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Old lefty from South Devon. Likes books, music, and Oxford commas. Still angry about brexit and Johnson, and the whole bunch of chancers and spivs currently failing to run the country. And don't start me off on the orange moron.

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Mine too!

02.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
For example, an Amazon delivery driver, who sits in a cabin surrounded by AI cameras that monitor the driver’s eyes and take points off if the driver looks in a proscribed direction, and monitors the driver’s mouth because singing is not allowed on the job, and rats the driver out to the boss if they do not make quota.

For example, an Amazon delivery driver, who sits in a cabin surrounded by AI cameras that monitor the driver’s eyes and take points off if the driver looks in a proscribed direction, and monitors the driver’s mouth because singing is not allowed on the job, and rats the driver out to the boss if they do not make quota.

This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING

wat

CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

18.01.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 4330 πŸ” 1309 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 273

Hell yes, he's as unlikeable a politician as any.

15.01.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
FINANCIAL TIMES
I was amused - and saddened - to read the latest instalment of the Brexiters' excuses for the poor performance over recent years of the UK economy and the UK's politics. In "Implementation of Brexit became a business fiasco" (Markets Insight, December 19), Paul Marshall acknowledges the cost of the UK's decision to leave the EU. But rather than acknowledge that his analysis was wrong
- cutting ties with your biggest trading partner is never a good idea - Marshall blames bad implementation, and the fact that the EU didn't cut the UK some slack.

FINANCIAL TIMES I was amused - and saddened - to read the latest instalment of the Brexiters' excuses for the poor performance over recent years of the UK economy and the UK's politics. In "Implementation of Brexit became a business fiasco" (Markets Insight, December 19), Paul Marshall acknowledges the cost of the UK's decision to leave the EU. But rather than acknowledge that his analysis was wrong - cutting ties with your biggest trading partner is never a good idea - Marshall blames bad implementation, and the fact that the EU didn't cut the UK some slack.

Implementation of Brexit by the UK has indeed been poor, but that's a direct consequence of the political crisis that everyone should have expected following such a major decision on the back of one simple 52/48 referendum vote at the conclusion of a mind-bogglingly uninformed debate by both sides. That includes the Brexiters' naive insistence that the EU would bend to UK demands and grant it all sorts of privileges not enjoyed by others.
So, the roughly 8 per cent of GDP loss in UK output since the Brexit decision in 2016 is easily explained by three perfectly predictable factors: it was a bad economic decision; it has split UK society politically; and the EU27 has moved on.

Implementation of Brexit by the UK has indeed been poor, but that's a direct consequence of the political crisis that everyone should have expected following such a major decision on the back of one simple 52/48 referendum vote at the conclusion of a mind-bogglingly uninformed debate by both sides. That includes the Brexiters' naive insistence that the EU would bend to UK demands and grant it all sorts of privileges not enjoyed by others. So, the roughly 8 per cent of GDP loss in UK output since the Brexit decision in 2016 is easily explained by three perfectly predictable factors: it was a bad economic decision; it has split UK society politically; and the EU27 has moved on.

It's time for those who led the UK down this disastrous path to stand up and acknowledge their wrong analysis and naive understanding of Europe. Until that happens, how can one even hope that the UK will begin to heal?
Erik Fossing Nielsen
Senior Adviser, Independent Economics (a London-based economics advisory firm); Former Chief Economist, UniCredit, and Former Chief European Economist, Goldman Sachs, Berlin,
Germany

It's time for those who led the UK down this disastrous path to stand up and acknowledge their wrong analysis and naive understanding of Europe. Until that happens, how can one even hope that the UK will begin to heal? Erik Fossing Nielsen Senior Adviser, Independent Economics (a London-based economics advisory firm); Former Chief Economist, UniCredit, and Former Chief European Economist, Goldman Sachs, Berlin, Germany

Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.

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Β‘Por supuesto!

24.08.2025 11:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's himself.

23.08.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Surely not the same Robert Jenrick who was Minister of State for Immigration for 14 months and did absolutely f#ck all??

23.08.2025 09:12 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought of Christopher Walken's father's watch in Pulp Fiction, but maybe I'm weird.

20.08.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should be ok if you drive on the left, as they all drive on the other side.

13.08.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ffs, please don't eat octopuses.

07.08.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, but he's the epitome of good taste...

07.08.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A foolish Endeavour.

02.07.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I read that as you having put the cat through a washing cycle, and was suitably horrified.

16.06.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh come on, he does live in a cul-de-sac.

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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s β€˜Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.

That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.

Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

12.05.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 5105 πŸ” 1577 πŸ’¬ 331 πŸ“Œ 182
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And goodnight xxx

06.05.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAmong the saddest parts of the last 100 days, which have been an avalanche of misery if you care about life itself, is that climate change is barely mentioned.”

04.05.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 985 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 16

How long before Donald Trump is calling them the Biden Tariffs?

01.05.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

And maybe they could move the refresh button on the app. I'm forever pressing it by accident.

20.04.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. September 2023.

04.04.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 1090 πŸ” 201 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7

Took me a moment...

04.04.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can bet that China understands what's going on about a million times better than the orange prick.

04.04.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know how you do it! Brilliant again.

04.04.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bissau 10%
Palau 10%
Avalon (UK) 10%
Fiji 32%
Tyree (UK) 10%
Isles of Ebony (UK) 10%
Peru 10%
Cebu (Philippines)  17%
Babylon (Iraq) 39%
Bali (Indonesia) 32%
Cali (Colombia) 10%
Beneath the Coral Sea (Australia) 10%
Ebudæ (UK) 10%
Khartoum (Sudan) 10%
Deep Sea of Clouds 10%
Island of the Moon (Madagascar) 47%
The Ross Dependency (Antarctica) 10%
Tripoli (Libya) 31%

Bissau 10% Palau 10% Avalon (UK) 10% Fiji 32% Tyree (UK) 10% Isles of Ebony (UK) 10% Peru 10% Cebu (Philippines) 17% Babylon (Iraq) 39% Bali (Indonesia) 32% Cali (Colombia) 10% Beneath the Coral Sea (Australia) 10% Ebudæ (UK) 10% Khartoum (Sudan) 10% Deep Sea of Clouds 10% Island of the Moon (Madagascar) 47% The Ross Dependency (Antarctica) 10% Tripoli (Libya) 31%

Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow

02.04.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 3452 πŸ” 1145 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 85

If he had only left it up, people might have credited him with having a sense of humour. Removing it straight away just shows he's a gullible twat.

20.03.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
X post by Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW
), featuring a verification badge. The post reads, "The USA is weird now. If you're a person under 30, you probably think it's normal but that's because you don't know. Trust me. It's weird."

X post by Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW ), featuring a verification badge. The post reads, "The USA is weird now. If you're a person under 30, you probably think it's normal but that's because you don't know. Trust me. It's weird."

America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.

16.03.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 48891 πŸ” 9262 πŸ’¬ 981 πŸ“Œ 361

Refuse to put up with crap.

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