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Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
Is runaway welfare spending to blame for the Chancellor's fiscal challenges?
Hear why any claims that the Chancellor could avoid raising in the Budget could by cutting welfare should be scrutinised⤵️
Hear why any claims that the Chancellor could avoid raising in the Budget could by cutting welfare should be scrutinised⤵️
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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UK house prices rise 0.3% in November, affordability likely to improve, Nationwide says reut.rs/4rM23Jg
UK house prices rise 0.3% in November, affordability likely to improve, Nationwide says
British house prices rose slightly faster than expected in November, in the run-up to finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget, while higher wages were improving affordability, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
UK house prices rise 0.3% in November, affordability likely to improve, Nationwide says reut.rs/4rM23Jg
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK house prices rise 0.3% in November, affordability likely to improve, Nationwide says reut.rs/4rM23Jg
UK house prices rise 0.3% in November, affordability likely to improve, Nationwide says
British house prices rose slightly faster than expected in November, in the run-up to finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget, while higher wages were improving affordability, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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UK aircraft parts company director pleads guilty to fraudulent trading reut.rs/48pIkpM
UK aircraft parts company director pleads guilty to fraudulent trading
The director of a London-based airline parts company on Monday pleaded guilty to fraudulent trading, two years after planes were briefly grounded worldwide over safety fears linked to his company.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
UK aircraft parts company director pleads guilty to fraudulent trading reut.rs/48pIkpM
@rolandmcs.bsky.social Germany and France industrial reports not good. Airbus A320 issues contributing.
Exclusive: Airbus faces new quality problem on dozens of A320 jets, sources say reut.rs/4iDVO68
Exclusive: Airbus faces new quality problem on dozens of A320 jets, sources say
Airbus has discovered an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels of several dozen A320-family aircraft, industry sources said on Monday.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@rolandmcs.bsky.social Germany and France industrial reports not good. Airbus A320 issues contributing.
@duncanweldon.bsky.social I think collectively the OBR, Government, and some media have made a right Horlicks of the communication for this budget.
The OBR’s productivity downgrade was expected to present the Chancellor with lots of work to do to stick to her fiscal rules, but in the end that didn’t happen because the OBR also revised up wages and prices.
Wages are taxed more than profits, so that means they expect a more ‘tax-rich’ economy.
Wages are taxed more than profits, so that means they expect a more ‘tax-rich’ economy.
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@duncanweldon.bsky.social I think collectively the OBR, Government, and some media have made a right Horlicks of the communication for this budget.
Exclusive: Airbus faces new quality problem on dozens of A320 jets, sources say reut.rs/4iDVO68
Exclusive: Airbus faces new quality problem on dozens of A320 jets, sources say
Airbus has discovered an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels of several dozen A320-family aircraft, industry sources said on Monday.
reut.rs
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@pippacrerar.bsky.social any idea of the three?
Three Conservative former MPs have defected to Reform, a source in Nigel Farage’s party confirmed today.
Three former Tory MPs defect to Farage’s Reform
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
@pippacrerar.bsky.social any idea of the three?
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The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting more than half a million families.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting more than half a million families.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
In April 2025, out of families impacted by the limit:
- 6 in 10 had 3 children.
- 6 in 10 had at least one person in work.
- And 6 in 10 are receiving a health or disability benefit.
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UK's Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget - www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
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UK's Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget - www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
UK's Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget
British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Sunday denied she misled the public over official forecasts ahead of this month's budget, saying she had been honest about the need to build up a bigger fisca...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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UK's Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget - www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
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UK's Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget - www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...
@duncanweldon.bsky.social this is your area of expertise
Sorry if this is a silly question, but were the OBR forecasts always going to be made public at some point?
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@duncanweldon.bsky.social this is your area of expertise
@philmoorhouse.bsky.social this is brilliant from Torsten, there is a strategic plan but it needs communication.
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@philmoorhouse.bsky.social this is brilliant from Torsten, there is a strategic plan but it needs communication.
@torstenbell.bsky.social
A interesting read
A interesting read
This OBR/Treasury row on who said what, when... is very muddy and complicated.
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@torstenbell.bsky.social
A interesting read
A interesting read
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Andy explains the details.
Andy explains the details.
This OBR/Treasury row on who said what, when... is very muddy and complicated.
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
A few points:
• idea that the OBR said on Oct 31 Reeves was already meeting her target by £4b isn't really the full picture - fcast excluded the welfare u-turns since March (some media have pointed that out, others not)
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Andy explains the details.
Andy explains the details.