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Jonty Bloom

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Business, economics and Brexit but the dog comes first

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The protectors of the constitution Since neither the Republican controlled Congress, nor the Supreme Court seem interested in protecting the constitution of the United Staes, maybe the job should come down to the Armed Forces, who swea...

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01.11.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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50% of your talent pool In recent years America has continued to dominate in Nobel prizes for science, economics and medicine.

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31.10.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why abstain? Nigel Farage managed to get a vote in the House of Commons on leaving the ECHR.

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30.10.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyone knows Nestling on the shores of Lake Geneva the World Trade Association is quietly getting on with its work, despite the worst efforts of Donald Trump.

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29.10.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To be killed at birth I have recently had to block two idiots on social media, but I am very much afraid that the utter poppycock they are pushing is likely to gain ground.

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28.10.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excellent news We all awaken to the brilliant news that Argentina’s president Javier Milei has won a huge victory in the midterm elections.

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27.10.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toys out of the pram time The front page of the FT is all about Trump and tariffs, yet again.

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25.10.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cupid Stunt Those of you who are British and of a certain age will fondly remember the comedy skit by Kenny Everett involving Cupid Stunt, the ageing tasteless, actress who always insisted when her clothes fell o...

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23.10.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Advance Australia fair Apparently Trump has decided to support the AUKUS defence deal after all, much to the temporary relief of Canberra.

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21.10.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A proactive bastard Behind the two big stories of the day Trump releasing Santos and the King releasing the Duke of York from, well from being the Duke.

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18.10.2025 08:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cromwell is coming, no not that one After what was apparently a good conference speech, although to be fair the bar was very low, Kemi Badenoch was back to her old form at PMQs this week.

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17.10.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's on offer? The doubling of American aid to Argentina is an interesting move.

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16.10.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vet Affairs Here in the UK the Competition and Markets Authority has released the first part of its investigation into the veterinarian market, which is amazingly concentrated in the hands of a few companies and ...

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15.10.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A simple truth

14.10.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and Lenin Who knew that far from hating socialism let alone communism that Donald Trump is a Leninist?

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14.10.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sauce for the goose.... Apparently small businesses are now paying only 40% of the tax they owe.

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13.10.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the pale American politics is doomed, I really cannot see a way back.

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11.10.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry, couldn't resist So back to Kemi Badenoch whose conference ended with her announcing the Troy party would abolish stamp duty.

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10.10.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First past the post bites back For decades the two major political parties and especially the Tory party have benefitted from the first past the post electoral system, and defended it to the death.

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08.10.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Badenoch trilogy I, nor many other journalists, normally waste three stories in a row on the policies of Kemi Badenoch, because frankly we have better things to do.

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07.10.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faust did better My last blog was about how dumb it is of Kemi Badenoch to plan to take the UK out of the ECHR.

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06.10.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dumb and dumber Kemi Badenoch is about to announce that a Tory government, if there is ever another Tory government, would take the UK out of the ECHR.

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04.10.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Something has changed in the City I was travelling through The City yesterday and it is a good thing to do from time to time as it is easy to forget how busy, dynamic, young and wealthy it is.

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03.10.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Running on empty One of the biggest problems for the Tory party is not just that they are trying to regain lost voters from Reform by moving ever further to the right when that can never work, it is that you can smell...

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02.10.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There is no alternative You have to feel a little sorry for Labour, they inherited a total mess, higher taxes, a gaping gap in future spending already announced by the Tories but totally unfunded and a political atmosphere p...

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01.10.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top of the world, Ma Great to see Europe beat the USA, not least because the crowds at the Ryder cup have been a bunch of braying, jingoistic, rude, cheating, unwelcoming shits.

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29.09.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oliver Twist and Germany The euro is on a sustained rise versus the dollar.

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27.09.2025 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very sorry to hear this, he was v kind to me on many occasions and explained so many subjects brilliantly. A lovely gentleman and a wonderful communicator of his extensive knowledge.

26.09.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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National security and sofas I can see it now, the case finally makes its way to the Supreme Court, where the judges have to decide on whether the President can impose tariffs on his own, without Congress getting a say.

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26.09.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bab bosses I once had a boss who whenever there was a problem would announce he was going for his lunch, for a walk, a coffee or anything and not come back until he thought someone else had sorted out the proble...

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25.09.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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