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Love how London and #Stockholm are right next to each other. The first a free-market wild west for tenants, the second an over-regulated half-Soviet rental market.
I have lived in both. Stockholm is *a lot* worse.
I have lived in both. Stockholm is *a lot* worse.
The average earner struggles to afford rent in all but eight of the places we looked at
Our Carrie Bradshaw index of Europe’s priciest cities for renters
The average earner struggles to afford rent in all but eight of the places we looked at
econ.st
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Love how London and #Stockholm are right next to each other. The first a free-market wild west for tenants, the second an over-regulated half-Soviet rental market.
I have lived in both. Stockholm is *a lot* worse.
I have lived in both. Stockholm is *a lot* worse.
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I really can’t exaggerate how completely weird this move in silver is. Markets just don’t go parabolic for months at a time. Speaks to the fundamental cause of this move in silver: momentum and nobody with a balance sheet to take the other side of the move.
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I really can’t exaggerate how completely weird this move in silver is. Markets just don’t go parabolic for months at a time. Speaks to the fundamental cause of this move in silver: momentum and nobody with a balance sheet to take the other side of the move.
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Another chilling shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis, this time of a nurse. My heart goes out to Alex Pretti's family.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Another chilling shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis, this time of a nurse. My heart goes out to Alex Pretti's family.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
We cannot let Nigel Farage and Reform import Trump’s dark politics to the UK.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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We just posted a quick analysis of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Mineapolis. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkFc...
Analysis of Alex Pretti Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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January 24, 2026 at 11:36 PM
We just posted a quick analysis of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Mineapolis. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkFc...
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Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
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Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen's note to Starmer after visiting Chequers yesterday.
January 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen's note to Starmer after visiting Chequers yesterday.
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Hurrah for the Blackshirts
I think the Daily Mail is actually verging into sedition and subversion and treason.
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Hurrah for the Blackshirts
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One of the reasons why Carney was able to give such a powerful speech is that he has been thinking of these issues for a long time. He watched firsthand in 2016 as Britain committed what he considered to be a monumental act of stupidity with Brexit. Here he alludes to it directly
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
One of the reasons why Carney was able to give such a powerful speech is that he has been thinking of these issues for a long time. He watched firsthand in 2016 as Britain committed what he considered to be a monumental act of stupidity with Brexit. Here he alludes to it directly
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
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While there will be no ban on new gas boilers in the UK warm homes plan, #HeatPumps will get a £2.7bn push
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Labour #Starmer
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Labour #Starmer
No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push
Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 AM
While there will be no ban on new gas boilers in the UK warm homes plan, #HeatPumps will get a £2.7bn push
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Labour #Starmer
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Labour #Starmer
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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FAZ: Norwegian intelligence anticipates that in the event Trump invades Greenland, Russia will launch a coordinated attack to seize the Norwegian archipelago of Spitzbergen
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM
FAZ: Norwegian intelligence anticipates that in the event Trump invades Greenland, Russia will launch a coordinated attack to seize the Norwegian archipelago of Spitzbergen
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⚡️Exclusive: Ukraine needs at least $27 billion in military equipment from non-European Union sources in 2026, highlighting the bloc's dependence on American technology to support Kyiv, negotiating documents show.
Ukraine needs billions in US arms as Greenland dispute pushes alliance to breaking point, documents reveal
Ukraine needs at least $27 billion in military equipment from non-European Union sources in 2026, highlighting the bloc's dependence on American technology to support Kyiv, negotiating documents show....
kyivindependent.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
⚡️Exclusive: Ukraine needs at least $27 billion in military equipment from non-European Union sources in 2026, highlighting the bloc's dependence on American technology to support Kyiv, negotiating documents show.
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
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Some fun facts.
● 100% of Reform MPs ARE EX-TORY party members
● 57.14% of Reform MPs ARE former Tory MPs
● Feel free to add your own
● 100% of Reform MPs ARE EX-TORY party members
● 57.14% of Reform MPs ARE former Tory MPs
● Feel free to add your own
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Some fun facts.
● 100% of Reform MPs ARE EX-TORY party members
● 57.14% of Reform MPs ARE former Tory MPs
● Feel free to add your own
● 100% of Reform MPs ARE EX-TORY party members
● 57.14% of Reform MPs ARE former Tory MPs
● Feel free to add your own
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Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
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This isn't satire. No jokes. This is the President of the United States telling Norway that he's going to take Greenland from Denmark because Norway didn't give him a peace prize.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This isn't satire. No jokes. This is the President of the United States telling Norway that he's going to take Greenland from Denmark because Norway didn't give him a peace prize.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
This isn't Orange Man Bad. This is Orange Man Mad.
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A thousand times this.
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
There's a lot of talk about rearmament and breaking US dependence. I understand the logic completely. But I wonder if people have fully absorbed the economic/consumption implications of serious rearmament, especially when we also consider the state of public opinion and the information environment.
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A thousand times this.
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
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Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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⚡️ France replaces US as main intelligence provider to Kyiv, Macron says.
The change works to solve Kyiv's dependence on the U.S. for military intelligence, which has been wielded as leverage against Ukraine by the Trump admin on several occasions.
The change works to solve Kyiv's dependence on the U.S. for military intelligence, which has been wielded as leverage against Ukraine by the Trump admin on several occasions.
France replaces US as main intelligence provider to Kyiv, Macron says
The change works to solve Kyiv's heavy dependence on the U.S. for military intelligence, which has been wielded as leverage against Ukraine by the Trump administration on several occasions.
kyivindependent.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:42 AM
⚡️ France replaces US as main intelligence provider to Kyiv, Macron says.
The change works to solve Kyiv's dependence on the U.S. for military intelligence, which has been wielded as leverage against Ukraine by the Trump admin on several occasions.
The change works to solve Kyiv's dependence on the U.S. for military intelligence, which has been wielded as leverage against Ukraine by the Trump admin on several occasions.