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Chris Weston

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A friend, most likely. Talking to interesting people weekly at wb40podcast.com for over 8 years. Midlander. Cricket tragic. Rent-a-quote. Techmonger/know it all

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That is the key point. Markets are nervous because nobody knows whether they have a good hand in this game. Important that we use these tools like any other. Understand amd manage the risks, don't lose control, don't ignore them and hope they go away.

03.03.2026 09:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Has there ever been a flimsier basis for a headline?

03.03.2026 07:31 — 👍 128    🔁 20    💬 15    📌 0

Take two minutes to hear Lawson describe the BAFTAs situation perfectly.

01.03.2026 08:54 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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who made this

02.03.2026 14:51 — 👍 10677    🔁 4876    💬 467    📌 451

These people hate this country and our way of life.

02.03.2026 17:39 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

So much will be said about all this in the coming days, but IMO the biggest takeaway is that James Watt and Martin Dickie each pocketed more than the price BrewDog was eventually sold for, while 500 hardworking staff are now out of a job & 220k equity punks don't get a dime.

Absolute charlatans.

02.03.2026 17:02 — 👍 257    🔁 126    💬 12    📌 13

And little else

02.03.2026 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fair

02.03.2026 14:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't want to suggest this survey is a disaster, but if you try and submit the parents version the site breaks because it's been misconfigured and doesn't record the results.

02.03.2026 11:07 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Alex Pretti should have been 38 years old today.

02.03.2026 10:29 — 👍 455    🔁 112    💬 4    📌 2

Hmm. Fill the car up.

02.03.2026 08:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are still clinging to the US/UK/Western alliance. What alternative is there? One day the Americans will regain their sense.

01.03.2026 22:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In some cases yes. But a lot were just "grass roots". One temporarily motivated guy who knows how to use a ladder can get a lot done in a couple of hours. The ones I took down were certainly not put up by pros.

01.03.2026 18:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Explaining the concept of VHS to today’s children is difficult enough, this would just tip them over the edge.

01.03.2026 14:59 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
DUBAI issues emergency alert.
are evacuating apartments


00:31


9اا


Emergency Alert
now
نظرا للأوضاع الراهنة تهديد صاروخي محتمل، ݕرجى
الاحتماء فورا في مبنى آمن بعيدا عن النوافذ والأبواب
والمناطق المفتوحة وانتظر التعليمات الرسمية ) وزارة
الداخلية م
Due to current situation, a potential missile
threats, Seek immediate shelter in the closest
secure building, and to steer away from
windows, doors, and open areas. Await for
further instructions

DUBAI issues emergency alert. are evacuating apartments 00:31 9اا Emergency Alert now نظرا للأوضاع الراهنة تهديد صاروخي محتمل، ݕرجى الاحتماء فورا في مبنى آمن بعيدا عن النوافذ والأبواب والمناطق المفتوحة وانتظر التعليمات الرسمية ) وزارة الداخلية م Due to current situation, a potential missile threats, Seek immediate shelter in the closest secure building, and to steer away from windows, doors, and open areas. Await for further instructions

Sorry for anyone affected by the violence in the Middle East and that sympathy extends to Isabel Oakeshott and her family.

Perhaps this experience will help her reflect on the fear and suffering of millions of people who suffer far far worse and are obliged to flee famine and war.

01.03.2026 16:15 — 👍 1362    🔁 269    💬 230    📌 27
LIKE MOST people at
the moment, my gas and
electricity bills are sky high. I for
one am certainly intending to use
as much as I can in order to get my
money's worth.
Jane Hoole Garner, St Ives

LIKE MOST people at the moment, my gas and electricity bills are sky high. I for one am certainly intending to use as much as I can in order to get my money's worth. Jane Hoole Garner, St Ives

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28.02.2026 17:49 — 👍 179    🔁 32    💬 1    📌 1

The 15:47 to unsatisfactory climax is about to leave the station

01.03.2026 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ok mate, I know you have had a good few days but let the grown ups deal with this one.

01.03.2026 10:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Immigrant reports from a hostile environment. All she wanted was to make a better life for herself.

01.03.2026 07:05 — 👍 479    🔁 130    💬 36    📌 7

Could be important

01.03.2026 07:19 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

01.03.2026 04:01 — 👍 2348    🔁 794    💬 38    📌 93

Stop talking about every last thing as a distraction from the Epstein files. Sexual violence is part of how they do things. War is part of how they do things. White supremacy, anti-woman/LGBTQ policies, gross wealth, etc are all parts of how they do things. All of it is the point. All of it.

28.02.2026 20:19 — 👍 86    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 2

I mean it's a SCIF with a perimeter barrier consisting of curtains so I think we're a little past ICD 705 already, even by TSWA standards

01.03.2026 01:35 — 👍 2081    🔁 361    💬 58    📌 15
Now it can be revealed that Kirstie Donnelly, the City & Guilds chief executive who later received a £1.74 million bonus, and Abid Ismail, chief financial officer, who received £1.2 million, provided suspect information about the financial health of the charity shortly before the sale.

Now it can be revealed that Kirstie Donnelly, the City & Guilds chief executive who later received a £1.74 million bonus, and Abid Ismail, chief financial officer, who received £1.2 million, provided suspect information about the financial health of the charity shortly before the sale.

Never heard of an instance like this of a charity CEO getting a £1.74m bonus. Part of a strange wider story I’ve never heard about of the sale of City & Guilds to a commercial company in Cyprus. The sale is now subject to a Charity Commission inquiry
www.thetimes.com/article/76bb...

28.02.2026 22:35 — 👍 67    🔁 37    💬 7    📌 8

Marston Green, I think you mean there :)

28.02.2026 18:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Operation Epic Furry Launches United States and Israel target Iran to protect our European Friends and Allies

Now on Substack!
open.substack.com/pub/represen...

28.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 42    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Allies of Hutton reckon that far from welcoming the investigation, Simons probably wishes the whole matter had never come up.

28.02.2026 18:02 — 👍 160    🔁 30    💬 9    📌 5

Go to Birmingham International railway station where there is a free 20 minute waiting area. There is a (free) monorail shuttle from the airport to the railway station.

Otherwise it is £££ to go into the pickup zone at the airport.

28.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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"Family voting"...

28.02.2026 13:11 — 👍 88    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 8

Can't believe the FIFA peace prize is about to become the first peace prize in history to be discredited by one of its honorees! What a sad day for the previously unimpeachable record of peace prizes!

28.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 590    🔁 87    💬 23    📌 3