Peter Holmes
@pholmes8.bsky.social
Semi-retired trade economist, Emeritus @ UKTPO Sussex. Posts about Brexit, Freeports, WTO and anything else that catches my fancy. Migrating across from other place. Tweeted as @pholmes8. Blogs with others at https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/blog/
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Robert Jenrick is capable of losing an election in which he is the only candidate. In 2002-3 he ran for St John's College Cambridge student president and lost to Re Open Nominations!
January 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Hours before Trump is due to meet María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Center restates:
"A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot."
"A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot."
January 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I put EVEL into google and got: "Given the query's simplicity, it likely relates to the parliamentary process or the iconic stuntman."
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I put EVEL into google and got: "Given the query's simplicity, it likely relates to the parliamentary process or the iconic stuntman."
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Ah, the traditional cigarette after getting fu...
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Ah, the traditional cigarette after getting fu...
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The fact that she had to have her wife write a column in the outlet she owns to defend her is really pathetic.
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The fact that she had to have her wife write a column in the outlet she owns to defend her is really pathetic.
Tim Harford's BBC R4 More or Less debunked the claim that X is such a leading news source for UK households.
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Tim Harford's BBC R4 More or Less debunked the claim that X is such a leading news source for UK households.