ScandinoIR
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Mallorcan but also a bit Basque, and with a pinch of Britishness, a touch of Swedish and some Bosnian for good measure.
A very thoughtful, well-researched and argued piece. Worth a careful read
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A very thoughtful, well-researched and argued piece. Worth a careful read
I wonder if considering the 1st Amendment issues of Trump suing the BBC might be beyond the point.
Trump has sued many for libel and got huge payouts out of it despite not having a ground to stand on. The 1st Amendment is not a great protection if the man suing you has unfettered power
Trump has sued many for libel and got huge payouts out of it despite not having a ground to stand on. The 1st Amendment is not a great protection if the man suing you has unfettered power
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I wonder if considering the 1st Amendment issues of Trump suing the BBC might be beyond the point.
Trump has sued many for libel and got huge payouts out of it despite not having a ground to stand on. The 1st Amendment is not a great protection if the man suing you has unfettered power
Trump has sued many for libel and got huge payouts out of it despite not having a ground to stand on. The 1st Amendment is not a great protection if the man suing you has unfettered power
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🇪🇸Latest La Comunidad piece in inboxes 📥
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🇪🇸Latest La Comunidad piece in inboxes 📥
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
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🗽 Zohran Mamdani guanya les eleccions a la alcaldia de Nueva York.
Un exemple de polític de nova generació, més obert al canvi, més proper a un socialista europeu que al centrisme esgotat de la vella guàrdia.
Per @4freedoms.es.
Un exemple de polític de nova generació, més obert al canvi, més proper a un socialista europeu que al centrisme esgotat de la vella guàrdia.
Per @4freedoms.es.
Els EUA, l’esquerra perduda | política&prosa
Els demòcrates no tenen líders ni un rumb clar, i el procés que els portarà a trobar-ne un acaba de començar
politicaprosa.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🗽 Zohran Mamdani guanya les eleccions a la alcaldia de Nueva York.
Un exemple de polític de nova generació, més obert al canvi, més proper a un socialista europeu que al centrisme esgotat de la vella guàrdia.
Per @4freedoms.es.
Un exemple de polític de nova generació, més obert al canvi, més proper a un socialista europeu que al centrisme esgotat de la vella guàrdia.
Per @4freedoms.es.
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I sincerely believe this is fundamentally important:
allanpaterson.substack.com/p/the-energy...
allanpaterson.substack.com/p/the-energy...
The Energy Revolution Nobody's Talking About
Solutions are here, today.
allanpaterson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I sincerely believe this is fundamentally important:
allanpaterson.substack.com/p/the-energy...
allanpaterson.substack.com/p/the-energy...
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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Miles de bebés evitaron el hospital desde 2023. ¿Por qué no lo sabías? 👇
La bronquiolitis mandaba al hospital al 2% de los recién nacidos.
Ya no. España los inmunizó con un anticuerpo y mirad: ¡sus ingresos cayeron un 75%!
La bronquiolitis mandaba al hospital al 2% de los recién nacidos.
Ya no. España los inmunizó con un anticuerpo y mirad: ¡sus ingresos cayeron un 75%!
October 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Miles de bebés evitaron el hospital desde 2023. ¿Por qué no lo sabías? 👇
La bronquiolitis mandaba al hospital al 2% de los recién nacidos.
Ya no. España los inmunizó con un anticuerpo y mirad: ¡sus ingresos cayeron un 75%!
La bronquiolitis mandaba al hospital al 2% de los recién nacidos.
Ya no. España los inmunizó con un anticuerpo y mirad: ¡sus ingresos cayeron un 75%!
The extent to which meanness and stupid trolling has become an integral part of "alt-right" politics never ceased to amaze me.
A strong "we have no ideas on how to make your lives better but we promise to annoy the people you dislike" vibe
A strong "we have no ideas on how to make your lives better but we promise to annoy the people you dislike" vibe
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The extent to which meanness and stupid trolling has become an integral part of "alt-right" politics never ceased to amaze me.
A strong "we have no ideas on how to make your lives better but we promise to annoy the people you dislike" vibe
A strong "we have no ideas on how to make your lives better but we promise to annoy the people you dislike" vibe
A very interesting article (as always) by Tom Calver. It does leave me wondering if there's any research on Poles who moved to the UK in the 2000s and have since moved back. What are their occupations, ages, family status? How much are they now contributing to the Polish economy?
🇵🇱 My @thetimes column: Poland’s economic miracle
12 out of 17 Polish regions are now richer than West Wales. It has faster internet, cheaper electricity and more high speed rail than Britain
When it comes to regional development it’s the UK, not Poland, that needs to catch up
1/3
12 out of 17 Polish regions are now richer than West Wales. It has faster internet, cheaper electricity and more high speed rail than Britain
When it comes to regional development it’s the UK, not Poland, that needs to catch up
1/3
October 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A very interesting article (as always) by Tom Calver. It does leave me wondering if there's any research on Poles who moved to the UK in the 2000s and have since moved back. What are their occupations, ages, family status? How much are they now contributing to the Polish economy?
Will be worth a listen, at a time when Conservative Party politicians are going beyond Enoch Powell on a near-daily basis.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
🏴Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood🏴
In the 1960s, rising anger over immigration left many people disillusioned with established political leaders, whose careful rhetoric increasingly didn’t chime with the rising passions the issue conjured up. Enter Enoch Powell.
🏴Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood🏴
In the 1960s, rising anger over immigration left many people disillusioned with established political leaders, whose careful rhetoric increasingly didn’t chime with the rising passions the issue conjured up. Enter Enoch Powell.
October 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Will be worth a listen, at a time when Conservative Party politicians are going beyond Enoch Powell on a near-daily basis.
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🇪🇸La Comunidad Weekend🇪🇸
I wrote about my week in Madrid (as a tourist) through the lens of where the city has been and where it's going.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
brendyboyle.substack.com/p/whats-next...
I wrote about my week in Madrid (as a tourist) through the lens of where the city has been and where it's going.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
brendyboyle.substack.com/p/whats-next...
What's next for Madrid?
My week in Madrid: The conundrum of a city on the up.
brendyboyle.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🇪🇸La Comunidad Weekend🇪🇸
I wrote about my week in Madrid (as a tourist) through the lens of where the city has been and where it's going.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
brendyboyle.substack.com/p/whats-next...
I wrote about my week in Madrid (as a tourist) through the lens of where the city has been and where it's going.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
brendyboyle.substack.com/p/whats-next...
Obligatory repost of the best data journalism team in Spain
¿Quién vota a Aliança Catalana y Vox? 🗳️
Dos fuerzas crecen muy por la derecha en CAT: suman casi 1 de cada 4 votos jóvenes. Uno catalanista, otro españolista.
Les une el rechazo a la inmigración.
¿Quién les apoya? Hilo con datos 👇
Dos fuerzas crecen muy por la derecha en CAT: suman casi 1 de cada 4 votos jóvenes. Uno catalanista, otro españolista.
Les une el rechazo a la inmigración.
¿Quién les apoya? Hilo con datos 👇
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Obligatory repost of the best data journalism team in Spain
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⚠️ España será el país de la UE que mayor porcentaje de sus ingresos fiscales deberá destinar al pago de pensiones en los próximos años (46% frente al 30% de la media UE).
Consecuencia: se sacrificarán otras partidas y/o aumentarán los impuestos.
www.elconfidencial.com/economia/202...
Consecuencia: se sacrificarán otras partidas y/o aumentarán los impuestos.
www.elconfidencial.com/economia/202...
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
⚠️ España será el país de la UE que mayor porcentaje de sus ingresos fiscales deberá destinar al pago de pensiones en los próximos años (46% frente al 30% de la media UE).
Consecuencia: se sacrificarán otras partidas y/o aumentarán los impuestos.
www.elconfidencial.com/economia/202...
Consecuencia: se sacrificarán otras partidas y/o aumentarán los impuestos.
www.elconfidencial.com/economia/202...
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It's been a rough two decades for non-pensioner real income growth after housing costs, especially for the poorest households. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
September 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It's been a rough two decades for non-pensioner real income growth after housing costs, especially for the poorest households. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Some super interesting research (even if the effects are relatively small)
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Some super interesting research (even if the effects are relatively small)
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Impresionante mapa sobre el envejecimiento de la población en España: en los municipios de color marrón oscuro, más del 40% (e incluso >50%) de la población mayor de 15 años es perceptora de una pensión.
Autor: @pablogguz_ en su excelente web www.wikibarrio.es
Autor: @pablogguz_ en su excelente web www.wikibarrio.es
September 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Impresionante mapa sobre el envejecimiento de la población en España: en los municipios de color marrón oscuro, más del 40% (e incluso >50%) de la población mayor de 15 años es perceptora de una pensión.
Autor: @pablogguz_ en su excelente web www.wikibarrio.es
Autor: @pablogguz_ en su excelente web www.wikibarrio.es
I think this is a very good article that strikes a difficult balance, asking important questions without delving into conspiracies. Interesting times are ahead, without a doubt
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health
Six questions worth digging into more.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I think this is a very good article that strikes a difficult balance, asking important questions without delving into conspiracies. Interesting times are ahead, without a doubt
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Remains a source of genuine astonishment to me that governments are deemed recurrently failing in so many countries and there's no apparent systemic analysis.
August 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Remains a source of genuine astonishment to me that governments are deemed recurrently failing in so many countries and there's no apparent systemic analysis.
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Isak and the fake versus the real
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The undeniably massive Alexander Isak affair has created its own sub-reality | Barney Ronay
Battle between real and fake is an active front in sport and the Newcastle striker transfer saga is vast but strangely hollow
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Isak and the fake versus the real
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Reposted by ScandinoIR
NEW: Are migrants more likely to commit crimes than non-migrants?
Here’s what the data does and doesn’t show.
1/8 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/72b6...
Here’s what the data does and doesn’t show.
1/8 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/72b6...
August 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
NEW: Are migrants more likely to commit crimes than non-migrants?
Here’s what the data does and doesn’t show.
1/8 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/72b6...
Here’s what the data does and doesn’t show.
1/8 @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/72b6...
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Spain's economy is booming, but you would never know from the mood on the street. What is going on? Please see this week's free-to-read essay on my personal blog for my thoughts.
The Modest Boom
Spain's economy is outperforming other European economies. Why is the mood in the street so demure?
sharpenyouraxe.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Spain's economy is booming, but you would never know from the mood on the street. What is going on? Please see this week's free-to-read essay on my personal blog for my thoughts.
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Cada ampliación de los permisos de paternidad en España ha disparado su uso. Un avance impresionante.
Pero ahora que el gobierno aprueba otra más, nos deberíamos preguntar: ¿no estamos perfeccionando una pieza del sistema mientras descuidamos otras? 👇🧶
Pero ahora que el gobierno aprueba otra más, nos deberíamos preguntar: ¿no estamos perfeccionando una pieza del sistema mientras descuidamos otras? 👇🧶
July 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Cada ampliación de los permisos de paternidad en España ha disparado su uso. Un avance impresionante.
Pero ahora que el gobierno aprueba otra más, nos deberíamos preguntar: ¿no estamos perfeccionando una pieza del sistema mientras descuidamos otras? 👇🧶
Pero ahora que el gobierno aprueba otra más, nos deberíamos preguntar: ¿no estamos perfeccionando una pieza del sistema mientras descuidamos otras? 👇🧶
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Latest piece on Spain’s atrocious wages and the alarming rise of young people applying for public sector jobs - that ain’t gonna drive wages up…
Link below
Link below
June 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Latest piece on Spain’s atrocious wages and the alarming rise of young people applying for public sector jobs - that ain’t gonna drive wages up…
Link below
Link below