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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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this exists it is called thinking
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
this exists it is called thinking
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Having just watched a report on the increasing number of people turning to AI agents for relationship advice, we can't be far away (if not already there) from a significant slice of voters asking ChatGPT/Grok/Siri/Whatever to tell them for whom they should vote. Take a moment to think about that.
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Having just watched a report on the increasing number of people turning to AI agents for relationship advice, we can't be far away (if not already there) from a significant slice of voters asking ChatGPT/Grok/Siri/Whatever to tell them for whom they should vote. Take a moment to think about that.
I know noone cares, but @nytimes.com, Ii think I'm going to stop doing Spelling Bee. "colloidal" is the last straw, after "pelmet" and "trug". I mean, just plug the thing into a decent dictionary, why don't you?
July 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I know noone cares, but @nytimes.com, Ii think I'm going to stop doing Spelling Bee. "colloidal" is the last straw, after "pelmet" and "trug". I mean, just plug the thing into a decent dictionary, why don't you?
really NYT Games, I am very disappointed.
July 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
really NYT Games, I am very disappointed.
I'm sure you've listened to this already...What!? You haven't? You simply must! Or we are no longer friends, simple as that. 😘
🐾 Sunday School: A very clever cat 🐈
Our end-of-week review incl HOT behind-the-scenes Macron gossip from Olivier Morel + far right movements popping up like death cap mushrooms.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
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Our end-of-week review incl HOT behind-the-scenes Macron gossip from Olivier Morel + far right movements popping up like death cap mushrooms.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2v1F...
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Sunday School: A Very Clever Cat
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 13/07/2025 · 1h 2m
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July 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm sure you've listened to this already...What!? You haven't? You simply must! Or we are no longer friends, simple as that. 😘
I was greatly dismayed yesterday in NYT games that "pelmet" wasn't accepted as a valid word. I mean, I know things are bad, but really this feels like the last straw.
July 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I was greatly dismayed yesterday in NYT games that "pelmet" wasn't accepted as a valid word. I mean, I know things are bad, but really this feels like the last straw.
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Happy #SaveWoT day, friends!
We gave a special WoT Wednesday treat to the folks at Amazon Australia in Sydney! Our walking billboard greeted their team outside the building for most of the day.
This weekend the mobile billboard will be at some iconic Sydney hotspots! savewot.com/2025/06/save...
We gave a special WoT Wednesday treat to the folks at Amazon Australia in Sydney! Our walking billboard greeted their team outside the building for most of the day.
This weekend the mobile billboard will be at some iconic Sydney hotspots! savewot.com/2025/06/save...
June 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy #SaveWoT day, friends!
We gave a special WoT Wednesday treat to the folks at Amazon Australia in Sydney! Our walking billboard greeted their team outside the building for most of the day.
This weekend the mobile billboard will be at some iconic Sydney hotspots! savewot.com/2025/06/save...
We gave a special WoT Wednesday treat to the folks at Amazon Australia in Sydney! Our walking billboard greeted their team outside the building for most of the day.
This weekend the mobile billboard will be at some iconic Sydney hotspots! savewot.com/2025/06/save...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social Hi Alex! Bit of a random one, I went to see Showmanism at Hampstead Theatre last night and thought, "blimey, Alex Andreou would love this". Sort of a paean to the performing arts, with lip sync monologues of e.g. Ian McKellen and Mimi Denissi. Go if you get the chance!
June 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@sturdyalex.bsky.social Hi Alex! Bit of a random one, I went to see Showmanism at Hampstead Theatre last night and thought, "blimey, Alex Andreou would love this". Sort of a paean to the performing arts, with lip sync monologues of e.g. Ian McKellen and Mimi Denissi. Go if you get the chance!
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Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
June 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... I assume the papacy works like the Olympics, so we should see an "old world" pope? My money's on Italy, classic. It would be nice to see a plucky outsider, say an African nation, or the Philippines definitely deserve to be contenders. #PontiffCup2025
Lobbying for next pope heats up, with outcome less predictable than ever
Francis sought to lower age profile and broaden spread of college of cardinals and for most it is their first conclave
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... I assume the papacy works like the Olympics, so we should see an "old world" pope? My money's on Italy, classic. It would be nice to see a plucky outsider, say an African nation, or the Philippines definitely deserve to be contenders. #PontiffCup2025
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Imagine if Radio 4's 'In Our Time' was just really, really sexy...
Invigorating intellectual rigour here with great guest contributions and beautifully chosen music and film excerpts.
Honestly, give this your time: you will learn so much. Deep reflections await!
Invigorating intellectual rigour here with great guest contributions and beautifully chosen music and film excerpts.
Honestly, give this your time: you will learn so much. Deep reflections await!
S1E1: Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
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Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a tale of pride or vanity.
Let @sturdyalex.bsky.social take you on a journey.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/13qu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m
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March 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Imagine if Radio 4's 'In Our Time' was just really, really sexy...
Invigorating intellectual rigour here with great guest contributions and beautifully chosen music and film excerpts.
Honestly, give this your time: you will learn so much. Deep reflections await!
Invigorating intellectual rigour here with great guest contributions and beautifully chosen music and film excerpts.
Honestly, give this your time: you will learn so much. Deep reflections await!
Bravo, @sturdyalex.bsky.social on episode one of Podyssey! Scholarly but accessible, entertaining & thought-provoking. Right up my street. It's also prompted me to read/re-read The Lady of Shallott, and also listen to some Maria Callas. Thanks for your hard work on this! ❤️
March 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bravo, @sturdyalex.bsky.social on episode one of Podyssey! Scholarly but accessible, entertaining & thought-provoking. Right up my street. It's also prompted me to read/re-read The Lady of Shallott, and also listen to some Maria Callas. Thanks for your hard work on this! ❤️
Can I just say that I am delighted to know that my old neighbour, Mark Carney, is prime minister of Canada? I suspect he is the most successful neighbour I have ever had. (so far)
March 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Can I just say that I am delighted to know that my old neighbour, Mark Carney, is prime minister of Canada? I suspect he is the most successful neighbour I have ever had. (so far)
Went to see Kyoto at Soho Place on Wednesday night. Absolutely brilliant - a pretty dry subject made utterly thrilling with great staging and performances. Go if you can.
January 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Went to see Kyoto at Soho Place on Wednesday night. Absolutely brilliant - a pretty dry subject made utterly thrilling with great staging and performances. Go if you can.
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Laser-sharp rebuke of previous gov'ts on #Brexit and trade, down by most measures, from Douglas Alexander.
"As Sun-Tzu said, "tactics without strategy are simply the noise before defeat"... What's very obvious, as we look back over the last eight years, is that there was no defined strategy." ~AA
"As Sun-Tzu said, "tactics without strategy are simply the noise before defeat"... What's very obvious, as we look back over the last eight years, is that there was no defined strategy." ~AA
January 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Laser-sharp rebuke of previous gov'ts on #Brexit and trade, down by most measures, from Douglas Alexander.
"As Sun-Tzu said, "tactics without strategy are simply the noise before defeat"... What's very obvious, as we look back over the last eight years, is that there was no defined strategy." ~AA
"As Sun-Tzu said, "tactics without strategy are simply the noise before defeat"... What's very obvious, as we look back over the last eight years, is that there was no defined strategy." ~AA
A brilliant episode, thanks @quietriotpod.bsky.social !
Honestly - there are too many moving parts to current market jitters and coverage on it has been appalling, so I was confused.
I am not any more. And if you give this 30 minutes, you won't be either.
Vicky Pryce is wonderfully straight-forward about it all - and takes no prisoners.
I am not any more. And if you give this 30 minutes, you won't be either.
Vicky Pryce is wonderfully straight-forward about it all - and takes no prisoners.
📉 ECONOMY MINICAST
Borrowing is up and Sterling’s down. Who’s to blame?
Top economist
Vicky Pryce joins @sturdyalex.bsky.social to discuss gilts, yields, budgets, impact on your mortgage and more.
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Borrowing is up and Sterling’s down. Who’s to blame?
Top economist
Vicky Pryce joins @sturdyalex.bsky.social to discuss gilts, yields, budgets, impact on your mortgage and more.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/3Jzu...
January 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A brilliant episode, thanks @quietriotpod.bsky.social !
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Emma Thompson went from playing the heartbroken sister of the PM in Love Actually to being one herself in Johnny English Strikes Again.
She got all tangled up with a nefarious tech billionaire, but got it all sorted in the end with not Mr Beans' help.
Perhaps give Emma a call Kier?
a close up of a woman 's face with her hand on her head
Alt: a close up of Emma Thompsons face with her hand on her head playing heartbreak by misgift in the mostly unwatchable Love Actually apart from her superlative acting and Bill Nighy playing Bill Nighy next to Rab Nesbitt sans axe head wound.
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Emma Thompson went from playing the heartbroken sister of the PM in Love Actually to being one herself in Johnny English Strikes Again.
She got all tangled up with a nefarious tech billionaire, but got it all sorted in the end with not Mr Beans' help.
Perhaps give Emma a call Kier?
Top Tip: if you're planning to dump a body, try and do so around 7th January. No-one bats an eyelid as you're hefting a 6-foot bulky tarpaulin-wrapped package to the park. Sure, could be a Christmas tree, or could be a disrespecting wise guy encroaching on my turf, who's to say?.
January 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Top Tip: if you're planning to dump a body, try and do so around 7th January. No-one bats an eyelid as you're hefting a 6-foot bulky tarpaulin-wrapped package to the park. Sure, could be a Christmas tree, or could be a disrespecting wise guy encroaching on my turf, who's to say?.
I've only just noticed this staggering typo in Adobe Acrobat. I'm not pedantic about this in general speech, life is too short, but Adobe's job is software and documentation, so you'd hope they'd use the word "fewer", wouldn't you?
January 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've only just noticed this staggering typo in Adobe Acrobat. I'm not pedantic about this in general speech, life is too short, but Adobe's job is software and documentation, so you'd hope they'd use the word "fewer", wouldn't you?
Starting 2025 off right, by signing up to a podcast I enjoy very much - @quietriotpod.bsky.social Support your local podcast, especially when it's as good as this one. Informative, enjoyable AND likeable.
January 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starting 2025 off right, by signing up to a podcast I enjoy very much - @quietriotpod.bsky.social Support your local podcast, especially when it's as good as this one. Informative, enjoyable AND likeable.
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I have decided to start tweeting about another thing I know about- strength and conditioning. Although my achievements are exceptionally modest it is something I enjoy talking about.
January 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I have decided to start tweeting about another thing I know about- strength and conditioning. Although my achievements are exceptionally modest it is something I enjoy talking about.
Just been out checking the ion harvesters in Geodome 17. Processing optimal. Just going to follow up on that signal anomaly near the frontier zone - I'm sure it's nothing. Happy New Orbital Simulation, fellow pod-dwellers!
January 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just been out checking the ion harvesters in Geodome 17. Processing optimal. Just going to follow up on that signal anomaly near the frontier zone - I'm sure it's nothing. Happy New Orbital Simulation, fellow pod-dwellers!
Mad Max Two? Christmas movie. Blade runner? Christmas movie. Inception? Christmas movie. Do we just do this now?
December 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Mad Max Two? Christmas movie. Blade runner? Christmas movie. Inception? Christmas movie. Do we just do this now?