Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialProf Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Whoever made this 👏👏 5311118 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialCiaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Really cool that the FT is re-running commenorative articles from the archives from this time 50 years ago on its front page 1132749 0
richby.bsky.social @richby.bsky.social · 31/05/2026To be fair there are c120 establishments in Soho with a terminal licensing hour of between 1 and 6am with a total capacity of around 23,000 customers ( 2024 data I think ). 110 0
richby.bsky.social @richby.bsky.social · 30/05/2026This very poorly executed EES scheme is also discouraging tourists from the US, China, Japan etc from visiting the EU too. 010 0
richby.bsky.social @richby.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Turkey, Morocco, Greece ( who have suspended this madcap scheme ), Cyprus ( in EU but not Schengen I think ), Albania or Montenegro this year. Trump has tried to kill tourism into the US, now Brussels is trying the same for the EU- insanity. 300 0
richby.bsky.social @richby.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Could the new owners do something about the overworked and harassed pharmacists, the endemic scruffiness, scuff marks and gaffer tape in their stores? The chain is a poster child for private equity’s financial “engineering”. 000 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialKevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform. 24747762161 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Here was Robbie Gibb's "hugely impartial" take on the BBC, before he joined the board, as written in the Daily Mail 514562 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 24/11/2025"I was confident that Ryanair would match your public spiritedness by refunding you the £100 fee as a goodwill gesture. I was naive." Some epic shithousery from Ryanair here, impressive. 57228 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21/11/2025Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economistbloom.bgBrexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study FindsBrexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist. 871621954 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialTrades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 06/11/2025Which one is more English? 7736641427 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 01/11/2025After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future 34748243 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance. on.ft.com/3Wq1XITon.ft.comBritish Council ‘selling everything it can’ to surviveCultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’ 18846359 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I admire Mo Salah's restraint. "Farewell". Really? Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards. 152216838 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/07/2025After restrictions on aid imposed by Israel, medics in Gaza are fainting in hospitals and lack supplies to stop patients’ malnourishment. “The expression ‘skin and bones’ doesn’t do it justice.” nyti.ms/3J5WDXp 2014371 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Good statement that makes clear Israel is deliberately massacring starving civilians. "We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. " www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukOccupied Palestinian Territories: joint statement, 21 July 2025The UK and 25 international partners gave a joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. 16317150 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/05/2025"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said." www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...huffpost.com'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens. 7234171558 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialThomas Juneau @thomasjuneau.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The Economist says that the Gaza health ministry's death toll, criticized by some as inflated and as Hamas propaganda, might actually undercount the death toll (it could be as much as double). 12378237 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Malnutrition and hunger are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s total blockade enters its third month.apnews.comAP PHOTOS: Many in Gaza face malnutrition and hunger as blockade enters its third monthKHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Malnutrition and hunger are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s total blockade enters its third month. 71812515 0
richby.bsky.social @richby.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Interesting piece thanks. frankly bizarre though that it's not available to non-premium FT subscribers on their website- left hand/ right hand etc.. 010 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 09/02/2025Clarkson is right. Brexit has made travelling to the EU with any kind of professional equipment, nightmarish. Carnets for cameras etc is a bureaucratic, expensive waste of time. But it applies to loads of industries, esp musicians/performing artists etc. www.thetimes.com/article/5356...thetimes.comJeremy Clarkson: Brexit makes me want to sit in a gutter and weepSince we left the EU it’s been easier to get into Iraq than France. None of this has made our lives better in any way 1371177261 0
Reposted by @richby.bsky.socialGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 17/10/2024Every paragraph of this story is very funny- on.ft.com/3YgSqEy via @financialtimes.com An industry trying to earn public trust can't afford to associate with any notorious grifters 14413 0
richby.bsky.social @richby.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Definitely a political choice but demographics play a role. Average male life expectancy in 1950 was 66 with state pension entitlement from 65. Today life expectancy is 79 and pension entitlement 66. 110 0
