@anneminta.bsky.social
Startled pensioner, enjoying life in the sunshine living on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. Slave to one cat. Adore theatre and good books and music. Like a good joke and G&Ts. Dislike right wing politics.
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it’s hard to think of such a rapid ragged reversal from such a seismic economic policy
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs after market rout
Exemption is first sign of softening of levies against China and provides a huge boost for Apple
www.ft.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
it’s hard to think of such a rapid ragged reversal from such a seismic economic policy
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
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Reform's sudden and slippery enthusiasm for nationalisation shows why they're so difficult to take on.
thecritic.co.uk/stee...
thecritic.co.uk/stee...
April 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reform's sudden and slippery enthusiasm for nationalisation shows why they're so difficult to take on.
thecritic.co.uk/stee...
thecritic.co.uk/stee...
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Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Import Chinese battery: 145% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
Import Chinese battery inside Chinese laptop: 20% tariff
Import Chinese battery inside Vietnamese laptop: 0% tariff
Fuckin brilliant. A+ work here team. I am so glad there are such smart people working on our trade policy.
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Don’t stop at Scunthorpe steel — nationalise water, mail, all of rail and energy.
Bring them all into public ownership.
Bring them all into public ownership.
April 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Don’t stop at Scunthorpe steel — nationalise water, mail, all of rail and energy.
Bring them all into public ownership.
Bring them all into public ownership.
Anyone else’s Fitbit inspire 3 vary between “ you’re risking killing your self by exercising” one day, to “you need to get your fat *rse moving you big slob”
The following day? Quotes may not be strictly accurate
The following day? Quotes may not be strictly accurate
February 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Anyone else’s Fitbit inspire 3 vary between “ you’re risking killing your self by exercising” one day, to “you need to get your fat *rse moving you big slob”
The following day? Quotes may not be strictly accurate
The following day? Quotes may not be strictly accurate
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Indian Railways will be fully electrified next year (it’s at ~99% currently)
UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
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UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
😫
February 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Indian Railways will be fully electrified next year (it’s at ~99% currently)
UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
😫
UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
😫
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“If the BBC or John Lewis was cutting 5,000 or 6,000 jobs, we’d hear all about it but what we’re seeing in universities isn’t being noticed//…//.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls
Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
“If the BBC or John Lewis was cutting 5,000 or 6,000 jobs, we’d hear all about it but what we’re seeing in universities isn’t being noticed//…//.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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We have an announcement.
It's the 1st February and WE HAVE SNOWDROPS! ❤️
It's the 1st February and WE HAVE SNOWDROPS! ❤️
February 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We have an announcement.
It's the 1st February and WE HAVE SNOWDROPS! ❤️
It's the 1st February and WE HAVE SNOWDROPS! ❤️
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I have to "well actually" b/c it's important to note that yesterday was not just the first fatal *mid-air* crash involving a passenger jet in the U.S. for the past 16 years...It was the first fatal passenger jet crash PERIOD for the U.S. in the past 16 years
www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/c...
www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/c...
January 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have to "well actually" b/c it's important to note that yesterday was not just the first fatal *mid-air* crash involving a passenger jet in the U.S. for the past 16 years...It was the first fatal passenger jet crash PERIOD for the U.S. in the past 16 years
www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/c...
www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/c...
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I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
December 27, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
About to head to Wales to celebrate a very early Christmas with my daughter’s family and friends. I have three Christmas jumpers with me and more thermals than My Vesuvius.
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
About to head to Wales to celebrate a very early Christmas with my daughter’s family and friends. I have three Christmas jumpers with me and more thermals than My Vesuvius.
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The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
As an addendum to this, it took four months to get this information, which would have been publicly available at the time of conviction.
The Times had to appoint counsel and attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court to secure its release. That is not an expense all publishers can afford.
The Times had to appoint counsel and attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court to secure its release. That is not an expense all publishers can afford.
November 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
So who has been protecting the Reform MP?
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Around this time of year I start to notice much less salad dressing and much more soup in my hair
November 22, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Around this time of year I start to notice much less salad dressing and much more soup in my hair
Yesterday I left X for good.
November 7, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Yesterday I left X for good.
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Go vote. Let's put out the house fire first, then we can determine who needs to hang. (By which I mean the curtains. Merely to extend the metaphor.)
November 5, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Go vote. Let's put out the house fire first, then we can determine who needs to hang. (By which I mean the curtains. Merely to extend the metaphor.)
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More than a third of 2024 Conservative voters do not expect the new party leader to last until the next general election, according to an @opiniumresearch.bsky.social poll shared with PolHome
@zoecrowther.bsky.social writes
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
@zoecrowther.bsky.social writes
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Third Of Tory Voters Don't Think New Leader Will Fight Next Election
More than a third of 2024 Conservative voters do not expect the new party leader to last until the next general election.
www.politicshome.com
November 5, 2024 at 1:10 PM
More than a third of 2024 Conservative voters do not expect the new party leader to last until the next general election, according to an @opiniumresearch.bsky.social poll shared with PolHome
@zoecrowther.bsky.social writes
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
@zoecrowther.bsky.social writes
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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A kind of Rwanda trutherism - “It would’ve worked if only we’d had the chance” - has gripped the Tory party and they just can’t move on. They don’t realise Sunak did them a favour by calling the election before the plan was fully implemented, thus saving it from an ugly collision with reality
November 5, 2024 at 1:12 PM
A kind of Rwanda trutherism - “It would’ve worked if only we’d had the chance” - has gripped the Tory party and they just can’t move on. They don’t realise Sunak did them a favour by calling the election before the plan was fully implemented, thus saving it from an ugly collision with reality
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Honestly what next will Tufton Street do!
Trump campaigns received $45m from donors to secretive UK think tanks
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reveal...
Trump campaigns received $45m from donors to secretive UK think tanks
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reveal...
Revealed: Trump campaigns received $45m from donors to secretive UK think tanks
Labour MP raises concerns about transatlantic “web of dark money” as our investigation finds 'Tufton Street' donors pouring millions into Donald Trump and US Republicans ahead of Tuesday's vote Donald...
www.linkedin.com
November 4, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Honestly what next will Tufton Street do!
Trump campaigns received $45m from donors to secretive UK think tanks
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reveal...
Trump campaigns received $45m from donors to secretive UK think tanks
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reveal...
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New title:
"Pensioners are told to 'wrap up warmer as we have no money', while at the same time handing over millions in tax payers money to exceptionally wealthy land owners"
🤬🤬🤬🤬
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...
"Pensioners are told to 'wrap up warmer as we have no money', while at the same time handing over millions in tax payers money to exceptionally wealthy land owners"
🤬🤬🤬🤬
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...
Loophole exempts 355 landowners in England from inheritance tax, data shows
Chancellor urged to cancel tax break that uses scheme to register land as heritage asset and worth at least £68m
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2024 at 8:06 AM
New title:
"Pensioners are told to 'wrap up warmer as we have no money', while at the same time handing over millions in tax payers money to exceptionally wealthy land owners"
🤬🤬🤬🤬
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...
"Pensioners are told to 'wrap up warmer as we have no money', while at the same time handing over millions in tax payers money to exceptionally wealthy land owners"
🤬🤬🤬🤬
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/o...
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"Quite why Starmer has got so lost in the semantic weeds of the working person over the past few months is a mystery. It would have been so much easier to say he was going to raise taxes on assets and make employers pay more in national insurance."
Starmer lost in the semantic weeds as he makes case for plugging the ‘black hole’
Two days before the budget, the British prime minister promises better days lie ahead – but first, some pain
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2024 at 7:40 AM
"Quite why Starmer has got so lost in the semantic weeds of the working person over the past few months is a mystery. It would have been so much easier to say he was going to raise taxes on assets and make employers pay more in national insurance."
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Was not expecting the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico to start demanding a personal apology from Trump.
October 29, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Was not expecting the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico to start demanding a personal apology from Trump.
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Burning ballots were pulled from inside a smoking ballot box in Vancouver, Washington, this morning, hours after police responded to an arson at a Portland ballot box
www.katu.com/news/local/v...
www.katu.com/news/local/v...
October 28, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Burning ballots were pulled from inside a smoking ballot box in Vancouver, Washington, this morning, hours after police responded to an arson at a Portland ballot box
www.katu.com/news/local/v...
www.katu.com/news/local/v...
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All polls show a significant majority wanting to rejoin the EU
A huge 92% of under 25’s want to rejoin the EU
R/T if you want to #RejoinEU 🙂
A huge 92% of under 25’s want to rejoin the EU
R/T if you want to #RejoinEU 🙂
October 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM
All polls show a significant majority wanting to rejoin the EU
A huge 92% of under 25’s want to rejoin the EU
R/T if you want to #RejoinEU 🙂
A huge 92% of under 25’s want to rejoin the EU
R/T if you want to #RejoinEU 🙂