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#UK West London Socialist (Uxb), interested in #art, #history, #gardening and #politics. Ex IT bod. Perpetual OU student for 20 odd years. No. 1,123,682 Sept 2023
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submitted 4 hours ago • 8 comments

Best way to deal with this post nationalisation, is to recoup the losses by charging *defence* for their "Virgin steel" an appropriate price, and let the defence budget soak it up? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

#bbcpm

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Trump losing at tariff chicken

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

I guess he had time for his friends to buy the tanking shares in tech!

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Social media posts are not law,” Jarred Varaelli, a vice president at Savino Del Bene, a logistics firm. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

As busy lizzies go, that's a stunner, Adam. #gardenersworld

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But of course...

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Well, that's enough to make you feel weepy... #ElectricUmbrella Wonderful stuff!

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There's a lot going on here...terrific!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Great article

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The BBC report 'Officials at the Cabinet Office - headed by Pat McFadden - are being told today that 2,100 of their 6,500 jobs will be cut or moved to other parts of government over the next two years'. We have to fear that this is the tip of the ice berg, with many more cuts to come.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

"A number of Italian companies are putting together contingency plans...That includes spirits group *Campari*, which said last month that it was assessing opportunities to expand US production." < I really think my favourite aperitif should move to its natural home - Luton Airport!

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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... An excellent explainer. Must listen again. (5 am was early 😴)

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@moderation.bsky.app This is mislabelled. It is Artistic Nudity not Adult content.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

After my initial woh!... came....and why not? ✔️ Jaw, jaw, not war, war.

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Ernst & Young (EY) fined £4.875m for dud audits at Thomas Cook. Failed to verify assets, check that business was a going concern, didn't challenge management assertions. Puny fines won't make a difference, will be passed to clients. No govt plans for major major audit reforms.

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-francois-millet/peasants-bringing-home-a-calf-born-in-the-fields-1864

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I agree.

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#GordonBrown: "It seems barely credible that the world is being brought to its knees by [TheUS], outside of which live 96% of the population, who produce 84% of the world’s manufactured goods." Consider that 4% of world population have probably 90+%* of the world's wealth. TAX THEM! *guess

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"From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’: Inside Trump’s Reversal..." The circle breaks? It was the bond market....and China holds a lot of it! Gift article.

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"No Other President could do what I did..." You can say that again!

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Cue rambling time #BBCTheContext

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Hey Trump, if China is cheating through subsidies....why don't you give subsidies? Or are you giving too much to the 1%

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Is that a #Trump toupee at NRCC?

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#WallSt has moved. Trump caves! Get rid of him ffs!

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Why the f*ck does the UK hold that much in US Treasuries!

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Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

submitted 4 days ago • 220 comments

An hour before WallSt opens, Trump becomes a #Panican! >> “This is a GREAT time to move your COMPANY into the United States of America...ZERO TARIFFS, and almost immediate Electrical/Energy hook ups and approvals. No Environmental Delays,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “DON’T WAIT, DO IT NOW!”

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