My belief is Starmer survives because the public’s pain lies more in Andy than the Mandy. Most people believe that the fault of the liar is with the liar not the victim. Even if that’s simplistic when the victim is a leader, but Andrew it was said was out their being the best of us.
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It wasn’t until I heard a strangely synthetic version of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” that I realised that we were undoubtably in the throes of an AI Bublé
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Leaving aside the rights and wrongs here and I’m no Buddhism scholar but isn’t takes massive hoard of loot to the grave a bit sort of materialistic 🤔
Sotheby's halts Buddha jewels auction after India threat
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sotheby's postpones Buddha jewels auction after India threatens legal action
The jewels are described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era.
Excellent and not much to quibble with but also can someone check in on Janan
Take no comfort from America’s Trump backlash
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Take no comfort from America’s Trump backlash
The revolt against him isn’t huge, and it isn’t about constitutional principle
Kingsday tomorrow in Amsterdam, things warming up nicely !
The rest of the world should play Trump down the line on trade deals. They are the only thing that can save him from his own mistake.
Without, he goes into the midterms with a recession and non of the deals he promised.
Even if he survives as a lame duck he’s gone after his term.
The bond market spanked Trump for posting about Powell, it’ll be interesting to see if he’s learned that lesson and how much he cares. It’s possibly the only thing that does have leverage at this point.
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Super article
It starts with Trump as instigator however rather than seeing him as a consequence and reflecting on that.
When he won I said we now live in the time of the 3 emperors.
But he is the 3rd and in many ways a consequence of the others.
on.ft.com/4jAwxJ0
Trump’s world of rival fortresses
In his vision of post-liberal global disorder, the weak should always surrender to the strong
Super article.
Von der Leyen’s acknowledgment that she wouldn’t have predicted where we are right now is fair, but there is an air of not seeing tomorrow.
That worries me when she dismisses the possibility that the Brexit/Trump theme could manifest in Europe.
www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
Ursula von der Leyen: "We have no bros and no oligarchs"
Donald Trump's second term has brought "historic changes", says EU President Ursula von der Leyen. In our interview, she explains how Europe must respond.
I suspect if our intellectual elites had been less worried about the shame of group exclusion at international economics jollies and more by the shame felt by those left behind in 2008 we wouldn’t be where we are
on.ft.com/4jd86lr Advice to shell-shocked Americans from Brexit Britain
Advice to shell-shocked Americans from Brexit Britain
Britons are skilled at navigating the humiliation unleashed by political and market chaos — allow us to give you some tips
@ofgem.bsky.social
Unbelievable….will we be able to offset solar installations against the standing charge and recoup our infrastructure investments.
I’ll just get back to powering my street.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a... 
Increased bills for higher earners could fund UK energy upgrade, Ofgem says
Regulator to consult industry on how to recover network costs via standing charge in a ‘more progressive’ way
What THEY won’t tell you about Rare Earth Metals !! 😂
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Javier Blas on China's Rare Earths Dominance
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 15/04/2025 · 31m
This is excellent.
on.ft.com/3Rh3rm3 Martin Wolf talks to Mervyn King: why central banks got inflation wrong
Martin Wolf talks to Mervyn King: why central banks got inflation wrong
The former BoE governor says ‘groupthink’ was an issue
The world was much better when people made ships on the Tyne. Just to be clear my family never made ships on the Tyne but other peoples family did, in all weather, but we were all very proud that other people did it and by god it would be better if other people still did.
Should probably rename MAGA to MEGA such is the way Donny Dumbo is turning Europe into the worlds reserve. US is going to miss this.
Treasury yield started recovering almost bang on European closing time. Looks like everyone now knows how to squeeze Donny Dumbo.
Donny Dumbo America’s shadow
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It was vindication for those who were pilloried and abused for Brexit,” said Andrew Griffith, the shadow business secretary, to impress the dead 💀😂
Zombie politics: how Dead Man dominates British politics
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
Zombie politics: how Dead Man dominates British politics
Britain’s parties are catering to a voter who is, often literally, dead
Official Minds would be great name for an 80s tribute band
I’m going with Day of the Tariffids
#tariffsIt’s worth considering in all the rationalizing and confusion around the tariffs, Trumps plans and possible outcomes what objective the Tariff formula supports.
It does nothing to identify reciprocal tariffs but does identify dependency. It’s a way of working out to what degree you can squeeze
Alcohol tariffs might seem ridiculous but I’m predicting a new golden age of smuggling and can sell you a Pontiac and a basset hound very reasonably.
Several years ago, before Elmo appeared to go mad, I contemplated investing Tesla but wondered how you maintain a premium price selling EVs when that becomes no longer a USP and their intrinsic simplicity means reliability is no longer an engineering moat. My conclusion was - 1/3
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Wonder what Donald Truss will bugger up today
Today investment news appears to be because Europe finds itself surprisingly weak and is desperately investing to face an unprecedented threat of military aggression, buy in now!
I’m not sure that’s a pension strategy.
Ironically, British style monarchy is perfect way of dealing with Trumps.
One job legitimising election results.
There nothing to overthrow as they have tenure.
You make sure they have all the prestige and toadying any ego could ask for.
Nobody else is allowed the job.
