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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 6h

Washington has asked Brussels to scrap requirements for non-EU companies to provide “climate transition plans” and to change supply chain legislation to exclude US companies “with high-quality corporate due diligence”, according to a document seen by @financialtimes.com

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US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

[FREE TO READ] Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19h

The new front cover of The New World magazine.

A man has been arrested in London tonight for silently holding the magazine up in the street.

The front cover headline is “Sign of the Times” and is a picture of the protest placard which says “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
Palestine Action has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by UK government and anyone holding a sign of support is arrested for terrorism offences.

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 5h

Thank goodness we have the FPC to tell us these things

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

Ducks for cover....

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The Tories will not return to government until they wear Union flag trousers to match the jacket. At the moment it's like they don't even love our country.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d

In place of a speech by Victoria Atkins, the shadow Defra secretary, she is holding a “rally for the countryside” in the main exhibition hall. Her Union Jack jacket is back from the dry cleaners again.

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 2d

Conservative and Unionist Party, you say?

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 2d

CBI welcomes Tory shadow chancellor's calls for fiscal prudence but adds: “Business will however be concerned by reactionary proposals to scrap key pieces of legislation, like the Climate Change Act, that have done much to boost confidence and underpin investment in high growth sectors."

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 2d

Love this image by @nixonsimon.bsky.social: what Europe needs is a drone wall for economic security and reducing dependencies.

(As we currently don't have clarity on what a drone wall would actually entail, the comparison perhaps works a little too well)

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 2d

Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like Kings - my latest

Brave New World

Thoughts on Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution, and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like kings

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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like Lecornu's government may be stillborn. And Macron may find it impossible to name a 6th prime minister in less than three years

FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 2d

Gouvernement de Sébastien Lecornu, en direct : à peine nommé, déjà fragilisé

Le Premier ministre français, Sébastien Lecornu, a dévoilé dimanche soir une première salve d'une quinzaine de ministres. Critiqué de toutes parts et fragilisé de l'intérieur par la fronde des Républicains de Bruno Retailleau, ce nouveau gouvernement paraît déjà proche de l'implosion. Suivez notre direct.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

This detailed demolition of @gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social's "75 Brexit Benefits" by @alanbeattie.bsky.social deserves wider circulation.

Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!

Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 2d

OK, let's take this seriously. I had an odd half an hour and via Apple Books had a quick look at the three claims I knew most about - two re the post-Brexit bilateral preferential trade agreements replicated from the EU versions and one about cheaper bananas. All are wrong or wildly implausible. 1/n

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Why the Democrats were right to force the Republicans hand on the gov't shutdown. Trump is freaking out because the GOP will be blamed for bankrupting many Americans over healthcare. The Democrats should force a full and humiliating climb down on Trump and the GOP.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d

Barely a fortnight has passed since Kemi Badenoch’s reflexive and incredibly OTT hostility to the government’s proposals for digital ID.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 3d

Just noticed the Conservatives’ British ICE proposal also involves using mass deployment of facial ID – still an unproven and unreliable technology that particularly struggles with non-white faces – to enable deportations.

Which would inevitably mean false positives leading to detention of citizens

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d

Latest post from by far the best analyst of global economic issues

Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 2d

Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like Kings - my latest

Brave New World

Thoughts on Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution, and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like kings

open.substack.com

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Chris. You have just made my day. Much appreciated

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Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like Kings - my latest

Brave New World

Thoughts on Europe's future in a world of weaponised interdependence, counting the cost of Chinese involution, and how the coming robot revolution will allow us all to live like kings

open.substack.com

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d

This is why they want all human rights restraints removed. #ECHR

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 4d

Just heard Chris Philp on BBC’s Today programme explaining why the Tories want to leave the ECHR. He claimed ECHR isn’t mentioned in Belfast Agreement - which is simply untrue. The UK govt agreed to incorporate it into NI law & give direct access to the courts (Strand 3). Why no BBC fact-check?

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I know fact-checking will convince no-one on her side of the argument, but kudos to the Grauniad for doing it anyway.

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6d

Here we have the Treasury secretary saying explicitly that economic policy is being made based on who voted for Trump. So now all of us will be paying for a farm bailout caused by Trump's idiotic trade war. Congrats, America!

I wrote about this here: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-farm...

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 6d

Very interesting piece.

Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 6d

You worry too much about China's overcapacity. on.ft.com/4hbvCPD

How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus

[FREE TO READ] Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 9d

Gold investors have lost faith in fiat currencies, Trump has lost faith in American clean energy technology, but Europe may have just discovered enough self-belief to do something game-changing. My latest

Loss of Faith

Thoughts on where next for the gold price, what lies behind Trump's anti-climate change rant, and could a European moment be in sight

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 12d

So, to be clear, Reform UK want a state strong enough to carry out mass deportations but identity cards would be a step too far in terms of state power?

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