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Today’s labour market statistics show that the labour market is weakening on multiple fronts, with unemployment reaching 5 per cent for the first time in almost a decade (pandemic period aside).
Here’s our @resolutionfoundation.org thread, from @nyecominetti.bsky.social and me.
Here’s our @resolutionfoundation.org thread, from @nyecominetti.bsky.social and me.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Today’s labour market statistics show that the labour market is weakening on multiple fronts, with unemployment reaching 5 per cent for the first time in almost a decade (pandemic period aside).
Here’s our @resolutionfoundation.org thread, from @nyecominetti.bsky.social and me.
Here’s our @resolutionfoundation.org thread, from @nyecominetti.bsky.social and me.
Evan Davis with quite the example of current UK Establishment delusion.
Evan Davis described Chris Patten as a voice from the left on BBC PM tonight.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Evan Davis with quite the example of current UK Establishment delusion.
“lol, as if” as the kids used to say
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“lol, as if” as the kids used to say
One of the long term problems with commentary about the BBC is most print journalists uncritically soaked up their employer’s beliefs that the BBC needs to be shrunk.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
One of the long term problems with commentary about the BBC is most print journalists uncritically soaked up their employer’s beliefs that the BBC needs to be shrunk.
A reminder here of mainstream predictions: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul...
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A reminder here of mainstream predictions: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul...
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Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
Prediction: The true unit of local government is going to end up being river catchment areas @celestialweasel.bsky.social @oldtrotter.bsky.social
London has joined the Swimmable Rivers Alliance.
Our rivers have been neglected and damaged for far too long, with shameful levels of pollution harming our waterways. I’m determined to clean them up.
Our rivers have been neglected and damaged for far too long, with shameful levels of pollution harming our waterways. I’m determined to clean them up.
Mayor Khan commits to clean our rivers as London joins Swimmable Cities alliance - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
London joins cities including Paris, Rotterdam and Budapest in the global drive to restore urban waterways and make them safe, clean, and accessible for swimming
outdoorswimmer.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Prediction: The true unit of local government is going to end up being river catchment areas @celestialweasel.bsky.social @oldtrotter.bsky.social
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Stumbled upon this screenshot I took like 2 years ago. Did anyone ever go to see this? Are there reviews?
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Stumbled upon this screenshot I took like 2 years ago. Did anyone ever go to see this? Are there reviews?
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I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
New version of Tinker, Tailor dropped, only Robbie Gibb is the mole in the BBC, everyone knows it and carries on regardless?
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New version of Tinker, Tailor dropped, only Robbie Gibb is the mole in the BBC, everyone knows it and carries on regardless?
Can’t say I’m looking forward to Robbie Gibb getting veto approval over every Doctor Who script.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Can’t say I’m looking forward to Robbie Gibb getting veto approval over every Doctor Who script.
Interestingly this appears to be part of a push to get Paul Dacre in as DG
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Interestingly this appears to be part of a push to get Paul Dacre in as DG
Clearly, the only responsible thing the government can do is remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC.
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Clearly, the only responsible thing the government can do is remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC.
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Long shot, but does anyone know anyone in Leeds/ W. Yorks more generally who could fix an old hifi amp for me? DMs open....
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Long shot, but does anyone know anyone in Leeds/ W. Yorks more generally who could fix an old hifi amp for me? DMs open....
Stealing an articulation from Dustin Moskovitz, but Labour's over-usage of polls/focus groups is a great example of Goodhart's Law in action.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Stealing an articulation from Dustin Moskovitz, but Labour's over-usage of polls/focus groups is a great example of Goodhart's Law in action.
Some kind of irony is that Labour finally recognise the electoral threat of the Greens and instead of seeing it as an outcome of trying to cosplay being Reform, double down on themselves as the party of sustainable racism, misery and spite.
It seems pretty risky to tell people they won't see the change they want if they vote Green, given that they already voted Labour and didn't see the change they wanted.
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Some kind of irony is that Labour finally recognise the electoral threat of the Greens and instead of seeing it as an outcome of trying to cosplay being Reform, double down on themselves as the party of sustainable racism, misery and spite.
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@whenisbirths.bsky.social weird question for the pop music expert, but why does "Welcome to the Jungle" sound a little slow and not full of sound? What has the evolution of pop music since done to my brain?
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
@whenisbirths.bsky.social weird question for the pop music expert, but why does "Welcome to the Jungle" sound a little slow and not full of sound? What has the evolution of pop music since done to my brain?
And now, 37 seconds of Tusk, @whenisbirths.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
And now, 37 seconds of Tusk, @whenisbirths.bsky.social
I'd forgotten that Relax was built on the riff from Dire Straits' Why Worry @whenisbirths.bsky.social #totp
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'd forgotten that Relax was built on the riff from Dire Straits' Why Worry @whenisbirths.bsky.social #totp
Reminded by a mutual that one way to think about this is just to watch the UK TV comedies that my cousins grew up with. If this is part of your formative years, is it any wonder you end up drifting towards Farage?
I'm (age 50) really interested in the difference between me and my cousins (a few years older) - there are personal reasons I am less right-wing, but it has always seemed also like we straddled some critical moment in the late 70s which pointed us to quite different senses of the world.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reminded by a mutual that one way to think about this is just to watch the UK TV comedies that my cousins grew up with. If this is part of your formative years, is it any wonder you end up drifting towards Farage?
This was always going to happen - and it's worth making a note of how many financial and economics commentators will go along with it.
Govt bends to gilt market's will ... so ... giLt mArKeT sAyS dEpOrT iMmIgRaNtS according to new Reform UK affiliated think tank.
Can't think that everyone at BlueBay will be thrilled to find their leader's name attached to it. www.ft.com/content/db1e...
Can't think that everyone at BlueBay will be thrilled to find their leader's name attached to it. www.ft.com/content/db1e...
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This was always going to happen - and it's worth making a note of how many financial and economics commentators will go along with it.
This is why the "Reform support will decline as people see what they do in local government" idea was always misguided. Local government was already failing (due to central gov't policy choices.)
Wonder what we get next. Reform blaming the national government for not providing enough money to carry out the required work to keep the threatened care centres open? Which is ofc what Labour councils did for 14 years
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is why the "Reform support will decline as people see what they do in local government" idea was always misguided. Local government was already failing (due to central gov't policy choices.)
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For me, any article that wants to explore the topic of politics - particularly within towns, villages or more rural locations - in an authentic and thorough way - cannot afford to ignore the role of the internet in these places.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For me, any article that wants to explore the topic of politics - particularly within towns, villages or more rural locations - in an authentic and thorough way - cannot afford to ignore the role of the internet in these places.
To be clearer - you don't have a consensus because some ASI guy signed up to your manifesto, you have a consensus when Tufton St is prepared to go out to bat for your manifesto.
What if none of the policy experts had put any effort at all into influencing the key opposition parties supported by the majority of the press?
What if there was a consensus on the tax reforms the UK needs?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
What if it was backed by policy experts from think tanks across the political spectrum, from the Adam Smith Institute to the Resolution Foundation?
The consensus is real. The question is: will anyone act on it?
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
To be clearer - you don't have a consensus because some ASI guy signed up to your manifesto, you have a consensus when Tufton St is prepared to go out to bat for your manifesto.