Philip Taylor
@philipjtaylor.bsky.social
Commercial and Agricultural Property Solicitor. Companion of John Ruskin's Guild of St George.
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Philip Taylor
@philipjtaylor.bsky.social
· Jan 26
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
YouTube video by Louis Price
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It was prophesied. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui youtu.be/_AJQlRmJvLA?... via @YouTube
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On a slow train across Mongolia on.ft.com/4pfsViJ #FTEdit
On a slow train across Mongolia
With the Trans-Siberian route off-limits, Jamie Lafferty joins a guided group for a ‘Trans-Mongolian railway adventure’
on.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
On a slow train across Mongolia on.ft.com/4pfsViJ #FTEdit
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Sarah Ferguson's new book withdrawn from sale, says Nielsen
Sarah Ferguson's new book withdrawn from sale, says Nielsen
The latest children's book by the former duchess had already been delayed.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sarah Ferguson's new book withdrawn from sale, says Nielsen
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🔺 Update: Rachel Reeves will place a stealth tax on workers and pensioners at the heart of the budget after dropping a manifesto-breaking plan to increase income tax
Reeves given £10bn extra headroom ahead of income tax climbdown
The fiscal watchdog said the hole in public finances was now closer to £20bn, prompting chancellor’s market-spooking U-turn
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🔺 Update: Rachel Reeves will place a stealth tax on workers and pensioners at the heart of the budget after dropping a manifesto-breaking plan to increase income tax
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Reform UK expels Kent councillor after alleged video leak
Reform UK expels Kent councillor after alleged video leak
Isabella Kemp said she "strongly" denied accusations that she had been involved with the leak.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reform UK expels Kent councillor after alleged video leak
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Staff at the Texas prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is serving her sex-trafficking sentence have been fired for leaking emails to her legal counsel, her attorney has claimed
Guards at Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison sacked for leaking emails to lawyers
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Staff at the Texas prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is serving her sex-trafficking sentence have been fired for leaking emails to her legal counsel, her attorney has claimed
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The UK government is running out of credibility on.ft.com/4nV2gGE
The UK government is running out of credibility
A chaotic week has raised the risks around this month’s crucial Budget
on.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The UK government is running out of credibility on.ft.com/4nV2gGE
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For my friends everything, for my enemies the law.
President Donald Trump says he's asking the Department of Justice to investigate Democrats linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including former President Bill Clinton, who he says "spent large portions of their life" with the disgraced financier. bit.ly/3LDd3Ih
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For my friends everything, for my enemies the law.
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Trump team axes Biden plan that would have paid passengers for flight delays
Trump team axes Biden plan that would have paid passengers for flight delays
Trump team axes Biden plan that would have paid passengers for flight delays
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump team axes Biden plan that would have paid passengers for flight delays
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Also there is nothing remotely honest about pledging not to raise income tax, and then freezing the threshold so that people pay more income tax.
Stealth tax rises are probably more damaging than openly and honest arguing for clear rises.
Stealth tax rises are probably more damaging than openly and honest arguing for clear rises.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Also there is nothing remotely honest about pledging not to raise income tax, and then freezing the threshold so that people pay more income tax.
Stealth tax rises are probably more damaging than openly and honest arguing for clear rises.
Stealth tax rises are probably more damaging than openly and honest arguing for clear rises.
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🚨A small bloc of Republicans is breaking with President Trump to back a bill forcing release of unclassified Epstein records, a rare split triggered by public pressure and newly surfaced estate emails.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
GOP Rift Emerges as Lawmakers Defy President Trump on Releasing Epstein Files
A small bloc of Republicans is breaking with President Trump to back a bill forcing release of unclassified Epstein records, a rare split triggered by public pressure and newly surfaced estate emails.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨A small bloc of Republicans is breaking with President Trump to back a bill forcing release of unclassified Epstein records, a rare split triggered by public pressure and newly surfaced estate emails.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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"Intel laid off another 669 Oregon workers on Thursday, bringing its total local job cuts above 3,000 for the year.... That includes more than 300 factory technicians."
www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
Intel’s latest Oregon layoffs: Here are the cuts by job title and site
Factory workers were hit hardest Thursday.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Intel laid off another 669 Oregon workers on Thursday, bringing its total local job cuts above 3,000 for the year.... That includes more than 300 factory technicians."
www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...
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Trump's secret police at work in Portland, OR. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
ICE abducted a 57 year old US Citizen and Veteran along with 11 others, outside of the Portland ICE Detention Center.
11/11/25
11/11/25
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump's secret police at work in Portland, OR. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
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"This assault on higher education is best understood as a means of destroying a locus of political opposition."
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"This assault on higher education is best understood as a means of destroying a locus of political opposition."
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This #GildedAge is playing out as scheduled. 🥇
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This #GildedAge is playing out as scheduled. 🥇
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
@forbes.com @zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Trump's selection of cities to occupy is based on asserting power against perceived political opponents, not on whatever pretextual grounds he may offer such as crime or border enforcement.
"I’m told that Mamdani’s team and other New York officials have already begun quiet but urgent preparations for hostile deployments from ICE, the National Guard, or both."
Read about it in the latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/after-zohr...
Read about it in the latest edition of Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/after-zohr...
After Zohran’s Win, Trump Is Coming for New York
An inside look at NYC’s preparations for when Trump sends in the National Guard and an ICE and CBP surge.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump's selection of cities to occupy is based on asserting power against perceived political opponents, not on whatever pretextual grounds he may offer such as crime or border enforcement.
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It’s the hottest economy in history with $21 trillion coming in.
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s the hottest economy in history with $21 trillion coming in.
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
Also: we need the Fed to cut rates and “prop up this economy.” 🤪
@atrupar.com
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“.. the latest example of how the administration is seeking to provide legal relief and potentially taxpayer-funded compensation for those Trump considers aligned with him or wronged by his perceived political enemies.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“.. the latest example of how the administration is seeking to provide legal relief and potentially taxpayer-funded compensation for those Trump considers aligned with him or wronged by his perceived political enemies.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Are most SNAP recipients Trump supporters? Yes, probably. And most Republican legislators don't get this.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Are most SNAP recipients Trump supporters? Yes, probably. And most Republican legislators don't get this.
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A Border Patrol agent accused of drunkenly fighting with Long Beach police overdosed weeks after his arrest, according to his lawyer. New body-camera footage shows what he told the cops who'd wrestled him into custody: lbpost.com/news/isaiah-hodgson-drunk-border-patrol-arrest-long-beach-overdose/
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A Border Patrol agent accused of drunkenly fighting with Long Beach police overdosed weeks after his arrest, according to his lawyer. New body-camera footage shows what he told the cops who'd wrestled him into custody: lbpost.com/news/isaiah-hodgson-drunk-border-patrol-arrest-long-beach-overdose/
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Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Listen to this Border Patrol agent cry about how he's going to be DOXXED after being arrested for drunkenly barging into a woman's restroom with a loaded gun, demanding a date from the woman inside, and then punching the arresting officers.
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The Border Patrol agent was the same one seen arresting a US citizen in Los Angeles at a Walmart
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Border Patrol agent was the same one seen arresting a US citizen in Los Angeles at a Walmart
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He tried to lie to the arresting officers about where he worked so Border Patrol supervisor wouldn't find out. We won't know if he would actually have been fired, though, because he went off and overdosed. lbpost.com/news/isaiah-...
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
He tried to lie to the arresting officers about where he worked so Border Patrol supervisor wouldn't find out. We won't know if he would actually have been fired, though, because he went off and overdosed. lbpost.com/news/isaiah-...
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"You need a warrant to come in!"
"We're just going to talk to someone..."
Uh, that's not how the warrant requirement works at all!
"We're just going to talk to someone..."
Uh, that's not how the warrant requirement works at all!
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"You need a warrant to come in!"
"We're just going to talk to someone..."
Uh, that's not how the warrant requirement works at all!
"We're just going to talk to someone..."
Uh, that's not how the warrant requirement works at all!
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Hispanic American women can't go to Home Depot without masked men pointing guns into their cars. This is a violent threat and is illegal.
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hispanic American women can't go to Home Depot without masked men pointing guns into their cars. This is a violent threat and is illegal.