Beertalker

Beertalker

@beertalker.bsky.social

Grandad, middling voter, international businessman (retired). Yorkshire born and teenager, Essex dad, London grandad.

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Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on a couple of Antarctic island volcanoes with a population of zero. But no new tariffs on Russia. He's that good at Presidenting.

Heard Island Government@heardislandgov.bsky.social

Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes

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So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda. For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social

In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Louise Haigh resigned as U.K. transport secretary and the Tories seized the moment to attack Labour with this statement: “Louise Haigh has done the right thing in resigning. It is clear she has failed to behave to the standards expected of an MP." Yup, after all of 👇 that was the Tory statement.

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Eton has accrued £539 million in funds, but it's still going to up fees to £63,000 a year 'because of VAT'. Meanwhile 36% of children in the UK are now living in poverty. The worst level since records began.

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One reason that James Dyson is so angry could be that he bought 36,000 acres of British farmland with a view to saving roughly £100 million in inheritance tax. Curiously The Times’ news article fails to mention this. 🤔

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A reminder that all of these people publicly support Donald Trump in the UK: Liz Truss Nigel Farage Boris Johnson Jacob Rees-Mogg Lee Anderson Suella Braverman Andrea Jenkyns Robert Jenrick Laurence Fox

I read this from a S Murphy repost. Racists don't have 'legitimate concerns.' They're just racists. They haven't been 'left behind'. They're just racists. They don't seek a 'mature debate about immigration'. They're just racists. They aren't patriots, a silent majority or free speech apostles.

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