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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 8h

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10h

City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

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‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8h

Blimey! The number of @bsky.app
users just passed 40 MILLION!! 👏

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 8h

Must've been quite a crush.

a black and white photo of a group of people with a caption that says @itaple

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 11h

...which is why it's so unhelpful when the media harp on about 'tax burdens', 'tax grabs' or Chancellors 'raking in' money. Tax is the price you pay to live in a civilised country.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 11h

As a Londoner, I'm always slightly suspicious of articles claiming it's a lawless hellhole. Particularly those written by outsiders.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 11h

I actually live in London.

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 13h

Good. More of this, please.

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 13h

Perhaps wandering around, head in phone, isn't the best strategy.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 13h

She's nuts.

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PPP Grifter @pppgrifter.bsky.social · 1d

A lot has happened this year but I feel like we should always remind people that this happened followed by him deciding to starve the poorest children in the world simply because he wanted to.

We probably shouldn’t forget about this

Richest man in the world killed the poorest children in the world simply because he wanted to

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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.bsky.social · 16h

So now we are drowning in bullshit, 'leaders' terrified to acknowledge reality cos it would highlight how long and hard they have worked to banish it and deny it. A country that cannot acknowledge reality will go mad, and well...

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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.bsky.social · Nov 30

Acknowledging reality is necessary in its own terms, because a society that cannot will go mad.

Regardless of our future relations with the EU and Europe, regardless of whether the EU will accept us, etc, we must acknowledge reality to avoid becoming lost in the swamp of bullshit forever.

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly & that is why we can't clean up British politics without media reform. Right now owners influence content which generates headlines that warp readers understanding of the world & the BBC etc then pick up as reflecting the nation's mood when it is no such thing. Support @hackedoff.bsky.social

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 18h

To do so would be to presuppose that Reform voters can read.

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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · 18h

Haha

Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 1d

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

First "I've gone for yourself".

#CelebrityTraitors

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.

Pathetic.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

So is Andrew now the artist formerly known as Prince?

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

Stringer has always been something of a tosser.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is drinking a cup of coffee while wearing a blue tank top .

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Doris by Day @dorisbyday.bsky.social · 1d

There's a massive open goal and Labour are staring at it too scared to have a shot. Brexit is and will remain a disaster for the UK.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

What a Lark(in)!

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

Someone's been saving that one up for a long time.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

It's reported that five 'minders' were on the plane yesterday...

But it's not the money - it's the lamentable politics. The optics are terrible, and Reform et al will have a field day.