Suzanne
@suzannesim.bsky.social
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
And when that doctor goes elsewhere they’ll take their British born and educated partner with them. Gratuitously insulting
imagine being a consultant doctor here and having to go out litter picking to be given your citizenship lol
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And when that doctor goes elsewhere they’ll take their British born and educated partner with them. Gratuitously insulting
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Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record
Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.
www.them.us
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
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"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
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Here’s the thing: we do not concede *one inch* to the far right. Ever. Anywhere. They are not just another political player. They are a threat to everything our ancestors fought and died to protect. They are not to be appeased. They are to be stopped. Rip down the flags wherever you see them. 3/3
September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Here’s the thing: we do not concede *one inch* to the far right. Ever. Anywhere. They are not just another political player. They are a threat to everything our ancestors fought and died to protect. They are not to be appeased. They are to be stopped. Rip down the flags wherever you see them. 3/3
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Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
September 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Hey Mail, Telegraph, Sun, and Express!
“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hey Mail, Telegraph, Sun, and Express!
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Bet all those flags come down when the neighbours realise what they'll do to house prices.
August 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bet all those flags come down when the neighbours realise what they'll do to house prices.
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.
A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.
May 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.
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We despise immigrants for not putting down roots, even as we make sure that it is impossible for them to do so. We do this because we have no idea what we want.
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
May 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We despise immigrants for not putting down roots, even as we make sure that it is impossible for them to do so. We do this because we have no idea what we want.
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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What I find most jarring is this blithe confidence among British policymakers that the UK will always get the skilled migrant workers it needs, when in reality it is competing with Canada, Australia, Japan and the EU for a shrinking pool of global skilled workers looking for the best offer around.
I'm sceptical about this for three reasons. 1) The cost of public service/care provision will rise as wages get bidded up. 2) Many migrants are young and become more skilled over time. 3) Some production will be cut without migrant labour, and capital income (which is also taxed) will fall.
May 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
What I find most jarring is this blithe confidence among British policymakers that the UK will always get the skilled migrant workers it needs, when in reality it is competing with Canada, Australia, Japan and the EU for a shrinking pool of global skilled workers looking for the best offer around.
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Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.
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Found this meme today. 100 % on point.
April 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Found this meme today. 100 % on point.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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*As right wingers huddle by their box mattresses, frying the remains of a dead squirrel they found over a crudely assembled garbage fire*
"At least he got rid of DEI"
"At least he got rid of DEI"
April 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
*As right wingers huddle by their box mattresses, frying the remains of a dead squirrel they found over a crudely assembled garbage fire*
"At least he got rid of DEI"
"At least he got rid of DEI"
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Brexit has just been surpassed as the largest act of economic self harm by trade isolation in recent times.
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Brexit has just been surpassed as the largest act of economic self harm by trade isolation in recent times.
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Trump needs more diversity in his top team. Some non-idiots would be a start.
March 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump needs more diversity in his top team. Some non-idiots would be a start.
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Serbia says, “Hey U.S.A., this is how it’s done”!
March 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Serbia says, “Hey U.S.A., this is how it’s done”!
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Oh noes, Americans get to drink bourbon and Zinfandel while the beleaguered Europeans will be forced back on armagnac and Sancerre, the lights are going out all over Europe.
March 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh noes, Americans get to drink bourbon and Zinfandel while the beleaguered Europeans will be forced back on armagnac and Sancerre, the lights are going out all over Europe.