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Ben Bernanke’s report into the Bank of England’s forecasting is measured but still quietly devastating, our economics editor Larry Elliott writes: The Bank of England has got markedly worse at forecasting the economy in recent years. Its economic model is faulty. Its systems are out of date. It has...

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Yes, and they're both wrong.

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Certain people seem puzzled why the Rayner "story" isn't "getting more traction". Isn't one important reason that not that many actually properly understand it?? SOFT CUSHIONS!! I'd guess most understand that it's peanuts, compared with, say, Michelle Mone. Or even Johnson's wal...

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Alan Duncan telling it like it is.

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Ah so this is how the Israelis have managed to murder civilians with such speed and in such numbers that since WWII the only conflict to exceed their bloodthirsty efficiency is the Rwandan genocide. What a truly sickening and terrifying read. How anyone could defend this inhuman barbarity is comple...

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Sky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Tue 02 Apr, 2024 10:44 pm
There's a few other interesting bits and bobs in there. I've certainly never heard the word 'backend' used for 'Autumn'

I recall chilly weather in August being called 'backend-ish', hadn't noticed it had fallen out of use until you mentioned it.

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The correct answer.

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Happy birthday to sky, refit's dad and AK's mum.

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refitman wrote: ↑Sun 31 Mar, 2024 5:40 pm Also, at what point have "the facts changed"? The facts have been the same all along, all that's changed is that Labour can't ignore them any more.

Could also be related to Kearns leaking govt legal advice?

Better late than never, I suppose.

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Good morning.

Someone should explain why nationalising a bankrupt company costs billions of pounds.

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Went to check out the QT panel for this evening and of course it's not on because of the Easter recess. It's not back until the 18'th of April apparently. Did anyone watch it last week? Watched a bit of it, only because it was from Middlesbrough. Apparently Rod Liddle is from Teesside, which presum...

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frog222 wrote: ↑Wed 27 Mar, 2024 1:22 pm 14.10 WATO — Feargal Sharkey on fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On C4 news as well, although KGM didn't feel the need to argue with him like Montague did.

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Do the clowns advising Starmer and Reeves not realise just how downright offensive it is to have this ret-conned Thatcherism jammed down our throats as if we're all too stupid to remember just how awful it was? This. Of course there are many people who aren't old enough to remember what it was like...

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Good morning. Reeves going to inspire the Labour base again today? She'd rather get on the front page of the Telegraph. They don't seem to realise the job's done, there are no floating voters left. https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/1769896561872441370 https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/17698965...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Mon 18 Mar, 2024 4:12 pm Labour is generally not in favour, dismissing them as fundamentally gimmicks with few positive features.

Bit more than a gimmick.

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Whitby today

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Good morning, sunny here for a change.

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Thanks for the QT review, sky.

I gave it a swerve because of Mad Mel.
Flynn is always good value and pleased to hear Hazarika was sticking up for Abbott, as you say she's not exactly a voice of the left.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Thu 14 Mar, 2024 6:43 pm It is being claimed that Sunak has said there will *not* be a May GE, in an interview on regional TV.

He did say it, but we don't believe most things he says, so

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It cost taxpayers £15,000 to cover damages to an academic science secretary Michelle Donelan had falsely accused of supporting Hamas, her department has said.

Smashing.

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Not sure arguing with Lewis Goodall on twitter is a good look for Mikey.

400 replies and counting...

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Good morning.

'Ominous' may turn out to be the understatement of the year.

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But Labour are only promising to bring more private provision into the NHS, I've not seen anything about improving the finances of people who aren't already very rich, their 'commitment' to tackling climate change is diminishing by day, if you're LGBTQ+ they seem pretty sanguine about one of their ...

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Good morning.

Definitely not a sign of genius.

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Good morning.

Thanks for the QT commentary, sky.

I agree with Caroline Lucas.

Also, Lucas and Warsi on the same programme? What were the BBC thinking. Robbie Gibb'll be having a word.

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Worst privatisation ever.

No end in sight.

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A faultline has opened in Keir Starmer’s pragmatic politics – and this time none of the usual fixes will work - Nesrine Malik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/26/faultine-keir-starmer-politics-gaza-labour From later in the piece It’s bad luck though, for both the people and the pa...

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Good morning.

Bernie Sanders was on C4 news last night, clearly in much better mental shape than Biden or Trump, despite being older.
If it is those two in the autumn, are they really going to do tv debates? Neither of them can string a sentence together.

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Lindsay Hoyle sticking his neck out for once, is it?

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Probably.

Awful to admit that Thatcher was right about anything, but credit where it's due.

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Starmer talks to Netanyahu on a daily basis?!
ffs

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Good morning.

Exactly.

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.... and the second

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Good morning.

I struggle to imagine anyone thinking it's a good idea to write this, and do the Times think they're helping her by publishing it?
Disgusting individual.

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Taking a more optimistic view (yes, I know) this might actually be a case of one side getting a headline "win" (formally dropping the £28 bn figure) but most of the actual substance behind it being retained. And somebody did make the point many voters will relate more easily to smaller (t...

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https://bsky.app/profile/andraswf.bsky.social/post/3kkvia7sb5f25 Thought I'd see if bluesky posts would display here, I see the answer is no. Refit? It says let me reiterate my opinion that having gendered pronouns is a waste of everyone's time and we should all aspire to the gender neutrality of th...

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Good morning. I can't remember a better example of the need to follow Healy's advice than yesterday, but it isn't only Sunak who's bad at politics, is it. The PM and the tory front bench are totally discredited in the eyes of most of the public, but Labour can't/doesn't want to stand up to them. Bar...

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Good morning.

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A mea culpa from the IEA? Why Brexit was a mistake, from a libertarian perspective https://iea.org.uk/why-brexit-was-a-mistake-from-a-libertarian-perspective/ Slow hand clap. I read that the other day and was rather baffled by this bit Brexit, contrary to being a move towards greater liberty, was p...

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@sky, thanks for the QT review.
Alex Burghart, where do they find these people.
As you said, every week you think a Tory politician can't perform worse than the last one, and every week they defy that prediction.

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I found this interesting. "not committing genocide, but that it is failing to punish isolated genocidal acts by its forces or incitement of genocide by its officials" https://twitter.com/Alonso_GD/status/1750969845414309904 https://twitter.com/Alonso_GD/status/1750969850443231422 https://t...

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Discourage them from saying the quiet part out loud, you mean?

Not sure how it helps, really.

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Something to cheer you up. It might not be one of the Royal Navy's finest hours, but it's one of twitter's. The replies https://twitter.com/Ian_Fraser/status/1748698769464365451 eg Unfortunately the Captain received different orders from each of the four Secretaries of State for Defence. Didn't we h...

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On a lighter note

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