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Not a boost. This is directly related to the worsening unemployment figures.
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Terrorism.
Conversando de economía en español a las 4pm hora de Gran Bretaña.
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
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It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
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So, if the EU transforms its structures then we review can discuss. But hard to believe that possible when current treaties make those structures incredibly inflexible.
Not to mention the mess that is the Eurozone. which we may be required to join (or at least required to adjust our fiscal policy as if we were to join) further entrenching austerity into our politics. The EU would need to be rebuilt from the bottom up before it can do what people want it to do.
To join the EU in its current form would mean (amongst other things) to outsource trade policy at risk of undermining domestic industrial policy.
The UK (and Canada) obviously needs to sign some kind of new security agreement with the EU that excludes the US. But that doesn’t not require us to join the EU.
Keir Starmer's speech:
This is when the size to the EU can be a hindrance rather than help.
The tariffs are paid by US citizens not the UK.
We do not need to apply counter tariffs where these would harm ourselves. But we do need to remove any US service that now represents a security risk. I.e. Starlink/X/Tesla/Palantir etc.
We then invest in our own systems
Resilience isn’t just about managing the outside it is also about building things in the inside.
No mention of industrial policy, of Palantir, on investment.
Can we get a prime minister who doesn’t feel completely helpless? Ideally not another fascist please?
When Starmer mentioned the “values that guide us”… i thought he would evoke something of the post 1945 spirit that his Party led. Instead, he centres the UK/US relationship. …Sigh
It seems we’re going to sink with the ship.
I have a feeling that by the time this is all over the world will owe so much to Minneapolis.
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Wondering if Brits realise just how important this cause is for securing the continued existence of our own NHS.
As a matter of priority. Develop our own digital infrastructure independent from the US.
Thats it. 10%? I have to admit i expected worse than that. And imv indicates hesitation/anxiety. He knows the tariffs are paid by US consumers. Best response for the UK is to ignore and invest in our own economy.
👇Imports are a benefit
She was shot through the window on the side of the head.
When the paramedics arrived, she had a pulse... she was still alive... she was STILL alive... while those monsters denied her care from a local physician.
As a general rule of thumb for policymakers, waging both internal and external wars simultaneously is not a good idea.
“Printing money” is a term that dates back to the gold standard. Not applicable to a fiat currency.
Merry Xmas!
The only reason people believe it’s important to respect bond markets is because they do think and are often explicitly told by economists and analysis that these markets assess the risk of default. You don’t challenge this assumption.
Firstly, you imply it is. The reader assumes they can asses the govt interest rates as they do those of a mortgage or loan.
If your concern is inflation, then you have to explain how do bond markets help us fend it off and why that is more important than full employment and investment.
