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If this was a temperature plot, how would the Guardian interpret it? theguardian.com/media/2025/oct…

ProfBernardPaz's tweet image. If this was a temperature plot, how would the Guardian interpret it? theguardian.com/media/2025/oct…

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If another tax is expected then the one-off tax rapidly ceases to be efficient, and has all the serious anti-growth consequences of a regular wealth tax. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/22/uk-….


Someone unironically wrote, "Digital ID offers more than faster services; it can enable a smarter state that knows when and how to help, without citizens having to ask." Did they want to terrify people? telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/0…


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Bad when needed, good when needed.

savingintuition's tweet image. Bad when needed, good when needed.

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In the alternative, Europe could try to invent something instead of taxing everything that moves until it dies, then you could regulate your own stuff. My colleagues at the @ASI have some helpful suggestions on that point if you're interested in examining that further.


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4chan is suing the UK government over their speech laws. The opening is quite something.

tobi's tweet image. 4chan is suing the UK government over their speech laws. The opening is quite something.

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Me, in the Telegraph: “No matter who is the target, the US free speech bar will not allow any American to be censored by a foreign government. No foreign power will be allowed to cross our waterline with unconstitutional and illegal orders."

🚨EXC: The White House has warned Sir Keir Starmer to stop threatening American tech companies amid mounting backlash over Britain’s online safety law. telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/0…



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If Labour ban VPNs, the ban must not include exemptions for those in the UK's national security community – people who use them because they understand why they are necessary. If they are exempted, that would of course enable ISPs to identify members of that community.

EXC: Labour Could Ban VPNs After Online Safety Act Surge order-order.com/2025/07/28/exc…

GuidoFawkes's tweet image. EXC: Labour Could Ban VPNs After Online Safety Act Surge order-order.com/2025/07/28/exc…


This. American tech companies should not be implementing age verification and censorship at the behest of the British.

The UK’s Online Safety Act and the U.S. First Amendment cannot coexist. Blocking Brits from speaking to Americans is as much a First Amendment violation as Britain arresting people on NYC streets. One of the regimes has to go. x.com/Basil_TGMD/sta…



What is this useless clickbait reporting, @BBCNews ? Tell us what specific laws were broken and we can judge if the response was appropriate. Nobody knows what "anti-social driving" means. What is the point of the BBC if it's not informative? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…


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He just keeps saying this. And Twitter just keeps retweeting it.

K_Niemietz's tweet image. He just keeps saying this. 
And Twitter just keeps retweeting it.
K_Niemietz's tweet image. He just keeps saying this. 
And Twitter just keeps retweeting it.

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Starting and running a business in 2025 Britain - let’s walk through it. You’ve got a good idea, managed to save a few quid to invest and want to give it a go. Let’s say it’s a cafe. Generate wealth, create jobs and contribute to your local economy. Great idea. You just picked…


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Points Gary misses: - wealth taxes drive capital flight & reduce revenue, - governments waste additional funds through inefficiency, - high taxes discourage investment/entrepreneurship, - inequality stems more from monetary policy & inflation than insufficient taxation.


Labour wants to give 16-year-olds the vote. That means turning children into voters. Who benefits? * Political campaigners * Social media manipulators * Corporate lobbyists * Ideological activists Who’s the new target? Your children. Giving the vote at 16 means giving…

ProfBernardPaz's tweet image. Labour wants to give 16-year-olds the vote. That means turning children into voters.

Who benefits?
* Political campaigners
* Social media manipulators
* Corporate lobbyists
* Ideological activists

Who’s the new target? Your children.

Giving the vote at 16 means giving…

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The US is a country of only 340 million people. This seems like an absurdly large number, but it's actually small, under 4.25% of the world total. We do not have enough people to specialize in producing the breadth and depth of products that our industries depend on, that our…


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Sure, I'll bite. Your Labour colleagues were deported from Israel for the exact same thing thousands of Britons are arrested for every year in the UK: uttering wrongthink which is not acceptable to the state. They don't have free speech rights in the UK; they have rights to…

My Labour colleagues were apparently deported by Israel for 'planning to say something'. I look forward to a swift defence of their right to freedom of expression from all self proclaimed advocates of free speech around the world, especially critics of the UK's Online Safety Act



Someone is making a power grab under the guise of righteousness. To which I say: fuck you. I prefer cats to wildlife and you shouldn't get to decide what everyone's preferences should be.

ProfBernardPaz's tweet image. Someone is making a power grab under the guise of righteousness. To which I say: fuck you. I prefer cats to wildlife and you shouldn't get to decide what everyone's preferences should be.
ProfBernardPaz's tweet image. Someone is making a power grab under the guise of righteousness. To which I say: fuck you. I prefer cats to wildlife and you shouldn't get to decide what everyone's preferences should be.

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US Vice President JD Vance speaking at the AI summit in Paris, laying out the current US position on AI and technology regulation. If you are interested in either topic, you should watch it. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…


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WaPo reports today that @Apple was served with a secret decryption order by the UK govt, in another blow to the UK's status as a global tech hub. If the UK wants to win, tech policy has to get very libertarian - very quickly. Latest on my blog: prestonbyrne.com/2025/02/07/uk-…


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Let me get this straight: when Elon Musk highlights issues and shares opinions on British policies, it’s called “meddling and interference” in UK politics. But when George Soros funds UK political organizations, it’s called “saving the UK and educating the British public.” I got…

ImMeme0's tweet image. Let me get this straight: when Elon Musk highlights issues and shares opinions on British policies, it’s called “meddling and interference” in UK politics. But when George Soros funds UK political organizations, it’s called “saving the UK and educating the British public.”

I got…
ImMeme0's tweet image. Let me get this straight: when Elon Musk highlights issues and shares opinions on British policies, it’s called “meddling and interference” in UK politics. But when George Soros funds UK political organizations, it’s called “saving the UK and educating the British public.”

I got…
ImMeme0's tweet image. Let me get this straight: when Elon Musk highlights issues and shares opinions on British policies, it’s called “meddling and interference” in UK politics. But when George Soros funds UK political organizations, it’s called “saving the UK and educating the British public.”

I got…
ImMeme0's tweet image. Let me get this straight: when Elon Musk highlights issues and shares opinions on British policies, it’s called “meddling and interference” in UK politics. But when George Soros funds UK political organizations, it’s called “saving the UK and educating the British public.”

I got…

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