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Why is this marked as intolerance? Really @bsky.app ?

In an ironic twist, this thread is probably pretentious enough to inspire at least 4 or 5 terrible shows at next year's Fringe.

They could just not have invited her back. But to imply that Kate Forbes very presence was somehow detrimental to the "safety and wellbeing of the artists and performers we work with" is lunacy and the sort of thing that gives those that love to bang on about 'cancel culture' another bone to chew on

Rent controls, one of the few things that pretty much all economists agree on (i.e. they don't work) and where there is tonnes of evidence of them not working. So so stupid. Build more houses!

Does Brexit itself have any outcome on the 2016 US presidential election? Trump used it during 1st campaign as example of 'taking your country back'. Obvs wouldn't have had a massive impact, but in an election that was a decided by small margins across a few key states...

Francis (walking the) Poulenc?

Exactly. You can add almost any of the main characters in Parks and Rec, Schitts Creek etc too.

Excellent

Today might be the day Donald Trump slaps tariffs on UK goods — because he thinks VAT is a tariff. Yes, he's wrong. But the reason *why* he's wrong is fun.

So here's a 🧵 on the nerdy detail of VAT: via Jaffa Cakes and an economic theorem from 1936.

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Tbf as a Scotland fan, I can understand the view on the reaction, but how they can't see it's a red irregardless is fucking baffling.

I’ve downloaded this butterfly thing just so I can keep up with @showerabsolute.bsky.social’s fabulous trousers and terrible takes on chocolate.

So, how does it work? What’s the character limit? Where are all the Nazis?

Twilight of the Populists? Perhaps it's possible that, despite it all, we have reached peak populism

New from me - is it possible we are actually at peak populism? This post is an exercise in working through a scenario - I may very well be wrong. But also, outside of America, I think something is shifting. Because of America. 1/n

benansell.substack.com/p/twilight-o...

Yup. He's great.

still find it hard to compute that a swathe of western politicians and political commentators are making public proclamations that almost word for word match passages in anders breivik's manifesto. but, u know, here we are.

A normal person would write that and think, "you know, I actually have no idea if there is a train line to Silicon Valley... best have a quick search online to make sure I don't look like a fool".

Not Simon.

@samcoatessky.bsky.social was expressing his astonishment yesterday on Sky News that the PM had singled out one judicial review applicant to blame for the legal challenges bedevilling infrastructure projects.

Let’s fix that 😈

Here’s a story that starts with a man shut in his cellar.

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

Markets sell off a bit today and there's posters saying one of the reasons is the governments 'downbeat tone'... Naw.

This. It's amazing how some are determined to make these sort of things fit their preferred narrative.

Or it could just be that Vlad is redoing the nuke threat and equity markets don't like it when this rears it's ugly head again

Apparently Labour building 1.3m over a 5 year parliamentary term is comparable with the Tories managing 1.6m over 14 years. Do the Sunday Times think we're thick?

Having this flagged as intolerant is utter bs @bsky.app

That's disgusting.

Trump show returns to New York with Madison Square Garden rally Republican lays out dark closing argument in Democratic city where he made his fortune but was also convicted

Dunno if it'll be much better than the.... FT. Boisterous. Really?

Trump show returns to New York with boisterous Madison Square Garden rally

www.ft.com/content/6329...