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We live in 'interesting times'.

We are rejecting the outdated model of multilateralism that treats the American taxpayer as the world's underwriter for a sprawling architecture of global governance. President Trump's withdrawal shows that the era of writing blank checks to international bureaucracies is over.…



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Around the introduction of GDPR: US investors stopped investing in Europe, but increased their investment in the US. European investors stopped funding startups both in Europe and in the US.

sc_cath's tweet image. Around the introduction of GDPR: US investors stopped investing in Europe, but increased their investment in the US. European investors stopped funding startups both in Europe and in the US.

The EU's shift from innovation to litigation during the AI boom has become one of the most costly mistakes in history.

TKL_Adam's tweet image. The EU's shift from innovation to litigation during the AI boom has become one of the most costly mistakes in history.


Belated recognition that creating a category called “affordable housing” is counterproductive?

EXC: Steve Reed and Sadiq Khan tell me why the “crisis” in London housebuilding justifies slashing affordable homes targets I challenge the Mayor over claims of amount of housebuidling “started” Produced by @JoeCookJ



This Select Committee evidence from the “Big Six” energy companies gives the impression that we've been making some huge policy mistakes. youtube.com/live/O--JS5_FC…

PropertySpot's tweet card. The Cost of Energy – Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

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In the 1700s and 1800s, English and Irish developers laid out hundreds of garden squares, though there was no planning requirement that they do this, and though they never made any money on them. Why?

SCP_Hughes's tweet image. In the 1700s and 1800s, English and Irish developers laid out hundreds of garden squares, though there was no planning requirement that they do this, and though they never made any money on them. Why?

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We begin our analysis with a simple observation - that the decline in UK electricity availability, which started in 2006, coincided with the start of structural weakness in UK productivity growth (2/16) #productivitypuzzle #ukeconomy

KallumPickering's tweet image. We begin our analysis with a simple observation - that the decline in UK electricity availability, which started in 2006, coincided with the start of structural weakness in UK productivity growth (2/16) #productivitypuzzle #ukeconomy

This map is very revealing for what it says about how the US sees Europe.

PropertySpot's tweet image. This map is very revealing for what it says about how the US sees Europe.

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One of the most striking themes in Keir Starmer’s speech today — his frustration with Whitehall For weeks I’ve been asking Labour people what they make of their time in government and one sentiment comes up again and again: “Dominic Cummings was right”


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Donald Tusk has just called for the suspension of the right to territorial asylum in Poland. Says he will "demand recognition" of this decision with European partners.

Premier @DonaldTusk w #Warszawa: Jednym z elementów strategii migracyjnej będzie czasowe terytorialne zawieszenie prawa do azylu. Będziemy domagać się uznania tej decyzji w Europie.



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New GDP per capita PPP data from @WorldBank suggest that, based on the current growth projections from @IMFNews WEO April 2024, Poland's 🇵🇱 PPP income is likely to exceed that of Japan🇯🇵 by 2026. Unbelievable data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.G… @Noahpinion

mmpiatkowski's tweet image. New GDP per capita PPP data from @WorldBank suggest that, based on the current growth projections from @IMFNews WEO April 2024, Poland's 🇵🇱 PPP income is likely to exceed that of Japan🇯🇵 by 2026. Unbelievable data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.G… @Noahpinion

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Bam! And that, my friends, is how you deregulate. No endless consultations, no turgid white papers, no 'stakeholderism', no imperceptibly nuanced changes that in practice means nothing changes. Just sweep it away. Build, baby, build!

IGMansfield's tweet image. Bam! 

And that, my friends, is how you deregulate.

No endless consultations, no turgid white papers, no 'stakeholderism', no imperceptibly nuanced changes that in practice means nothing changes.

Just sweep it away.

Build, baby, build!
IGMansfield's tweet image. Bam! 

And that, my friends, is how you deregulate.

No endless consultations, no turgid white papers, no 'stakeholderism', no imperceptibly nuanced changes that in practice means nothing changes.

Just sweep it away.

Build, baby, build!

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nice expensive paving you've got there... would be a shame if successive utility companies were to dig it up and not bother replacing it 😏 (2009, 2017, 2021)

joncstone's tweet image. nice expensive paving you've got there... would be a shame if successive utility companies were to dig it up and not bother replacing it 😏  (2009, 2017, 2021)
joncstone's tweet image. nice expensive paving you've got there... would be a shame if successive utility companies were to dig it up and not bother replacing it 😏  (2009, 2017, 2021)
joncstone's tweet image. nice expensive paving you've got there... would be a shame if successive utility companies were to dig it up and not bother replacing it 😏  (2009, 2017, 2021)

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I want to offer a short theory of why this has happened, not because I'm sure I'm right but because I want to test it more broadly. Fundamentally, it's about the structure of the State and how the Conservatives have failed to reform it. /1

Millions of words written about the apparent collapse in Tory support, but so much of it just glosses over the fundamental reason. The government has overseen the worst real wage growth in centuries and collapsing public services. It's economic project has objectively failed.



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As Labour looks for new town sites, and how to make HS2 work, might I suggest Calvert, where HS2 and EWR cross? 5km radius population is only 7,000. Land rated poor for farming. Huge transport capacity. You could fit a city the sized of Rennes (250k) here. @s8mb, as discussed!

JamesUpsher's tweet image. As Labour looks for new town sites, and how to make HS2 work, might I suggest Calvert, where HS2 and EWR cross? 5km radius population is only 7,000. Land rated poor for farming. Huge transport capacity. You could fit a city the sized of Rennes (250k) here. @s8mb, as discussed!

Very interesting. Is social eating the key to combatting obesity?

With a few exceptions, that's the obesity rate chart reversed

Valen10Francois's tweet image. With a few exceptions, that's the obesity rate chart reversed


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unpopular take but 800k for <niche humanities project> looks bizarre because it *is* bizarre, and comes from treating hums like STEM, i.e. concentrating funds on a small % of research 'teams' to address narrow questions over multiple years, while most hums research gets /nothing/


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Wow. It’s surprisingly easy to make Waterloo station look actually nice! This can’t happen soon enough 😍 1,900m2 of new green space around what is presently, to be frank, a dump. networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-r…

AaronBastani's tweet image. Wow. It’s surprisingly easy to make Waterloo station look actually nice! This can’t happen soon enough 😍

1,900m2 of new green space around what is presently, to be frank, a dump. 

networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-r…

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Maybe the green bit never really existed, puffed up statistics from over extended banks?

CJCHowarth's tweet image. Maybe the green bit never really existed, puffed up statistics from over extended banks?

This is appalling. It’s as if by focusing on ‘process’ and ‘best practice’, we’ve lost sight of humanity and common sense.

A few days ago I found out my 86yr old mum with dementia had had a fall & been admitted to hospital I didn’t know which hospital so had to cold call the ones in the area No luck I thought this can’t be so called them all again Fortunately I got a different receptionist at one….



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