The government back tracked. It invoked the Goods Availability Act to takeover Nexperia here: www.government.nl/latest/news/...

It then U-turned on that decision here: www.government.nl/documents/di...

Couldn't be clearer.

(Having watched Eibar play recently, hoping for Eibar to win la Liga would be hoping for too much...)

This is one of the points I make in this Jacobin piece: you can identify liberalism's collapse by the fact that it's increasingly difficult to distinguish between centrist and hard right governments in Europe on issues pertaining to fundamental rights.
jacobin.com/2025/11/trum...

China is increasing the solar and wind capacity it adds to its energy system each year.

Read the full piece here: carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

Full piece here: www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

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Uber wants to diversify its delivery operations into grocery and retail delivery, much bigger markets than restaurant food delivery. But grocery delivery has lower margins than restaurant food, and retail delivery is highly competitive. Diversifying is easier said than done.

Investors were worried about DoorDash moving into the European market by buying Deliveroo (and previously Wolt). Khosrowshahi tried to shrug it off but it's clear that there's very few markets where Uber will be able to operate as a complete monopoly without any competitors.

One part of Uber's strategy is to become not just a platform for transport work but a platform for work in general. That's what 'Uber AI Solutions' is for. But the idea that American or European ride hail drivers today are going to become the data labellers of tomorrow is fanciful.

Uber massaging the books is nothing new - the company has been trying to put lipstick on $33 billion in losses for years. It's making profits now, but they aren't big profits and it's not clear where it's long-term growth comes from. Hubert Horan may still end up being right!