I wrote about the Trussography newstatesman.com/politics/morni…

I wrote about the Trussography newstatesman.com/politics/morni…

“Philosopher Biographies”

After spending $44bn buying a social media platform and 18 months running it, this is quite the admission from Musk:

This is an excellent piece, and a riposte to people who say decarbonisation will be too costly or impede growth.

It's the current situation that is expensive: the UK spent £51.1 billion on energy support in 2022-23.

'Every single marine species that we've looked at so far is full of cocaine.' - Professor Alex Ford

Figures are expected to show last year was the worst for sewage spills in England since monitoring began.

📫 “On Wednesday, U-turning faster than Dominic Cummings in the car park of an English Heritage attraction during lockdown, the Revenue announced that this initiative had been cancelled in favour of a bold new plan to be shouted at less on Twitter.”

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Here's a vintage example of FOI vandalism I've been dealing with.

The department: David Cameron’s Foreign Office.
The subject: David Cameron’s lobbying career.

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Great writing on one of the most interesting trends in the modern world: the Hybridised Feral Pig Invasion

“Western democracies are giving Putin so much money that he's having to hide it.”

🖊️ Will Dunn
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A year ago, I couldn’t get anyone to write about how Greek shipping oligarchs undermine the G7 cap. But ⁦Will Dunn⁩ from ⁦The New Statesman⁩ did, which kicked off a wave of coverage. Here’s hoping this piece on Putin fiddling data does that again. newstatesman.com/world/2024/03/…

EU leaders condemned Russia's 'pseudo-election' but as Robin Brooks told me, Russia's oil trade - which uses ships from the EU and insurance from London - is bringing in so much money that it looks like Russia is having to hide its real income.newstatesman.com/world/2024/03/…

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Britain's motoring lobby group the SMMT has insisted that an unprecedented 2,000% increase in car exports to Azerbaijan has NOTHING to with Russia and is explained by the fact that this former Soviet state is a “flourishing market in its own right”.
This is rather... odd
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Jeremy Hunt has responded to falling inflation (now 3.4% CPI) with a further commitment to 'abolishing' National Insurance.
Tax experts say this is a great idea that Labour should steal: newstatesman.com/business/2024/…

'The letter stated that Gary owed the Revenue £300,000.'

Gripping, terrifying read on the next great injustice by Will Dunn who reveals the human story of the HMRC loan charge scandal:

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Unmissable reporting by George Eaton in the The New Statesman this morning - Sadiq Khan's team are privately worried that low turnout and voter ID will cost them the London election.
Seems like a big chance for a popular independent? newstatesman.com/politics/labou…

Everyone should read this story. Then read it again. Then again.

'They’ve done charity DJ nights in city-centre bars while wearing Fred Perry jackets... but their ruminations quickly begin to read like Merseyside bingo - Boys from the Blackstuff, the Beatles, footballing prowess and the Militant Tendency.'
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