Alan
@two-cats.com
Northern Irish, but Cambridge is home. I work in tech with strong opinions on agile and engineering management. Also into government - especially the local kind. Skiing, gym, gin, and video games. 🏳️🌈 🇮🇪 🇬🇧
Bought a BMW i4. Have plenty of friends with Tesla’s, one with an S and some with the Y. Don’t feel like I’m in an inferior product when I’m driving it or comparing it to their’s. It’s expensive though.
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Bought a BMW i4. Have plenty of friends with Tesla’s, one with an S and some with the Y. Don’t feel like I’m in an inferior product when I’m driving it or comparing it to their’s. It’s expensive though.
Countries in the Eurozone get and take more fiscal flexibility than we do in the UK. And they don’t even have their own currency.
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Countries in the Eurozone get and take more fiscal flexibility than we do in the UK. And they don’t even have their own currency.
Japan uses aggressive bond-buying. The US funds huge industrial packages. Even eurozone states rely on the ECB’s backstop. Other countries use their monetary tools confidently. The UK is the outlier; far more cautious than its peers.
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Japan uses aggressive bond-buying. The US funds huge industrial packages. Even eurozone states rely on the ECB’s backstop. Other countries use their monetary tools confidently. The UK is the outlier; far more cautious than its peers.
Labour raised taxes because they fear borrowing optics, worry about markets, and are boxed in by their own rules. But economically the UK could fund housing, green energy, NHS expansion and transport through targeted sovereign money creation.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Labour raised taxes because they fear borrowing optics, worry about markets, and are boxed in by their own rules. But economically the UK could fund housing, green energy, NHS expansion and transport through targeted sovereign money creation.
Print past real capacity and you get inflation. Spend below capacity, the UK’s habit, and you get stagnation. That’s why other countries invest boldly while we insist on fiscal haircuts.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Print past real capacity and you get inflation. Spend below capacity, the UK’s habit, and you get stagnation. That’s why other countries invest boldly while we insist on fiscal haircuts.
A “magic money tree” does exist, with caveats. A sovereign state can create money, invest without raising taxes first, and run deficits safely. What it can’t print are doctors, houses, energy capacity or productivity.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A “magic money tree” does exist, with caveats. A sovereign state can create money, invest without raising taxes first, and run deficits safely. What it can’t print are doctors, houses, energy capacity or productivity.
The UK has full sovereign control over its currency, yet behaves like it’s still on the 1925 gold standard. Our politics treat money as scarce even when the real limit is capacity, not a Treasury spreadsheet.
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The UK has full sovereign control over its currency, yet behaves like it’s still on the 1925 gold standard. Our politics treat money as scarce even when the real limit is capacity, not a Treasury spreadsheet.
Gunna say it. Day one rights is a problem. Hiring is hard, and I’d be less likely to take a gamble on someone. Six months seems fair.
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gunna say it. Day one rights is a problem. Hiring is hard, and I’d be less likely to take a gamble on someone. Six months seems fair.
FWIW I don’t think the author intended much nuance beyond what the story was about, although the mother’s story felt like maybe it had something clumsy to say that I missed.
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
FWIW I don’t think the author intended much nuance beyond what the story was about, although the mother’s story felt like maybe it had something clumsy to say that I missed.
I don’t really know what it had to say *to me*. To others, “communication is needed from all parties for a healthy relationship” “It’s possible for Ds to be healthy - and everyone to get what they need” “Straight, non kink people will judge what they don’t understand”
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I don’t really know what it had to say *to me*. To others, “communication is needed from all parties for a healthy relationship” “It’s possible for Ds to be healthy - and everyone to get what they need” “Straight, non kink people will judge what they don’t understand”
Or a bowl I could use as a fruit bowl.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Or a bowl I could use as a fruit bowl.
FWIW. It’s the vases the caught my eye too.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
FWIW. It’s the vases the caught my eye too.
Phoning your dad today would be beyond weird.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Phoning your dad today would be beyond weird.
The best captain. Wonderfully flawed.
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The best captain. Wonderfully flawed.
Not even the Northern Ireland peace process needed this clause.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not even the Northern Ireland peace process needed this clause.
Covid gave me 💩 for eight weeks this time.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Covid gave me 💩 for eight weeks this time.
Pretty much everywhere does Flu. I don’t know any UK employers offering Covid.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Pretty much everywhere does Flu. I don’t know any UK employers offering Covid.