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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 1h
Well, well. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/uk-had-...
thelondoneconomic.com
UK had fastest growing G7 economy in first half of 2026
The UK had the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in the first half of 2026, after the latest figures showed growth was faster than expected.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
this is not someone who cares about Palestinians, this is someone who wants a supposedly righteous excuse to dehumanize others.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 19/05/2025
Closer EU ties are not a betrayal of Brexit because the question was never, "What do you want Britain's relationship to consist of?" It was about membership. This reset does not change such. The referendum was also advisory and did not specify a minimum time outside the bloc.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 15/05/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan
Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 15/05/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Science and Technology Secretary meets with technology companies. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Minister accused of being too close to big tech after rise in meetings
Exclusive: Technology secretary Peter Kyle had 28 meetings with people in or close to tech sector in six months
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 15/05/2025
www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
Media law reforms to boost press sustainability and protect independence
People’s access to independent and accurate news will be better protected under updated government rules, which will modernise powers around media mergers while supporting investment and growth.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/05/2025
www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
Vital support for victims in £20 million funding boost
Thousands more victims to access life-saving support through a £19.9 million investment in specialist services.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 11/05/2025
I've been laughing at this headline for a good five minutes.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 09/05/2025
Like or loathe, Rachel Reeves, this is ridiculous.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 08/05/2025
www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
UK and Norway accelerate clean energy opportunities
British workers and businesses will benefit from more investment in the UK’s clean energy future, with a new partnership signed with Norway.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 07/05/2025
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Labour confirms it will pursue youth mobility scheme with EU
A ‘one in, one out’ approach aims to address migration concerns while opening opportunities for young people to work and study abroad
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 07/05/2025
Muted George Monbiot for my own sanity.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 02/05/2025
One can argue the ridiculousness of musicians being held to a higher standard than politicians. However, let's not pretend Kneecap are under investigation for calling out ethnic cleansing rather than incitement, and expressing support for terrorist groups.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 30/04/2025
Good. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism
Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve local elections
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 29/04/2025
I'm not sure I agree with Tony Blair here. I understand the need for pragmatism, but net zero is achievable, effective, and vital to our economy. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
theguardian.com
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 29/04/2025
Well done, Canada.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 28/04/2025
This shouldn't be a shock to anybody paying attention. www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
politico.eu
UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration
The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 27/04/2025
Saying, "Just pass a law to rejoin the EU," is equivalent to saying, "Just print more money," in an economics class. Both equally fatuous.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 27/04/2025
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Rachel Reeves: I want our young to be able to work in Europe
When she’s not on a Washington charm offensive with Peter Mandelson, the chancellor is warming to a youth mobility scheme with the EU — as long as immigration falls
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 25/04/2025
“The EU is our largest trading partner,” No 10 said. “It is factually a matter of public record. Both have incredible importance to us. And we treat both with enormous respect.”
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 25/04/2025
How sad must Eamonn Holmes be to get incensed by children receiving a free breakfast?
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 22/04/2025
www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
Free breakfast clubs roll out as costs for families cut by £8,000
Thousands of children to attend free breakfast clubs across the country today, as government delivers its manifesto commitment and promise to working families
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 21/04/2025
Listening to Vespers by Rachmaninoff on this glorious Monday.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 19/04/2025
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kei...
thelondoneconomic.com
Is the reset working? Keir Starmer earns rave reviews from EU President
Warm words indeed from Ursula von der Leyen, whose support for Keir Starmer bodes well for future UK-EU cooperation.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 16/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
UK inflation falls to 2.6%, increasing pressure on Bank to cut interest rates
March annual rate comes before expected rise because of household bills going up this month
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 14/04/2025
I understand opinions are subjective, but I cannot fathom how anybody could turn around and say that classical music is boring.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/04/2025
"Instead of policies, Badenoch has bandwagons, whose drivers regard her as an unwanted ride-hitcher" And that, my friends, is the best and most succinct description of Badenoch to date. Bravo, Marina Hyde. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
One stock seems truly doomed this week: if you hold any Kemi Badenoch, accept my condolences | Marina Hyde
Hard to know if her leadership is sheer ineptitude or an act of artistic expression, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/04/2025
I hate refactoring applications, but needs must.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 05/04/2025
Please consider signing this petition by @warrenoates1.bsky.social. It is time for social and traditional media regulation to be reviewed. It is outrageous that broadcasters, newspapers, and social media accounts still get away with reporting false information. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 05/04/2025
Fantastic news. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
theguardian.com
UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave
Measures hailed as lifeline for parents will allow people with sick babies to take up to 12 weeks’ leave
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 05/04/2025
Don't want to pay tax? Leave.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 04/04/2025
Bruckner's 8th Symphony is just brilliant.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 03/04/2025
It's not my joke, but how many Trump supporters does it take to change a lightbulb? None. Trump tells them all he has fixed the lightbulb, and they all sit in the dark, applauding him.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 02/04/2025
www.gov.uk/government/c...
gov.uk
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme
Brings together information about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme to help you decide if you are affected and what you will need to do to register.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 29/03/2025
Getting incensed by politicians not creating accounts for various social media platforms is silly- stop picking fights where there are none and go outside.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 27/03/2025
The Guardian: providing another reason not to pay for a subscription.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 24/03/2025
THE MEDIA CYCLE SUMMARISED: Media: *announce that the Government is considering said policy*. The Public: *outrage*. The Government: *announces said policy is not happening*. The Media: *rinse and repeat*.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 22/03/2025
I think the fundamental difference between Mahler's romanticism and Rachmaninoff's romanticism is that Mahler's is love despite anguish, and Rachmaninoff's is love that forgets it.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 18/03/2025
A very interesting piece. www.ft.com/content/f235...
ft.com
Starmer is zigging where Blair zagged
Labour’s controversial plans to reform welfare illustrate the divide between the two
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/03/2025
I hate to say it, but Mozart is aggressively boring to listen to. Where's the passion? Where's the drama?
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/03/2025
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE CONFUSED: NHS England is NOT the NHS. It is a management body.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 23/02/2025
I see that the Guardian's standards are slowly going down the toilet...
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 22/02/2025
faroutmagazine.co.uk/no-nick-cave...
faroutmagazine.co.uk
Why Nick Cave is sorely wrong about Kanye West
Last month, Kanye West said, "I love Hitler". In the wake of those comments, Nick Cave has come out and said we need to separate the art from the artist.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 15/02/2025
Aside from being detrimental to public health, CDC cuts are foolish from an economic long-term cost point of view. Failure to invest in areas like pandemic preparedness increases the likelihood of economies being shafted by a pandemic.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 15/02/2025
Gustav Mahler and Sergei Rachmaninoff are the undisputed Gods of classical music, and nothing anybody says will change my mind.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 14/02/2025
As it is Valentine's Day this evening, I shall be spending time alone listening to The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, doing exactly as God intended.
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 14/02/2025
Oh. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09...
telegraph.co.uk
BBC’s disinformation reporter ‘lied on her CV’
Marianna Spring, part of the corporation’s fact-checking unit, accused of displaying ‘the opposite’ of integrity early in her career
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/02/2025
*A tiny slither of good news for the economy* The media: Rachel Reeves [insert non-story here]
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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.substack.com · 13/02/2025
"He'd save billions." Yes, Piers, he would save billions on the National Health Service by ensuring it no longer exists.
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