Disasters, climate change, inflation πŸŒ‹πŸœπŸ₯§ & monetary policy. Views are my own and shouldn't be ascribed to others. Sometimes I agree with R/T, but not always

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So bad, the only way to get some respect back is thrashing Ipswich
Have not known a fanbase that has so much disdain towards their own players as Leicester fans. Deservedly so. Players are stinking out the division. The fans deserve more.
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There's lots of talk about new contracts after recent performances. @SouthamptonFC Admin should be first on the list
Who did it best? 😏 We asked the lads to recreate Shea's viral meme 🀣
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Thank fuck fossil fuel supplies are reliable. Oh, wait...
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It’s bad for universities of Oxford’s calibre to be associated with advocacy like this. The report ignores the costs of intermittency of wind and solar, which instantly makes its analysis useless. If you’re concerned about the anti-university trend, this is part of the problem.
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Several of these have already appeared on BoE Bank notes
Rather than animals on pound notes, how about: -Alfred the Great -Horatio Nelson -John Churchill -Arthur Wellesley -King Henry V -Queen Victoria -William Shakespeare -Francis Drake -James Cook -Oliver Cromwell -Γ†thelstan -Isaac Newton -Queen Elizabeth I
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The Bank of England put out for public consultation, and the public overwhelmingly voted for nature. Farage hates the will of the people. In any case, a new series means new designs so even if staying with people, Churchill would be gone. This is just confected nonsense
The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes. This is the definition of woke.
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During the energy crisis of 2022, around a third of the French nuclear reactors were offline. For several, the reason was the summer heatwave. At the very moment it was needed, nuclear was unreliable and weather dependent. Not to mention expensive
Nuclear plants run 24/7 for 60–80 years. No weather dependency. No massive storage systems. No land sprawl. Per unit of reliable power, nuclear is arguably the cheapest energy source on Earth.
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14 years of Conservative government driving the Royal Navy onto shoals. Conservative commentators "This is all Starmer's fault" Shameful and dishonest
The French are sending a fleet to defend a British base on Cyprus. We don’t have a single ship able to do that because zero escort is available and ship would be defenceless. Aren’t you ashamed @Keir_Starmer ? Britannia Rule the Waivers.
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Now let's compare EU economies and not emerging ones with subsidised electricity
Es gibt kein Land mit hohem Anteil an Wind- und Solarkraft, das niedrige Strompreise hat. Nicht eins.
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Truly absurd some people think that working taxpayers should be denied the opportunity to vote on how their taxes are spent. Constant claims immigrants have to integrate into British society and then constant attempts to segregate them
It is crazy that non-British citizens can vote in British elections. Truly absurd. The rules plainly need to change.
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Salic law doesn't apply in England. Charles has links all the way back to Γ†lfred the Great
Since 1066 the Royal line has been broken 3 times. The oldest Royal that Charles is related to is Henry VII (Henry the VIII's dad). He has no relation at all to the Kings from 1066-1485
Community note
Henry VII was a direct descendant of Edward III, himself a direct descendant of all kings from Edward II (1307-1327) to King John (1199-1216), himself a direct descendant of William the Conqueror. All English monarchs since the 1066 Conquest are related. britroyals.com/royaltree.asp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII…
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Polish FM dead right. Directive agreed by democratically elected EU governments and directly elected European Parliament. Not imposed by Brussels, agreed democratically. Except for the UK, which left the EU and lost its vote on these rules. Exactly why Brexit was a stupid idea
So why are all plastic caps now tethered to their bottles in Poland and everywhere else in EU (even Brexit Britain has fallen in line)? Answer: EU Directive 2019/904 imposed just over six years ago. Illegal to ignore in EU. Just a modest example from many to refute his denial
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No carbon taxes isn't a level playing field, though, it's a subsidy for fossil fuel cars. They should pay for air pollution and long-run environmental damage.
If EVs are as good as you claim, then let them compete on a level playing field with no subsidies and no carbon taxes and no fuel duty.
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If EVs are as good as you claim, then let them compete on a level playing field with no subsidies and no carbon taxes and no fuel duty.
Replying to @TiceRichard
Richard, The issue for Ford, Stellantis, etc is not one of U.K. net zero policy (almost all countries have net zero compliance requirements) it is two fold 1) Flip-flopping regulatory requirements from national governments including ours. 2) Some OEMs, like those mentions, who have been slow to embrace EV / REEV, synthetic fuel technologies. That is a management issue. Yes China are winning, but mostly because their Govt set a policy of transition to New Energy Vehicles starting in 1992 and consistently stuck to it over all of their intervening 5 year industrial strategy plans. You cannot put technology back in the box; companies have to exploit cutting edge technologies and those that legislate against them, or try to hide behind tariffs barriers, will eventually die. EVs are a relevant technology, complimented by other emerging technologies like synthetic fuels. EV in-particular raised the thermodynamic bar to a level unobtainable by ICE. Battery Technology is fast evolving to support the grid and allow for decentralised and democratised energy generation. The U.K. has not lost this race and in fact leads in some areas of software and electronic control - we have a thriving university spin-out culture. Rather than being divisive about net zero, it would be better to advocate for U.K. industry to lead the maturation of its superb technology, supported by Govt to help avoid the TRL4-7 β€œValley of Death”. As ever, I remain open to discussing both battery and vehicle technology in detail with you and demonstrate why firm and consistent policy is important to our transport and supporting industries - including for example indigenous virgin steel manufacturing.
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Feels a bit like a local newspaper story. Pensioner stops his National Trust membership, upset that he can no longer use the car park. It's yet one more cost of Brexit
EXCLUSIVE: The UK has become seriously concerned that more protectionist policies pursued by the EU could exclude British companies from its supply chains in key sectors, derailing a reset in post-Brexit relations and costing firms billions of pounds. Keir Starmer’s government is lobbying the EU against restricting market access for British businesses under the bloc’s β€œMade in Europe” initiative, sources tell Bloomberg. The push has become the focus of UK-EU relations behind the scenes in recent weeks and will be raised at high-level meetings in London this week. Britain is urgently trying to dissuade the European Commission and EU member states from pursuing a course it fears could badly hurt both sides, the sources said. It has been a driver of Starmer’s recent remarks about taking the UK closer to the EU’s single market. The EU has been considering proposals to promote the use of goods and services produced within the bloc, in response to Trump’s tariffs and wider geopolitical and trade uncertainty. That’s been most evident on steel. The Commission’s proposals for the Industrial Accelerator Act, delayed until later this month, will set further requirements for goods in sectors including cars and green technology to be EU-made. Britain is concerned that if it is excluded it would badly disrupt UK-EU supply chains. This would be particularly damaging for car manufacturers that have sites in both Britain and Europe, such as Stellantis, Volkswagen, BMW and Ford. Advanced technology and green energy companies could also be severely impacted, risking aiding competitors. An outcome that weakens UK-EU supply chains would increase costs and uncertainty for businesses on both sides, as well as damaging their national interests, so it would be in their mutual benefit to consider the UK’s position as a leading trade partner of the bloc, one source said. They warned that penalising British firms with protectionist policies triggered by trade threats from the US and China risked being in breach of the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the commitments made between the UK and EU at a summit last year. We know from the SAFE debacle these issues aren’t always resolved rationally. The discussions highlight the vulnerabilities faced by the UK since Brexit. Outside of the bloc, Britain has little protection in the event of a global trade war and is reliant on negotiating favourable ongoing trading terms with Brussels, something which may result in further concessions from London. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Absolute disgrace. Dictators to the right, wannabe dictators to the left and the greens side with the neo nazis. Utterly shameful. This is why Europe is struggling because of idiots like this
Das EU-Parlament hat gerade beschlossen, das Mercosur-Abkommen dem EuGH vorzulegen. Damit wird ΓΌberprΓΌft, ob das Abkommen in allen Teilen mit EU-PrimΓ€rrecht vereinbar ist. Gut, dass wir da Sicherheit bekommen. Das Abkommen kann nun aber trotzdem vorlΓ€ufig angewendet werden.
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Go on the Internet and look back to before 2015 when Hungary was one if the richest countries in the region. A decade of looting by Orban and his cronies has made it the poorest
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ί Orban: Go up on the internet, that’s what I suggest. There you’ll find old photos, and take a look at what Eastern Ukraine looked like before 2015. And what it looks like now. You will be shocked. That’s what we’re talking about. This is not child’s play.
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Hail T, full of grace, the LORD is with you. Blessed art thou amongst consonants.
Schools have become too afraid to teach kids to pronounce β€œth” not β€˜f’, annunciate their T’s, and stop dropping their H’s. β€˜Multiculturalism’ shouldn’t mean giving up on standards.
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God speed to you, Chair Powell. To be a public servant is to serve the public.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevent…
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We tax earned income. But often shy away from taxing unearned income, notably on primary residences. Taxing unearned income at death seems an appropriate time.
Just because an asset owned by one family member is passed to another family member after they die – what right does the government have to demand a share of it?
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