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Jack Harrison @jlharrison.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Worth remembering that if she supported Patriotic Alternative instead she would be able to sell her books unimpeded because our government has its priorities straight.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

As more people got access to degrees gradually they weren’t seen as worth as much… fast forward to today where we’re being told machines can & should do our thinking & our work. The oligarchs saying this are descendants (in some cases literally) of the people who tried to keep most of us uneducated.

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Concluding the meeting with the American delegation in the US two days ago, after receiving a tirade of threats from Trump officials, Ukraine's Budanov turned when leaving and said, "We are now going to burn every last Russian refinery and every last port to hell. All of it, down to the final one."

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Tl;dr - it is predictable right now that the Chancellor, certainly next year and perhaps this year too, will have to spend less and tax more than currently being forecast because the government's immigration outcomes and policy goals directly contradict the assumptions of OBR forecasts

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And truth is always a defense. New Republic: newrepublic.com/post/216448/...

At least four of Collins’s former staffers and aides have been accused of extremist affiliations. They include Collins’s former chief of staff Kip Talley; former digital director William Paul (the son of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul); and a former intern, Preston Parra, who has frequently shared Ku Klux Klan and Nazi images to his personal social media account, including an image of himself clad in the white supremacist group’s hooded uniform.

“You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office,” Ossoff remarked at one point.

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.

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Jaime Corvo @jimcorbeau.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

America is a country led by a man without a moral compass. A coward, a bully, a liar, an idiot. And 70+ million people adore him because he allows them - even encourages them - to be the worse possible versions of themselves. I cannot envisage a future in which this just self-corrects.

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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026

Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt

Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Those who were old enough to vote in 2016 but didn’t also now break heavily Remain. So three forces all steadily pulling electorate in same direction. The politics which makes sense in a 52/48 nation may not make sense in a 40/60 nation. And we are 40/60 nation now.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Police in Bristol said they asked organisers of a far-right protest in city centre to move it or reschedule, because the big Shine Night Walk big cancer charity 10K fundraising walk of 2,000 people - mainly women - was planned for Friday night. Police confirmed the group refused, so walk postponed.

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Far right 'were asked to move' protest for cancer charity fundraiser

Police say they asked far-right Bristol Rises protesters to change their plans but 'an agreement could not be reached' so now the big Cancer Research event has been postponed

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Shots fired.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They must be absolutely knackered.

One migrant crossed Channel every six minutes in first week of October

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026

Shootings are down 11.6%. Shooting victims are down 14.4%. Murders are down 19.8%. Mayor Mamdani credited both the NYPD and the city’s violence interrupters and crisis management teams as NYC expands its prevention-focused public safety approach.

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Will Thorne @wbthorne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Modern rent controls aren't as damaging, and blending evidence of old strict rent controls with the modern versions just confuses the issue and leads to presenting a misleading "consensus" that doesn't really exist.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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The Kakistocracy @thekakistocracy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Contractors cut down the tree to clear a path for a double border wall expansion. Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, Arizona (near the Mexico border) and used an excavator to topple the estimated 150-to-250-year-old cottonwood tree. Activists had occupied the tree and

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards Jeremy Clarkson spending decades denying global warming only to sink his fortune into a farm just as global warming really starts to kick in

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Conor Sewell @ccsewell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My superb colleague @gilesyb.bsky.social with the most pithy summary I've seen of why we should really try and stop politicians and political journalists from doing bond market commentary

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.

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Uncle Space Ghost @unclespaceghost.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

God giving us his toughest battles and it's having to agree with fucking Jacob Rees-Mogg on something

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 03/10/2026

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has officially scrapped Keir Starmer’s plans to limit the use of jury trials [@Independent]

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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Honestly incredible that "we made 87ft of low quality Bayeux Tapestry-style graphics that are seemingly intended to portray our leader as the saviour of the nation" is not the most batshit thing I've seen British politicians admit to within the last 12 hours.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap

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Kath G @gilsey74.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wordle 1,931 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I see speculation that John Curtice may get chosen to lead Labour's electoral reform commission. And I see speculation that Labour want to end up with SV. I doubt both these things can be true. Because I would be very surprised if any commission led by Curtice ended up recommending SV.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"You've worked hard all your life accruing all that wealth via soaring house prices and nice defined-benefit pensions, and we think it's wrong for the state to touch it via inheritance tax. But it's totally fine for the government to deny your 24-year-old kid support based off of it"

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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Even bolder, perhaps engage with the real opponents of deeper UK-EU relations, those who have as an example been trying to sink the modest reset under way. But will the Prime Minister be able to take on the Home Office? Because movement of people is the central question.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A couple of really radical options - engage in Brussels with why the UK wants to talk and what the EU is actually prepared to offer - learn from what has mostly failed in the approach to the EU question for the last ten years Which would quickly narrow the path forward.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

what if we just get Man City to pay for the National Care Service

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now.

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My fear is we may ultimately all go mad watching British politics contort itself into a pretzel to avoid a couple of pence on the basic rate of income tax.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.'

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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The hard truth is we have implemented every centre-right nostrum, from slashing local government through conditionality of benefits to junking resilience measures for society and the economy - and as many predicted, it all turns out to be very costly in the long run.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is *not* the result of "the success of Mahmood's reforms", but of earlier measures/other factors. Her proposals could make it considerably *worse* in future years. A few other points linked below.. archive.ph/0psJ8

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.

Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration significantly undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana Mahmood’s reforms, which have seen net migration cut to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

Labour sources familiar with the budget process, however, said that the figure was now closer to £6.5bn. The OBR’s migration forecasts have been consistently higher than real numbers in recent years.

Treasury officials, who have long expected Mahmood’s reforms to cause a hit to headroom, described the number as “pure speculation” but did not deny that Healey would have to contend with a larger funding gap than expected because of falling migration

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Kath G @gilsey74.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once more unto the fucking breach, dear friends, once more

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can't help thinking that EU relations is just one of many issues where Labour is stuck without good choices but reluctant to make a case for bold actions. Perhaps the next days will say different, but I suspect caution will win out.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.

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Freda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

S.Peggie loses on every point apart from the administrative failures of NHS systems. GC lawyers have wasted NHS time and resources for a vanity project with net-zero result for them or Peggie. The aim is never to win legally but use the story to lobby politically through media.

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Kath G @gilsey74.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Go a bit further north, get your water from Kielder and all's well.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Put together Chinese over-confidence and western fear, along with productivity versus nostalgia, and you have a horrible political mix. Potential mutual damage of economic weaponisation means EU, USA, China deals right now. But hawks on all sides may talk us to real conflict.

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