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🤬 How old does this academic journal publisher think I am? Five? And they're actually paying someone to come up with the idea and then someone else to execute it. I despair.
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
🤬 How old does this academic journal publisher think I am? Five? And they're actually paying someone to come up with the idea and then someone else to execute it. I despair.
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The PM refers to an experiment in "open borders" by a Govt. that LEFT THE EU. It can only mean "there are still too many black and brown people in this country, we need to get rid of them". And the best person to do that is Nigel Farage. PM might as well run a "don't vote me" campaign.
Starmer keeps using this line, & it's bonkers.
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
Most importantly, it's untrue: the party that ended Free Movement, ran the "hostile environment" & made Suella Braverman Home Sec did not run "an experiment in open borders".
It's also politically mad. Voters who believe this will not vote for Starmer
!["And this is what Keir Starmer’s press secretary has said about Robert Jenrick at the lobby briefing this morning.
[Highlighted] Robert Jenrick was the immigration minister in a government that presided over an open borders experiment [Highlighted], a health minister who left people stuck on waiting lists, and a Treasury minister during the worst decline in living standards on record.”
While Reform continues to welcome failed Tory retreads, this Labor government is putting the country back on track."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/bafkreibe3jczrmbmzfnhj2adl4qe432lbpmcbn6m6qrentwih7vxj4fu7y@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The PM refers to an experiment in "open borders" by a Govt. that LEFT THE EU. It can only mean "there are still too many black and brown people in this country, we need to get rid of them". And the best person to do that is Nigel Farage. PM might as well run a "don't vote me" campaign.
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With great reluctance I have to admit the Americans are being funny on the timeline, at the expense of the British staff cosplaying as pro-Trump US newspaper bosses.
Checking in on the Washington Post editorial board’s take on the new RFK-approved food pyramid, and I really cannot believe how lazy these people are www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 AM
With great reluctance I have to admit the Americans are being funny on the timeline, at the expense of the British staff cosplaying as pro-Trump US newspaper bosses.
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This is one of the craziest single sentences I think I’ve ever read.
It’s also clear from the video that Prince Andrew is annoyed at Meat Loaf’s poor competitive showing, and subsequently it came out that Andrew accused Meat Loaf of ogling Fergie and shoved him into a moat, and when Meat Loaf hit him back Andrew screamed “you can’t touch me, I’m royal!”
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September 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is one of the craziest single sentences I think I’ve ever read.
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This is the thing. There is simply no way to say "A year in, we realised we'd hired a bunch of incompetents" and not sound silly yourself.
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“The previous grown ups? Children, toddlers, babies in comparison to this lot. They’re fully grown. They’re haggard. They’re pensioners. They’re practically corpses.”
When the grown-ups arrive, they can explain why briefing against people who know a lot of things about you and whom you've just fired is not actually very smart.
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is the thing. There is simply no way to say "A year in, we realised we'd hired a bunch of incompetents" and not sound silly yourself.
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Shocked, shocked that hypnotits is an MMTer.
Polanski just told Newsnight that we “have a sovereign currency in this currency” so that we don’t need to worry about the markets.
September 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Shocked, shocked that hypnotits is an MMTer.
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Several English universities have introduced partial bans on staff-student relationships ahead of new regulations coming into force today, while Liverpool and Southampton have said that they will ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
Universities resist relationship bans as new rules come in
Institutions including Liverpool and Southampton to continue to ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships despite new regulations, as others opt for partial bans
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Several English universities have introduced partial bans on staff-student relationships ahead of new regulations coming into force today, while Liverpool and Southampton have said that they will ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social
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I find it really interesting how many of the anti-Muslim commentators want to live in Dubai and would love to read something on how that is viewed in the UAE, or if no one gives a shit given it seems to be the top place to be a grifter/scammer/tax evader/fugitive mafia boss.
August 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I find it really interesting how many of the anti-Muslim commentators want to live in Dubai and would love to read something on how that is viewed in the UAE, or if no one gives a shit given it seems to be the top place to be a grifter/scammer/tax evader/fugitive mafia boss.
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Hoo boy: always a wild ride to read a story where the people setting themselves up as main characters haven’t realised they’re the villains.
I’m surprised I was able to read to the end of this, given how far back in my head it made my eyes roll. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ripon family 'sold up' to travel world searching for new life
Joe and Emma say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Hoo boy: always a wild ride to read a story where the people setting themselves up as main characters haven’t realised they’re the villains.
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Suspect that was not the breaking news number 10 was going for!
June 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Suspect that was not the breaking news number 10 was going for!
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This is funny on how Churchill mixed up Isaiah and Irving Berlin on.ft.com/4kd56pI
May 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is funny on how Churchill mixed up Isaiah and Irving Berlin on.ft.com/4kd56pI
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Some already have egates for UK passport holders and I’ve seen a number of airports recently where the gates are in just not operational yet.
May 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Some already have egates for UK passport holders and I’ve seen a number of airports recently where the gates are in just not operational yet.
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But the EES law provides for the use of e gates anyway
May 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
But the EES law provides for the use of e gates anyway
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We stay winning. We've successfully found the most strategically brain dead idea in UK politics, everyone else can give up and go home.
May 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We stay winning. We've successfully found the most strategically brain dead idea in UK politics, everyone else can give up and go home.
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Yes, the work can be mentally tough. But who else gets to poke their head out of their office to see what the commotion is, only to see a guy who sat crying with you a couple of months ago because he thought he would never even stand, let's alone walk again, doing this! UNBROKEN Lviv
May 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yes, the work can be mentally tough. But who else gets to poke their head out of their office to see what the commotion is, only to see a guy who sat crying with you a couple of months ago because he thought he would never even stand, let's alone walk again, doing this! UNBROKEN Lviv
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Just a sign of a complete charlatan to talk about the last few years’ figures as a new normal. We had a pandemic, then a former British colony was the target of brutal repression, then a European ally was invaded! Why would you think that was normal?
Once again - immigration *has been falling sharply* for more than a year now.
Just bizarre that the media/political debate hasn't caught up with this yet..
Just bizarre that the media/political debate hasn't caught up with this yet..
New work visa data show little change in application numbers between March and April.
Health and care apps have settled at 1.7k per month, around half the level of non-healthcare applications (main apps only). Quite the change from 2023, when there were around 13,000 H&C applications per month!
Health and care apps have settled at 1.7k per month, around half the level of non-healthcare applications (main apps only). Quite the change from 2023, when there were around 13,000 H&C applications per month!
May 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Just a sign of a complete charlatan to talk about the last few years’ figures as a new normal. We had a pandemic, then a former British colony was the target of brutal repression, then a European ally was invaded! Why would you think that was normal?
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bleakly funny that during the election campaign Tory MPs kept saying in private that it really hurt to be about to get beaten by people who were this shit, and turns out they weren't just being bitter, they were pretty much right
May 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
bleakly funny that during the election campaign Tory MPs kept saying in private that it really hurt to be about to get beaten by people who were this shit, and turns out they weren't just being bitter, they were pretty much right
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there seems to be no point at which Republicans rebel
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
there seems to be no point at which Republicans rebel
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Funny thing is, rowing back on winter fuel payment now won't win you any votes, will just mean people think you're shifty bastards (which you quite clearly are).
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Funny thing is, rowing back on winter fuel payment now won't win you any votes, will just mean people think you're shifty bastards (which you quite clearly are).
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This week's edition of Most Favoured Nation is called Exit Music (For a [Foreign] Film).
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Exit Music (For a [Foreign] Film)
Today, we escape
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May 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This week's edition of Most Favoured Nation is called Exit Music (For a [Foreign] Film).
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/exit-music...
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/exit-music...
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If you'd enjoy hearing the grifter behind this being demolished by @timharford.ft.com, have a listen to www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
More or Less - How do you count millionaires? - BBC Sounds
Plus, asylum seeker costs, private school bets and Baumol's cost disease
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you'd enjoy hearing the grifter behind this being demolished by @timharford.ft.com, have a listen to www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The underlying notion here is that there is a policy reason to reduce international students, and also that this is something people want? And I have to say, I don't buy it.
In my view (1) the mass university system we have built since the 1970s is now likely coming to an end, if not in this Parliament than in the next; (2) university bankruptcies (perhaps disguised as mergers) are inevitable. Sorry, but there it is.
May 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The underlying notion here is that there is a policy reason to reduce international students, and also that this is something people want? And I have to say, I don't buy it.
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The impact of Labour’s NI hike are only just starting to be felt, incidentally: this will get worse for them.
May 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The impact of Labour’s NI hike are only just starting to be felt, incidentally: this will get worse for them.