alina
@ramshackle78.bsky.social
EM doc. Politics nerd 🇷🇴🇬🇧🇫🇷
European at core
Into military stuff nowadays, out of necessity
European at core
Into military stuff nowadays, out of necessity
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So if goods exports and private consumption get going it might stabilise things? And seeing as govt CAN influence private consumption, much more than it can do something about goods exports in today's world...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So if goods exports and private consumption get going it might stabilise things? And seeing as govt CAN influence private consumption, much more than it can do something about goods exports in today's world...
A different kind of Zeitenwende here
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A different kind of Zeitenwende here
TL:DR version of the report on nuclear power in UK is that we screwed it up because of poor regulation
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
TL:DR version of the report on nuclear power in UK is that we screwed it up because of poor regulation
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It'd be more like a Benny Hill skit if it didn't have such big implications.
Trump decline and the viziers running amok
Trump decline and the viziers running amok
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It'd be more like a Benny Hill skit if it didn't have such big implications.
Trump decline and the viziers running amok
Trump decline and the viziers running amok
So productive all the hours spend 'discussing' Russian fantasy fiction. With help with from a useful idiot (Witkoff).
Michael with the correct take from the beginning
Michael with the correct take from the beginning
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So productive all the hours spend 'discussing' Russian fantasy fiction. With help with from a useful idiot (Witkoff).
Michael with the correct take from the beginning
Michael with the correct take from the beginning
Presidential runoff in Chile seems at first glance like a foregone conclusion. BUT, this is first general election after compulsory voting introduced 2022. So pollsters have for calibration just 2 referendums and the elections this year.
Also, political labels and terms have lost any meaning
Also, political labels and terms have lost any meaning
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Presidential runoff in Chile seems at first glance like a foregone conclusion. BUT, this is first general election after compulsory voting introduced 2022. So pollsters have for calibration just 2 referendums and the elections this year.
Also, political labels and terms have lost any meaning
Also, political labels and terms have lost any meaning
Bloomberg being a bit more sensible about their reporting on what are essentially ongoing negotiations
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Bloomberg being a bit more sensible about their reporting on what are essentially ongoing negotiations
Clearly, as expected, Zohran bested him.
And now everybody gets to know about Zohran.
And now everybody gets to know about Zohran.
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Clearly, as expected, Zohran bested him.
And now everybody gets to know about Zohran.
And now everybody gets to know about Zohran.
NHS advice is out of step with big chunk of modern evidence.
First10EM has good round up of evidence
first10em.com/antibiotics-...
First10EM has good round up of evidence
first10em.com/antibiotics-...
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
NHS advice is out of step with big chunk of modern evidence.
First10EM has good round up of evidence
first10em.com/antibiotics-...
First10EM has good round up of evidence
first10em.com/antibiotics-...
There's ~314000 licensed doctors on the GMC register and the number leaving is stable at ~4% each year.
There are a few worrying and a few positive TRENDS in the GMC workforce report but also need to also look at absolute numbers
www.gmc-uk.org/cdn/document...
There are a few worrying and a few positive TRENDS in the GMC workforce report but also need to also look at absolute numbers
www.gmc-uk.org/cdn/document...
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
There's ~314000 licensed doctors on the GMC register and the number leaving is stable at ~4% each year.
There are a few worrying and a few positive TRENDS in the GMC workforce report but also need to also look at absolute numbers
www.gmc-uk.org/cdn/document...
There are a few worrying and a few positive TRENDS in the GMC workforce report but also need to also look at absolute numbers
www.gmc-uk.org/cdn/document...
I would note that there's more UK trained doctors leaving the UK than overseas trained ones.
On the larger point, yes, when you're being hostile to migrants, it's the highly skilled that are going to hear about it more and reach the 'I've had enough of this' point
On the larger point, yes, when you're being hostile to migrants, it's the highly skilled that are going to hear about it more and reach the 'I've had enough of this' point
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I would note that there's more UK trained doctors leaving the UK than overseas trained ones.
On the larger point, yes, when you're being hostile to migrants, it's the highly skilled that are going to hear about it more and reach the 'I've had enough of this' point
On the larger point, yes, when you're being hostile to migrants, it's the highly skilled that are going to hear about it more and reach the 'I've had enough of this' point
Super important topic given what Autocracy Inc fellows are learning from each other, however the report just doesn't go there (WHY?)
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Super important topic given what Autocracy Inc fellows are learning from each other, however the report just doesn't go there (WHY?)
You're misreading this. Even from just that article.
They want the serious crimes to get to jury trial rather than the system being clogged by crimes that do not warrant jury trial but are because some are gaming the system.
They want the serious crimes to get to jury trial rather than the system being clogged by crimes that do not warrant jury trial but are because some are gaming the system.
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You're misreading this. Even from just that article.
They want the serious crimes to get to jury trial rather than the system being clogged by crimes that do not warrant jury trial but are because some are gaming the system.
They want the serious crimes to get to jury trial rather than the system being clogged by crimes that do not warrant jury trial but are because some are gaming the system.
This is a big deal!
Up till now space was would have been an ESA thing for Germany, now it's clearly a war-fighting domain.
€35bn is a significant sum for 🇪🇺/🇩🇪 space industrial base
Hopefully they go 'Team Europe' with this money, rather than just keep it for German companies
Up till now space was would have been an ESA thing for Germany, now it's clearly a war-fighting domain.
€35bn is a significant sum for 🇪🇺/🇩🇪 space industrial base
Hopefully they go 'Team Europe' with this money, rather than just keep it for German companies
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is a big deal!
Up till now space was would have been an ESA thing for Germany, now it's clearly a war-fighting domain.
€35bn is a significant sum for 🇪🇺/🇩🇪 space industrial base
Hopefully they go 'Team Europe' with this money, rather than just keep it for German companies
Up till now space was would have been an ESA thing for Germany, now it's clearly a war-fighting domain.
€35bn is a significant sum for 🇪🇺/🇩🇪 space industrial base
Hopefully they go 'Team Europe' with this money, rather than just keep it for German companies
This report by the Defence Committee is shockingly bad!
It's out of date (though released yesterday), it's misleading, it's badly written, badly structured and lacks specificity throughout.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
It's out of date (though released yesterday), it's misleading, it's badly written, badly structured and lacks specificity throughout.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This report by the Defence Committee is shockingly bad!
It's out of date (though released yesterday), it's misleading, it's badly written, badly structured and lacks specificity throughout.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
It's out of date (though released yesterday), it's misleading, it's badly written, badly structured and lacks specificity throughout.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Look, I can see how a getaway with the boys where you can each moan about the problems back home is preferable.
But this is not like a family spat where you just tell the kids to 'cut it out'. They're not listening to you.
Unlike in a family you have dictator powers with 'your team'
But this is not like a family spat where you just tell the kids to 'cut it out'. They're not listening to you.
Unlike in a family you have dictator powers with 'your team'
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Look, I can see how a getaway with the boys where you can each moan about the problems back home is preferable.
But this is not like a family spat where you just tell the kids to 'cut it out'. They're not listening to you.
Unlike in a family you have dictator powers with 'your team'
But this is not like a family spat where you just tell the kids to 'cut it out'. They're not listening to you.
Unlike in a family you have dictator powers with 'your team'
Great opportunity.
'Fluency in the Russian' what though?
'Fluency in the Russian' what though?
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great opportunity.
'Fluency in the Russian' what though?
'Fluency in the Russian' what though?
High speed line between towns/cities should be several times cheaper than deep London tunnel. So when HS2 is just about as expensive as Jubilee or Northern line extension that is bad.
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
High speed line between towns/cities should be several times cheaper than deep London tunnel. So when HS2 is just about as expensive as Jubilee or Northern line extension that is bad.
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
HS2 at £250-290 mil/km vs EU projects is 🤯🤯🤯
op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/s...
transitcosts.com/london-jubil...
It's not Dubai. It's sunny Europe, US, Aus, NZ. Was in 2012 and 2023 and probably same 2025
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b35...
www.william-russell.com/blog/british...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b35...
www.william-russell.com/blog/british...
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's not Dubai. It's sunny Europe, US, Aus, NZ. Was in 2012 and 2023 and probably same 2025
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b35...
www.william-russell.com/blog/british...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b35...
www.william-russell.com/blog/british...
ONS down, parts of substack. With ONS though you want to say 'tell me about it'
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
ONS down, parts of substack. With ONS though you want to say 'tell me about it'
