@vintagesoul.bsky.social
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The reason a youth mobility scheme is so essential is to reduce ignorance. Here is a demonstration of peak British-media ignorance.
No one who had lived on the Continent could spout this garbage.
No one who had lived on the Continent could spout this garbage.
The horror show of xenophobia that was #PressPreview tonight.
80 million Europeans are apparently coming, they are bringing their families, they will slip away and not return when their visas expire, because - as everyone in that studio seems to agree - Europeans just cannot be trusted. Poor. ~AA
80 million Europeans are apparently coming, they are bringing their families, they will slip away and not return when their visas expire, because - as everyone in that studio seems to agree - Europeans just cannot be trusted. Poor. ~AA
May 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The reason a youth mobility scheme is so essential is to reduce ignorance. Here is a demonstration of peak British-media ignorance.
No one who had lived on the Continent could spout this garbage.
No one who had lived on the Continent could spout this garbage.
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Thank God for immigrants open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Thank God for immigrants
This week, of all weeks: Thank God they came here and chose to make it their home.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Thank God for immigrants open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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Well done Labour
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
May 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Well done Labour
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
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The UK-India FTA & reactions to it pretty perfectly sum up the incoherence & dishonesty of Brexit as a trade/economic policy. Objectively, it's trivial compared with the cost of Brexit. Symbolically, it's claimed by different groups of Brexiters as both a justification and a betrayal of Brexit. 1/4
UK and India agree trade deal after three years of negotiations
UK and India agree trade deal after three years of negotiations
Deal could help UK industries hit by Trump tariffs, as ministers say it will add £4.8bn a year to economy by 2040
* UK politics live – latest updates
Britain and India have agreed a long-desired trade deal that ministers said would add £4.8bn to the UK economy a year by 2040.
The agreement, which was finalised on Tuesday after more than three years of negotiations under successive governments, has long been touted as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The UK-India FTA & reactions to it pretty perfectly sum up the incoherence & dishonesty of Brexit as a trade/economic policy. Objectively, it's trivial compared with the cost of Brexit. Symbolically, it's claimed by different groups of Brexiters as both a justification and a betrayal of Brexit. 1/4
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What leadership sounds like.
Carney: Donald Trump is trying to break us so the U.S. can own us. They want our land. They want our resources. They want our water. They want our country. And we're all going to stand up against Donald Trump
April 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What leadership sounds like.
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Looks like Trump intends to keep the stock markets girating like rollercoasters on steroids, so that his mates can keep making money on the ups, and on the downs.
Meanwhile, the chilling effect of so much uncertainty will be catastrophic for the global economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Meanwhile, the chilling effect of so much uncertainty will be catastrophic for the global economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Looks like Trump intends to keep the stock markets girating like rollercoasters on steroids, so that his mates can keep making money on the ups, and on the downs.
Meanwhile, the chilling effect of so much uncertainty will be catastrophic for the global economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Meanwhile, the chilling effect of so much uncertainty will be catastrophic for the global economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Meanwhile in the UK: "Austerity for everyone, plus American chlorinated chicken."
Spain is focusing on domestic industry, with a €14 bn aid plan. Spain stands to suffer losses of up to €4.3 bn as a result of Trump levies this year. Public loans worth €6 bn will be made available for companies affected & to modernise the auto & industrial sector.
www.politico.eu/article/spai...
www.politico.eu/article/spai...
Spain unveils €14B aid plan to counteract Trump tariffs
The country’s economy stands to suffer losses of up to €4.3 billion as a result of the levies this year.
www.politico.eu
April 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Meanwhile in the UK: "Austerity for everyone, plus American chlorinated chicken."
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“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak.
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“The world has changed” says Chancellor on #bbclaurak.
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
Yes it has - so why stick to outdated counterproductive austerity agenda & arbitrary fiscal rules? You can’t cut your way to growth. Taxes on extreme wealth of super rich would be fairer & more effective than more cuts @patmillsuk.bsky.social
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Dear Prime Minister, during your visit to the US today, please, please, please, please do NOT invite DJT for yet another State Visit to the UK, or try to woo him with honorary Knighthood.
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Dear Prime Minister, during your visit to the US today, please, please, please, please do NOT invite DJT for yet another State Visit to the UK, or try to woo him with honorary Knighthood.
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PM keeps saying cutting aid budget was a “hard decision”. Rubbish, it was an easy cowardly decision - those feeling impacts are 1000s of miles away & won’t trouble him. A harder decision might have been to stand up to vested interests who oppose a wealth tax - but it would’ve been right thing to do
Caroline Lucas, "A hard choice for Starmer would be a wealth tax"
"Why are the poorest people paying for increase in defence spending?"
@carolinelucas.bsky.social #Newsnight
"Why are the poorest people paying for increase in defence spending?"
@carolinelucas.bsky.social #Newsnight
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
PM keeps saying cutting aid budget was a “hard decision”. Rubbish, it was an easy cowardly decision - those feeling impacts are 1000s of miles away & won’t trouble him. A harder decision might have been to stand up to vested interests who oppose a wealth tax - but it would’ve been right thing to do
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This extract below, from the ineffable @chrisgrey.bsky.social gets to the heart of the matter. What kind of country does the UK want to be? Answer that, and many complex questions around our relationships with EU and/or US become much clearer. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This extract below, from the ineffable @chrisgrey.bsky.social gets to the heart of the matter. What kind of country does the UK want to be? Answer that, and many complex questions around our relationships with EU and/or US become much clearer. chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...
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Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
February 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it
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Rip-off
Gap between what banks charge borrowers and pay savers has increased. Banks make £30bn extra profit.
Another £40bn profit a year - Govt pays interest on central bank reserves created through QE to facilitate bank transactions. Shouldn't pay any.
Who protects people, public purse?
Gap between what banks charge borrowers and pay savers has increased. Banks make £30bn extra profit.
Another £40bn profit a year - Govt pays interest on central bank reserves created through QE to facilitate bank transactions. Shouldn't pay any.
Who protects people, public purse?
Banks raking in £30bn from interest rate ruse
Lloyds, NatWest and Barclays made £30 billion between them last year by exploiting the gap between the rates for savers and borrowers, City experts say.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Rip-off
Gap between what banks charge borrowers and pay savers has increased. Banks make £30bn extra profit.
Another £40bn profit a year - Govt pays interest on central bank reserves created through QE to facilitate bank transactions. Shouldn't pay any.
Who protects people, public purse?
Gap between what banks charge borrowers and pay savers has increased. Banks make £30bn extra profit.
Another £40bn profit a year - Govt pays interest on central bank reserves created through QE to facilitate bank transactions. Shouldn't pay any.
Who protects people, public purse?
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Good to hear more voices pushing for a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU. For ministers to pretend this equals freedom of movement is ridiculous - similar agreements exist with over a dozen other countries with max time limit. Young people deserve better than this. Where’s the hope & vision?
Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme should be UK priority Starmer told ahead of EU meet
Tory MPs and peers have added to growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to agree a youth free movement deal with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Good to hear more voices pushing for a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU. For ministers to pretend this equals freedom of movement is ridiculous - similar agreements exist with over a dozen other countries with max time limit. Young people deserve better than this. Where’s the hope & vision?
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This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.
NEW: Yvette Cooper rules out a youth mobility scheme between the UK and EU: "That's not the right starting point for us at all."
Brussels is demanding one as part of the government's "reset" of relations with the bloc.
Brussels is demanding one as part of the government's "reset" of relations with the bloc.
February 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.
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We can easily spare a tenth of England for nature without affecting food production!
20% of our land produces just 3% of our food.
Vast swathes of our uplands are owned by about 150 wealthy landowners who use it for shooting grouse, and set fire to our biggest carbon sink, our peat bogs...
20% of our land produces just 3% of our food.
Vast swathes of our uplands are owned by about 150 wealthy landowners who use it for shooting grouse, and set fire to our biggest carbon sink, our peat bogs...
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We can easily spare a tenth of England for nature without affecting food production!
20% of our land produces just 3% of our food.
Vast swathes of our uplands are owned by about 150 wealthy landowners who use it for shooting grouse, and set fire to our biggest carbon sink, our peat bogs...
20% of our land produces just 3% of our food.
Vast swathes of our uplands are owned by about 150 wealthy landowners who use it for shooting grouse, and set fire to our biggest carbon sink, our peat bogs...
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Reeves will resort to literally anything but admit we can’t afford Brexit. I’ve never known a chancellor so single-mindedly determined to make life so difficult for herself and us.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves confirms government backing for Heathrow third runway
In economic growth speech, chancellor says move would make UK ‘world’s best-connected place to do business’
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reeves will resort to literally anything but admit we can’t afford Brexit. I’ve never known a chancellor so single-mindedly determined to make life so difficult for herself and us.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It’s becoming a ritual
Every end of January
Every end of June
A series of articles moaning that Brexit was a great idea that just wasn’t tried properly, like communism
Every end of January
Every end of June
A series of articles moaning that Brexit was a great idea that just wasn’t tried properly, like communism
January 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It’s becoming a ritual
Every end of January
Every end of June
A series of articles moaning that Brexit was a great idea that just wasn’t tried properly, like communism
Every end of January
Every end of June
A series of articles moaning that Brexit was a great idea that just wasn’t tried properly, like communism
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Can you imagine for one moment a present or former Archbishop of Canterbury showing this kind of courage?
January 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Can you imagine for one moment a present or former Archbishop of Canterbury showing this kind of courage?
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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Joe Biden leaves several legacies, good and bad. But the most tangible and lasting is this.
It's the result of his disgraceful, enduring support for #genocide: the literal wiping of a people and their built environment off the map.
Whatever else he did, this will forever be attached to his name.
It's the result of his disgraceful, enduring support for #genocide: the literal wiping of a people and their built environment off the map.
Whatever else he did, this will forever be attached to his name.
January 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Joe Biden leaves several legacies, good and bad. But the most tangible and lasting is this.
It's the result of his disgraceful, enduring support for #genocide: the literal wiping of a people and their built environment off the map.
Whatever else he did, this will forever be attached to his name.
It's the result of his disgraceful, enduring support for #genocide: the literal wiping of a people and their built environment off the map.
Whatever else he did, this will forever be attached to his name.
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Can’t be repeated often enough
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
The UK should take a leaf from France’s book to boost arts funding
Tax breaks for corporate sponsors can benefit the creative sector at a time of dwindling public funds
on.ft.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Can’t be repeated often enough
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
‘The UK’s creative industries are vital to the economy. Valued at £124bn, they are worth more than the life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined. Arts and culture alone contribute an impressive £34.6bn.’
on.ft.com/42hzVmL
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Lammy praises Trump’s “incredible grace & generosity” on #BBCR4today. His earlier verdict was more accurate (“dishonest, xenophobic”). A man who made “criminal efforts” to overturn 2020 election result, who will trash climate & nature & threaten minorities. Solidarity with all who feel fear today
January 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Lammy praises Trump’s “incredible grace & generosity” on #BBCR4today. His earlier verdict was more accurate (“dishonest, xenophobic”). A man who made “criminal efforts” to overturn 2020 election result, who will trash climate & nature & threaten minorities. Solidarity with all who feel fear today
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Cleminson Street, Salford. Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.
January 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Cleminson Street, Salford. Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, all but forgotten by the 1980s.