Currency denomination is a very stupid thing to be nostalgic about. It’s much more sensible to be part of a larger stable currency than cling on to a sense of history/pride for the sake of it.

Yes, and also the bit that I simply can’t understand is how joining the euro always seems to be presented as a problem for Rejoin, not an opportunity. A chance to join the single currency that has massively enriched its members? You should be biting our arm off.

Again.. that is not the key argument!!! They point is to pool together to join a stronger more powerful shared currency. It can even have a pound coin on the other half of many of the coins but it will be a Euro

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

Not sure, but I think the "Ascot Accord" has a nice ring to it!

Artemis ii

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee.
What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

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Have you tried therapy and drinking, at the same time? Or... drinking more? 😅 🍾

Indeed… and plans don’t seem much more advanced than “buy some land”… do these putative tech companies really need more real estate?

Or just cancel the nonsense clock changes ?

Worth reading “if anyone builds it, everyone dies” for a somber view on super AI

Agreed. Really good. So much of the political class/discourse is rooted in this working class myth/nostalgia, ignoring that many more folks these days are leasing an audi, doing telesales, sitting in front of computers etc etc. Time they caught up!

90 days… blah blah

Yes but it’s not that different to hanging around with like minded people in real life I suppose

1/5 The geopolitical calculus of the UK remaining outside the EU no longer makes sense.

The world today is vastly different from what it was during the original vote.

Continued division poses a severe strategic liability for everyone

Reeves tells the truth about Brexit – and the howls begin Rachel Reeves says Brexit harmed Britain’s economy. The resulting outrage shows how fragile the Brexit story has become

Rachel Reeves says Brexit damaged growth and pushed up prices.

The reaction from Brexit supporters has been predictably furious.

But the real story isn’t the outrage – it’s why Labour is saying this now.

This was me with a Compaq/Windows 95, down to the cool fonts folder 😅

beautiful

I’m investing in this…

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Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

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Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

So she admits that she “intervened” to give extra coverage to an “extreme” (her words) right wing movement… got it, thanks BBC

This is amazing.

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Jack Vettriano meets Fabian Perez, nice!

OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DRAFT AGREEMENT IN RESPECT OF GIBRALTAR BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, OF THE OTHER PART

So the text of the Euro-Gibraltar is out. Quick couple of points to make, and a lesson for UKG

Firstly, many have been slammed for saying that the only rational solution is via the Spanish authorities and border guards.

All we heard was "Gib will never accept..."

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Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

Net migration has collapsed even before implementation of draconian Blue Labour policies

OBR projections will be shot and fiscal issues worse

Need a surcharge to voting for these outcomes - you can hv fewer immigrants but you’ll have to pay a lot more tax as a result

www.ft.com/content/7408...

I'd love to see an AI of Mason/Kuensberg effusively talking about Polansky as new PM, statesmanlike etc etc... the cognitive dissonance would be extraordinary.

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