Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Agree entirely. Here's Charlie Brooker in 2007 on the TV version of call-in radio. Unfortunately spot on. 010
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 09/06/2026..... ooooohhhhh. Now that is a touchy subject. Surely Gaelic football begat Aussie rules ....your causation is the wrong way round.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins... ...en.wikipedia.orgOrigins of Australian rules football - Wikipedia 120
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I can't read the Telegraph article (am not prepared to pay them in cookies and certainly not £). Anyway, hasn't @chrisdillow.bsky.social been writing about this for several years? - see chrisdillow.substack.com/p/in-defence... . Quid pro quo - cut back severely on tax relief for private pensions.chrisdillow.substack.comIn defence of the triple lockWhy the state pension should increase over time. 030
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Australian movie Red Dog. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog... It's fun and has a red dog. Best actor is the red dog.en.wikipedia.orgRed Dog (film) - Wikipedia 030
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It will be funny if/when Powell has the chance to look Warsh in the eye and say "traitor". 020
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Too much at least. See here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... . US special forces soldier arrested for bets on Venezuela raid. And this Nelsonic statement by Polymarket . 010
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Perhaps. But maybe there is another way - the EU is probably a regulatory super power. Outside of retaliation, there is a case to regulate tech industries better (Cory Doctorow?). See this from @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social at www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p... 010
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 22/12/2025... and have a lok at the RoboDebt devacle in Australia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...en.wikipedia.orgRobodebt scheme - Wikipedia 000
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 10/12/2025From here www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/defaul... . Depends on engine size / petrol or diesel / electric 000
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I have not read that but "Savage Continent" by Keith Lowe covers this period describing similar mayhem. Here www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... is a somewhat critical review of the book. 010
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Good piece, Chris. @brankomilan.bsky.social seems to have reached a similar conclusion. From October 2023 branko2f7.substack.com/p/on-general...branko2f7.substack.comOn general futility of political discussions with peopleGlobal inequality and More 3.0 021
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 23/06/2025... and just because it is not their FIRST language, it does not mean that they cannot speak English. 000
Ian Bright @econib.bsky.social · 19/06/2025QT has had its time. It is a generator of heat not light. Just over a week ago, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation announced the end of its similar TV programme called Q&A after 18 years www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06... . The article says they are promoting alternatives for wider engagement.abc.net.auABC announces 40 redundancies in restructure that sees the end of Q+ALaunched in 2008, Q+A was an agenda-setting program that pushed politicians beyond their standard talking points. 0122
