James Murray

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    9 Jan 2020

    So, to start the year I wrote a self indulgent piece on parenting in an age of climate crisis. It's long, bleak, and contains actual emotions, but don't let that put you off. Hopefully it's useful to someone.

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  2. 26 minutes ago

    My generation, just sitting here watching as the best years of our career complete the economic transition from the first to the second lost decade.

    I was intrigued by the OBR's dismal forecasts for UK GDP growth to 2025, so found the IMF comparisons. If forecasts come close to true, per capita GDP growth will have been just 6% in the *eighteen years* since 2007. Around half Japan's. Closer to Italy than to US/Germany.
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    1 hour ago

    Keeps rolling back to the same question for me - is this good enough? Is it the best possible outcome? The UK has had two bad crises within one generation, and unremarkable/weak recoveries to follow. 'Does it have to be this bad' doesn't seem to be discussed so much.

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    2 hours ago

    I was intrigued by the OBR's dismal forecasts for UK GDP growth to 2025, so found the IMF comparisons. If forecasts come close to true, per capita GDP growth will have been just 6% in the *eighteen years* since 2007. Around half Japan's. Closer to Italy than to US/Germany.

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    16 hours ago

    While Trump was president, EVERY Democrat voted for the $2 trillion CARES Act, even though doing so helped Trump. While Biden is president, ZERO Republicans voted for the $1.9 trillion American Relief Plan, because hurting Biden is more important than helping Americans.

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    19 hours ago

    New culture war dropped

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  7. 1 hour ago

    Isn’t the most pertinent point about the NHS 1% pay rise row the fact the service is facing a massive staffing shortage. I thought it was Conservatives who were meant to be all about market economics.

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    3 hours ago

    With schools fully reopening tomorrow we all need to do our bit to ease pressure on public transport, so I'd urge any parents + pupils to 🚴 or 🚶‍♀️ to school if they can! As a healthy / fun way to commute it helps make sure those needing to use public transport can do safely.

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    15 hours ago

    No amount of twitter update seems to be able to eradicate the "I was fucking reading that and then it vanished" feature.

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    17 hours ago

    Americans now pay a Manchin tax

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    17 hours ago

    Even if you adjust by population size the equivalent in England would be the entire health, welfare and education budgets for a year. Hard to argue that markets are scared of borrowing right now...

    BREAKING: Senate Dems pass Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus Biggest provisions: -- $1,400 checks per adult & kid -- Unemployment @ $300 thru Sept. 6 -- $350 billion for cities, states, tribes -- $3K/yr per kid 6-17, $3,600 kids 0-6 -- $170B for schools -- $100B public health
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    24 hours ago

    Always the same story: pitting private and public sector workers against one another, all so we can dedicate money to paying back a debt that doesn't need to be.

    Here's how the Government is pushing back on 1% nurses pay row... A senior Gov source: “Lots of people in the private sector are losing their jobs or having pay cuts. Most other public sector workers are getting a pay freeze. So we do have to be fair to everyone.”
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    23 hours ago

    Absolutely outstanding

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    Mar 6

    There’s a lot of talk on here about when you decided that actually coronavirus was definitely going to be a thing. The year has been such a blur I couldn’t tell you until today I came across *the moment* I realised it would be terrible

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    Mar 6

    A right-wing teacher beloved by current UK govt calls for "both sides" of climate change be taught in schools. The policy response, yes. But not the science. How hard is this to understand? This all feels very 1987... (From today's Times)

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    Mar 3

    Dear Microsoft Word: I never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever want to paste without matching formatting. Never. Never ever. Thx.

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    Mar 5

    The Budget was a missed opportunity....A THREAD.

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  19. Mar 5

    One of those weeks when it feels like we’ll only start to take climate action properly seriously after we’ve exhausted every possible alternative avenue, pursued all available distractions, and engaged in every procrastination tactic on offer.

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    Mar 5

    In a few opening sentences, summarises so many important aspects of the COVID pandemic. (Full article: )

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    Mar 5

    my repeat request .. could someone at the press conference today ask what estimate the govt has done of the cost/benefit of reallocating a bit of the test and trace budget to cover the SSP gap... or

    This piece by on London's "Covid Triangle" is every bit as good as everyone says it is. Do read it. It's incredible to me the UK govt STILL refuses to fix holes in the safety net like sick pay, which has hurt communities like this so badly.
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