William de Quetteville
@dequetteville.bsky.social
Arsenal, art, cycling
That’s 3 England batsmen in a row who knew perfectly well they’d hit it
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
That’s 3 England batsmen in a row who knew perfectly well they’d hit it
A strange article which states that the privatisation regime was a failure before going on to list several examples of non - failures & fails to distinguish between natural monopolies & consumer driven industries
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What exactly are we paying for? The UK’s legacy of privatising utilities
All-round expertise is lacking, but urgently needed to run key public services efficiently
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October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A strange article which states that the privatisation regime was a failure before going on to list several examples of non - failures & fails to distinguish between natural monopolies & consumer driven industries
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It’s not like I got a scholarship daddy is a refrain often heard amongst the PSG ultras; as ever, I remain awed that you can get paid for writing this stuff
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How sport unites us
In a divided world, fandom is a social superpower
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October 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s not like I got a scholarship daddy is a refrain often heard amongst the PSG ultras; as ever, I remain awed that you can get paid for writing this stuff
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I do enjoy these articles where a journalist rings up an academic to discover that people running their own businesses have it easy; paid holidays & endowments all round!
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How the UK tax system rewards going solo
Latest levy and legislative changes threaten to fuel a fresh shift towards off-payroll work, warn employers and analysts
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October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I do enjoy these articles where a journalist rings up an academic to discover that people running their own businesses have it easy; paid holidays & endowments all round!
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Very much here for the Liverpool bench complaining that too much injury time had been played. Self awareness never the scousers strong suit tbf
September 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Very much here for the Liverpool bench complaining that too much injury time had been played. Self awareness never the scousers strong suit tbf
Liverpool need a goal? 11 minutes of injury time. Defending a narrow lead? 3 minutes and not a moment more
September 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Liverpool need a goal? 11 minutes of injury time. Defending a narrow lead? 3 minutes and not a moment more
Very good imho. Action requires executives & accountability, as well as evidence & consultation
So I wrote a thing.
Here is the gist. My provocation was a bit of heresy aimed at my own tribe of decent, evidence-driven, apolitical policy wonks who quite sensibly worship at the altar of the arms-length institution, the predictable rule, politics-free decisions and so on ... 1/
Here is the gist. My provocation was a bit of heresy aimed at my own tribe of decent, evidence-driven, apolitical policy wonks who quite sensibly worship at the altar of the arms-length institution, the predictable rule, politics-free decisions and so on ... 1/
With tomorrow's Spending Review looming, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk's @gilesyb.bsky.social warns the real productivity issue isn’t policy ideas, but the system’s inability to deliver. Is it just centralisation, or is govt now too complex to act? productivity.ac.uk/news/low-acc...
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June 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Very good imho. Action requires executives & accountability, as well as evidence & consultation
This is … drivel? Quite apart from the total absence of solutions proffered, ex - growth where does the opportunity & upward mobility come from?
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Governments are chasing the wrong rainbows
Opportunity and upward mobility are more important than GDP growth
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May 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is … drivel? Quite apart from the total absence of solutions proffered, ex - growth where does the opportunity & upward mobility come from?
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Two wheels good @economist.com
London has become a cycling city
It shows how dockless-electric bikes could transform cities
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May 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Two wheels good @economist.com
Very late to the Biden / Clooney piece in the New Yorker but I’m not sure ‘It would be brutal, though. He’d need to fly into Los Angeles from Tuscany, do the event, and leave that same night for Rome, before the fund-raiser was even over’ really qualifies you for a Presidential run
May 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Very late to the Biden / Clooney piece in the New Yorker but I’m not sure ‘It would be brutal, though. He’d need to fly into Los Angeles from Tuscany, do the event, and leave that same night for Rome, before the fund-raiser was even over’ really qualifies you for a Presidential run
On balance I think this is a pity. Having lived round the corner from Field Day in Victoria Park for years, I never felt it was either disruptive or exclusionary (it’s a big park, there’s plenty of space, the summer cricket leagues were not interrupted). YMMV naturally
MASSIVE legal verdict just in for festivals in London parks.... Questions over whether Mighty Hoopla and Field Day and can go ahead this month.... residents won legal challenge arguing they need planning permission... implications for all other London parks.
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Mighty Hoopla: Victory for anti-festival campaigners
Plus: The Italian businessman ordered to fill his Mayfair basement with concrete and the messy battle over LTNs in the capital.
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May 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
On balance I think this is a pity. Having lived round the corner from Field Day in Victoria Park for years, I never felt it was either disruptive or exclusionary (it’s a big park, there’s plenty of space, the summer cricket leagues were not interrupted). YMMV naturally
The most knowledgeable fans I. The told showing their class once again as TAA take the pitch
May 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The most knowledgeable fans I. The told showing their class once again as TAA take the pitch
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One of these teams will be in the Champions League next season, three of them the Championship.
May 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One of these teams will be in the Champions League next season, three of them the Championship.
Very disappointed in @totallyshow.bsky.social for a sensible discussion of Arsenal’s season conducted by a bunch of informed grown ups. Where’s the gibberish? The frothing rage? I’m off the BBC …
May 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Very disappointed in @totallyshow.bsky.social for a sensible discussion of Arsenal’s season conducted by a bunch of informed grown ups. Where’s the gibberish? The frothing rage? I’m off the BBC …
It really isn’t. The level of sports journalism at the BBC is just dismal
May 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It really isn’t. The level of sports journalism at the BBC is just dismal
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Expected Goals over the two games:
Arsenal 4.77
PSG 2.90 (including a penalty)
Arsenal 4.77
PSG 2.90 (including a penalty)
What was the xG over both legs please?
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Expected Goals over the two games:
Arsenal 4.77
PSG 2.90 (including a penalty)
Arsenal 4.77
PSG 2.90 (including a penalty)
Always a joy to see those smug fuckers Barcelona lose. Especially when the key goal was scored by an Italian centre half of the very oldest school
May 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Always a joy to see those smug fuckers Barcelona lose. Especially when the key goal was scored by an Italian centre half of the very oldest school
And that’s why VAR is ultimately a good thing. Newcastle would have had two entirely wrongly awarded penalties that weee sensibly & correctly overturned by the refereeing team in good time. More of that please
May 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And that’s why VAR is ultimately a good thing. Newcastle would have had two entirely wrongly awarded penalties that weee sensibly & correctly overturned by the refereeing team in good time. More of that please
The fact that one of United & Sp*rs will get champions league football next season & Forest probably won’t is pretty awful
May 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The fact that one of United & Sp*rs will get champions league football next season & Forest probably won’t is pretty awful
City end is embarrassing. Plastic fans, shit club
April 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
City end is embarrassing. Plastic fans, shit club
Emi Martinez, you’ll always be shit 😂😂😂
April 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Emi Martinez, you’ll always be shit 😂😂😂
‘To be honest, I’m actually glad that Trump II is proving such a disaster for the economy’ … Krugman is such an arsehole sometimes.Tthis entire article is a litany of why censorious liberals don’t win elections
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless
There are none so blind as those that will not see
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April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
‘To be honest, I’m actually glad that Trump II is proving such a disaster for the economy’ … Krugman is such an arsehole sometimes.Tthis entire article is a litany of why censorious liberals don’t win elections
An elbow in the face in the penalty area but as it’s a Liverpool player the correct decision is no penalty, of course it is
April 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
An elbow in the face in the penalty area but as it’s a Liverpool player the correct decision is no penalty, of course it is
Happy St. Totteringham’s day to those who celebrate
April 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy St. Totteringham’s day to those who celebrate
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Well, that was easy. Didn’t even have to kick a ball! #Arsenal #Tottenham
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Well, that was easy. Didn’t even have to kick a ball! #Arsenal #Tottenham