Vernon Baseley

🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.

They find Brexit has:

⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%

⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%

⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%

⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%

Well you can't say he hasn't done his time.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

O2's putting prices up more than it said it would when people signed up. It makes a mockery of Ofcom’s rules. You’ve a right to leave penalty free within 30 days of notification! Here’s how to save large!

For more watch the full Martin Lewis Money Show at ITVX

The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer

‘If the BBC was able today to report what it thinks, it would say this: there has been a coup’

The Observer view: political interference at the BBC

https://bit.ly/4qW3MeA

This looks rather meaningful.

If BBC News's rivals who are today damning it for bias were held to similar standards, most of them would be shut down on the spot.

3/3: I'm dreading doing the 2026 update for UK-France, I fear more Ouigoisation has punched even more holes in journey options, including the London-Lille-Lyon service.
It really does dilute frequency, reducing connectivity.

Blast furnaces from the river, Middlesbrough, 19th century.

Even a simple factoid like this gets overlooked, but it was not long ago that *everyone* directly knew multiple examples of people taken away by this at something preposterous like age 22

One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.

BBC_statement_v64_final_v3_signedoff_v8_finalcopy_v6_approved_3.docx

Interesting paragraph from a long tweet just posted by Nick Robinson.

Notable that the supposedly “patriotic” wing of British politics wants to destroy / defund almost all of our national institutions

Ed Davey says BBC isn't perfect but "remains one of the few institutions standing between our British values and a populist, Trump-style takeover of our politics".

He says the resignations are a chance for BBC to rebuild trust and "not give in to the likes of Nigel Farage who want to destroy it"

Drones sighted over Doel nuclear plant Three drones were spotted over the Doel nuclear power plant on Sunday evening, operator Engie has confirmed. The sightings, reported shortly...

Drones sighted over Doel nuclear plant

Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel

A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.

this is my favourite comment of the day on an FT story

It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.

A social media post by Karoline Leavitt (The White House Press Secretary) showing two news headlines side-by-side. The left headline, under a caption that reads "Shot" reads: "Trump goes to war with 'fake news' BBC," and the right headline under a caption that reads "Chaser" reads: "Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general over Trump documentary edit."

I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.

To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.

*stares at the collection of 200+ DVDs that I've had in storage for the last eight years*

*stares at the increasing price and declining quality of streaming services*

*stares back at my dvd collection*

...you thinking what I'm thinking?

We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.

‘Thanks so much for joining us on what I know is a very busy day for you. Tell me, what is your vision for the BBC as the corporation’s new director-general?’

YouTube video by Guardian News Boris Johnson condemns Trump after Capitol attack: 'Completely wrong'

In 2020, Boris Johnson said that Trump "encouraged people to storm the Capitol ... I believe that that was completely wrong. ... I unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the Capitol".

Does he still think that?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgCi...

Trains collide near Bratislava. Dozens injured, nine seriously

Two Slovak Railways (ZSSK) trains collided near the town of Pezinok, north of Bratislava, on Sunday evening.

Lisa Nandy was just saying on the radio this morning how she had full confidence in Tim Davie.