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DWdomw.bsky.socialOct 8, 2024 8:58am

I suspect we'll get a lot of this kind of fiscal scolding in the run up to the budget. But just to make a few points on this: 1. Gilt yields have risen by roughly the same amount as US bonds over the last month. Unlike Truss's mini-budget, there's nothing to suggest it's UK specific. (cont.)

Not sure if Musk has ever actually been interested in free speech, rather than pushing a particular kind of politics.

In case you missed it: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Blue plaque’ at Walthamstow Tesco honours lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership

Though the 'colic' bit comes from a Greek word for 'herd', so 'bucolic' literally means 'cowherdish'.

Maybe free trade as in the Opium Wars?

Congratulations!

Absolutely.

I think the Romans had a decimal system; just not the Arabic numerals.

Fantastic.

So where does the lazy media consensus that migration overall is unpopular come from? Largely the misperception (driven by lazy/malicious media coverage) that asylum/irregular migration numbers are *much* higher than they really are.