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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
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As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership | Gordon Brown
As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership | Gordon Brown
The idea that the liberal rules-based order can survive his presidency now seems complacent. This is a historic moment – and a time to act, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 AM
As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership | Gordon Brown
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The righteously outspoken Minneapolis Mayor who is standing up to Trump’s ICE thugs needs waaaay more followers.
Please follow Mayor Frey.
👇👇👇 ✅
Please follow Mayor Frey.
👇👇👇 ✅
This is an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, our local law enforcement, and our residents against the chaos and danger this Administration has brought to our streets. I will not be intimidated. My focus will remain where it’s always been: keeping our city safe.
Justice Department reportedly issuing subpoenas to Walz, Frey, alleging they impeded law enforcement
January 17, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The righteously outspoken Minneapolis Mayor who is standing up to Trump’s ICE thugs needs waaaay more followers.
Please follow Mayor Frey.
👇👇👇 ✅
Please follow Mayor Frey.
👇👇👇 ✅
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Read here: rachelshabi.substack.com/p/maccabi-te...
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Read here: rachelshabi.substack.com/p/maccabi-te...
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
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a decade is a long time in politics
January 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
a decade is a long time in politics
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So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
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I’m honoured to have backing from mayors, councillors, MPs & campaigners.
Gambling harm tears apart our communities, yet these venues continue to proliferate on some high streets.
We are united in wanting to work constructively with Govt towards reform.
Share if you support! 🙌🏾
Gambling harm tears apart our communities, yet these venues continue to proliferate on some high streets.
We are united in wanting to work constructively with Govt towards reform.
Share if you support! 🙌🏾
January 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I’m honoured to have backing from mayors, councillors, MPs & campaigners.
Gambling harm tears apart our communities, yet these venues continue to proliferate on some high streets.
We are united in wanting to work constructively with Govt towards reform.
Share if you support! 🙌🏾
Gambling harm tears apart our communities, yet these venues continue to proliferate on some high streets.
We are united in wanting to work constructively with Govt towards reform.
Share if you support! 🙌🏾
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In an Egyptian marsh, 3300 years ago ~ a tawny cat hunts birds among papyrus stems, as butterflies flutter about / and a young girl grabs the leg of her hunter father
(Nebamun Tomb Chapel, Thebes, 1350 BC, British Museum) artinsociety.com/lost-masterp...
(Nebamun Tomb Chapel, Thebes, 1350 BC, British Museum) artinsociety.com/lost-masterp...
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
In an Egyptian marsh, 3300 years ago ~ a tawny cat hunts birds among papyrus stems, as butterflies flutter about / and a young girl grabs the leg of her hunter father
(Nebamun Tomb Chapel, Thebes, 1350 BC, British Museum) artinsociety.com/lost-masterp...
(Nebamun Tomb Chapel, Thebes, 1350 BC, British Museum) artinsociety.com/lost-masterp...
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Barclays bust! The brothers that is not the bank! After HSBC recovers barely £1m of a £143m loan bit.ly/44Wp81X
HSBC starts bankruptcy petitions against Barclay brothers
The bank received about £1.1 million of its £143.5 million secured loan from its administration of Howard and Aidan Barclay’s Logistics Group
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Barclays bust! The brothers that is not the bank! After HSBC recovers barely £1m of a £143m loan bit.ly/44Wp81X
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Best ever thread. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing Tom.
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Best ever thread. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing Tom.
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'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
December 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
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The legal team needs witness statements from firefighters who served in:
📍 London (1983-1992)
📍 South Yorkshire (1992-2017)
If you can help, email membershipservices@fbu.org.uk with subject: "witness evidence for cancer case"
📍 London (1983-1992)
📍 South Yorkshire (1992-2017)
If you can help, email membershipservices@fbu.org.uk with subject: "witness evidence for cancer case"
December 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The legal team needs witness statements from firefighters who served in:
📍 London (1983-1992)
📍 South Yorkshire (1992-2017)
If you can help, email membershipservices@fbu.org.uk with subject: "witness evidence for cancer case"
📍 London (1983-1992)
📍 South Yorkshire (1992-2017)
If you can help, email membershipservices@fbu.org.uk with subject: "witness evidence for cancer case"
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This work by Pieter Buegel is probably the very first painting of a White Christmas. The pregnant, blue-cloaked Mary rides a donkey led by Joseph, but they are inconspicuous as part of the throng (The Census at Bethlehem, 1566) www.artinsociety.com/bruegelrsquo...
December 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This work by Pieter Buegel is probably the very first painting of a White Christmas. The pregnant, blue-cloaked Mary rides a donkey led by Joseph, but they are inconspicuous as part of the throng (The Census at Bethlehem, 1566) www.artinsociety.com/bruegelrsquo...
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
emptycity.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
The story of a forty-year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
My popular seasonal post from last year:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Now with a couple of footnotes one year on:
emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
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Lord Houchen’s ‘vanity project’ collapses Labour MP claims bit.ly/44HtKZJ search ‘Houchen allegations’ to read more
Houchen’s £200mn vanity project collapses, leaving Middlesbrough to pick up the pieces
Imposed against the council’s will, Lord Houchen’s MDC has collapsed, leaving wasted millions and unanswered questions
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Lord Houchen’s ‘vanity project’ collapses Labour MP claims bit.ly/44HtKZJ search ‘Houchen allegations’ to read more
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Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
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Thanks to everyone who engaged with my blog outlining deprivation in Hastings; it now has over 1,000 views. I am currently selling a book that explores housing, poverty, education, health and environmental problems in Hastings. This can be ordered through Amazon.
www.amazon.co.uk/Fixing-Hasti...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fixing-Hasti...
December 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Thanks to everyone who engaged with my blog outlining deprivation in Hastings; it now has over 1,000 views. I am currently selling a book that explores housing, poverty, education, health and environmental problems in Hastings. This can be ordered through Amazon.
www.amazon.co.uk/Fixing-Hasti...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fixing-Hasti...
Important read for those who care about #deprivation in #Hastings
A blog summarising my research on deprivation in Hastings and how it has increased. It contains visualisations outlining how inequality varies across the town, with the option to make these maps interactive for those interested.
www.capturepolitics.co.uk/post/depriva...
www.capturepolitics.co.uk/post/depriva...
Deprivation in Hastings & why it is increasing
"28,500 people in Hastings live within the most deprived (top 10%) neighbourhood areas of England."The latest wave indices of Deprivation was released at the end of October, and it reported that Hasti...
www.capturepolitics.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Important read for those who care about #deprivation in #Hastings
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PCS general secretary says thousands of the DWP's own staff have to claim Universal Credit from the DWP because pay in the DWP is so low
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
PCS general secretary says thousands of the DWP's own staff have to claim Universal Credit from the DWP because pay in the DWP is so low
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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“We thank the committee for this report – we remain committed to transforming palliative and end of life care through our 10-Year Health Plan.”
I’ve read the NHS 10-year plan cover to cover.
It’s 171 pages long.
Guess how many times the words “palliative care” appear?
Once.
I’ve read the NHS 10-year plan cover to cover.
It’s 171 pages long.
Guess how many times the words “palliative care” appear?
Once.
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
“We thank the committee for this report – we remain committed to transforming palliative and end of life care through our 10-Year Health Plan.”
I’ve read the NHS 10-year plan cover to cover.
It’s 171 pages long.
Guess how many times the words “palliative care” appear?
Once.
I’ve read the NHS 10-year plan cover to cover.
It’s 171 pages long.
Guess how many times the words “palliative care” appear?
Once.
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The model for the industry is to treat every claim as conditional and hedge it against an alternative view. But sometimes a claim is very strong and the alternative view makes no sense. And you have to have a way of communicating that.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The model for the industry is to treat every claim as conditional and hedge it against an alternative view. But sometimes a claim is very strong and the alternative view makes no sense. And you have to have a way of communicating that.