@hallidaydaniel.bsky.social
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Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Regrettably I enjoyed this very much
November 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Regrettably I enjoyed this very much
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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The entire story of the GFC is people working in markets doing the exact opposite because all the incentives pointed in that direction. No one is rewarded for correctly seeing a risk unless they get their timing exactly right. And they'll get a lot of abuse for trying.
This (Matt Yglesias vi Brad Delong) has absolutely annoyed the arse off me, as someone who spent 30 years working on financial markets. The incentives in financial markets do not *remotely* work like this.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The entire story of the GFC is people working in markets doing the exact opposite because all the incentives pointed in that direction. No one is rewarded for correctly seeing a risk unless they get their timing exactly right. And they'll get a lot of abuse for trying.
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I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
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Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
Don't be fooled, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk are playing you
The message the hate engine transmits is simple: asylum seekers are not really people in need
inews.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
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Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Sultana’s position on Ukraine is not just morally reprehensible but juvenile and trite
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New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
On the edge
My week in the NHS
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
New post just out:
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
"On the edge"
On my unexpected week in hospital and five things I learnt about the state of the NHS.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/o...
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Excited to co-author this study led by @nathanlo.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social on the devastating consequences of not vaccinating pregnant women vs Covid
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US
This decision analytical model study estimates the number of avertable COVID-19 hospitalizations in US infants younger than 6 months and pregnant persons with vaccinations during pregnancy.
jamanetwork.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Excited to co-author this study led by @nathanlo.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social on the devastating consequences of not vaccinating pregnant women vs Covid
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
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There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
September 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
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Just saw The Abyss is streaming on Disney+
September 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just saw The Abyss is streaming on Disney+
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My game "Replicube":
Code, Logic, and Math never looked so TASTY🍉
25% off on Steam right now to celebrate back to school!
s.team/a/3401490
Code, Logic, and Math never looked so TASTY🍉
25% off on Steam right now to celebrate back to school!
s.team/a/3401490
August 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My game "Replicube":
Code, Logic, and Math never looked so TASTY🍉
25% off on Steam right now to celebrate back to school!
s.team/a/3401490
Code, Logic, and Math never looked so TASTY🍉
25% off on Steam right now to celebrate back to school!
s.team/a/3401490
Worth a read on the reality facing anyone taking on the challenge of running the UK economy
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
There really is no getting out of this fiscal corner
It is something of a cliche to argue that Britain is running out of money, living beyond its means, wandering through a fiscal fool’s paradise – but no less true for that. The trend of …
freethinkecon.wordpress.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Worth a read on the reality facing anyone taking on the challenge of running the UK economy
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
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It's a mystery alright why, after saving £40k for deposit, while paying exorbitant rents, they can't find another £20k to 'fix up' a property that's already been made into flats, had every nook 'converted', every extension added, every quid of value extracted.
I know. THEY'RE LAZY AND LOVE AVOCADO.
I know. THEY'RE LAZY AND LOVE AVOCADO.
May 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It's a mystery alright why, after saving £40k for deposit, while paying exorbitant rents, they can't find another £20k to 'fix up' a property that's already been made into flats, had every nook 'converted', every extension added, every quid of value extracted.
I know. THEY'RE LAZY AND LOVE AVOCADO.
I know. THEY'RE LAZY AND LOVE AVOCADO.
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This week, scientists released the first video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, filmed nearly 2,000 feet deep in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, who helped identify the squid, joins us to talk about the sighting.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, who helped identify the squid, joins us to talk about the sighting.
A Colossal Squid Video? That’s A Big Deal
Researchers captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid swimming in its natural habitat—almost 2,000 feet deep.
www.sciencefriday.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This week, scientists released the first video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, filmed nearly 2,000 feet deep in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, who helped identify the squid, joins us to talk about the sighting.
Dr. Kat Bolstad, who helped identify the squid, joins us to talk about the sighting.
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🔴 'Trump says baseline tariffs will stay in blow to UK hopes of deal'
Right, probs best to just do a better deal with the EU then...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Right, probs best to just do a better deal with the EU then...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Trump says baseline tariffs will stay in blow to UK hopes of deal
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is travelling to Washington DC to lobby for a bespoke British trading arrangement with the US
www.thetimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🔴 'Trump says baseline tariffs will stay in blow to UK hopes of deal'
Right, probs best to just do a better deal with the EU then...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Right, probs best to just do a better deal with the EU then...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Do it motherfucker. Do it now
“Starmer is preparing to rethink key elements of the government’s economic policy in an emergency response to Trump’s tariffs” - including, perhaps, raising taxes & ditching fiscal rules. DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer orders UK economic reset amid Donald Trump’s tariff mayhem
PM ready to ditch ‘old assumptions’ and is debating possible changes to fiscal rules to boost growth
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Do it motherfucker. Do it now
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That'll do pig. That'll do.
March 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
That'll do pig. That'll do.
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Who could have predicted this?
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Who could have predicted this?
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We’re no mugs
March 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We’re no mugs
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Proper tone-deaf toff stuff
Absolute top notch combination of headline and photo here.
March 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Proper tone-deaf toff stuff
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Remarkable clarity in Britain.
March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Remarkable clarity in Britain.
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If there was any left who thought there was 4d chess going on, this should be the final proof that it's total chaos. There's not even a fig leaf pretend deal here.
Bloomberg alert: *US PAUSES TARIFFS ON CANADA, MEXICO USMCA TRADE UNTIL APRIL 2
March 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If there was any left who thought there was 4d chess going on, this should be the final proof that it's total chaos. There's not even a fig leaf pretend deal here.