Not Ernest
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Bleating 0.9NPxGo/90 (non-pedigree expected goats.)
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
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Can we start calling the media outlets that appease and mollify billionaires ‘radical’ instead? I’m fed up of being called radical for calling for policies that would safeguard lives and give everyone a chance.
September 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Can we start calling the media outlets that appease and mollify billionaires ‘radical’ instead? I’m fed up of being called radical for calling for policies that would safeguard lives and give everyone a chance.
Disposable income also doesn't scale in the way people think it does. A couple with a disposable income of £1k/month doubles that if they take home an extra £1k/month - that could be both partners going from minimum wage to £32k each. 100% gain for a 35% increase.
A surprisingly large number of people don't realise that a couple each working 37.5 hours a week on minimum wage, has a household income of ~£48k.
May 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Disposable income also doesn't scale in the way people think it does. A couple with a disposable income of £1k/month doubles that if they take home an extra £1k/month - that could be both partners going from minimum wage to £32k each. 100% gain for a 35% increase.
I think we can definitely rule it out now.
because flight to safety will depress bond prices? seems too clever by half
April 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I think we can definitely rule it out now.
Americans paying 10% on our goods will reduce demand. Americans being too poor to afford imports will collapse demand.
I think this government is far too focused on the damage the American tariffs will do to us, rather than the broader impact of an American recession, breakdown in our relationship with the EU, implosion in UK corporate or consumer confidence, etc etc
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Americans paying 10% on our goods will reduce demand. Americans being too poor to afford imports will collapse demand.
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The idea this is a master plan to reduce yields... just NO.. If you wanted to do that, you'd announce a credible plan to cut govt spending gradually & get the Fed on board alla Rubinomics. You wouldn't destroy confidence & risk a recession, while tying Fed's hands with tariffs
April 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The idea this is a master plan to reduce yields... just NO.. If you wanted to do that, you'd announce a credible plan to cut govt spending gradually & get the Fed on board alla Rubinomics. You wouldn't destroy confidence & risk a recession, while tying Fed's hands with tariffs
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Tail attempting to wag the dog. Trump imagines that the US dominates the global economy and can dictate terms. Actually, US accounts for about 9 per cent of global trade in goods (10-11 % in goods + services). World can do without US if necessary. #worldpol
www.forbes.com/sites...
www.forbes.com/sites...
U.S. Dollar Defends Role As Global Currency [Infographic]
The de-dollarization of the world economy has been thrust back into the spotlight with the BRICS summit this month, but its outlook is murky at best.
www.forbes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tail attempting to wag the dog. Trump imagines that the US dominates the global economy and can dictate terms. Actually, US accounts for about 9 per cent of global trade in goods (10-11 % in goods + services). World can do without US if necessary. #worldpol
www.forbes.com/sites...
www.forbes.com/sites...
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Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
Fair play to him for sticking to his manifesto, a lesser man would have caved to the pressure from Wall Street.
To put it in real terms: This press conference cost the U.S. stock market somewhere in the realm of $1-2 trillion dollars.
*S&P 500 FUTURES SINK 1.9%, NASDAQ 100 FUTURES SLIDE 2.7%
April 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Fair play to him for sticking to his manifesto, a lesser man would have caved to the pressure from Wall Street.
You know how sequels are usually worse than the original?
Investors slash US equity holdings by most ever, BofA survey shows
Allocations to US equities plunged 40 percentage points, from 17 per cent overweight in February to net underweight 23 per cent in March, according to the bank's closely watched survey of fund managers
FT www.ft.com/content/e0b8...
Allocations to US equities plunged 40 percentage points, from 17 per cent overweight in February to net underweight 23 per cent in March, according to the bank's closely watched survey of fund managers
FT www.ft.com/content/e0b8...
March 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
You know how sequels are usually worse than the original?
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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this? I’m fed up of being told that we’re ‘radical’ - most people oppose NHS privatisation! Let’s send a message to those destroying the NHS! 🚨💙
March 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this? I’m fed up of being told that we’re ‘radical’ - most people oppose NHS privatisation! Let’s send a message to those destroying the NHS! 🚨💙
Great article, probably not free to read for very long.
February 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great article, probably not free to read for very long.
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Labour has a real counterattack opportunity if they’re brave enough to take it.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
February 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Labour has a real counterattack opportunity if they’re brave enough to take it.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.