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Amazing research findings! #CofE #BibleSociety #churchgrowth

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What can airplane cockpits tell us about the dangers of designing for the ‘average’ person? 🧵

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“But too often the platforms' first action on the death of a client is to shut the adviser out of the loop, just when we are often needed the most.” Some great reflections and comments from @philbillingham.bsky.social www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-bi...

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“It takes a certain madness to put your name forward for the top job in this busted organisation, and anyone who wants it probably shouldn’t get it.” @andrewgraystone.bsky.social on the search for a new archbishop of Canterbury. www.prospectmagazine...

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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

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Saw @aiannucci.bsky.social’s glorious Dr Strangelove tonight thanks to NT Live. Brilliant & innovative staging & a terrific cast led by Steve Coogan. After #Signalgate, Putin, Trump - rather too close to reality at times!

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Outstanding work

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With the US now voting with Russia, Belarus and N Korea at the UN, this is a good time to read or re-read the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Russia, UK and US made clear commitments to Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. Six bullet points, read them. treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...

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Crikey, Frances, that’s grim. open.substack.com/pub/coppolac... But as ever, very definitely worth reading. @francescoppola.bsky.social

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We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border - UK has a moral duty to support both Rohingya and Bangladesh- we’ve left the responsibility for helping some of the most oppressed people to one of the poorest nations t.co/EhTDk6hv31

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This is a very well reasoned and worded complaint. Predictably, the response makes no attempt to address what it says

submitted 96 days ago • 67 comments

This was great! Really fascinating explanation of how our understanding of the universe has grown over the last century. Looking forward to part 2 - thanks @jimalkhalili.bsky.social !

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Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

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Denmark set to work building a defensive wall on the Greenland coast

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Great piece by @philbillingham.bsky.social : service to clients - it’s not just about an annual review! citywire.com/new-model-ad...

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NEW How the lore of New Year defeated the law of New Year How the English state gave up on insisting the new year started on 25 March By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-lo... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/how-...

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“Women of a certain age”, state pensions, Suffragette costumes, and disappointment. My blog in the WASPI campaign and its supporters’ expectations of compensation, now disappointed by the government open.substack.com/pub/bleakhou...

submitted 118 days ago • 8 comments

Takes a few seconds to vote. No need to tick boxes or add emails

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Great analysis of the story of the Magi, with helpful historical context

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Just discovered Guy Garvey’s From The Vaults on Sky Arts - excellent! Great one for the much-missed Mike Morrison music hour… #pensiontechs

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At last! Great to see the FCA thinking openly about allowing stochastic projections for pension clients. We’ve until 27/2 to make our views known. www.fca.org.uk/publications...

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This is an extraordinary document.

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Despite Consumer Duty, financial providers continue to make remarkably foolish decisions. Here's a sad example from @philbillingham.bsky.social www.financialplanningtoday.co.uk/news/phil-bi...

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Great episode - thought-provoking, but strong lines of hope🙏

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Another example of the PO holding scheme trustees personally liable for losses to members, finding that “scheme funds had been invested in breach of trustee investment duties and in furtherance of a pension liberation arrangement”. #PensionLiberation www.professionalpensions.com/news/4383910...

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This is long overdue…

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Sum up Retirement perfectly...

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“Anyone? Anyone?”

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Pension scam: Good to see the individual behind the corporate trustee being held liable - hope they're successful in recovering some of the c£10m lost. www.lexology.com/library/deta...

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The #detention of Dil Mohammed, a prominent spokesperson of the ‘No Mans Land’ Rohingya community, has been raised before the #UN WGAD. Haydee Dijkstal is instructed as counsel, & submitted a complaint raising serious #fairtrial/#dueprocess violations.⬇️ thediplomat.com/2024/11/inte...

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Good piece from @natbullard.bsky.social on why solar forecasts have been so bad, courtesy of #ExponentialView www.exponentialview.co/p/the-foreca...

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Great to post real blue sky on @bsky.app - guess it would be looking stormy on Xitter... #IpswichWaterfront @ipswichtown.bsky.social

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Great post from @francescoppola.bsky.social

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Another great piece from Robin Ellison - highly recommended - enjoy! #Regulation #TPR

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This piece by Adam Tooze trying to answer the question from a historical perspective of why an evacuation of 1m Palestinians can be ordered by Israel is must-read. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

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