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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Usual British obsession with position/formations. Key thing is we don’t get him on the ball enough with connecting team mates in close proximity. Until that changes it won’t matter where he is playing or in what shape.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy with the performance for an hour. Angry with PGMOL and the authorities. Concerned with Wirtz and our attacking play generally.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If you think it’s not possible that Abu Dhabi money has corrupted referees, then I have a monorail to sell your town.

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The Simpsons: Lyle Lanley & The Monorail

ALT: The Simpsons: Lyle Lanley & The Monorail

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Liverpool defending very well again but we don’t have enough good passers of the ball to look effective as an attacking force. Will continue to be an issue until we play Nyoni regularly and/or recruit.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

What does this even mean? Do you think all 60k Green Party members agreed on every issue before the influx of new members?

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yes there’s no mistake. They aren’t interested in growing the Green Party.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Feel for any nice blokes out there called Tom Watson. Been a hell of a month for wankers giving you a bad name.

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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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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The idea it’s terrible to more than treble your vote percentage is clearly ridiculous. The Greens obviously thought they had a chance of winning, or they wouldn’t have stood, but that doesn’t mean anything other than a win = bad. They forced Labour to pick a more credible candidate for a start.

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Troovus @troovus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Breaking: Andy Burnham announces the end of 45 years of neoliberalism with a radical offering for the British people: 1. New Vending Machine Snacks 🔹Fruit leather 🔹Cut beans 🔹Christmas mints 2. New Activities 🔹Hall Passes 🔹Pineapple Bobbing 🔹A Playful Mirror Room

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He’s getting a minimum of 10 votes. Some of them can’t even keep a straight face while questioning him, they know it’s so obvious.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If he stays injury free then I really think a 21-22 year old Wright is going to be a monster. Interesting decision to make in January whether to loan him out or wait until next summer.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There is no version of reality in which these assclowns will ever permit any kind of left wing opposition to this or any government again, certainly not without endless ridiculous bullshit and shenanigans. And that is unconditional, it is not at all contingent on anything that any of us do or say.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Burnham is about as commited to electoral reform as Everton are to winning football matches.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Exactly! Things people actually want will grow organically (unless killed by bad actors like Electric cars first time around), through word of mouth. People like telling other people that products are good. If people aren’t buying AI related stuff it’s because it’s shit.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You’d think, but this history of the UK would suggest otherwise. It’s been made very clear who gets to decide stuff and who doesn’t.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let’s just let the Eton kids decide everything then, cos thats working real well isn’t it?

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The majority should decide. But as we don’t live in a democracy, that doesn’t happen.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Same goes for the Chelsea years of cheating under Abramovich, which Chelsea are very lucky to get away with a light touch penalty because the new owners brought it up (which they legally were required to do). Taken together about 20 years+ of cheating under league’s nose. 13 PL titles between them

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sir Simon Clarke was born in 1984, so he doesn’t ‘remember’ the 1970’s at all.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All of which inevitably led to higher prices for fans, at the ticket offices, club shops and tv prices.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/09/2026

There we go. The former Mayor of Manchester, who was very cosy with the owners of Manchester City who have been found guilty of the biggest cheating scandal in British football, would be "really concerned" if they sold the club www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Andy Burnham 'really concerned' if Man City owners sell up after rule breaches

The prime minister compares the allegations against Man City to the plight of his own club Everton.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I appreciate you Rob and you speak a lot of sense on a lot of matters, but Burnham IMO has done the bare minimum to try and appeal to the left so far. www.politics.co.uk/2026/09/burn...

politics.co.uk

Burnham has ‘ghosted’ the Labour left, says Clive Lewis - Politics.co.uk

Clive Lewis was also questioned about Andy Burnham’s commitment to electoral reform and proportional representation (PR).

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pickford has generally done a good (not great) job for England over his time. There can rarely have been such a high profile no 1 with so little competition for his position though, and there’s a reason he’s only ever played for relegation threatened clubs who don’t play in Europe.

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I do not think it is much of an exaggeration to say that British media is one of the least trustworthy institutions on the planet.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is true re City, but they ran because Chelsea and Abramovich walked. They aren’t an outlier. Both clubs are only at the top table because of decades of cheating.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Funny how the likes of Rigby couldn’t give a fuck about the public mood when it concerns anything vaguely to the left of Emperor Palpatine.

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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Klopp's comments show he is the right leader for Germany at this time, before you even get to the football. This weekend's Morning Star column.

Morning Star newspaper page with the headline "Klopp's revolution is bigger than football"

"Germany boss has taken on the far right"

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Turns out buying a load of lads who love shooting from 25 yards isn’t a smart way to score goals.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yea forgot about Danns. Hope he can stay fit 🤞

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Feels like with Isak, Ekitike, Koumas, Wright and Sonni Lambie we are a year or two away from incredible depth at centre forward.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🤣 he built the car and drove himself out with his lying and ineptitude.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trying to turn a fantastic young left winger into a right winger because we have an unhinged aversion to right wingers is doing my nut in.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ve switched off. Bull shit play acting from Fernandes who does it every game. Foden very silly, should know better, but cheating rewarded again.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

His big issue for me is that when Szobo was the 10, he was seen as maybe upgradable in that position. Like he was good, but not great. Wirtz was supposed to be the great, so good is not good enough. The great might yet come, but it could do with hurrying up a bit.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I have little interest in seeing Szoboszlai in a double pivot. He’s an 8 in a 3, or a high pressing 10.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

racists are usually also sexists

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are no people in the world called Giles who aren’t friends with ‘moderate’ Tories.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If this Everton v United match was any lower quality then Nigel Farage would be signing it up as a Reform candidate.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Marina Hyde allegedly once dated Piers Morgan. Her liking scumbags is nothing new. Makes me worry about Richard Osman TBH.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When people ask ‘why don’t you have any respect for the police?’. Yeah, it’s a real mystery.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ali Frimpong Jacket VVD Kerk Nyoni Szobo Gakpo Wirtz Munoz Isak

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A crowded Liverpool restaurant. Alexander Isak rises to go to the bathroom. As he walks through, he spots Thierno Barry at another table. Their eyes meet. Isak points. Barry pats his chest. It’s all on us to keep scouse football afloat.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Even Chema Andres going to Brighton for a relatively low fee. We seem to now prioritise massive fees and wages for stars rather than squad depth. Whatever the Liverpool way is or should be, I don’t think it’s that.

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Was this Hughes last window or Woodfine’s first? Either way, it’s not a glowing endorsement of the decision makers at the club.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

While millions won’t get access to this treasure, the billionaire tech bros class get free VIP access. End Rip Off Britain. Send Palantir packing. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

theguardian.com

British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum

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Simon Williams @simonwilliams1981.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Jurgen turned us into believers. The last 15 months has turned us all into doubters again. Something needs to happen on the pitch because it doesn’t look like it’s happening tomorrow.

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