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Philip Taylor

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Commercial and Agricultural Property Solicitor. Companion of John Ruskin's Guild of St George.

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Philip Taylor @philipjtaylor.bsky.social · Jan 26

It was prophesied. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui youtu.be/_AJQlRmJvLA?... via @YouTube

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

YouTube video by Louis Price

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Philip Taylor @philipjtaylor.bsky.social · 47m

Perish the thought.

Philip Taylor @philipjtaylor.bsky.social · 50m

I could have packed in at 66 but I'm one of the 15% still working.

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Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social · 19h

Chart of the Day... 🤔

It's very unusual for payrolled employment not to rise - outside of pandemics.

But Labour has managed it.

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NBER @nber.org · 19h

Huge haircut in valuation by Chinese firms listed offshore, from Qu Feng, Shang-Jin Wei, Guiying Laura Wu, and Mengying Yuan www.nber.org/papers/w34341

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Julian Jessop @julianhjessop.bsky.social · 18h

By popular demand, here's a chart of the IMF's forecasts for GDP growth *per capita* in 2025 and 2026, which is a better measure of changes in living standards than the headline numbers... 🤔

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16h

Indeed.

The government has chosen to prioritise reducing (skilled, legal, for work) migration over growth and hence over improving public services.

No economic rationale - but even worse, no political rationale either.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22h

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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Liam K McGrath @liammcgrath.bsky.social · 16h

For historical buildings, Ipswich is massively underestimated www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2553888...

One of Ipswich's oldest buildings taken off the market

The Old Neptune Inn, a 13-bedroom building on the Ipswich Waterfront dating back to the 15th century, has been taken off the market.

www.ipswichstar.co.uk

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Philip Taylor @philipjtaylor.bsky.social · 56m

Shades of Speer's Germania.

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 4h

Trump apparently wants to build a "Arc de Trump" in Washington www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

Don the Builder: Inside Trump's White House makeover

Long after Trump has exited the presidency, his imprint will be on the executive mansion in an unprecedented scope and scale.

www.axios.com

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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · 3h

2-in-5 men die prematurely according to charity Movember, but what exactly do they mean?

It was great to be able to join Tim Harford and the 'More or Less' team on BBC Radio4 this morning to discuss life expectancy statistics and what they really mean.

This one may not mean what you think it does!

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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · 3h

Broadly correct, except the far right in office is far more corruppt than the people they replace.

Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 3h

The far right is corrupt to the core #Reform

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 3h

Two things can both be true:
1. Many people don't invest as much in equities as they reasonably could.
2. Using the tax system to encourage them to do so would do nothing to boost growth, other than enriching high-charging active fund managers.

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 3h

Very good news if this holds true. We could use some more of that for the green transition.

Keith D. Patch @keithdpatch.com · 3h

Trump threatened sanctions against countries that vote to approve the International Maritime Organization’s Net Zero Framework for greenhouse gas emissions, but support increased ahead of a final agreement in coming days.

Get ready #GreenHydrogen #GreenAmmonia #GreenMethanol

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 3h

Great John Authers piece in @bloomberg.com on why China chose to escalate the trade war using rare earths. The consensus is that it's using its monopoly position to squeeze Trump, but the deeper story is that its exporters are hurting, so China has to go for broke.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

What Does China Want? It’s Too Soon to Tell

Whether playing from a position of strength or weakness, Beijing’s timing is excellent.

www.bloomberg.com

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 2h

Short-term US yields are tumbling as the trade war with China escalates. But the real story in the US and globally is about longer-term yields and those continue to have an upward trend. That's the global debt overhang that's pushing up long-term fiscal risk premia...

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 2h

Cash ISA limit to be cut?

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 6h

The body of a Comet aircraft from the nearby de Havilland factory turns into Bridge Street, Chester, 1950s.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3h

OPINION: We are witnessing lawlessness on a scale none of us has seen in our lifetimes.

Here's how to bring Trump and his lawless thugs to justice

We are witnessing lawlessness on a scale none of us has seen in our lifetimes. It’s so bad that over the weekend, even Kamala Harris was forced to admit she’s lost faith in the American system of justice.“I don’t know if we can trust what’s coming out of the Department of Justice,” the former vice p...

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2h

Feds slam into SUV and fire tear gas into crowd including local cops

'Horrific': Feds slam into SUV and fire tear gas into crowd including local police

Feds slam into SUV and fire tear gas into crowd including local cops

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2h

A 20 year old black woman was just sitting in DC and EVERY agency possible shows up to arrest her!

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1h

The chairman of the Republican National Committee dished out disgusting details about President Donald Trump's fast food fixation.

Trump jammed together McDonald's sandwiches to create 'hideous Franken-burger': RNC chair

The chairman of the Republican National Committee dished out disgusting details about President Donald Trump's fast food fixation.RNC chair Joe Gruters, who's also a Florida state senator, appeared on a local government podcast and was asked to comment on one of the funniest things that had happened...

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 1h

my local paper seems not to have caught on that “repressive as ever” is what the US is all about now

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1h

The Portland Frogs have been multiplying ✊😊✊

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 1h

www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-fa...
Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents in Chicago at the request of the Department of Justice.

Meta scraps Facebook page tracking ICE agents in Chicago after Justice Dept. asked it to

Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

www.cbsnews.com

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Democrats @democrats.org · 14h

7.5 million children with disabilities will be affected.

Graphic featuring Donald Trump with the following text:

UPDATE

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

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