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Ada Loves Lace

@adaloveslace.bsky.social
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Politics, economics, technology, pop culture. Social Democrat. Been around the block.

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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 9h
Something the media are overlooking is that HMRC's systems are evolving. HMRC will be collecting more taxes that are avoided or in the past have not been collected due to gaps in processes, or lack of HMRC resource. Around £20bn/year is avoided by SMEs. #bbcPM #r4today #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 9h
With pensions coming into IHT (rightly) and what sounds like potential future charge on private pensions for NCS, I think we'll might see a resurgence in the annuities sector in the future. #bbcPM #r4today
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 11h
If Trump imposes a diesel export ban then diesel prices will rise the world over, and US producers will be mad at Trump because they will miss out. (UK imports a third of its diesel from the US, so it will cause pain in the UK.) #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 11h
We now wait for Kemi Badenoch to try her brand of, "But what does Burnham stand for?" #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 11h
I can see the Telegraph headline now: "BURNHAM HATES PENSIONERS" and the BBC News & Politics variant: "BURNHAM GAMBLES WITH PENSIONER VOTES" #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 11h
Good speech by Burnham. He could have also said "restored a sense of pride" after Miliband's statement on Israeli policies, because that what people were saying on the socials. #LabourConference #bbcPM @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 11h
If Burnham were to say something about un-proscribing Palestine Action, his approval will go from 97% to 101%. Don't hold your breath though. #LabourConference #bbcPM @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
The trick is to convince the EU that letting UK use the "Made in Europe" is a win win in the long term for UK and EU. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
Told ya.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
Burnham can do these things and still remain closer to the center on many other topics. Nationalizing utilities is something the center left will welcome too. Everyone wants to grow the economy and expand industry, these are common ground things. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
"Economic growth" 12 million people live in the Liverpool-Manchester-Leeds-Hull corridor. Huge opportunity to reindustrialize in this region alone. Problem is the data centers modern enterprises need are mostly in the south-east. Need to bring some of that to the north. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
"Comprehensive education" I wonder if we could see a return of the polytechnics. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
A new state service, National Care Service (NCS). How about introducing an NCS contribution in the tax system. It will make it super clear to everyone how they contribute toward the service that they themselves might one day need, or their family already uses. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
Makes sense to build a new state owned energy grid competitor. Easier than trying to buy out, which would take decades. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
"VAT will disappear from electricity bills from this Thursday" Wait, what. Completely? #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
"Speed up the breaking of the link" between electricity and gas pricing. We do need the North Sea as a bridge. Smart of Burnham to link the two things. Grid connection will only speed up if we stop blocking grid upgrades. #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
Re-nationalizing the water utilities will take years. The left of Labour will need to be patient; let's see if people can be sensible and understand why it will take time. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
Labour could win a general election and still reform triple lock. Do the difficult thing, tax reforms. The fear is losing older votes, but I think they could counter losing some of the older voters by winning over more of the youngest voters and working age voters. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 12h
That's a great lead-in by member of the public before the Prime Minister's speech. Good job conference planners. #LabourConference #bbcPM @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 13h
Actually, it would be better if Burnham did choke up while on stage. Media is still thinks leaders need to appear stoic. #bbcWATO #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 13h
If inflation remains higher for longer (entirely possible in an uncertain world), it's possible that the state pension benefit ends up worth more than in-work benefits. #bbcWATO
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 13h
Sharon Graham should be fighting for what is best for workers, not pensioners. #bbcWATO
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 16h
Alternate RAF #Fairford theories.
British counter terrorism officers
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 17h
Europe needs to step away from the #AI race. AI race is rigged so Europe is locked into US tech stack. Rush to build means Europe is at risk of exposure to US law (Cloud Act/ FISA). Europe must prioritize tech sovereignty. europe-ai-race.scopernia.com #r4today #bbcPM #bbcWATO #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 18h
Extra irritation with #r4today hosts this morning, so much so that I'm even screaming at Radio 4 on WhatsApp. 😄
BBC Radio 4's WhatsApp number.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 18h
The UK's cost of borrowing has gone up because of Trump & Netanyahu's misadventure in the middle-east, and because of the US tech sector competing with governments in the bond market. #r4today
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Christopher 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪 @christophert42.bsky.social · 18h
The triple lock needs to be scrapped but the pensions link to earnings needs to be kept and Mrs Thatcher scrapped that which is why Liberal Democrats in government brought in the triple lock to massively boost the state pension after thirty years of pensioners being treated like crap #r4today
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 19h
Unless I missed it while I making toast, but did not hear Sharon Graham arguing for personal allowance to be raised to where it ought be given years of inflation. #r4today #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 19h
Graham is wrong. If Sharon Graham was so certain, she'd be calling for a general strike. #r4today #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 19h
There is plenty that can be done with tax reform over simplistic solutions like a wealth tax (which wouldn't raise much anyway). report.prosperity2030.uk/policies/nat... #r4today #LaboourConference
report.prosperity2030.uk
National Contributions — Prosperity 2030
National Contributions. Fair taxes that treat every pound the same. A Revenue Instrument in the Revenue Reforms section of the Prosperity 2030 report by the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#bbcPM #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social's only got a 97% approval? I've got that beat. #bbcPM
Screencap from Downing Street game.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"the lower unit" 🤦 You mean the first stage. #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Labour can really screw up the economy" Evan's desperate to paint Labour in a certain light. @evanhd.bsky.social #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now, will Evan mention that the UK Treasury got the numbers wrong and that's why the UK went to the IMF in the 1970s. @evanhd.bsky.social #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Y'know, Trump might just be lying, @evanhd.bsky.social. #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope people realize reindustrialization is going need some new industrial infrastructure, in places where they might not exist now. I hope people realize they can't be blocking new developments if they want reindustrialization. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rreally good that Home Secretary set out why a Labour government needs to enhance control over UK borders to tackle trafficking. - New safe and legal routes for refugees via charities, education, and work sponsorships - Resettlement for Afghan women and Palestinians #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good speech by @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, very passionate. "Fair and just transition" should be a phrase spoken more often. #LabourConference #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Adding more technical 'out-of-band' monitoring is not going to address the core problem of ethical choices a model or agent makes when choosing how to go about completing task.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Swap CA for UK. Does the boyfriend know what he actually wants though. What if the hot girl starts shifting her politics more to the right. #bbcWATO #bbcPM #LabourConference
The boyfriend meme, but with economies. The hot girl is the EU, the boyfriend is Canada, and the incumbent girlfriend is an overweight an ugly America resembling Trump.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can't be losing a war if you don't count your dead.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This. UK wants to have its cake, and eat it. #LabourConference #wato #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It has to be another referendum (not now, maybe in another five years). The EU itself will have changed. #LabourConference #bbcWATO #wato #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#LabourConference: "We must give people hope..." UK Media: "HOW MUCH WILL THAT COST?!?!?!"
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Does the Chancellor have a plan or not??? He's going on and on about the past. #LabourConference #bbcWATO #bbcPM
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
C'mon Chancellor, enough waffle. Just tell us the plan! #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Pretty big" is going to turn out to be "we're going to be meet with the EU more". #LabourConference
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#LabourConference still promoting their Twitter account on the YouTube channel. No mention of Bluesky at all.
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Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wonder if he'll set out how UK can compete with Asia when it comes to ship building. @andyburnham.bsky.social #LabourConference
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