Pete
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Ich lebe in einem Einfamilienhaus im Nordwesten Englands. Wo wohnst du?
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In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Oddly reassuring thought experiment: Just how bad would things have become if the Tories were still in charge during Trump 2.0? iandunt.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Oddly reassuring thought experiment: Just how bad would things have become if the Tories were still in charge during Trump 2.0? iandunt.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
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Tremendous opportunity for Britain here. Let's see if we can swap our riot-inciters for their cancer researchers.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she will speak to Trump and the National Security team about whether the US can offer political asylum to British citizens fleeing UK free speech laws.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
Reality: UK law does not restrict free speech - only incitement to hate, violence and terror.
April 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tremendous opportunity for Britain here. Let's see if we can swap our riot-inciters for their cancer researchers.
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"nobody in Europe is even casually implying they will invade other countries.There is no Brussels quip about turning an unwilling neighbour into “our 28th state” (on the contrary, many of the eu’s neighbours are desperate to join the club)"
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
www.economist.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"nobody in Europe is even casually implying they will invade other countries.There is no Brussels quip about turning an unwilling neighbour into “our 28th state” (on the contrary, many of the eu’s neighbours are desperate to join the club)"
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Top Charlemagne column
Just watching a classic episode of Bergerac…
March 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just watching a classic episode of Bergerac…
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Think I’d just vote for Joe “because he’s really annoying” #thetraitors
January 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Think I’d just vote for Joe “because he’s really annoying” #thetraitors
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I don’t see what’s inconsistent about the stance that child sex offenders should either be deported or made US Attorney General.
January 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I don’t see what’s inconsistent about the stance that child sex offenders should either be deported or made US Attorney General.
New Year’s Resolution to start all emails in 2025 with this greeting.
December 31, 2024 at 12:07 PM
New Year’s Resolution to start all emails in 2025 with this greeting.
What a ridiculous thing to say. They were hardly cheated out of it. My mum, who had plenty going on in her life when this was announced in the 90s was well aware of the change, there has to be a point where people claim responsibility for their own decisions.
It is beyond disappointing that Liz Kendall has rejected any compensation for the WASPI women.
First, the government cuts winter fuel. Now this? Whose side is the government on?
WASPI women have been disgracefully cheated out of their pensions — and they deserve justice.
First, the government cuts winter fuel. Now this? Whose side is the government on?
WASPI women have been disgracefully cheated out of their pensions — and they deserve justice.
December 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
What a ridiculous thing to say. They were hardly cheated out of it. My mum, who had plenty going on in her life when this was announced in the 90s was well aware of the change, there has to be a point where people claim responsibility for their own decisions.
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All hail @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
All hail @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
Bluesky Challenge: Post two pictures of you and your partner in crime 👨❤️👨
I’m a terrible thief and just steal @mijath.bsky.social photos. These are ten years apart, but there’s another six beyond that 👴
I’m a terrible thief and just steal @mijath.bsky.social photos. These are ten years apart, but there’s another six beyond that 👴
November 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Bluesky Challenge: Post two pictures of you and your partner in crime 👨❤️👨
I’m a terrible thief and just steal @mijath.bsky.social photos. These are ten years apart, but there’s another six beyond that 👴
I’m a terrible thief and just steal @mijath.bsky.social photos. These are ten years apart, but there’s another six beyond that 👴
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I do not want to turn into a Keir Starmer Appreciation Society. Firstly, because I think I would be lonely, and secondly because I prefer hatred and despair to fair-mindedness. But there is a ridiculous gap between how this government is performing and how it is perceived.
October 18, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I do not want to turn into a Keir Starmer Appreciation Society. Firstly, because I think I would be lonely, and secondly because I prefer hatred and despair to fair-mindedness. But there is a ridiculous gap between how this government is performing and how it is perceived.