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Barry Big Shoes retweeted
I know how Elon Musk became a trillionaire, but I don't know how Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Nancy Pelosi became millionaires.
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Just so you know who this man is, @ZackPolanski believes that someone smashing a sledgehammer into a police woman's back is legitimate and justifiable "direct action". When people tell you who they are, believe them.
Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.
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RT @rebew_lexa: Das ist die Bestie – dieser 30-jährige afghanische Migrant, der heute in Brierfield bei Burnley einer 17-jährigen Britin vo…
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A young Scottish girl who defended her sister from Muslim invader/predators has been vindicated by a British court. She should have a statue erected in her honor rather than have been charged in the first place. She has more heart than the leftist politicians destroying the UK.
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The mad Emperor Caligula, declared war on the sea Future historians will see this as just as bonkers.
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Let’s pause net zero for a decade and see who cares about putting defence above Ed Miliband’s expensive energy obsessions.
Let’s put income tax up by a penny to fund defence. And then we will see who truly cares about our country.
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'Climate scientists' desperately hoping to find something to revitalise interest in their failing doomsday cult. They see power and influence slipping away daily as their threatened catastrophes just haven't occurred
Climate scientists warn of record rate of global warming, carbon budget to be exhausted in 3 years reneweconomy.com.au/climate-…
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This is an outrageous, disgraceful smear on John Healey — and an outright lie. There are a ton of ways to finance more for defence — starting with net zero — without taking a penny from schools or hospitals. Reeves should be ashamed of herself for allowing this nonsense. Suggests she’s really desperate.
🚨 NEW: A Treasury source attacks John Healey for resigning as Defence Secretary "Let's be clear on what John is asking for: cuts to schools and hospitals" h/t @e_casalicchio
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There’s a seismic shift happening in the gilt market that seems to be mostly going unnoticed. Everyone argues about how much Britain borrows, but the question of who lends rarely gets asked. For most of the post-war period the gilt market had a captive domestic buyer. In recent decades that was overwhelmingly British defined benefit pension funds. They typically bought 30-year gilts and held them to maturity, because the rules said they had to. Which means the gilt market had a captive lender, quietly underwriting the entire post-war state. The seismic shift we’re seeing… the captive lender is leaving. DB pension schemes are closed and maturing. They are running off their gilts to pay pensioners, not buying more. They still own around 45% of the index-linked market, and that holding winds down over the next decade. On top of that, the BoE is selling too. Quantitative tightening, year after year, to unwind its balance sheet. The replacement to British pension funds has arrived quietly. And most people have no idea about this shift. Hedge funds now account for 63% of electronic gilt trading, which is up by a third since 2021. Pension funds and insurers have fallen from 45% to 26%. Overseas investors hold around 35% of the market, up from under 25% a decade ago. This isn’t central banks, it’s global bond funds. These are mobile, yield-hungry, gone-in-an-afternoon type entities. Not the long term holders we had in the pension funds. The fast money doesn't own the majority of the stock yet. But it’s now dominating the trading, and the trading sets the price. This is a relatively new dynamic that will only continue to grow as pension funds see their holdings mature. This is why long yields hit 1998 highs while inflation fell. The borrowing hasn’t changed. But the lender has. And this is why it’s stiff drink time. The state needs to sell £246 billion of gilts this year, and every year for years, into exactly this market. Every deficit argument in British politics assumed the lenders would be there, just like the dependency ratio assumed the workers would be there. The whole system runs on lenders who no longer have to show up. And they expect a higher premium. Potentially a much higher premium.
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Well the pattern is now set: Atrocity Condemn in weakest terms possible Calls for calm Angry scenes Family of victim used Full force of the law New laws limiting everyone's freedom Ignore problem that caused atrocity
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20 years ago, An Inconvenient Truth put climate change at the center of global debate, shaping politics, influencing leaders, and inspiring a generation of activists. Two decades later, we can assess not just its impact, but its accuracy. Many of the film’s most alarming predictions did not materialize, while many of the policies it inspired have proven costly and ineffective. The lesson? Panic is a poor guide for public policy. Focusing on innovation, adaptation, and economic development can do far more to help both people and the climate—at a fraction of the cost. financialpost.com/opinion/bj…
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If you’re more disturbed by the rioting in Belfast last night than you are by the fact that an immigrant tried to behead someone on the streets you’re part of the problem.
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So far, Keir Starmer has blamed: Nigel Farage. Elon Musk. JD Vance. Tommy Robinson. At some point, he's going to have to look in the mirror.
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Replying to @WeatherProf
Oh, PLEASE, stop with the zettajoules alarmism. Nobody knows what that means. Per your right-hand graph, the ocean heat content 0-2000 meters has increased by about 500 ZJ since 1950. It takes about 25,000 ZJ to raise it by one degree. That means that in 75 years, the temperature of the top 2000 meters of the ocean has risen by 500/25000 = TWO HUNDREDTHS OF ONE DEGREE! And you claim the sky is falling? Get a grip. w. PS—As to you trying to scare people by saying that in 2025 the ocean gained "380 million Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy", get a sense of proportion. This is LESS THAN 1% of the solar energy striking the Earth every year.
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Only Restore Britain can save Britain. It is the only way.
The arrested Sudanese man was an 'asylum seeker'. He entered Britain in February 2023, immediately claiming asylum, according to the police. Who was the immigration minister at the time? And then when the man was granted leave to remain in our country? Reform's Robert Jenrick. Who was Home Secretary? Reform's Suella Braverman. They were responsible for our borders. They failed, in the most horrific way, with the most horrific consequences. A Restore Britain Government will abolish the entire asylum system. No more asylum seekers. Anyone who entered our country illegally will be deported, regardless of current status. Enough. Restore Britain will not fail you.
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I'm fucking sick of this shit
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Enough.
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Fate hates hypocrisy.
One was treated vastly differently than the other. Apparently some lives matter more than others.
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Wait a second
Retard of the day 🥇
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