Isaac
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Incidentally, if you want to know why the government doesn't have any money and services are starting to fall apart, you may enjoy this graph, from this article
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
May 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Incidentally, if you want to know why the government doesn't have any money and services are starting to fall apart, you may enjoy this graph, from this article
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
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"why doesn't Bluesky have its own Grok" well because the human users already bring up completely unrelated human rights atrocities in your mentions for no reason
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"why doesn't Bluesky have its own Grok" well because the human users already bring up completely unrelated human rights atrocities in your mentions for no reason
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“A family earning £100k a year will now find themselves on minimum wage after taking part in just two drug binges a week.”
April 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“A family earning £100k a year will now find themselves on minimum wage after taking part in just two drug binges a week.”
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A Financial Times investigative documentary has found evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war are not isolated incidents but are likely to be part of a broader pattern that points to a systematic policy.
Watch the full documentary here: on.ft.com/3Qs7oDW
Watch the full documentary here: on.ft.com/3Qs7oDW
February 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A Financial Times investigative documentary has found evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war are not isolated incidents but are likely to be part of a broader pattern that points to a systematic policy.
Watch the full documentary here: on.ft.com/3Qs7oDW
Watch the full documentary here: on.ft.com/3Qs7oDW
The UK is one of a few European countries with both the political will and the economic firepower to stop Europe merely coasting and actually start choosing its destiny.
Now more than ever, the PM needs an expert mission team able to deliver a total response to the conflict.
Now more than ever, the PM needs an expert mission team able to deliver a total response to the conflict.
February 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The UK is one of a few European countries with both the political will and the economic firepower to stop Europe merely coasting and actually start choosing its destiny.
Now more than ever, the PM needs an expert mission team able to deliver a total response to the conflict.
Now more than ever, the PM needs an expert mission team able to deliver a total response to the conflict.
Government has been flying too close to the sun for too long. Threats up to full-terror incidents are going to rise in frequency. It has been luck that things haven't increased sooner.
February 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Government has been flying too close to the sun for too long. Threats up to full-terror incidents are going to rise in frequency. It has been luck that things haven't increased sooner.
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***NEW VIDEO***
The Russian government gun runner logistics ship Ursa Major sank under mysterious circumstances on December 23 2024. Now Russia's specialist deep sea spy ship, Yantar, is now diving over the wreck site. #OSINT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPb...
The Russian government gun runner logistics ship Ursa Major sank under mysterious circumstances on December 23 2024. Now Russia's specialist deep sea spy ship, Yantar, is now diving over the wreck site. #OSINT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPb...
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YouTube video by H I Sutton
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January 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
***NEW VIDEO***
The Russian government gun runner logistics ship Ursa Major sank under mysterious circumstances on December 23 2024. Now Russia's specialist deep sea spy ship, Yantar, is now diving over the wreck site. #OSINT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPb...
The Russian government gun runner logistics ship Ursa Major sank under mysterious circumstances on December 23 2024. Now Russia's specialist deep sea spy ship, Yantar, is now diving over the wreck site. #OSINT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPb...
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O. M. G. Look at that track.
Danish TV2 found proof of a second Yi Peng 3 sabotage attempt, ten days earlier than the known sabotage.
3 x experts deem the bottom-track man made and not by fishing. It matches the course of YP3 and she made a suspicious AIS-track exactly at the spot.
Link below.
Danish TV2 found proof of a second Yi Peng 3 sabotage attempt, ten days earlier than the known sabotage.
3 x experts deem the bottom-track man made and not by fishing. It matches the course of YP3 and she made a suspicious AIS-track exactly at the spot.
Link below.
December 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
O. M. G. Look at that track.
Danish TV2 found proof of a second Yi Peng 3 sabotage attempt, ten days earlier than the known sabotage.
3 x experts deem the bottom-track man made and not by fishing. It matches the course of YP3 and she made a suspicious AIS-track exactly at the spot.
Link below.
Danish TV2 found proof of a second Yi Peng 3 sabotage attempt, ten days earlier than the known sabotage.
3 x experts deem the bottom-track man made and not by fishing. It matches the course of YP3 and she made a suspicious AIS-track exactly at the spot.
Link below.
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"We are waiting for real actions as soon as possible. No more talk. We are not only fighting against Ivanishvili - we are fighting against the hybrid war unleashed by Russia. We need new elections with your support. It's time to act, enough diplomacy," - Member of Georgian parliament, Vashadze
December 1, 2024 at 3:22 AM
"We are waiting for real actions as soon as possible. No more talk. We are not only fighting against Ivanishvili - we are fighting against the hybrid war unleashed by Russia. We need new elections with your support. It's time to act, enough diplomacy," - Member of Georgian parliament, Vashadze
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The mechanics of exactly how the new Russia, Iran, North Korea, China axis of aggression functions to dismantle western democracy and collect resource rich territories while NATO sleeps.
November 22, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The mechanics of exactly how the new Russia, Iran, North Korea, China axis of aggression functions to dismantle western democracy and collect resource rich territories while NATO sleeps.
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Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke.
She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics.
No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.
She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics.
No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.
November 19, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke.
She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics.
No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.
She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics.
No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.
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The argument "without Western aid to Ukraine, the war will end" is categorically false, as anyone who has ever spent time in Ukraine talking to Ukrainians could tell you.
Without Western aid, the war will continue, but thousands more Ukrainian civilians and soldiers will die.
Without Western aid, the war will continue, but thousands more Ukrainian civilians and soldiers will die.
November 20, 2024 at 8:12 PM
The argument "without Western aid to Ukraine, the war will end" is categorically false, as anyone who has ever spent time in Ukraine talking to Ukrainians could tell you.
Without Western aid, the war will continue, but thousands more Ukrainian civilians and soldiers will die.
Without Western aid, the war will continue, but thousands more Ukrainian civilians and soldiers will die.
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There's been talk again of a royal commission on social care [cue collective groan from policy wonks]
Like many I agree a royal commission would be a waste of time. BUT I do think there could be value in an inquiry modelled on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
Short 🧵below:
Like many I agree a royal commission would be a waste of time. BUT I do think there could be value in an inquiry modelled on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
Short 🧵below:
November 14, 2024 at 12:46 PM
There's been talk again of a royal commission on social care [cue collective groan from policy wonks]
Like many I agree a royal commission would be a waste of time. BUT I do think there could be value in an inquiry modelled on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
Short 🧵below:
Like many I agree a royal commission would be a waste of time. BUT I do think there could be value in an inquiry modelled on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
Short 🧵below:
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“I welcome debate... I am upset that colleagues are debating my bill”. I mean.
November 14, 2024 at 10:46 AM
“I welcome debate... I am upset that colleagues are debating my bill”. I mean.
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a brave Conservative leader would surely be urging the govt to be bold on tax reform rather than trying to freeze the tax system in aspic - the govt clearly should be considering council tax reform/ revaluation www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
Minister hints at council tax shake-up that would hit owners of large homes
Matthew Pennycook has also refused to rule out a wholesale revaluation, which could lead to people paying more for extensions
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
a brave Conservative leader would surely be urging the govt to be bold on tax reform rather than trying to freeze the tax system in aspic - the govt clearly should be considering council tax reform/ revaluation www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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News: The Onion has acquired Infowars. www.status.news/p/the-onion-...
The Onion acquires Infowars
As part of the deal, The Onion will own Infowars' website, product inventory, customers lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.
www.status.news
November 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
News: The Onion has acquired Infowars. www.status.news/p/the-onion-...
Very good article. Wondering whether the impacts of Britain's burgeoning cash-in-hand economy also have a role role in this.
Britain’s big squeeze: middle-class and minimum-wage - column on the strange politics of wage compression
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Britain’s big squeeze: middle-class and minimum-wage
The strange politics of wage compression
www.economist.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Very good article. Wondering whether the impacts of Britain's burgeoning cash-in-hand economy also have a role role in this.
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The key graf from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social. Graduate taxes on people making the minimum wage… The condition in the UK’s conditional repayment system is now simply ‘do you have a full-time job?’
November 14, 2024 at 12:15 PM
The key graf from @duncanrobinson.bsky.social. Graduate taxes on people making the minimum wage… The condition in the UK’s conditional repayment system is now simply ‘do you have a full-time job?’
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The @financialtimes.com ‘s editorial board says European states have to prepare, “for a smaller American role in NATO, or even an end to the 80-year US commitment to European security.”
No surprise whatsoever but good that this is now becoming the mainstream view.
No surprise whatsoever but good that this is now becoming the mainstream view.
The Trump challenge for Europe
An isolationist US will force the continent to rethink its defence and economy
on.ft.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:04 PM
The @financialtimes.com ‘s editorial board says European states have to prepare, “for a smaller American role in NATO, or even an end to the 80-year US commitment to European security.”
No surprise whatsoever but good that this is now becoming the mainstream view.
No surprise whatsoever but good that this is now becoming the mainstream view.
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If you're wondering why the Prime minister can turn up to COP and promise big carbon emission reductions, it's because a lot is baked in (example vs 2023)
Ratcliffe = gone
Port Talbot = transitioning to EAF
All the gas plant (dark grey bars) = capacity factor heading way down due to wind
Ratcliffe = gone
Port Talbot = transitioning to EAF
All the gas plant (dark grey bars) = capacity factor heading way down due to wind
November 13, 2024 at 3:36 PM
If you're wondering why the Prime minister can turn up to COP and promise big carbon emission reductions, it's because a lot is baked in (example vs 2023)
Ratcliffe = gone
Port Talbot = transitioning to EAF
All the gas plant (dark grey bars) = capacity factor heading way down due to wind
Ratcliffe = gone
Port Talbot = transitioning to EAF
All the gas plant (dark grey bars) = capacity factor heading way down due to wind
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The British government looks headed for a major clash with Donald Trump after ceding control of the Chagos Islands, home of a crucial US military base, to Mauritius.
Trump victory could torpedo UK’s Chagos Islands deal
Britain’s government is being warned deal over home of U.S. military base will only rile the president-elect.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2024 at 3:32 PM
The British government looks headed for a major clash with Donald Trump after ceding control of the Chagos Islands, home of a crucial US military base, to Mauritius.