Malachy McAllister

He could have ordered these at many other Burgers King as well.

I’ve been having exactly these thoughts. The need to start having a plan.

Child labour, pure and simple.

No, I wouldn’t “let the kid die” or apply this to anyone under 18. But in my view an adult who refuses vaccinations without a valid reason ought to be refused care… even if that is seen as “letting them die”.

Access to NHS care should be based on proof of vaccination. Why should the state care for people who won’t care for themselves or their children?

It turns out that a lot of meetings could have been an email.

I believe they think net migration is 3x what it actually is?

A bit like achieving a reduction in your blood pressure by bleeding out a pint of blood.

Him & Van Morrisson

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It was a hit pop song in Russia in 2019: youtu.be/mDFBTdToRmw?...

My fear is that a future Reform or Conservative govt would trigger a border poll in order to escape ECHR, they would be quite happy to lose an ill-prepared and disruptive referendum and then simply walk away and leave Ireland to deal with the consequences. Even the
CTA might come under question.

Philip I enjoyed very much this thoughtful article, and I look forward to the book.

W2

Presumably Cork is no.1 due to the presence of big US pharma companies booking all their revenue there?

And every other large or rich state in the region to acquire their own bomb.

It’s the right-wing equivalent of MMT.

Recent US$ weakness has flipped the usual rate response - higher Treasury yields AND FX weakness mean it is not merely no longer a safe haven - it isn’t even behaving like a DM currency - see Karthik Sangaran.

China’s model requires the renminbi to remain weak against the dollar, which means keeping export proceeds in dollar assets, rather than converting dollars into renminbi, and thereby driving up the renminbi’s value against the dollar.

The Great Leap Faceplantward

Conversations with Ireland’s most notorious murderer The long read: Malcolm Macarthur was the wealthy, bookish socialite who shocked Ireland with a brutal double killing in 1982, and caused a major political scandal. I tracked him down and heard, for th...

The Man-Eater of Malahide would’ve been about this lad: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...

Swap lines to support eurodollar banking system are based on definition of eligible collateral, which is an FOMC matter - so look safe so long as Powell is in the chair.

Yep. Poland has more tanks than
Ger, Fra, UK combined. Finland has more artillery than Ger, Fra, UK combined. Ukraine has more troops than… etc

Agreed - but I hope the impact is transmitted through the FX & treasury markets, and not via the Eurodollar banking system - which the Fed backstopped in
‘08 & ‘20 - unlikely to happen again.