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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 13h

We invited her - no mystery.

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 20h

"An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories." www.ft.com/content/a65f...

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 20h

Calling @financialtimes.com subscribers: join us 23 October 1300 UK (1200 GMT) to discuss central banks, bonds, and the risks ahead. Register now and put your question to Lael Brainard, Fidelity's Salman Ahmed, @chrisgiles.ft.com, @katie0martin.ft.com, and @senojerialc.bsky.social. Go to ft.com/edge

Pictures of panelists appearing at this webinar for Financial Times subscribers

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20h

Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was our most read story. on.ft.com/3KP65iX

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20h

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes on.ft.com/3KPgE5w

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes

Attack on Gazans inspecting homes comes days after fragile ceasefire goes into effect

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 6d

You’ve got to hand it to financialtimes.com subscribers for top-quality comments. One has already written Trump’s thank you speech for the Nobel peace prize in this top-notch @richardmilne.ft.com piece on the perspective from Oslo on.ft.com/46WNEA3 Donald Trump looms large over Nobel Peace Prize

Screen grab from FT commenter’s version of Trump’s thank you speech for a Nobel peace prize

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 6d

‘I don’t know whether what’s going on is more of Putin’s show trial or Trump’s reality TV, but it’s messed up,” said Bill Christeson, a 71-year-old democracy activist’
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James Comey pleads not guilty to charge of lying to US Congress

Former FBI chief who oversaw probe into Donald Trump’s alleged links to Russia will face trial on January 5

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 7d

Hear hear. ‘The national sport of Britain-bashing may have gone too far. ‘
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Give Britain a break: its economy is dull, not disastrous

While broader growth is subdued, consumers feel optimistic about their own lot

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 21d

‘The Kennedy pledge to find the cause of #autism by the end of this month was always a long shot. Instead, Trump went for the cheap shot: telling women, without good evidence, to simply put up with the pain.’ 🙏 @financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/48s08Cg Autism has no easy answers

Autism has no easy answers

[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s promotion of an unproven link between Tylenol and neurological disorders does not help pregnant women

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 25d

‘The right fulminates against tax increases but offers no realistic alternatives beyond vague calls to cut spending. The left lives in a fantasy world of soaking the rich or simply denying fiscal reality…I often felt I was arguing for a system-wide and long-term approach to tax’ on.ft.com/4muHY6n

Britain must break from the grip of dysfunctional policymaking

Speculation over what might be in November’s Budget has left me depressed about our capacity for rational policies

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 25d

A good question, beautifully illustrated in today’s @financialtimes.com
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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 27d

‘His plan is extremely effective — all Smotrich needs is time…says Khatib. “If nobody interferes, the PA will no longer be able to pay salaries — that will be the beginning of the collapse, and he will achieve his objective of dismantling the Palestinian Authority.’
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How Israel is dismantling the dream of a Palestinian state

While attention has been focused on Gaza, Israel has undermined the delicate architecture of governance in the West Bank built up over three decades

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 28d

@ezraklein.bsky.social delivers quite the comprehensive list of all the ways President Trump is 'corrupting the US government'. A must-listen that is the sort of coverage no doubt driving his $15bn defamation lawsuit against the @nytimes.com open.spotify.com/episode/5kpn...

If Democrats Have a Better Plan, I’d Like to Hear It

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Sep 8

A senior South Korean official said the companies had been placed in an “impossible position”, as successive US governments pushed them to invest billions of dollars while refusing to facilitate short-term working visas for projects to be completed on time. on.ft.com/47tVOSD

Korean companies admit cutting corners on US visas but say they have little choice

Conglomerates shaken by immigration raid on Hyundai site

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Sep 6

Martin Wolf: ‘Hitler moved the centre of university life from Germany to America. Trump is doing a pretty good job on American universities and this is the single bit of good news for Britain.’ Join our next webinar for FT subscribers on 18 Sept 1pm UK time
american-universities.live.ft.com

American universities under pressure

Join FT journalists and guests including Sir Michael Moritz for a subscriber webinar examining how political attacks on elite US universities and cuts to federal research funding are reshaping the l...

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Sep 6

One of many sensible things Greg Jackson told the #FTweekendFestival today via
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UK should stop investing in carbon capture for power, government adviser says

Octopus chief says ‘enormous amounts’ of public money spent on technology should be saved

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Sep 6

The #FTWeekendFestival is back for the 10th time with 4k attendees - and so is our FT FLIC charity auction of lunches with @financialtimes.com journalists. Not too late to join either. Register at ft.com/festival for online catchup

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wow. ‘I have never seen or heard of a situation where immigration would actually come on the fire while a crew was on a fire assignment and make an arrest’ www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire

Veteran firefighters worried a DHS raid on the Bear Gulch fire in Washington could make it more difficult to find contractor crews.

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 27

It’s worse than that! Yes UK electricity prices are too high, regulations are too onerous and subsidies are out of date, but this is a lazy piece that does not even mention heat pumps that can both heat and cool homes and reduce carbon emissions too. www.samdumitriu.com/p/britain-ne...

Britain needs AC.

Here's a three point plan to get it.

www.samdumitriu.com

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 27

Janet Yellen in the @financialtimes.com: ‘Trump’s attempted sacking of Cook should be met with outrage, not with shrugs. Congress must defend the Fed’s independence. The courts must strike down this unlawful power play. And the financial community must raise its voice’ on.ft.com/3VrNBqB

Trump’s attack on the Fed threatens US credibility

History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 23

Example: Trump officials asked for an end to Harvard’s partnership with Birzeit University, a top Palestinian college in the West Bank. Harvard said it had suspended the relationship and had struck up new ones with institutions in Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...

Harvard Is Making Changes Trump Officials Want, Even Without a Deal

www.nytimes.com

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 22

on.ft.com/4oOrrwd Trump must not reward Putin for his aggression in Ukraine

Trump must not reward Putin for his aggression in Ukraine

Accepting Russia’s illegal land grab in Donetsk and Luhansk would signal to dictators everywhere that violence pays

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 22

Another leaf out of dictators’ playbook? A warning to other Republicans to stay in line on Putin and the pursuit of a Nobel Prize? www.thetimes.com/article/f768...

John Bolton: Why has FBI raided home of Trump’s ex-security adviser?

John Bolton raid: Agents seize boxes of documents at house amid allegations of mishandled classified national security material — but observers note history of animosity with Trump

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · Aug 19

EJ Anthony, Trump pick for new Bureau of Labor Statisitcs chief, claimed that the US had been in recession since 2022 after mismeasuring inflation.

His “adjusted” series charted here against other volume measures that don’t rely on any inflation measure.

Lamentable

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · Aug 19

‘In politics, time travel does not work…Like other mainstream politicians, Tusk is offering a performance that no longer works on today’s stage’ on.ft.com/4lE4pFH

As Europe faces down Russia, Poland is becoming the weakest link

Donald Tusk will struggle to deliver on his campaign promises — setting the stage for even greater Euroscepticism

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