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I must book a trip to Adelaide to visit the Art Gallery of South Australia, which is home to a number of sixteenth-century portraits, including this gem! Robert Peake painted this portrait of Lady Reynell of West Ogwell in c. 1595. Absolutely magnificent!

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Seen in the London underground.

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If you are a US based public administration or public policy scholar, and like the idea of a trip to Scotland soon, check out the call for papers for #EGPA2025! youtu.be/Q_veISFNJIY?... iias-iisa.org/egpa-2025-co... #PAsky #AcademicSky

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US tariffs on the integrated supply chains of the automotive sector are yesterday's news. And maybe next month. And so the chaos and uncertainty continues. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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BREAKING: Emmanuel Macron: 'I want to believe US will stand by our side but we have to be ready for that not to be the case We need to be able to recognise the Russian threat & better defend ourselves in order to deter such attacks The future of Europe cannot be decided in Washington or Moscow'

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On this day 4th March 1824 the RNLI was formed Artist: Robert Ayton (1968) The Story of Lighthouses, ‘Lightships and Lifeboats’

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The Brutalist. About architecture but truly terrible on architecture: www.dezeen.com/2025/03/03/t...

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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

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CJEU, rule of law Advocate General's opinion due April 1st on whether Hungary has illegally restricted opposition access to the radio spectrum

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All in all, Starmer’s first Trump White House visit looks like it couldn’t have gone much better. No 10 will be delighted and relieved, his enemies bitterly disappointed.

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Man City reported to EU Commission for possible investigation under EU foreign subsidies regulation www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

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The EU’s trade chief Maroš Šefčovič wants “early engagement” with the US on #tariffs Full story by @robfranciseu.bsky.social ⤵️ #EUtrade #EUUS #Trump borderlex.net/2025/02/04/s...

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Temu, Shein and Amazon to be liable in EU for ‘unsafe’ or ‘illegal’ goods https://www.ft.com/content/0b2b5c80-40f8-4ec9-bc91-2b4abbb88893

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London: seminar on modelling in London Plans, at @thebartlettucl.bsky.social 13 Feb, details and free booking at www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pla...

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#EU Commissioner Šefčovič seeks more time to develop the European Union's #economicsecurity doctrine aimed at coordinating the bloc's strategic economic tools Everything you need to know by @robfranciseu.bsky.social ⤵️ borderlex.net/2025/01/30/s...

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The Brexit effects on the UK car industry keep rolling... NB to avoid the allegation of simplistic takes I am advised to point out that e.g. German and Spanish production has also declined in this period. But not by half.

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I'd love to see a proper analysis of how we're going to find the people to build the third runway at Heathrow, several new reservoirs, 1.5 million houses and various other new infrastructure without mass imigration.

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A London County Council school certificate awarded after WW1, “the award of prizes having been suspended by the Council during the Great War”. It covers the period 1915-16 and is for “good conduct and meritorious work”.

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England sees 10 percent rise in solar panel installations in the first six months of new Labour government www.renewableenergymagazine.com/pv_solar/eng...

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YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet. Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.

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Been a long time in coming — too long — but now looks like UK will seek to re-link Carbon markets in upcoming Brexit “reset” talks. UK traders will be relieved to avoid carbon border taxes if it gets done. @georgewparker.bsky.social @andybounds.bsky.social and me in @financialtimes.com EXC

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A striking finding on Conservative voters, who would choose the EU economic relationship over the US one. It reminds us, above all, that the Tory coalition has shrunk. But it also tells us something about the possible further costs for Badenoch of the route she is going down.

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Maybe Greenland isn’t going to be his thing

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🚨🚨 Excellent @theguardian.com editorial on Britain and Europe:" Labour must bring it on. Sir Ed Davey – and even Kemi Badenoch – are saying new things about post-Brexit challenges. It is time for Sir Keir Starmer to do likewise". 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Government considering relaxing some of the restrictions on lenders to allow borrowers with small deposits to borrow more www.thetimes.com/article/6a9e...

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Good read. 👇👇

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The outgoing Biden administration's decision to restrict #exports of #AI could create cracks in the bloc's digital #singlemarket By Iana Dreyer ↓ borderlex.net/2025/01/14/e...

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As well as gradually moving to this platform from that other place, I am also moving from Instagram to Pixelfed to post my photography. You can find me at Pixelfed.social/profmarktj

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The Tories just tried to block reform of private renting. This Labour government will ensure renters get the security, rights and protections they deserve.

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Our analysis of the geography of GE2024 is now out in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. This offers an important update of The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales by @jwfurlong.bsky.social and me, published by OUP just ahead of the election. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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📢 NEW EVENT📢 The story of Brexit: politics, policy and progress? 📒 Join us to mark the launch of our major new report on five years of Brexit Our director @anandmenon.bsky.social leads an expert panel inc Sir John Curtice More speakers tba 👀 Full details below 👇 https://buff.ly/4ag9tMu

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This is going to be an increasingly sensitive issue as it isn’t only the usual rich country suspects pushing back vs Chinese mercantilism. Rising incidents of trade conflict seem likely, along with more emphasis on indust policies.

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1/9 BREAKING Biden Admin drops major AI chip rules today! The 200+ page "AI Diffusion" framework completely reshapes global AI tech trade. Key goal: Keep advanced AI development running on "American rails" But not everyone is happy... 🧵

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EXCL: Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney made below-the-radar trip to Brussels last month as UK attempts at “reset” with EU continue. Downing St also to appoint its own foreign affairs adviser imminently to help bolster operation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Zuckerberg's about-face on content moderation is a pretty useful lesson for governments. Peter Kyle said government has to treat big tech like nation states because they are so powerful. But Trump hasn't done that. He demanded they bend the knee and they have. It's worth knowing.

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You can now read the regular column I write for The Planner magazine. It is called 'Planning Positive' and it sets out my thoughts on Scottish planning to highlight what has worked, and what hasn’t, and to share experience and practice across the UK. www.theplanner.co.uk/planning-pos...

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Sloppy headline - the GDPR, like other EU legislation, was adopted by the EU Council (Member States ministers), plus (as in most cases) the European Parliament, not the Commission

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Fascinating piece on whether Musk is being radicalised by his own algorithm, rather than the other way round www.ft.com/content/8e91...

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Von der Leyen: grovelling sounds intensify

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Well, one would hope so. But will all the EU’s Trump-understanders/whisperers still try to reason with him, even though harm and threats are the only language he understands?

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Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻

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Very sorry to hear of the passing of Christopher Hood, formerly Gladstone Chair of Government at All Soul's College, Oxford. I had the privilege of studying with Christopher and he was both extremely kind and intellectually focused as a supervisor in ways that still benefit me two decades later.

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This is up there with “Defeat the plastic bag tax by taking your own bag to shops” for unfathomable.

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The EU’s impossible choice on trade https://www.ft.com/content/d530c163-2bba-4f54-9bc9-dfcc9b96c669

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This is amazing: it’s incredibly windy in the UK right now, so only about 10% of the National Grid is currently being powered by fossil fuels.

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I "published" my book "How to build a Metro" via its own website in October. Since then, the site has been viewed over 8,000 times by 4,000 people, with over a hundred PDF downloads. I am pretty pleased with that. Thanks all - esp. to those who "bought me a coffee" to help with the sites admin.

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One long thread I did at the other place was on shopping centre postcards. So, get ready for it again - I’ll try and add one each day. Tragically, they are all filed alphabetically. So, we start in Accrington, and an odd-looking clock outside Dixons in the Arndale Centre:

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The former Consulate of Italy in Glasgow is for sale for £2.5m. The outside looks fairly ordinary but it is the interior that lives up to the title. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

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