yes this is self-indulgent but I wrote some piano music over the New Year break - for the first time in many years - and here it is
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discuss: "events are gradually showing that she (Truss) was right all along"
spectator.co.uk/article/trusso via
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do you feel like Liz Truss's economic plan was
When you make a selection it cannot be changed
brought down by lefties
not a very good plan
good plan, bad timing
mostly daft
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Britain will be vulnerable to gas shortages and high energy prices next winter because of the failure of the government and Centrica to reach agreement on expanding the UK’s largest gas storage site at Rough, energy experts and MPs have warned
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Britain will be vulnerable to gas shortages and high energy prices next winter because of the failure of the government and Centrica to reach agreement on expanding the UK’s largest gas storage site at Rough, energy experts and MPs have warned
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not sure the iPhone can do justice to tonight’s incredible full moon
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George Osborne tells that this is “nonsense”
- “claims to be a free-marketeer – she was brought down by the free market”
- “people who claim to be the low-tax Conservatives…are not prepared to do the hard work of cutting government spending if you want lower taxes”
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Leith Hill
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the argument seems to be:
1) some brilliant ideas were thwarted
and simultaneously
2) no one explained that the brilliant ideas were inherently risky
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not sure they’re meant to say this bit out loud
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One donor who has given millions to the Tories said he wouldn’t give any more until the government cuts taxes…
CCHQ will hope a tax cutting budget end 2023 / start 2024 brings some donors back pre-election, but they really need money now
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this is a refreshingly novel way of describing global bond markets
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Like Alan Partridge, you can't take away 's chat. The podcast is changing soon, but in the meantime I'm in the chair with for some great politics talk
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really enjoying the diaries about the decline and fall of the Cameroons, some brilliantly acerbic observations from that bygone era
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impressive use of deadpan here
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Mr
I was going to give you a ring earlier, honestly, got caught up in something else. :)
Delilah, classic murder ballad, they go back to the very foundations of folk music in the British Isles. Never at any point a celebration of violence but cautionary tales. (1/2)
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Gearing up for the Six Nations
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I know Paperchase is in dire financial straights but 3 for 2 on Valentine’s cards is tapping into a very niche market
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mist on the river
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I’m interested in whether anyone thinks that this line of attack works
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Who's that MP?
for the answer or visit TheyWorkForUnions.co.uk
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How the Metropolitan Police works (a thread).
Since September 2021, detectives have been "investigating" the most constitutionally sensitive and awkward of crimes: the alleged sale of honours by King Charles's closest aides.
An offence punishable with up to two years in prison.
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wait till you find out what happens in Macbeth
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There’s been a lot of misplaced criticism of this decision to stop singing ‘Delilah’
The song depicts the murder of a woman by a jealous partner
For context, approx 2 women a week are murdered by a partner or ex-partner
It’s time to sing something else bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-
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mist on the river
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if you’ve never heard of I really can’t recommend her music enough, utterly beautiful songwriting
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the Turnberry golf course and resort in Ayrshire, described by Trump as “incredible” when he visited in 2018, has never made a profit in almost a decade of ownership by the family
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Today is a special moment in journalism history as Emma Tucker starts at and all three of and have female editors such a date to remember and so pleased to have seen this in my lifetime 🥂👏👏
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Lord Johnson of Marylebone - brother of former UK PM - resigns from Elara Capital, a small investment bank (based in Marylebone) as it comes under scrutiny for its alleged ties #Adani, following short-seller allegations against the Indian group ft.com/content/1a5b9a?
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There is no such concept in occup psych termed ‘accidental bullying’;if you persistently demean/harass others,you are guilty of bullying & harassment in employment law;lack of self awareness in the case of multiple indivs eg Raab shld mean it was foreseeable
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- Labour MPs are calling for bigger energy windfall tax today
- bear in mind that Labour’s policy aimed to raise £50bn from oil and gas companies
- but Sunak lifted the government’s windfall tax in November and now it’s expected to raise £55bn by 2028 (ie more than Labour)
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- Shell, Europe’s largest oil and gas company, made adjusted earnings of $39.9bn for the year
- more than double the $19.3bn it reported in 2021 and breaking the previous record of $31bn set in 2008
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In case law there is such a distinction between malicious & unintended bullying. Also, a distinction between “stand alone” bullying & one linked to discrimination (based on a protected characteristic) ACAS provides summary examples acas.org.uk/discrimination
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this seems hugely reassuring
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interesting question for employment lawyers, is there such a thing as accidental bullying?
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If your cat sits on your computer keyboard half way through an online shop, always check the basket when checking out.
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Register of UK property held offshore lists 40 owners under sanctions
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Alison Rose, chief executive of RBS (which is still part-owned by the state) has refused to attend a session of the UK’s House of Commons Treasury select committee, telling MPs that she is “too busy”
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- Sunak was very careful in this November 15 interview with to dodge the question of whether he was aware of any *informal* complaints against Raab
- note that he repeatedly uses a formulation of words about no *formal* complaints
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- "a fire has been lit” by the US IRA legislation, said , head of the Climate Change Committee
- the incentives were generating “a massive interest now with people around the board room table . . . the risk for us is that capital will flow to that area (USA)”
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