#  @carto_graph carto_graph carto_graph posts on X about london, germany, switzerland, vienna the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1491749755495538689/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] +1,403% - [--] Month [-------] +153% - [--] Months [---------] +77% - [--] Year [---------] +5,443% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1491749755495538689/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +318% - [--] Month [--] +464% - [--] Months [---] +42% - [--] Year [---] +73% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1491749755495538689/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +4.20% - [--] Month [-----] +6.20% - [--] Months [-----] +64% - [--] Year [-----] +878% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1491749755495538689/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) #1027 [finance](/list/finance) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [currencies](/list/currencies) [stocks](/list/stocks) [musicians](/list/musicians) [us election](/list/us-election) **Social topic influence** [london](/topic/london) #77, [germany](/topic/germany), [switzerland](/topic/switzerland), [vienna](/topic/vienna), [countries](/topic/countries), [investment](/topic/investment), [austria](/topic/austria), [france](/topic/france), [denmark](/topic/denmark), [japan](/topic/japan) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@typeforvictory](/creator/undefined) [@s8mb](/creator/undefined) [@tomjackspencer](/creator/undefined) [@bswud](/creator/undefined) [@mrskinnertweet](/creator/undefined) [@franklinvh2](/creator/undefined) [@repealtcpa1947](/creator/undefined) [@richardparke15](/creator/undefined) [@casescasescases](/creator/undefined) [@borners1](/creator/undefined) [@sambidwell](/creator/undefined) [@scphughes](/creator/undefined) [@jamesacetate](/creator/undefined) [@iwandoherty98](/creator/undefined) [@fremond](/creator/undefined) [@bendunnflores](/creator/undefined) [@matthewhodg](/creator/undefined) [@igmansfield](/creator/undefined) [@hrushworth](/creator/undefined) [@troglodijts](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "If we became the Republic of Britain carrying on with our parliamentary system but subbing the President for the King then wed have two ways of choosing the head of state" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1788608776821432562) 2024-05-09T16:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "(1) Indirect election by electoral college. This is how it works in Germany and Italy. In both countries the president is elected by an electoral college made of members of parliament plus some delegates from regional assemblies" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1788608779237326891) 2024-05-09T16:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Tokyo: [--] runways [--] airports Seoul: [--] runways [--] airports Paris: [--] runways [--] airports Istanbul: [--] runways [--] airports NYC: [--] runways [--] airports Moscow: [--] runways [--] airports London: [--] runways [--] airports Spot the odd one out Ironic from a trade minister. Heathrow and Gatwick should have three runways each as a minimum. Ironic from a trade minister. Heathrow and Gatwick should have three runways each as a minimum" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1790052573925228701) 2024-05-13T16:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Britain is curiously the only country to have built new towns. France Denmark Italy built new suburbs right next to their cities. The closest equivalent is South Korea but it built overflow cities not towns. Its only in Britain where were Ebenezer Howard-pilled. 40% affordable means these plans are just dead on arrival. New Towns were already dubious: people want to live in and around existing cities where jobs are. But its hard to imagine any of them getting built with 40% affordable housing requirements. Bad unserious policy. 40% affordable means these plans are just dead on arrival. New" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1792813959957127299) 2024-05-21T07:05Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@wight1984 I really want to understand what her mental model of the world is. Like how can you just deny supply and demand like that without having a good reason to explain why it shouldnt apply to the housing market" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1792967175088845268) 2024-05-21T17:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Peacetime national service is an aberration in Britain unlike in continental Europe. We had it [--------] and [--------]. [--] years of peacetime conscription in our entire history. Conservatives ought to understand the traditions of the nation better. Its unsurprising that a lot of liberals on Twitter dont like a conservative policy. Whats surprising is how vitriolic so many people have been about a policy thats much less demanding than national service in Denmark or Norway and comparable to the scheme in France. Its unsurprising that a lot of liberals on Twitter dont like a conservative policy." [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1794829755529007285) 2024-05-26T20:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Housing brings out the most hairshirty puritanical Cromwellian instincts of Merrie England. Us 20somethings should be able to afford a house _and_ go travelling. Modern Britain is a country of affluence and plenty. That should apply to the housing market as well. Don't really think an extra 4k is gonna help me buy a 450k flat now is it love Don't really think an extra 4k is gonna help me buy a 450k flat now is it love" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1795487189704339547) 2024-05-28T16:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@mealreplacer Even better: mandatory national service but youths have to spend all day writing in supporting planning applications" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1795796430268866714) 2024-05-29T12:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Excuse my likely ignorance but isnt this statement by the Supreme Court inconsistent with the existence of a discretionary planning system (Fearn v Tate Gallery [----] UKSC [--] per Lord Leggatt)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1796552603624477005) 2024-05-31T14:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@EoghanHeriot Why did MK do so much better in KZN than anywhere else" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1797400372132098255) 2024-06-02T22:50Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "h/t @Borners1. You can browse the full list here. [--] pages of stakeholders https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s66427/Item%207.3%20Tram%20from%20Granton%20to%20BioQuarter%20and%20Beyond%20Consultation%20for%20Strategic%20Business%20Case%20Develop.pdf https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s66427/Item%207.3%20Tram%20from%20Granton%20to%20BioQuarter%20and%20Beyond%20Consultation%20for%20Strategic%20Business%20Case%20Develop.pdf" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1797631578685980869) 2024-06-03T14:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@s8mb Surely this can also be solved by using STV for local elections la Scotland imo the argument for PR is weak at a national level but very strong at the local level" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1798313070596698235) 2024-06-05T11:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@AscendedYield What % of domestic savings are locked up in land" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1798629034286616896) 2024-06-06T08:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Labour in 1900: - Pro-pensioner - Lower the rates - YIMBY - Georgist - Anti-vax - Prohibitionist On this trend the next manifesto will have more pages than the [----] one had words. https://t.co/a7jwIwkypy On this trend the next manifesto will have more pages than the [----] one had words. https://t.co/a7jwIwkypy" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1801276068055110004) 2024-06-13T15:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Why is everybody anxiously QTing this like its Labour policy Labour could drop Cambridge as focus for growth says strategic planning expert - Planning Resource. Todays Planning Summit hears Labour could instead choose to promote the Midlands the north of England and the wider South East. https://t.co/iz8XbeM2TM Labour could drop Cambridge as focus for growth says strategic planning expert - Planning Resource. Todays Planning Summit hears Labour could instead choose to promote the Midlands the north of England and the wider South East. https://t.co/iz8XbeM2TM" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1802661300008308978) 2024-06-17T11:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@sam_bidwell To be clear the CRA [----] didnt change the principles of judicial review. The House of Lords would have held exactly the same if the relevant legislation had been in force today" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1803737357889282168) 2024-06-20T10:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@sam_bidwell The case also wasnt decided on the basis of the Climate Change Act [----] (nor the [----] Act) but on the basis of regulations that implemented two EU directives that required environmental impact assessments" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1803738724083077249) 2024-06-20T10:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@TomatoJamSalad If theres going to be a Portillo moment itll probably be SW Norfolk where Truss might lose her seat https://inglesp.github.io/apogee/constituencies/E14001497/ https://inglesp.github.io/apogee/constituencies/E14001497/" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1808924009771241975) 2024-07-04T18:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@TomatoJamSalad Other than that the small parties are the interesting ones: - Bristol C Islington N Birmingham Ladywood only seats Labour might lose - Clacton Rochdale Farage Galloway - Waveney Valley N Herefordshire Ashfield Greens or Reform might win" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1808924210883866897) 2024-07-04T18:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@MaXFalstein @Smyth_Chris @Fox_Claire Do you care more about wildlife than fighting climate change" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1810310056828674393) 2024-07-08T13:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Most landlords in Britain own fewer than five properties. Theyre not professional investors; theyre the sorts of people who need to be told explicitly the value of your investment may go up or down. Not surprising theyre so whiny when faced with difficulties. Landlords are so whiny You see property as an investment youre happy to take capital gains and rental income but the second you have any downside you start crying All investments are subject to risk if you cant take it get insurance or leave the market Landlords are so whiny You see property as an investment youre happy to take capital" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1810811569883799839) 2024-07-09T23:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@JamesBalliol @Borners1 (Genuine question) Whats the root of your objection to paying MPs more even if fewer MPs + more work for (better paid) councillors means that each MP does more valuable work" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1812137548333862988) 2024-07-13T14:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "governor tim walz has favourite maps maybe if he and kamala win the election it will become cool to have favourite maps NEW: Giving the keynote address at a GIS conference last month former high school geography teacher Tim Walz talked about some of his favorite maps https://t.co/ud1BbSTDBl NEW: Giving the keynote address at a GIS conference last month former high school geography teacher Tim Walz talked about some of his favorite maps https://t.co/ud1BbSTDBl" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1821133565288988689) 2024-08-07T10:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@bendunnflores Ive often thought about a Rail25 line. Something like Grays Cheshunt (freight only build it next to the M25) and then Cheshunt Hertford Welwyn Luton Dunstable MK for freight and passengers partially re-using disused alignments. The North Downs Line for Herts" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1821962088551477646) 2024-08-09T17:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@bendunnflores lmao" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1822605175212642611) 2024-08-11T12:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@matthewhodg Id say hourly is probably the right frequency for a service between MCR and CDF/SWA so long as its operated by a long enough train (which it isnt). Its a long distance and Cardiff and Swansea arent that big" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1822691467904852274) 2024-08-11T17:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@PhinHarper On (2) Im genuinely curious what is your model of the housing market that says increased supply shouldnt reduce prices" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1823843131521163340) 2024-08-14T22:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I preferred it when they got into fights at the DNC GEORGIA HAS FOREVER CHANGED THE ROLL CALL GAME WHAT OKKKKKKK https://t.co/52oRhVUufy GEORGIA HAS FOREVER CHANGED THE ROLL CALL GAME WHAT OKKKKKKK https://t.co/52oRhVUufy" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1826206566372024585) 2024-08-21T10:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Remote work (quick chat in the office becomes a 30-min call) Flatter hierarchies (more ppl to talk to nobodys the boss so everybodys the boss) Poor feedback loops (v hard to figure out what you can cut without causing problems) Basically theres just not that much to do. Discuss https://t.co/gEocHDINLy Discuss https://t.co/gEocHDINLy" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1826968974296232255) 2024-08-23T13:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "What does Thoden say when he gets on a flight to Dublin Forth Aer Lingus" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1827682594000867744) 2024-08-25T12:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "imo we dont need direct trains to Pemshire from London. 12tpd intercity services to outlying parts of the country are a recipe for unreliability. Instead Haverfordwest should get a regular hourly service from Swansea which should have a quick connection w/ the London train. Follow me on my journey home to Pembrokeshire on why we need better trains connecting Pembrokeshire to the rest of the country 🏴🚂 https://t.co/W93ztMWM3I Follow me on my journey home to Pembrokeshire on why we need better trains connecting Pembrokeshire to the rest of the country 🏴🚂 https://t.co/W93ztMWM3I" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834561538738327910) 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "This is how Switzerland run their railway: its based around hub stations where every train connects with every other as far as possible. (I dislike the word but its appropriate here as in hub-and-spoke)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834561540571242587) 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "SWA is perfect as a small hub: I dont think youd need to expand the station to have every train present at the same time. Unlike CDF its not got so many services that everywhere everywhere connections are impossible (though we should still try to achieve as many as we can)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834561542165033286) 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Further trains should be integrated with busses and trams if Swansea ever gets them. S Wales should have a proper public transport _network_ rather than a disparate connection of individual lines" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834561543918284830) 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Without any speed increases such a journey would take 4h16 (roughly the same as London Edinburgh): 2h42 PAD SWA [--] mins connection at SWA 1h29 SWA Haverfordwest Obviously wires + speed increases btw CDF and SWA would cut this" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834563434748244318) 2024-09-13T12:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "If Parliament passes legislation that forces the courts to make decisions that are best left up to politicians or the market then it only has itself to blame. If only wed had a Right-wing government in power for [--] years that could have repealed the offending parts of EA2010 The courts making essentially political decisions - as in the Next case & Cumbrian coal mine case - is a recipe for disaster. Unlike democratic politics there are no trade offs or democratic accountability. We have to unwind the changes that have encouraged them to do this. The courts making essentially political" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834575640231579821) 2024-09-13T12:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "What I also dont understand is why Crewe rather than Stoke Stoke is a big city Crewe only exists bc of the railway junction. Could be really valuable if all services heading N from London/Brum stopped at Stoke. Also are they proposing to run NPR over the Styal Line Sorry but this new "#HS2 Alternative" doesn't stack up. There's a reason it was supposed to be slab track (to cut down heavy maintenance costs) and a reason why it tunnelled under Crewe rather than a "simple" interface. Not building it to European gauge is backward. https://t.co/xlUnwLJLbP Sorry but this new "#HS2 Alternative"" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834581143439516150) 2024-09-13T13:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@vonprond @WalkerMarcus Very much untrue. Sure courts have for centuries reviewed ultra vires decisions. But theres a world of difference between a court saying you dont have any legal power to do this versus Parlt telling courts what factors they must take into account" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834650260901187618) 2024-09-13T17:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@TomJackSpencer Perhaps the LawCom are unwilling to look into things like this because they want to be apolitical Its a political decision to depoliticise the courts" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834666132969505175) 2024-09-13T18:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@TomJackSpencer Lord Sumption also makes the point that theres a social _desire_ for laws empire to expand. The examples he gives are mainly about PI cases and the desire for greater protection from the vicissitudes of life" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834666510893133870) 2024-09-13T18:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@vojtasTS29 @jackfifield Wouldnt say theres anything uncivilised about this (N700S Shinkansen) Also ingress/egress times are definitely relevant if you spend [--] minutes at an intermediate station then youre making the journey longer than it needs to be" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1834857682240434446) 2024-09-14T07:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@focusfronting I think both are true. In England you can definitely find many High Court judgments that contradict each other. But they arent binding precedent merely persuasive authority" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1835440402335150401) 2024-09-15T22:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@focusfronting Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judgments (which do bind lower courts) are _in theory_ consistent. But his detractors would say Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal developed the common law by simply making stuff up to suit his whims" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1835440696565629131) 2024-09-15T22:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@JedTra It is weird imo to place _quite so much_ emphasis on it. Obviously its important to teach in schools but our Schuld for the Holocaust should surely be limited to (a) guilt for generally failing to prevent WW2 and (b) for not taking in very many Jewish refugees" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1835977790329389108) 2024-09-17T09:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@JedTra Crucially and I cannot stress this enough we did not actually murder any Jews" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1835977905093976434) 2024-09-17T09:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Khans plans are backed by Angela Rayner the deputy prime minister who will have final approval to transfer powers from Westminster city council God were over-centralised. Pedestrianisation will regenerate Oxford St catalysing growth & creating jobs across the wider area. A vibrant West End is key to maintaining London's international status - attracting more visitors and investment. Delighted @MayorofLondon & gov announcing these exciting plans https://t.co/L7kqpV9LDh Pedestrianisation will regenerate Oxford St catalysing growth & creating jobs across the wider area. A vibrant West End is key" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1835985247554429355) 2024-09-17T10:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "There are many reasons a nation may fail geography demography war division exhaustion. None of these are easy to fix. Britains failures are down to a handful of bad laws. That makes me optimistic about my country make it easier to build things and well flourish. Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud @SCP_Hughes & me. Why the UK's ban on investment in housing infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem. And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation. https://t.co/N6McRZCOlx Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1837076509737070999) 2024-09-20T10:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Then we will of course start to bump up against harder limits in particular our ageing population. But allowing people to build things should be enough to get to Denmark" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1837076511620276447) 2024-09-20T10:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@OnTheWoolsack Im not normally inclined to reee privatisation of the railways made everything bad but BR had a steady(ish) programme of electrification from the 50s to the 90s. We then forgot about it for [--] years and in [----] tried to electrify EVERYTHING all in one go" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1837459629082546679) 2024-09-21T11:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@OnTheWoolsack I think in the noughties New Labour were talking about trains running on bio diesel whatever that is" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1837459756459442521) 2024-09-21T11:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "thought this was Moo Deng for a moment" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1838232418697839005) 2024-09-23T15:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Its so frustrating to see stuff like this. Britains railways undoubtedly do have a cost problem and the Treasury does need to whip them into shape but not for the sake of fulfilling made-up accounting targets. I cannot stress enough the extent to which the UK is a completely broken country. #AbolishTheTreasury https://t.co/jMcVnwJftK https://t.co/HXji8r3f0N I cannot stress enough the extent to which the UK is a completely broken country. #AbolishTheTreasury https://t.co/jMcVnwJftK https://t.co/HXji8r3f0N" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1839402988693340482) 2024-09-26T20:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "As a Brit I find it bizarre that America bans jaywalking but if anything more bizarre that they enforce it. In non-indictment news: The NYC Council just repealed the city's law banning "jaywalking" a widespread practice that the NYPD disproportionately enforced against Black and Brown New Yorkers https://t.co/E4oBYvSWxL In non-indictment news: The NYC Council just repealed the city's law banning "jaywalking" a widespread practice that the NYPD disproportionately enforced against Black and Brown New Yorkers https://t.co/E4oBYvSWxL" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1839618811365871669) 2024-09-27T10:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Ive become accustomed to the Met that Im surprised to find out some places do enforce the law" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1839618813987266757) 2024-09-27T10:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@hkatewilliams It falls into category A1 (high culpability due to premeditation; high harm due to substantial social impact). The starting point is [--] months. The damage was done to a cultural asset which is an aggravating factor. Hence [--] months. https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/crown-court/item/criminal-damage-other-than-by-fire-value-exceeding-5000-racially-or-religiously-aggravated-criminal-damage/ https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/crown-court/item/criminal-damage-other-than-by-fire-value-exceeding-5000-racially-or-religiously-aggravated-criminal-damage/" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1839728676377628680) 2024-09-27T18:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@James_Acetate tbf I think that outside of Twitter the world recognises that open borders is a niche idea" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1840866822263886016) 2024-09-30T21:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@James_Acetate but yeah its worrying on the one hand weve a moral obligation to victims of climate change (esp given how we wont fingers crossed be too badly affected directly) on the other the numbers of people wholl be displaced is staggering there has to be a limit" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1840867067462824255) 2024-09-30T21:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Very good article. Often see people on this hellsite say that calling it the Supreme Court has made it more activist. But the Law Lords were responsible for Jackson and I cant see prime facie why theyd have decided Miller I or II differently. In my latest piece for the @spectator I take a look at the Supreme Court on its 15th birthday and discuss cases the constitution and that carpet: https://t.co/FIV96B5mDj In my latest piece for the @spectator I take a look at the Supreme Court on its 15th birthday and discuss cases the constitution and that carpet: https://t.co/FIV96B5mDj" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1841039285098528985) 2024-10-01T08:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "The real argument against the UKSC (with which I agree) is that it will be much easier for the Supreme Court to engage in a power grab *in the future*. Thankfully that hasnt happened yet" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1841039288185589772) 2024-10-01T08:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@PhinHarper @geekethics To be clear this is not just a question of semantics. You do not have a right to build unless you have planning permission it is illegal to build unless the LPA allows it. If you do not have a legal right to do X it is illegal to do X" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1841525361026138612) 2024-10-02T17:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@IGMansfield 1/n Preventative detention is an interesting one. InR (Hicks) v Met Police Commissioner [----] UKSC [--] the UK Supreme Court chose not to apply the ECtHRs judgment in Ostendorf v Germany (2013) [--] BHRC [---]. The ECtHR later changed its mind in S v Denmark (2019) 68EHRR17" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1842255733057868105) 2024-10-04T17:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@IGMansfield 3/n Contrary to misconception our courts only have to take into account Strasbourg decisions (although in most cases they do apply them). The UKSC declined to follow Strasbourg in Hicks and held that proportionate detention followed by early release was allowed" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1842256324123398411) 2024-10-04T17:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@IGMansfield 4/4 In the Denmark case the ECtHR did a volte face and said that Denmark was allowed to detain some football hooligans preventatively. Its a shame our courts dont try to engage in this kind of dialogue with the ECtHR more often" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1842256481279709215) 2024-10-04T17:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@MrSkinnerTweet Based. It would in effect separate housing as an asset from housing as a consumer good. It would also put to bed the idea middle-class people should pour their savings into one illiquid unhedged asset which is also their home" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1842505716587712650) 2024-10-05T10:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Manchester should have a proper metro. But Im not convinced by this. (1) The reverse-branch through the centre will awkwardly reduce frequencies through both Picc and Vic. (2) The first priority should surely be rapid transit to the university rather than relieving Metrolink. When #Manchester finally does get a "true" metro system it should do this: -Comprehensive -Highly frequent robust & reliable -Connects major transport nodes -Connects high footfall areas -Connects dense development areas -Encourages development -Drives Economic Growth #Rail https://t.co/9HIxlB63Ne When #Manchester" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1843392918649962828) 2024-10-07T20:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@btharris93 Correct me if Im wrong but wed have to consent to be sued in a binding ruling So I dont get how Mauritius could apply for one" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1843569853589758327) 2024-10-08T08:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Broke: [----] Beeching Report (closing railways) Woke: [----] Beeching Report (proposed investment in the remaining railways government didnt listen) Bespoke: [----] Beeching Report (consolidated the assizes and quarter sessions into the Crown Court)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1843583574911660183) 2024-10-08T09:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "America got lucky with Hurricane Milton theres no paradise in Florida to lose" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1844009326715035785) 2024-10-09T13:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Apparently the government want us to maintain pole position in the emerging global crypto race whatever that means. Fantastic. Will mean plenty of civil fraud cases to keep the commercial Bar busy https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-bill-introduced-in-parliament-to-clarify-cryptos-legal-status Every single litigated case in England and there are dozens now is about fraud. What do you think that tells us about Crypto /7 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-bill-introduced-in-parliament-to-clarify-cryptos-legal-status Every single litigated case in England and there are dozens now is about" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1844328039662092631) 2024-10-10T10:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@Borners1 Switzerland do manage it theyre pretty reliable (except at the interface with DB) We also dont need more than 2tph SHF STP or more than 2tph SHF BHM (we do however need longer trains) 4tph is manageable" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1845130085872877827) 2024-10-12T15:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "This is obviously going to get vetoed by the other P5. But even as a thought experiment choosing an African country is problematic Nigeria is the biggest but its claim is clearly much weaker than Brazils or Indias. "Starmer accused of weakening Britain by pushing for UN Security Council reform "Prime Minister looks to double the number of permanent members with representatives from Africa Brazil and India" https://t.co/LHnY8YevrQ "Starmer accused of weakening Britain by pushing for UN Security Council reform "Prime Minister looks to double the number of permanent members with representatives" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1846305168968896526) 2024-10-15T21:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I guess you could rotate between e.g. Nigeria Egypt Ethiopia ZA. But then theyre not permanent members" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1846305171275440381) 2024-10-15T21:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "And surely Indonesia should get a permanent seat And Japan And Germany Surely an Arab country too although then youd get the same problem with Nigeriaits non-obvious which one to choose" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1846305172965745076) 2024-10-15T21:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Can we just resurrect the NW London Light Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_West_London_Light_Railway London Overground's West London Orbital extension study due soon ➡ https://t.co/dJPIFeIi5F Work on a proposed West London Orbital extension of the London Overground is still ongoing but the early feasibility report is nearly ready for TfL and the local councils to co. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_West_London_Light_Railway London Overground's West London Orbital extension study due soon ➡ https://t.co/dJPIFeIi5F Work on a proposed West London Orbital extension of" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1848486459625398436) 2024-10-21T22:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "The Australians clearly dont like having King Charles III ruling over them. Equally they cant agree on how to elect a President. Given that constitutional monarchy is the best form of government isnt the solution to send Prince Edward to become King of Australia" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1848488755440619746) 2024-10-21T22:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@carbdiem @sam_bidwell But being hard working isnt the same as being productive in the sense it is used by economists. Productivity is a measure of value added per hour which broadly correlates to wages. Its a property of a job more than of a person" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1849048330325651462) 2024-10-23T11:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@carbdiem @sam_bidwell Further value is defined by what the market is willing to pay for it not by the amount of labour put in. Productivity in the economists sense of the term has little to do with how the word is used in everyday conversation" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1849048668260692435) 2024-10-23T11:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "This carbuncle is in Wimbledon. One of the many ways the housing market is bizarro is the irrationality of some locational premiums. I grew up in a town which had [--] postcode areas. Houses w/ the nicer postcode would reliably be 100k more even if the house wasnt very nice Here is an example of the kind of house I mean this is the kind of house making it to the top 0.1% of the income distribution will afford you now. Hardly the lap of luxury. https://t.co/sm7SmE07P2 Here is an example of the kind of house I mean this is the kind of house making it to the top 0.1% of the income distribution will" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1849499790708535478) 2024-10-24T17:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@bendunnflores And yet for most people theyre their only substantial investment" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1849525197486875037) 2024-10-24T18:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Westminster council is controlled by Labour btw [---] businesses in Soho ask for the area to be pedestrianised alongside Oxford Street. Westminster council says it's "totally outrageous" and that it'll "fight this proposal very strongly". very normal https://t.co/TWcRY4RglW [---] businesses in Soho ask for the area to be pedestrianised alongside Oxford Street. Westminster council says it's "totally outrageous" and that it'll "fight this proposal very strongly". very normal https://t.co/TWcRY4RglW" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1849844132425998417) 2024-10-25T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Likewise Germanys HS network is grid-like rather than radial not because Germany is decentralised but because of where German cities are. Or for another example Spain is v decentralised but also has a radial HS network centred around Madrid (and in the future Barcelona)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1850212485724541400) 2024-10-26T16:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@James_Acetate the Met should hire you" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1850590058765832636) 2024-10-27T17:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@Borners1 Come to think of it several of the Cantons look like a Swiss cheese" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1850915947130855931) 2024-10-28T15:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "I really dislike omg Kemi is a black Tory fawning. The Conservative Party should stand for meritocracy not picking people because of their skin colour to own the libs. Ed West's case for Jenrick: he's focused on tackling mass migration one of Britain's biggest issues and one of the Tories biggest weak spots with voters. Niall Ferguson's case for Kemi: she has 'sharp edges' she's black (take that Labour) she reminds him of Thatcher. https://t.co/WhG19wHMtN Ed West's case for Jenrick: he's focused on tackling mass migration one of Britain's biggest issues and one of the Tories biggest weak" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1851240052388450482) 2024-10-29T12:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Any other government could have chosen austerity [---] Lord have mercy on the souls of Labour councillors. That was a truly Labour Budget. Any other government could have chosen austerity [---]. Instead there was a lot to be proud of. [--] particularly progressive highlights: That was a truly Labour Budget. Any other government could have chosen austerity [---]. Instead there was a lot to be proud of. [--] particularly progressive highlights:" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1851773982363558171) 2024-10-30T23:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "This is imo the worst possible outcome some Dems wont respect the legitimacy of the result when its thrown into the House (where each state delegation gets one vote ie Trump wins). #New Electoral College Model - Economist 🔴 Trump [---] 🔵 Harris [---] 🫣 https://t.co/ywgTs9uABf #New Electoral College Model - Economist 🔴 Trump [---] 🔵 Harris [---] 🫣 https://t.co/ywgTs9uABf" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1851957848470597774) 2024-10-31T12:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@James_Acetate True at least Millennials have a sense of fun unlike the Cromwells of Gen Z" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1853367307889787233) 2024-11-04T09:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "We cant let smugness get in the way of diplomacy. Sadly the guiding theory of our governing class is not the national interest but their sense of their own morality. This sort of smug back-patting is characteristic of the UK's approach to Trump. A smart country would recognise that Trump is sentimentally pro-Britain and cultivate that - offer the guy an Order of the Thistle take him to Chartwell. Our establishment are not smart people This sort of smug back-patting is characteristic of the UK's approach to Trump. A smart country would recognise that Trump is sentimentally pro-Britain and" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1854175406275891587) 2024-11-06T14:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@TypeForVictory I think theres more of a psychological barrier between towns as well Chesterfield is as far from Sheffield as Ilford is from London but you wouldnt know that from how people talk about northern towns" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1854502428424523886) 2024-11-07T12:33Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@btharris93 South Carolina and Louisiana but not Georgia What was Aaron Sorkin smoking" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1854550217393078582) 2024-11-07T15:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I wish English orthography used diaereses as standard It would also be nice if we used to indicate stress e.g. Sahara Dsert vs just desrts. I appreciate I am in a minority of one. can they be serious for one second https://t.co/owK85QYG89 can they be serious for one second https://t.co/owK85QYG89" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1854560157419581692) 2024-11-07T16:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@TypeForVictory Relatedly Ive never understood why were _so_ opposed to caning and yet dont really consider the _psychological_ damage that prison can do to a person. The discourse should be more balanced" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1854887117219938534) 2024-11-08T14:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Japan has a smol bean island" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1855963079554564348) 2024-11-11T13:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@JRUrbaneNetwork Why are Chinese cities so keen on metro networks with a grid+ring topology" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1857465465041215704) 2024-11-15T16:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Surely people who bought farmland because of the tax benefits were advised this could happen Like surely Clarksons wealth adviser / accountant told him this" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1858966028044378152) 2024-11-19T20:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "This is Highbury and Islington. Change here for the Mildmay Line 🤮" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1860308098709160442) 2024-11-23T13:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "A superhero bench of politicians requires a superhero school. oh lord https://t.co/NzSdvmBhC7 https://t.co/NzSdvmBhC7" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1860670295419347194) 2024-11-24T13:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "We could have had this instead" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1861173749698982227) 2024-11-25T22:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Hate to say it but a baby hippos not gonna take the internet by storm if its called Haggis. 😠 "I want to see Moo Deng" 🏴 "We've got Moo Deng at home" Haggis can now be spotted in her habitat at the zoo alongside her mum Gloria. She is becoming bolder each day and spending more time exploring inside. https://t.co/wJFsuhUxaR 😠 "I want to see Moo Deng" 🏴 "We've got Moo Deng at home" Haggis can now be spotted in her habitat at the zoo alongside her mum Gloria. She is becoming bolder each day and spending more time exploring inside. https://t.co/wJFsuhUxaR" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1861874389584691453) 2024-11-27T20:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@TypeForVictory Taking what she said to The Times at face value it sounds like she pleaded guilty on the advice of her solicitor even though she wasnt guilty. Fraud requires dishonesty so a genuine mistake probably cant be fraud" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1862449678140219554) 2024-11-29T10:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@FranklinVH2 I made the mistake of attempting to enter Green Park station earlier. Three of my least favourite things Black Friday Palestine March and Winter Wonderland all conspired to make today one of the least pleasurable afternoons of my life" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1862957280322330645) 2024-11-30T20:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@FranklinVH2 I will never personally rely on the vast majority of council spending whereas I have used / will use the things (NHS pension education) that make up the bulk of central government spending. So I resent paying council tax far more than income tax / NICs" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1863614491323174994) 2024-12-02T16:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Two people who didnt match each others freak. UNCONFIRMED reports are circulating that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan have broken up after Barry allegedly cheated on Sabrina. https://t.co/F9addTGS8d UNCONFIRMED reports are circulating that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan have broken up after Barry allegedly cheated on Sabrina. https://t.co/F9addTGS8d" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1863898619285225549) 2024-12-03T10:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I think this bit is the most important part of the essay. People who want to do rigorous work arent in the humanities possibly because after not long you realise that all of the complicated language is just a cover for sloppy thinking. I finished it. https://t.co/x6bN85J3Ch I finished it. https://t.co/x6bN85J3Ch" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1863930933390324179) 2024-12-03T12:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@TypeForVictory And cities are consumption amenities as much as they are centres of production. Newport aint London as a place to live. Nor does it have e.g. swathes of lovely countryside around it which can compensate for the fact its Not London" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1864260179006534081) 2024-12-04T10:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Really glad to see more attention being given to international best practice in keeping metro construction costs low. The Anglosphere has a lot to learn from Spain Turkey and South Korea Madrid expanded the metro system on the left into the one on the right in [--] years. It added [---] miles of track ending up with Europe's 3rd-longest metro after London and Moscow. And it paid only [----] million per mile compared to 609m spent on the Jubilee Line extension. https://t.co/l46nr4Teac Madrid expanded the metro system on the left into the one on the right in [--] years. It added [---] miles of track" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1865045054345081250) 2024-12-06T14:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@RajivShah90 Is there a good English source for how Frances legal framework for infrastructure works" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1865414819744006374) 2024-12-07T15:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@AnyaM8_ The Muppet Christmas Carol" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1866571809526579364) 2024-12-10T19:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "From having worked with the CS Id agree with all these cultural problems BUT it is also about individuals. Good individuals can find their way around these kinds of problems but theyre in enormously short supply. Ive argued that the Civil Services problems are best framed as structural + cultural rather than about individuals. Cultures are made up of norms that are sustained by language and behaviours. So what norms does the CS need to tackle to be more effective A first stab 🧵 Ive argued that the Civil Services problems are best framed as structural + cultural rather than about individuals." [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1867641200142172182) 2024-12-13T18:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "cf when people say that Downing Street is dysfunctional because its an 18C townhouse. Sure that doesnt help but if it were staffed by good people theyd find their way around the obstacle" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1867641203732492416) 2024-12-13T18:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "I would go further and say that being a picky eater is a moral failing. Theres no reason to be a picky eater other than for allergies or being on a diet. If youre a picky eater Im better than you stop eating just fries and chicken fingers all day and actually try something different Theres no reason to be a picky eater other than for allergies or being on a diet. If youre a picky eater Im better than you stop eating just fries and chicken fingers all day and actually try something different" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1867932925905309956) 2024-12-14T14:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I would dearly love to know which redditor invented these rules and the story of how they spread. Let's set a table of what general good flag design standards are: [--]. Keep it simple [--]. Use meaningful symbolism [--]. 2-3 basic colors [--]. No letters or seals [--]. Distinctive & relative The IL state flag commission listed these on the submission page. Let's set a table of what general good flag design standards are: [--]. Keep it simple [--]. Use meaningful symbolism [--]. 2-3 basic colors [--]. No letters or seals [--]. Distinctive & relative The IL state flag commission listed these on the submission page" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1869422109925228753) 2024-12-18T16:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Were in for another four and a half years of resentment-as-policy. I see the Government think the study of Latin should be exclusive to private schools. https://t.co/xuN9enKiWs I see the Government think the study of Latin should be exclusive to private schools. https://t.co/xuN9enKiWs" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1869684105656607105) 2024-12-19T10:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@FranklinVH2 Well I mean this isnt about budgetary pressures its about class resentment" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1869693026685350204) 2024-12-19T10:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Its a clich but studying a language with a morphology like Latin really does sharpen your mind. And thats before you consider how culturally important it is. This is a crying shame. Latin is an excellent subject. It opens up vast swathes of literature history theology etc. Its brilliant for developing logic and language acquisition. More state schools should be offering it. This is a crying shame. Latin is an excellent subject. It opens up vast swathes of literature history theology etc. Its brilliant for developing logic and language acquisition. More state schools should be offering it" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1869725420641501553) 2024-12-19T12:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Efficient Markets Hypothesis meet Humphrey Smith. Absolutely brilliant long read about how the guy who runs Sam Smiths keeps vengefully closing his own pubs https://t.co/WUNYpo7GHS Absolutely brilliant long read about how the guy who runs Sam Smiths keeps vengefully closing his own pubs https://t.co/WUNYpo7GHS" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1869815103920713765) 2024-12-19T18:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Im not even sure the best retort to the philistines saying reeee whats the use of Latin is ars gratia artis. Latins interesting its fun which is why state schools should teach it. Simple as. "But why study Latin How is it useful compared to modern languages" is a typical sort of HR manager scold where everything must be quantified as being Productive To Society. What about ars gratia artis Learning for its own sake But that can't be processed into career streams "But why study Latin How is it useful compared to modern languages" is a typical sort of HR manager scold where everything must be" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1870186100838236381) 2024-12-20T19:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Understandable that Alcoholics Anonymous want to tackle the scourge of youth drink driving tbh The British establishment just can't hide its loathing for the young. https://t.co/30e9sPxLA2 The British establishment just can't hide its loathing for the young. https://t.co/30e9sPxLA2" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1870423335068111135) 2024-12-21T10:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "This wont be the first Canadian election that looks crazy. When you have three major parties (four in Qubec) FPTP can produce maps that look like this. If Reform continues to do well Britain could be in for electoral maps that look like this. Latest EKOS Poll modelled out 🔵CON: [---] seats (+132) ⚜BQ: [--] seats (+12) 🟠NDP: [--] seats (+8) 🔴LIB: [--] seats (-146) 🟢GRN: [--] seat (-1) 🔵Conservative Majority Government Feel free to ask for any ridings https://t.co/ctaayy13m0 Latest EKOS Poll modelled out 🔵CON: [---] seats (+132) ⚜BQ: [--] seats (+12) 🟠NDP: [--] seats (+8) 🔴LIB: [--] seats (-146) 🟢GRN: 1" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1870429081365262633) 2024-12-21T11:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "she buttinghill on my manhood till i whalebone the jokes just write themselves Sussex is divided into a large number of hundreds. These are grouped into six Rapes which are unique to this county: 🔸 Rape of Chichester 🔹 Rape of Arundel 🔸 Rape of Bramber 🔹 Rape of Lewes 🔸 Rape of Pevensey 🔹 Rape of Hastings #HistoricCounties #RealCounties 🏴 https://t.co/nXtV8xQ98J Sussex is divided into a large number of hundreds. These are grouped into six Rapes which are unique to this county: 🔸 Rape of Chichester 🔹 Rape of Arundel 🔸 Rape of Bramber 🔹 Rape of Lewes 🔸 Rape of Pevensey 🔹 Rape of" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1870957559701536985) 2024-12-22T22:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "(On a more serious note RETVRN)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1870957562298093703) 2024-12-22T22:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "But but that is Charles Dickens I wish I could show Charles Dickens the most amazing adaptation of his writing. https://t.co/rjPThXlev1 I wish I could show Charles Dickens the most amazing adaptation of his writing. https://t.co/rjPThXlev1" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1871200717471715460) 2024-12-23T14:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Here he is in the pantheon where he belongs" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1871201052810510444) 2024-12-23T14:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "It may or may not be objectively the best use of police resources but the *optics* of Khan ordering the Met to clamp down on phone thieves surely justify it. I find it really perplexing that both the Met and the Mayor of London seem happy for this state of affairs to continue. I find it really perplexing that both the Met and the Mayor of London seem happy for this state of affairs to continue" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1873040511541596189) 2024-12-28T16:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "And now theyve created the greatest skincare products known to humankind @wesyang People forget what Korea was like [--] years ago. https://t.co/6ttwcPtX00 @wesyang People forget what Korea was like [--] years ago. https://t.co/6ttwcPtX00" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1873890710153576533) 2024-12-31T00:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@RepealTCPA1947 Definitely but the trend is long: United Kingdom let alone UK was unheard of except in bureaucraticese until a few decades ago. It has been steadily displacing Britain which in turn displaced England and Great Britain (both were used inclusive of Scotland and NI)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1874109012280832081) 2024-12-31T15:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@RepealTCPA1947 Unsure whats driving. Britain coincided with the rise of British nationalism but its unclear why United Kingdom should take over" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1874109422009803079) 2024-12-31T15:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@legalstyleblog What are the two lions in the fourth quarter for" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1874504326573588805) 2025-01-01T17:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Turns out Jess Phillips has form in this department. Much focus today on the grooming gangs in the UK but it's also the 9th anniversary of the attempted cover-up of the 2015/2016 NYE Mass-Sexual Assaults in Cologne. [----] women were sexually assaulted raped or robbed in front of the Cologne Cathedral by nearly [----] migrants 🧵 https://t.co/aqyXionGoh Much focus today on the grooming gangs in the UK but it's also the 9th anniversary of the attempted cover-up of the 2015/2016 NYE Mass-Sexual Assaults in Cologne. [----] women were sexually assaulted raped or robbed in front of the Cologne Cathedral" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1874761464726323670) 2025-01-02T10:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@Hrushworth More generally I think this shows the lack of consideration for just upgrade the existing lines. I think that Create Streets paper suggested a tram line really closely paralleling the Aire Valley AND Harrogate lines rather than just adding stations and wires to Harrogate" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1874877175998136785) 2025-01-02T17:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@FranklinVH2 I was out in a central London pub before Christmas. Was there for about five hours. I think we had about a third of the drinks in the final hour before closing just to feel something. Really unhealthy behaviour but none of us were wild about being back in bed by midnight" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1875211386080649433) 2025-01-03T16:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@pursuitofprog Did the judge possibly err in law as well by taking into account time spent on remand I thought that wasnt meant to affect sentencing (and the prison will make the necessary reduction to the amount actually spent behind bars)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1875485503837106454) 2025-01-04T10:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Something I dont get is why its seen as such a travesty that people should have to sell their house to pay for their care. Why should the taxpayer have to pick up the bill Seems a lot like any "reform" of social care will involve me paying a lot more tax to protect the inheritances of people with richer parents than me. So forgive me for not being too concerned about this being "kicked into the long grass" Seems a lot like any "reform" of social care will involve me paying a lot more tax to protect the inheritances of people with richer parents than me. So forgive me for not being too" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1876253361328279914) 2025-01-06T13:03Z [---] followers, 52.7K engagements "@veritasfremsyn Yeah this is something Ive been confused about. It seems _perfectly_ suited for insurance so why dont people buy care home insurance already Is there some regulation stopping it Or do ppl just not want to contemplate that they might end up in a care home" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1876341002413498667) 2025-01-06T18:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@veritasfremsyn Why is there no care home insurance would be a fascinating topic for somebody to dig into. And yes theres a strong case for compulsory care home insurance which avoids the pitfalls of funding through general taxation" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1876344723381907732) 2025-01-06T19:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Reading Johnson v Firstrand Bank [----] EWCA Civ [----]. Take a quick Twitter break. Get this advert. I cant escape it" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1876646029766041977) 2025-01-07T15:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@yuanyi_z She also appears to be misgendering Justine Trudeau" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1876777789493239997) 2025-01-07T23:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@DELETE__CLUB Its what Ian Nairn called subtopia. He went from Southampton to Carlisle and found streets and suburbs that looked identical. That was in the 50s and things have not materially improved since" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1877394768574939562) 2025-01-09T16:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Hate to say it but if youre bright enough to get [--] A*/A GCSEs getting Bs is just because you didnt do enough work" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1879960738212770101) 2025-01-16T18:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Its so utterly over. The one redeeming feature Torsten Bell had was being against the triple lock and at the first whiff of a ministerial red box he cravenly sells out. Sad The one redeeming feature Torsten Bell had was being against the triple lock and at the first whiff of a ministerial red box he cravenly sells out. Sad" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1880192413245010381) 2025-01-17T09:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Barry Keoghan is clearly taking the breakup with Sabrina well. Every child deserves to have safe and loving family-based care. That's why @BarryKeoghan and I are in Bulgaria today to kick-start a new global campaign to reform children's social care - working to end the institutionalisation of children. https://t.co/2JYJALbKCt Every child deserves to have safe and loving family-based care. That's why @BarryKeoghan and I are in Bulgaria today to kick-start a new global campaign to reform children's social care - working to end the institutionalisation of children. https://t.co/2JYJALbKCt" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1880320128564531402) 2025-01-17T18:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "All bad things are human rights violations. All human rights violations are bad things. @RepealTCPA1947 Because the government might be breaching the human rights of children I for one am grateful that the government can be held to account. You should be too. @RepealTCPA1947 Because the government might be breaching the human rights of children I for one am grateful that the government can be held to account. You should be too" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1880951093863268379) 2025-01-19T12:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I give it four months wake up babe another posh twat is ruining manchester https://t.co/OrboZtbe8N wake up babe another posh twat is ruining manchester https://t.co/OrboZtbe8N" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1881286529173315605) 2025-01-20T10:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "When you include the 27% employer pension contribution this starts to lag behind the private sector much less. Of course rewarding people through pension rather than salary means you recruit the sort of people who are doing the job for the pension New research from @Jarnecki & @tash_buckley highlight how the UK government is struggling to compete to attract and retain top talent in technological roles. According to our research HMG specialist roles lag the private sector and the US. https://t.co/ig7e5ISq7R New research from @Jarnecki & @tash_buckley highlight how the UK government is" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1882029743169843509) 2025-01-22T11:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "The West Coast Mainline has many similarities to the Witch King of Angmar when you think about it. #StormEowyn the rail industry has taken the difficult decision to close some lines. This includes north of Preston on the West Coast Main Line and north of Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line affecting Anglo-Scots services: https://t.co/nxfDaFNHvb https://t.co/I195vBCUIf https://t.co/l4I6ij9tGt #StormEowyn the rail industry has taken the difficult decision to close some lines. This includes north of Preston on the West Coast Main Line and north of Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1882418533130539368) 2025-01-23T13:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "We need to pay more attention to wage compression. It gets discussed on here a bit but I suspect its underpriced as a cause of Britains problems. In this weeks Sunday Times Ive written about hard work and why for young people (people younger than me that is) theres no incentive to work hard because hard work simply no longer pays off in terms of jobs salary lifestyle. https://t.co/Qd2JjXPGOS In this weeks Sunday Times Ive written about hard work and why for young people (people younger than me that is) theres no incentive to work hard because hard work simply no longer pays off in terms of" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1886045485032464568) 2025-02-02T13:34Z [---] followers, 88.5K engagements "Move over Nancy Pelosi Mauritius is the worlds best investor now. To deliver a 600000% return (turning 3m into 18bn) you'd need to achieve 25% growth every twelve months for [--] years This is equivalent to outperforming the S&P [---] by 10% every single year for more than half a century To deliver a 600000% return (turning 3m into 18bn) you'd need to achieve 25% growth every twelve months for [--] years This is equivalent to outperforming the S&P [---] by 10% every single year for more than half a century" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1886892017298329735) 2025-02-04T21:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "There absolutely _is_ a problem with people believing that we ought to or do have an American-style strict separation of powers. We can see this with Blairs pointless Supreme Court project" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1889725127425671258) 2025-02-12T17:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "But even when the highest court was the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords convention dictated that the rest of the Lords wouldnt vote on appeals. Thats separation of powers right there" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1889725129418035485) 2025-02-12T17:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Im sorry but what fresh hell is going on with this graphic. The more I look at it the more mistakes I spot" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1892891848240242908) 2025-02-21T10:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@FranklinVH2 Its not just the financials either. Running a pub is a hard thing to do in itself; as a friend who runs one put it to me people leave their brains at the door when they walk in. You can probably find good staff somewhat easily in London but not in all parts of the country" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1896519800886821107) 2025-03-03T11:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@TypeForVictory Good point. Another question(sorry) who would manage the fund Im sceptical of a gov-managed fund bc Britain isnt Singapore. Would it just be managed by Vanguard etc (but presumably with some requirements for investment in domestic equities)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1897258540949176323) 2025-03-05T12:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@whippletom I think the Turkish government made a fuss about it. There is an official list of country names which is what they ask the UN to use in English eg Czechia Eswatini Cte dIvoire Cabo Verde" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1897457709382807713) 2025-03-06T01:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "An excellent report. I particularly recommend chapters10 (on free speech and the ECHR) and [--] (on the Labour Partys turn towards popular constitutionalism). I'm excited to announce a new collection I've edited with @Policy_Exchange on the UK's political constitution. Essays on party leaders the Ministerial Code the war prerogative government lawyers Commons & Lords hereditary peers devolution international law ECHR & more https://t.co/WYcsAaMuuu I'm excited to announce a new collection I've edited with @Policy_Exchange on the UK's political constitution. Essays on party leaders the" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1898715239190798705) 2025-03-09T12:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@TypeForVictory St Helena Or perhaps the Chagos Islands for the irony" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1900257405352464557) 2025-03-13T18:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "In [----] Australia commissioned a review of its civil service the Australian Public Service (APS). This is from the foreword to the report. You simply cannot imagine any dry government report in Britain EVER using this kind of optimistic language" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1901570317706797385) 2025-03-17T09:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "The British Library is so intensely civilised. walk in go through some pointless bureaucracy deal with a ropey IT system access to EVERYTHING EVER PUBLISHED IN BRITAIN" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1902697293754531944) 2025-03-20T12:22Z [---] followers, 49.5K engagements "@tomhfh Yeah you would. I dont think the costs would be worth the benefits though theyre both small cities. But upgrading the existing lines to slash journey times by over half an hour would be justifiable I think" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1905953058846069096) 2025-03-29T11:59Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "The government has to accept that Oxford and Dundee are very different institutions. Talented people who undertake postgrad study at Oxford benefit this country enormously. Dont abolish the Grad Visa close it off to the likes of Dundee. Bad approach. The value of the Graduate Visa is that it's non-prescriptive and flexible. It's a bet on human capital. Many graduateswho btw go on to earn a lot over their careerdon't immediately get jobs that pay more than [-----] straight out of university. They take up https://t.co/kkMEiNnSsX Bad approach. The value of the Graduate Visa is that it's" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1909609776176062749) 2025-04-08T14:10Z [---] followers, 53.6K engagements "Toulouse: [------] people within 10km. Dortmund: [------]. Mlaga: [------]. What do these cities have in common None of them have trams in their centre. They have METROS. Leeds: [------] people. Leeds should have a metro not a tram. Let me tell you the story of the most visible example of economic and political failure in modern Britain. Leeds is the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system and we are all poorer because of it. How did we get here Why does it matter And what can be https://t.co/jxFSpH8XcK Let me tell you the story of the most visible example of economic and" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1909919809845817715) 2025-04-09T10:42Z [---] followers, 39.2K engagements "@NigelForrester9 I have travelled extensively around Germany and I cannot remember when I was on a long-distance train that wasnt late. I have also been to Austria where every train I have ever got has been precisely on-time" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1912844304332075457) 2025-04-17T12:23Z [---] followers, 74.8K engagements "We need a new term for Mayor of Lincolnshire. Counties cant have mayors. Prefect is too French. Governor and derivatives are too grand. Sheriff is etymologically sound but is too associated with America. Maybe resurrect Alderman" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1916560995352260637) 2025-04-27T18:32Z [---] followers, 72.9K engagements "My debut with @WorksInProgMag. Why does Hong Kong have the most expensive housing in the world And how can we fix it 🔗👇" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1917608124946473025) 2025-04-30T15:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Could somebody please explain to me why the HS2 Act didnt just give HS2 planning consent for all the works necessary to build the line This from @mjrobbins on the HS2 access track is utterly maddening but reflects a key flaw in the planning system - councillors pay absolutely no personal cost for spurious decisions even when they know they will lose on appeal and cost taxpayers huge amounts in the process https://t.co/zng1T29EdN This from @mjrobbins on the HS2 access track is utterly maddening but reflects a key flaw in the planning system - councillors pay absolutely no personal cost for" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1918962869120520589) 2025-05-04T09:36Z [---] followers, 56.9K engagements "@RepealTCPA1947 Yes. Theft is the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with intent to permanently deprive them of it. Dishonesty per Ivey v Genting is determined by the objective standard of ordinary decent people. By that standard it would be theft" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1919484511076630729) 2025-05-05T20:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@FurtherOr You (and hopefully me in a few years) are the engines of British growth" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1919857878329901241) 2025-05-06T20:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Why are Americans so verbose Im thinking - pieces in The New Yorker - recipes that give you the authors life story - law review articles Is the whole country afflicted with logorrhoea" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1920098562370568204) 2025-05-07T12:49Z [---] followers, 15.1K engagements "Induced demand is a good thing actually. It means people are better connected. The right way to manage the negative externalities of cars is through better urban planning road pricing and fuel taxation. Not by building nothing. @tomhfh Trust me you dont want to build a new motorway. Induced demand ensures itd be full within [--] years. I dread to think about the new bottlenecks created either side for drivers accessing it too. @tomhfh Trust me you dont want to build a new motorway. Induced demand ensures itd be full within [--] years. I dread to think about the new bottlenecks created either side" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1922288686021955606) 2025-05-13T13:51Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "(3) What about Sheffield. We should be aiming for services that go Liverpool Airport Manchester and then alternating between Sheffield/Nottingham and Leeds/Newcastle" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1922629062356333024) 2025-05-14T12:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "If this were the Netherlands youd design the infra to have at least: [--] tph LIV MCR SHF [--] tph LIV MCR LDS [--] tph PRE () MCR SHF [--] tph MCR LDS So 4tph between Manchester and all three great northern cities" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1922629063912370546) 2025-05-14T12:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Cruise ships are insanely cool. Not my idea of a fun holiday (I would get bored within a day) but they are incredible marvels of engineering. The modern heirs to the great ocean liners of White Star HAPAG and the French Line. Its good to see theyre not stagnating. "Airplanes today fly no faster than they did in the 1970s. In many countries road speeds have decreased. Flying cars never showed up. In developed countries the tallest buildings have only inched higher. Most rich countries produce less energy per capita than they did [--] years https://t.co/r3Mg9CfGnz "Airplanes today fly no faster" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1923044391733670149) 2025-05-15T15:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I count four Harry Potter tat-themed shops in Cambridge a town that doesnt even feature in the books J.K. Rowling must be investigated for her contribution to the entweeification of Britain" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1926598652987863337) 2025-05-25T11:18Z [---] followers, 18K engagements "21.70 to fly to Trieste next Tuesday. Ryanair has done more for European integration than the European Union" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1928458790464086517) 2025-05-30T14:29Z [---] followers, 11.1K engagements "Not in our big cities theyre not. https://substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/open-substack-com-pub-springbett-p-im-a-tram-sceptic-maybe-you-are-too.html Are trams the secret sauce for creating enough homes in the UK by unlocking the magic of gentle density They just might be. If you want to find out why and how then have a look at . https://t.co/VSvERFJRUH https://substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/open-substack-com-pub-springbett-p-im-a-tram-sceptic-maybe-you-are-too.html Are trams the secret sauce for creating enough homes in the UK by unlocking the magic of gentle density They just might be." [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1928533208192233629) 2025-05-30T19:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@troglodijts Im not in Barcelona" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1930297739654373700) 2025-06-04T16:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@troglodijts So if you want to come to rural Slovenia be my guest" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1930297811482095713) 2025-06-04T16:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "My hot take: - This is fine. Theyre of huge cultural value to Greece (and also we scrubbed them with bleach which was an awful thing to do) - But it should NOT set a precedent for returning items to anybody who asks. Exclusive: George Osborne agrees to give Elgin Marbles to Greece https://t.co/9bz0HKrZ6w Exclusive: George Osborne agrees to give Elgin Marbles to Greece https://t.co/9bz0HKrZ6w" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1930949241502945505) 2025-06-06T11:25Z [---] followers, 20.2K engagements "The British Museum should include artefacts from everywhere. It should be a museum of the world. Also as events in Iraq have shown we cant guarantee the safety of artefacts in much of the world" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1930949245105815751) 2025-06-06T11:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Addendum: I highly doubt that this is being done for a love of Greece and her culture. Instead I think this is the case: https://x.com/typeforvictory/status/1930972106826682715s=46 Britain's elite have collective Nice Guy Syndrome. - Excessive concern with external validation - Avoidance of confrontation - Discomfort with power protection - Obsession with being the "good guy" born out of toxic shame https://x.com/typeforvictory/status/1930972106826682715s=46 Britain's elite have collective Nice Guy Syndrome. - Excessive concern with external validation - Avoidance of confrontation -" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1930980909227925618) 2025-06-06T13:31Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Britain in [----] was a barbarous time. Slavery was a way of life. Censorship was rife. Habeas corpus was unheard of. The tyranny of John Major suspended elections and locked up and prosecuted people in kangaroo courts for made-up crimes. Oh wait. If you want to "leave" the ECHR which of these rights do you want to give up for yourself and your family https://t.co/GCm2DfJQho If you want to "leave" the ECHR which of these rights do you want to give up for yourself and your family https://t.co/GCm2DfJQho" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1931258816240210189) 2025-06-07T07:55Z [---] followers, 47.8K engagements "If I were a major tourist region in Slovenia (Lake Bled) I would make sure that the bus station had clear consistent signage and that the timetable on Google Maps corresponded to reality just sayin" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1932000027611672654) 2025-06-09T09:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "They also appear to have taken lessons from Britain. No bus/train integration this bus gets to the station four minutes after the train leaves. Great work guys" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1932000987041931419) 2025-06-09T09:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "If I were Slovenia I would simply ask the Swiss to run my public transport system" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1932001105124134943) 2025-06-09T09:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "@KyleButcher I wonder re the western side of the city if a tram train might be best. How steep is Cardiff Road Could you have a tram train going from the centre down Cardiff Road then joining the railway line to Ebbw Vale just after where they cross" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1932016363062628617) 2025-06-09T10:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@KyleButcher With the Valleys I think inspiration could be taken from Switzerland you often have things that are like a reverse tram-train: they are partially street running in the countryside but have a grade separated route into the city centre" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1932016776381944099) 2025-06-09T10:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Some surprising things I found out when writing my article about through running. A thread 🧵 https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-magic-of-through-running/ https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-magic-of-through-running/" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1933453727920501193) 2025-06-13T09:17Z [---] followers, 11.9K engagements "@GarethDennis Definitely its necessary but not sufficient. Thats one of the key lessons from Switzerland (which Ill write about at some point) its invested a LOT in segregating suburban lines (e.g. Zimmerberg tunnel in Zurich four tracking all of the throat of Zurich HB)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1933468410425586101) 2025-06-13T10:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Only Britain would build a brand-new railway line which will ultimately connect two of its most important cities and not electrify it. #EastWestRail has been used for commercial freight for the first time. 🙌 Yesterday the service from Didcot arrived at the new infrastructure at Oxford travelling to Milton Keynes to connect with the West Coast Main Line: 👉 https://t.co/WTmJpYlUuA @networkrailWCML #Freight https://t.co/Gr60jbvYsc #EastWestRail has been used for commercial freight for the first time. 🙌 Yesterday the service from Didcot arrived at the new infrastructure at Oxford travelling to" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1934913917098316048) 2025-06-17T10:00Z [---] followers, 69.8K engagements "@Guy21Nerdy Thats really interestingis that because EWR would bring tangible benefits to Buckinghamshire whereas HS2 was perceived as not doing so" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1934917276475470034) 2025-06-17T10:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "In the hospital waiting room. Nurse calls out Benedict. Incredibly another guy also gets up" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1934984160466161833) 2025-06-17T14:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@tomough I shall do my duty to King (Penguin) and Country as soon as Im qualified to practise" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1935405421101219890) 2025-06-18T18:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Its literally still like that. one of the most radicalizing things you can do is simply see what life was like not too long ago one of the most radicalizing things you can do is simply see what life was like not too long ago" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1936073339342078149) 2025-06-20T14:47Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "in a bad place rn" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1936865119633543471) 2025-06-22T19:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@meIisactu Its not an appeal though its just asking the A-G to examine whether they should refer the sentence to the EWCA" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1937847476826108329) 2025-06-25T12:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "Restore Britain Advance UK babe wake up two new right-wing movements with interchangeably unspecific names just dropped Today we are launching Restore Britain - a movement for those who believe that we need to fundamentally change the way Britain is governed. We will build a policy platform together. A movement will be created together. A path will be forged together. This is not a political https://t.co/jbRiMS4Y7H Today we are launching Restore Britain - a movement for those who believe that we need to fundamentally change the way Britain is governed. We will build a policy platform" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1939650036779913592) 2025-06-30T11:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "On a train from Zurich to Milan. It was precisely on time until it got to the Italian border. Now its late" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1941136571891356053) 2025-07-04T14:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Civilisation has collapsed. Theyre opening a Pret in Milano Centrale station" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1941149370449301689) 2025-07-04T14:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "its almost like bob vylan and australian anti-semites are capable of rhyming the same two words together Death to IDF: Pro-Palestine protesters storm Jewish restaurant Rioters also set fire to a synagogue as Glastonbury chant spreads to Australia in return to anti-Semitic terror Read more https://t.co/BLqj8MlxjB https://t.co/aB6wJLb4Vh Death to IDF: Pro-Palestine protesters storm Jewish restaurant Rioters also set fire to a synagogue as Glastonbury chant spreads to Australia in return to anti-Semitic terror Read more https://t.co/BLqj8MlxjB https://t.co/aB6wJLb4Vh" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1941506529603223630) 2025-07-05T14:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "The German for virtue is Tugend. So Tom Tugendhat means Tom Virtuous. (Well sort of.)" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1942587642186514550) 2025-07-08T14:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Vienna feels sufficiently high trust that I can leave my stuff out in a caf while I go to the loo and trust it wont get stolen. I wish I could say the same thing about London" [X Link](https://x.com/carto_graph/status/1942914870090813875) 2025-07-09T11:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social category influence countries travel destinations #1027 finance technology brands social networks celebrities currencies stocks musicians us election
Social topic influence london #77, germany, switzerland, vienna, countries, investment, austria, france, denmark, japan
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @typeforvictory @s8mb @tomjackspencer @bswud @mrskinnertweet @franklinvh2 @repealtcpa1947 @richardparke15 @casescasescases @borners1 @sambidwell @scphughes @jamesacetate @iwandoherty98 @fremond @bendunnflores @matthewhodg @igmansfield @hrushworth @troglodijts
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Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"If we became the Republic of Britain carrying on with our parliamentary system but subbing the President for the King then wed have two ways of choosing the head of state"
X Link 2024-05-09T16:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"(1) Indirect election by electoral college. This is how it works in Germany and Italy. In both countries the president is elected by an electoral college made of members of parliament plus some delegates from regional assemblies"
X Link 2024-05-09T16:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Tokyo: [--] runways [--] airports Seoul: [--] runways [--] airports Paris: [--] runways [--] airports Istanbul: [--] runways [--] airports NYC: [--] runways [--] airports Moscow: [--] runways [--] airports London: [--] runways [--] airports Spot the odd one out Ironic from a trade minister. Heathrow and Gatwick should have three runways each as a minimum. Ironic from a trade minister. Heathrow and Gatwick should have three runways each as a minimum"
X Link 2024-05-13T16:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Britain is curiously the only country to have built new towns. France Denmark Italy built new suburbs right next to their cities. The closest equivalent is South Korea but it built overflow cities not towns. Its only in Britain where were Ebenezer Howard-pilled. 40% affordable means these plans are just dead on arrival. New Towns were already dubious: people want to live in and around existing cities where jobs are. But its hard to imagine any of them getting built with 40% affordable housing requirements. Bad unserious policy. 40% affordable means these plans are just dead on arrival. New"
X Link 2024-05-21T07:05Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@wight1984 I really want to understand what her mental model of the world is. Like how can you just deny supply and demand like that without having a good reason to explain why it shouldnt apply to the housing market"
X Link 2024-05-21T17:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Peacetime national service is an aberration in Britain unlike in continental Europe. We had it [--------] and [--------]. [--] years of peacetime conscription in our entire history. Conservatives ought to understand the traditions of the nation better. Its unsurprising that a lot of liberals on Twitter dont like a conservative policy. Whats surprising is how vitriolic so many people have been about a policy thats much less demanding than national service in Denmark or Norway and comparable to the scheme in France. Its unsurprising that a lot of liberals on Twitter dont like a conservative policy."
X Link 2024-05-26T20:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Housing brings out the most hairshirty puritanical Cromwellian instincts of Merrie England. Us 20somethings should be able to afford a house and go travelling. Modern Britain is a country of affluence and plenty. That should apply to the housing market as well. Don't really think an extra 4k is gonna help me buy a 450k flat now is it love Don't really think an extra 4k is gonna help me buy a 450k flat now is it love"
X Link 2024-05-28T16:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@mealreplacer Even better: mandatory national service but youths have to spend all day writing in supporting planning applications"
X Link 2024-05-29T12:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Excuse my likely ignorance but isnt this statement by the Supreme Court inconsistent with the existence of a discretionary planning system (Fearn v Tate Gallery [----] UKSC [--] per Lord Leggatt)"
X Link 2024-05-31T14:41Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@EoghanHeriot Why did MK do so much better in KZN than anywhere else"
X Link 2024-06-02T22:50Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"h/t @Borners1. You can browse the full list here. [--] pages of stakeholders https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s66427/Item%207.3%20Tram%20from%20Granton%20to%20BioQuarter%20and%20Beyond%20Consultation%20for%20Strategic%20Business%20Case%20Develop.pdf https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s66427/Item%207.3%20Tram%20from%20Granton%20to%20BioQuarter%20and%20Beyond%20Consultation%20for%20Strategic%20Business%20Case%20Develop.pdf"
X Link 2024-06-03T14:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@s8mb Surely this can also be solved by using STV for local elections la Scotland imo the argument for PR is weak at a national level but very strong at the local level"
X Link 2024-06-05T11:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@AscendedYield What % of domestic savings are locked up in land"
X Link 2024-06-06T08:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Labour in 1900: - Pro-pensioner - Lower the rates - YIMBY - Georgist - Anti-vax - Prohibitionist On this trend the next manifesto will have more pages than the [----] one had words. https://t.co/a7jwIwkypy On this trend the next manifesto will have more pages than the [----] one had words. https://t.co/a7jwIwkypy"
X Link 2024-06-13T15:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Why is everybody anxiously QTing this like its Labour policy Labour could drop Cambridge as focus for growth says strategic planning expert - Planning Resource. Todays Planning Summit hears Labour could instead choose to promote the Midlands the north of England and the wider South East. https://t.co/iz8XbeM2TM Labour could drop Cambridge as focus for growth says strategic planning expert - Planning Resource. Todays Planning Summit hears Labour could instead choose to promote the Midlands the north of England and the wider South East. https://t.co/iz8XbeM2TM"
X Link 2024-06-17T11:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@sam_bidwell To be clear the CRA [----] didnt change the principles of judicial review. The House of Lords would have held exactly the same if the relevant legislation had been in force today"
X Link 2024-06-20T10:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@sam_bidwell The case also wasnt decided on the basis of the Climate Change Act [----] (nor the [----] Act) but on the basis of regulations that implemented two EU directives that required environmental impact assessments"
X Link 2024-06-20T10:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomatoJamSalad If theres going to be a Portillo moment itll probably be SW Norfolk where Truss might lose her seat https://inglesp.github.io/apogee/constituencies/E14001497/ https://inglesp.github.io/apogee/constituencies/E14001497/"
X Link 2024-07-04T18:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomatoJamSalad Other than that the small parties are the interesting ones: - Bristol C Islington N Birmingham Ladywood only seats Labour might lose - Clacton Rochdale Farage Galloway - Waveney Valley N Herefordshire Ashfield Greens or Reform might win"
X Link 2024-07-04T18:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@MaXFalstein @Smyth_Chris @Fox_Claire Do you care more about wildlife than fighting climate change"
X Link 2024-07-08T13:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Most landlords in Britain own fewer than five properties. Theyre not professional investors; theyre the sorts of people who need to be told explicitly the value of your investment may go up or down. Not surprising theyre so whiny when faced with difficulties. Landlords are so whiny You see property as an investment youre happy to take capital gains and rental income but the second you have any downside you start crying All investments are subject to risk if you cant take it get insurance or leave the market Landlords are so whiny You see property as an investment youre happy to take capital"
X Link 2024-07-09T23:01Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JamesBalliol @Borners1 (Genuine question) Whats the root of your objection to paying MPs more even if fewer MPs + more work for (better paid) councillors means that each MP does more valuable work"
X Link 2024-07-13T14:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"governor tim walz has favourite maps maybe if he and kamala win the election it will become cool to have favourite maps NEW: Giving the keynote address at a GIS conference last month former high school geography teacher Tim Walz talked about some of his favorite maps https://t.co/ud1BbSTDBl NEW: Giving the keynote address at a GIS conference last month former high school geography teacher Tim Walz talked about some of his favorite maps https://t.co/ud1BbSTDBl"
X Link 2024-08-07T10:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@bendunnflores Ive often thought about a Rail25 line. Something like Grays Cheshunt (freight only build it next to the M25) and then Cheshunt Hertford Welwyn Luton Dunstable MK for freight and passengers partially re-using disused alignments. The North Downs Line for Herts"
X Link 2024-08-09T17:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@bendunnflores lmao"
X Link 2024-08-11T12:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@matthewhodg Id say hourly is probably the right frequency for a service between MCR and CDF/SWA so long as its operated by a long enough train (which it isnt). Its a long distance and Cardiff and Swansea arent that big"
X Link 2024-08-11T17:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@PhinHarper On (2) Im genuinely curious what is your model of the housing market that says increased supply shouldnt reduce prices"
X Link 2024-08-14T22:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I preferred it when they got into fights at the DNC GEORGIA HAS FOREVER CHANGED THE ROLL CALL GAME WHAT OKKKKKKK https://t.co/52oRhVUufy GEORGIA HAS FOREVER CHANGED THE ROLL CALL GAME WHAT OKKKKKKK https://t.co/52oRhVUufy"
X Link 2024-08-21T10:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Remote work (quick chat in the office becomes a 30-min call) Flatter hierarchies (more ppl to talk to nobodys the boss so everybodys the boss) Poor feedback loops (v hard to figure out what you can cut without causing problems) Basically theres just not that much to do. Discuss https://t.co/gEocHDINLy Discuss https://t.co/gEocHDINLy"
X Link 2024-08-23T13:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What does Thoden say when he gets on a flight to Dublin Forth Aer Lingus"
X Link 2024-08-25T12:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"imo we dont need direct trains to Pemshire from London. 12tpd intercity services to outlying parts of the country are a recipe for unreliability. Instead Haverfordwest should get a regular hourly service from Swansea which should have a quick connection w/ the London train. Follow me on my journey home to Pembrokeshire on why we need better trains connecting Pembrokeshire to the rest of the country 🏴🚂 https://t.co/W93ztMWM3I Follow me on my journey home to Pembrokeshire on why we need better trains connecting Pembrokeshire to the rest of the country 🏴🚂 https://t.co/W93ztMWM3I"
X Link 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"This is how Switzerland run their railway: its based around hub stations where every train connects with every other as far as possible. (I dislike the word but its appropriate here as in hub-and-spoke)"
X Link 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"SWA is perfect as a small hub: I dont think youd need to expand the station to have every train present at the same time. Unlike CDF its not got so many services that everywhere everywhere connections are impossible (though we should still try to achieve as many as we can)"
X Link 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Further trains should be integrated with busses and trams if Swansea ever gets them. S Wales should have a proper public transport network rather than a disparate connection of individual lines"
X Link 2024-09-13T11:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Without any speed increases such a journey would take 4h16 (roughly the same as London Edinburgh): 2h42 PAD SWA [--] mins connection at SWA 1h29 SWA Haverfordwest Obviously wires + speed increases btw CDF and SWA would cut this"
X Link 2024-09-13T12:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"If Parliament passes legislation that forces the courts to make decisions that are best left up to politicians or the market then it only has itself to blame. If only wed had a Right-wing government in power for [--] years that could have repealed the offending parts of EA2010 The courts making essentially political decisions - as in the Next case & Cumbrian coal mine case - is a recipe for disaster. Unlike democratic politics there are no trade offs or democratic accountability. We have to unwind the changes that have encouraged them to do this. The courts making essentially political"
X Link 2024-09-13T12:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What I also dont understand is why Crewe rather than Stoke Stoke is a big city Crewe only exists bc of the railway junction. Could be really valuable if all services heading N from London/Brum stopped at Stoke. Also are they proposing to run NPR over the Styal Line Sorry but this new "#HS2 Alternative" doesn't stack up. There's a reason it was supposed to be slab track (to cut down heavy maintenance costs) and a reason why it tunnelled under Crewe rather than a "simple" interface. Not building it to European gauge is backward. https://t.co/xlUnwLJLbP Sorry but this new "#HS2 Alternative""
X Link 2024-09-13T13:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@vonprond @WalkerMarcus Very much untrue. Sure courts have for centuries reviewed ultra vires decisions. But theres a world of difference between a court saying you dont have any legal power to do this versus Parlt telling courts what factors they must take into account"
X Link 2024-09-13T17:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomJackSpencer Perhaps the LawCom are unwilling to look into things like this because they want to be apolitical Its a political decision to depoliticise the courts"
X Link 2024-09-13T18:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomJackSpencer Lord Sumption also makes the point that theres a social desire for laws empire to expand. The examples he gives are mainly about PI cases and the desire for greater protection from the vicissitudes of life"
X Link 2024-09-13T18:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@vojtasTS29 @jackfifield Wouldnt say theres anything uncivilised about this (N700S Shinkansen) Also ingress/egress times are definitely relevant if you spend [--] minutes at an intermediate station then youre making the journey longer than it needs to be"
X Link 2024-09-14T07:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@focusfronting I think both are true. In England you can definitely find many High Court judgments that contradict each other. But they arent binding precedent merely persuasive authority"
X Link 2024-09-15T22:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@focusfronting Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judgments (which do bind lower courts) are in theory consistent. But his detractors would say Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal developed the common law by simply making stuff up to suit his whims"
X Link 2024-09-15T22:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JedTra It is weird imo to place quite so much emphasis on it. Obviously its important to teach in schools but our Schuld for the Holocaust should surely be limited to (a) guilt for generally failing to prevent WW2 and (b) for not taking in very many Jewish refugees"
X Link 2024-09-17T09:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JedTra Crucially and I cannot stress this enough we did not actually murder any Jews"
X Link 2024-09-17T09:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Khans plans are backed by Angela Rayner the deputy prime minister who will have final approval to transfer powers from Westminster city council God were over-centralised. Pedestrianisation will regenerate Oxford St catalysing growth & creating jobs across the wider area. A vibrant West End is key to maintaining London's international status - attracting more visitors and investment. Delighted @MayorofLondon & gov announcing these exciting plans https://t.co/L7kqpV9LDh Pedestrianisation will regenerate Oxford St catalysing growth & creating jobs across the wider area. A vibrant West End is key"
X Link 2024-09-17T10:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"There are many reasons a nation may fail geography demography war division exhaustion. None of these are easy to fix. Britains failures are down to a handful of bad laws. That makes me optimistic about my country make it easier to build things and well flourish. Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud @SCP_Hughes & me. Why the UK's ban on investment in housing infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is the problem. And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation. https://t.co/N6McRZCOlx Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated. A new essay by @bswud"
X Link 2024-09-20T10:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Then we will of course start to bump up against harder limits in particular our ageing population. But allowing people to build things should be enough to get to Denmark"
X Link 2024-09-20T10:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@OnTheWoolsack Im not normally inclined to reee privatisation of the railways made everything bad but BR had a steady(ish) programme of electrification from the 50s to the 90s. We then forgot about it for [--] years and in [----] tried to electrify EVERYTHING all in one go"
X Link 2024-09-21T11:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@OnTheWoolsack I think in the noughties New Labour were talking about trains running on bio diesel whatever that is"
X Link 2024-09-21T11:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"thought this was Moo Deng for a moment"
X Link 2024-09-23T15:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Its so frustrating to see stuff like this. Britains railways undoubtedly do have a cost problem and the Treasury does need to whip them into shape but not for the sake of fulfilling made-up accounting targets. I cannot stress enough the extent to which the UK is a completely broken country. #AbolishTheTreasury https://t.co/jMcVnwJftK https://t.co/HXji8r3f0N I cannot stress enough the extent to which the UK is a completely broken country. #AbolishTheTreasury https://t.co/jMcVnwJftK https://t.co/HXji8r3f0N"
X Link 2024-09-26T20:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"As a Brit I find it bizarre that America bans jaywalking but if anything more bizarre that they enforce it. In non-indictment news: The NYC Council just repealed the city's law banning "jaywalking" a widespread practice that the NYPD disproportionately enforced against Black and Brown New Yorkers https://t.co/E4oBYvSWxL In non-indictment news: The NYC Council just repealed the city's law banning "jaywalking" a widespread practice that the NYPD disproportionately enforced against Black and Brown New Yorkers https://t.co/E4oBYvSWxL"
X Link 2024-09-27T10:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Ive become accustomed to the Met that Im surprised to find out some places do enforce the law"
X Link 2024-09-27T10:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@hkatewilliams It falls into category A1 (high culpability due to premeditation; high harm due to substantial social impact). The starting point is [--] months. The damage was done to a cultural asset which is an aggravating factor. Hence [--] months. https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/crown-court/item/criminal-damage-other-than-by-fire-value-exceeding-5000-racially-or-religiously-aggravated-criminal-damage/ https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/crown-court/item/criminal-damage-other-than-by-fire-value-exceeding-5000-racially-or-religiously-aggravated-criminal-damage/"
X Link 2024-09-27T18:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@James_Acetate tbf I think that outside of Twitter the world recognises that open borders is a niche idea"
X Link 2024-09-30T21:30Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@James_Acetate but yeah its worrying on the one hand weve a moral obligation to victims of climate change (esp given how we wont fingers crossed be too badly affected directly) on the other the numbers of people wholl be displaced is staggering there has to be a limit"
X Link 2024-09-30T21:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Very good article. Often see people on this hellsite say that calling it the Supreme Court has made it more activist. But the Law Lords were responsible for Jackson and I cant see prime facie why theyd have decided Miller I or II differently. In my latest piece for the @spectator I take a look at the Supreme Court on its 15th birthday and discuss cases the constitution and that carpet: https://t.co/FIV96B5mDj In my latest piece for the @spectator I take a look at the Supreme Court on its 15th birthday and discuss cases the constitution and that carpet: https://t.co/FIV96B5mDj"
X Link 2024-10-01T08:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The real argument against the UKSC (with which I agree) is that it will be much easier for the Supreme Court to engage in a power grab in the future. Thankfully that hasnt happened yet"
X Link 2024-10-01T08:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@PhinHarper @geekethics To be clear this is not just a question of semantics. You do not have a right to build unless you have planning permission it is illegal to build unless the LPA allows it. If you do not have a legal right to do X it is illegal to do X"
X Link 2024-10-02T17:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@IGMansfield 1/n Preventative detention is an interesting one. InR (Hicks) v Met Police Commissioner [----] UKSC [--] the UK Supreme Court chose not to apply the ECtHRs judgment in Ostendorf v Germany (2013) [--] BHRC [---]. The ECtHR later changed its mind in S v Denmark (2019) 68EHRR17"
X Link 2024-10-04T17:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@IGMansfield 3/n Contrary to misconception our courts only have to take into account Strasbourg decisions (although in most cases they do apply them). The UKSC declined to follow Strasbourg in Hicks and held that proportionate detention followed by early release was allowed"
X Link 2024-10-04T17:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@IGMansfield 4/4 In the Denmark case the ECtHR did a volte face and said that Denmark was allowed to detain some football hooligans preventatively. Its a shame our courts dont try to engage in this kind of dialogue with the ECtHR more often"
X Link 2024-10-04T17:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@MrSkinnerTweet Based. It would in effect separate housing as an asset from housing as a consumer good. It would also put to bed the idea middle-class people should pour their savings into one illiquid unhedged asset which is also their home"
X Link 2024-10-05T10:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Manchester should have a proper metro. But Im not convinced by this. (1) The reverse-branch through the centre will awkwardly reduce frequencies through both Picc and Vic. (2) The first priority should surely be rapid transit to the university rather than relieving Metrolink. When #Manchester finally does get a "true" metro system it should do this: -Comprehensive -Highly frequent robust & reliable -Connects major transport nodes -Connects high footfall areas -Connects dense development areas -Encourages development -Drives Economic Growth #Rail https://t.co/9HIxlB63Ne When #Manchester"
X Link 2024-10-07T20:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@btharris93 Correct me if Im wrong but wed have to consent to be sued in a binding ruling So I dont get how Mauritius could apply for one"
X Link 2024-10-08T08:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Broke: [----] Beeching Report (closing railways) Woke: [----] Beeching Report (proposed investment in the remaining railways government didnt listen) Bespoke: [----] Beeching Report (consolidated the assizes and quarter sessions into the Crown Court)"
X Link 2024-10-08T09:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"America got lucky with Hurricane Milton theres no paradise in Florida to lose"
X Link 2024-10-09T13:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Apparently the government want us to maintain pole position in the emerging global crypto race whatever that means. Fantastic. Will mean plenty of civil fraud cases to keep the commercial Bar busy https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-bill-introduced-in-parliament-to-clarify-cryptos-legal-status Every single litigated case in England and there are dozens now is about fraud. What do you think that tells us about Crypto /7 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-bill-introduced-in-parliament-to-clarify-cryptos-legal-status Every single litigated case in England and there are dozens now is about"
X Link 2024-10-10T10:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@Borners1 Switzerland do manage it theyre pretty reliable (except at the interface with DB) We also dont need more than 2tph SHF STP or more than 2tph SHF BHM (we do however need longer trains) 4tph is manageable"
X Link 2024-10-12T15:51Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"This is obviously going to get vetoed by the other P5. But even as a thought experiment choosing an African country is problematic Nigeria is the biggest but its claim is clearly much weaker than Brazils or Indias. "Starmer accused of weakening Britain by pushing for UN Security Council reform "Prime Minister looks to double the number of permanent members with representatives from Africa Brazil and India" https://t.co/LHnY8YevrQ "Starmer accused of weakening Britain by pushing for UN Security Council reform "Prime Minister looks to double the number of permanent members with representatives"
X Link 2024-10-15T21:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I guess you could rotate between e.g. Nigeria Egypt Ethiopia ZA. But then theyre not permanent members"
X Link 2024-10-15T21:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"And surely Indonesia should get a permanent seat And Japan And Germany Surely an Arab country too although then youd get the same problem with Nigeriaits non-obvious which one to choose"
X Link 2024-10-15T21:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Can we just resurrect the NW London Light Railway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_West_London_Light_Railway London Overground's West London Orbital extension study due soon ➡ https://t.co/dJPIFeIi5F Work on a proposed West London Orbital extension of the London Overground is still ongoing but the early feasibility report is nearly ready for TfL and the local councils to co. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_and_West_London_Light_Railway London Overground's West London Orbital extension study due soon ➡ https://t.co/dJPIFeIi5F Work on a proposed West London Orbital extension of"
X Link 2024-10-21T22:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"The Australians clearly dont like having King Charles III ruling over them. Equally they cant agree on how to elect a President. Given that constitutional monarchy is the best form of government isnt the solution to send Prince Edward to become King of Australia"
X Link 2024-10-21T22:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@carbdiem @sam_bidwell But being hard working isnt the same as being productive in the sense it is used by economists. Productivity is a measure of value added per hour which broadly correlates to wages. Its a property of a job more than of a person"
X Link 2024-10-23T11:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@carbdiem @sam_bidwell Further value is defined by what the market is willing to pay for it not by the amount of labour put in. Productivity in the economists sense of the term has little to do with how the word is used in everyday conversation"
X Link 2024-10-23T11:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"This carbuncle is in Wimbledon. One of the many ways the housing market is bizarro is the irrationality of some locational premiums. I grew up in a town which had [--] postcode areas. Houses w/ the nicer postcode would reliably be 100k more even if the house wasnt very nice Here is an example of the kind of house I mean this is the kind of house making it to the top 0.1% of the income distribution will afford you now. Hardly the lap of luxury. https://t.co/sm7SmE07P2 Here is an example of the kind of house I mean this is the kind of house making it to the top 0.1% of the income distribution will"
X Link 2024-10-24T17:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@bendunnflores And yet for most people theyre their only substantial investment"
X Link 2024-10-24T18:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Westminster council is controlled by Labour btw [---] businesses in Soho ask for the area to be pedestrianised alongside Oxford Street. Westminster council says it's "totally outrageous" and that it'll "fight this proposal very strongly". very normal https://t.co/TWcRY4RglW [---] businesses in Soho ask for the area to be pedestrianised alongside Oxford Street. Westminster council says it's "totally outrageous" and that it'll "fight this proposal very strongly". very normal https://t.co/TWcRY4RglW"
X Link 2024-10-25T16:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Likewise Germanys HS network is grid-like rather than radial not because Germany is decentralised but because of where German cities are. Or for another example Spain is v decentralised but also has a radial HS network centred around Madrid (and in the future Barcelona)"
X Link 2024-10-26T16:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@James_Acetate the Met should hire you"
X Link 2024-10-27T17:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@Borners1 Come to think of it several of the Cantons look like a Swiss cheese"
X Link 2024-10-28T15:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I really dislike omg Kemi is a black Tory fawning. The Conservative Party should stand for meritocracy not picking people because of their skin colour to own the libs. Ed West's case for Jenrick: he's focused on tackling mass migration one of Britain's biggest issues and one of the Tories biggest weak spots with voters. Niall Ferguson's case for Kemi: she has 'sharp edges' she's black (take that Labour) she reminds him of Thatcher. https://t.co/WhG19wHMtN Ed West's case for Jenrick: he's focused on tackling mass migration one of Britain's biggest issues and one of the Tories biggest weak"
X Link 2024-10-29T12:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Any other government could have chosen austerity [---] Lord have mercy on the souls of Labour councillors. That was a truly Labour Budget. Any other government could have chosen austerity [---]. Instead there was a lot to be proud of. [--] particularly progressive highlights: That was a truly Labour Budget. Any other government could have chosen austerity [---]. Instead there was a lot to be proud of. [--] particularly progressive highlights:"
X Link 2024-10-30T23:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This is imo the worst possible outcome some Dems wont respect the legitimacy of the result when its thrown into the House (where each state delegation gets one vote ie Trump wins). #New Electoral College Model - Economist 🔴 Trump [---] 🔵 Harris [---] 🫣 https://t.co/ywgTs9uABf #New Electoral College Model - Economist 🔴 Trump [---] 🔵 Harris [---] 🫣 https://t.co/ywgTs9uABf"
X Link 2024-10-31T12:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@James_Acetate True at least Millennials have a sense of fun unlike the Cromwells of Gen Z"
X Link 2024-11-04T09:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"We cant let smugness get in the way of diplomacy. Sadly the guiding theory of our governing class is not the national interest but their sense of their own morality. This sort of smug back-patting is characteristic of the UK's approach to Trump. A smart country would recognise that Trump is sentimentally pro-Britain and cultivate that - offer the guy an Order of the Thistle take him to Chartwell. Our establishment are not smart people This sort of smug back-patting is characteristic of the UK's approach to Trump. A smart country would recognise that Trump is sentimentally pro-Britain and"
X Link 2024-11-06T14:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@TypeForVictory I think theres more of a psychological barrier between towns as well Chesterfield is as far from Sheffield as Ilford is from London but you wouldnt know that from how people talk about northern towns"
X Link 2024-11-07T12:33Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@btharris93 South Carolina and Louisiana but not Georgia What was Aaron Sorkin smoking"
X Link 2024-11-07T15:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I wish English orthography used diaereses as standard It would also be nice if we used to indicate stress e.g. Sahara Dsert vs just desrts. I appreciate I am in a minority of one. can they be serious for one second https://t.co/owK85QYG89 can they be serious for one second https://t.co/owK85QYG89"
X Link 2024-11-07T16:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@TypeForVictory Relatedly Ive never understood why were so opposed to caning and yet dont really consider the psychological damage that prison can do to a person. The discourse should be more balanced"
X Link 2024-11-08T14:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Japan has a smol bean island"
X Link 2024-11-11T13:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@JRUrbaneNetwork Why are Chinese cities so keen on metro networks with a grid+ring topology"
X Link 2024-11-15T16:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Surely people who bought farmland because of the tax benefits were advised this could happen Like surely Clarksons wealth adviser / accountant told him this"
X Link 2024-11-19T20:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"This is Highbury and Islington. Change here for the Mildmay Line 🤮"
X Link 2024-11-23T13:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"A superhero bench of politicians requires a superhero school. oh lord https://t.co/NzSdvmBhC7 https://t.co/NzSdvmBhC7"
X Link 2024-11-24T13:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"We could have had this instead"
X Link 2024-11-25T22:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Hate to say it but a baby hippos not gonna take the internet by storm if its called Haggis. 😠 "I want to see Moo Deng" 🏴 "We've got Moo Deng at home" Haggis can now be spotted in her habitat at the zoo alongside her mum Gloria. She is becoming bolder each day and spending more time exploring inside. https://t.co/wJFsuhUxaR 😠 "I want to see Moo Deng" 🏴 "We've got Moo Deng at home" Haggis can now be spotted in her habitat at the zoo alongside her mum Gloria. She is becoming bolder each day and spending more time exploring inside. https://t.co/wJFsuhUxaR"
X Link 2024-11-27T20:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TypeForVictory Taking what she said to The Times at face value it sounds like she pleaded guilty on the advice of her solicitor even though she wasnt guilty. Fraud requires dishonesty so a genuine mistake probably cant be fraud"
X Link 2024-11-29T10:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@FranklinVH2 I made the mistake of attempting to enter Green Park station earlier. Three of my least favourite things Black Friday Palestine March and Winter Wonderland all conspired to make today one of the least pleasurable afternoons of my life"
X Link 2024-11-30T20:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@FranklinVH2 I will never personally rely on the vast majority of council spending whereas I have used / will use the things (NHS pension education) that make up the bulk of central government spending. So I resent paying council tax far more than income tax / NICs"
X Link 2024-12-02T16:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Two people who didnt match each others freak. UNCONFIRMED reports are circulating that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan have broken up after Barry allegedly cheated on Sabrina. https://t.co/F9addTGS8d UNCONFIRMED reports are circulating that Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan have broken up after Barry allegedly cheated on Sabrina. https://t.co/F9addTGS8d"
X Link 2024-12-03T10:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I think this bit is the most important part of the essay. People who want to do rigorous work arent in the humanities possibly because after not long you realise that all of the complicated language is just a cover for sloppy thinking. I finished it. https://t.co/x6bN85J3Ch I finished it. https://t.co/x6bN85J3Ch"
X Link 2024-12-03T12:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@TypeForVictory And cities are consumption amenities as much as they are centres of production. Newport aint London as a place to live. Nor does it have e.g. swathes of lovely countryside around it which can compensate for the fact its Not London"
X Link 2024-12-04T10:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Really glad to see more attention being given to international best practice in keeping metro construction costs low. The Anglosphere has a lot to learn from Spain Turkey and South Korea Madrid expanded the metro system on the left into the one on the right in [--] years. It added [---] miles of track ending up with Europe's 3rd-longest metro after London and Moscow. And it paid only [----] million per mile compared to 609m spent on the Jubilee Line extension. https://t.co/l46nr4Teac Madrid expanded the metro system on the left into the one on the right in [--] years. It added [---] miles of track"
X Link 2024-12-06T14:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@RajivShah90 Is there a good English source for how Frances legal framework for infrastructure works"
X Link 2024-12-07T15:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@AnyaM8_ The Muppet Christmas Carol"
X Link 2024-12-10T19:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"From having worked with the CS Id agree with all these cultural problems BUT it is also about individuals. Good individuals can find their way around these kinds of problems but theyre in enormously short supply. Ive argued that the Civil Services problems are best framed as structural + cultural rather than about individuals. Cultures are made up of norms that are sustained by language and behaviours. So what norms does the CS need to tackle to be more effective A first stab 🧵 Ive argued that the Civil Services problems are best framed as structural + cultural rather than about individuals."
X Link 2024-12-13T18:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"cf when people say that Downing Street is dysfunctional because its an 18C townhouse. Sure that doesnt help but if it were staffed by good people theyd find their way around the obstacle"
X Link 2024-12-13T18:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"I would go further and say that being a picky eater is a moral failing. Theres no reason to be a picky eater other than for allergies or being on a diet. If youre a picky eater Im better than you stop eating just fries and chicken fingers all day and actually try something different Theres no reason to be a picky eater other than for allergies or being on a diet. If youre a picky eater Im better than you stop eating just fries and chicken fingers all day and actually try something different"
X Link 2024-12-14T14:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I would dearly love to know which redditor invented these rules and the story of how they spread. Let's set a table of what general good flag design standards are: [--]. Keep it simple [--]. Use meaningful symbolism [--]. 2-3 basic colors [--]. No letters or seals [--]. Distinctive & relative The IL state flag commission listed these on the submission page. Let's set a table of what general good flag design standards are: [--]. Keep it simple [--]. Use meaningful symbolism [--]. 2-3 basic colors [--]. No letters or seals [--]. Distinctive & relative The IL state flag commission listed these on the submission page"
X Link 2024-12-18T16:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Were in for another four and a half years of resentment-as-policy. I see the Government think the study of Latin should be exclusive to private schools. https://t.co/xuN9enKiWs I see the Government think the study of Latin should be exclusive to private schools. https://t.co/xuN9enKiWs"
X Link 2024-12-19T10:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@FranklinVH2 Well I mean this isnt about budgetary pressures its about class resentment"
X Link 2024-12-19T10:35Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Its a clich but studying a language with a morphology like Latin really does sharpen your mind. And thats before you consider how culturally important it is. This is a crying shame. Latin is an excellent subject. It opens up vast swathes of literature history theology etc. Its brilliant for developing logic and language acquisition. More state schools should be offering it. This is a crying shame. Latin is an excellent subject. It opens up vast swathes of literature history theology etc. Its brilliant for developing logic and language acquisition. More state schools should be offering it"
X Link 2024-12-19T12:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Efficient Markets Hypothesis meet Humphrey Smith. Absolutely brilliant long read about how the guy who runs Sam Smiths keeps vengefully closing his own pubs https://t.co/WUNYpo7GHS Absolutely brilliant long read about how the guy who runs Sam Smiths keeps vengefully closing his own pubs https://t.co/WUNYpo7GHS"
X Link 2024-12-19T18:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Im not even sure the best retort to the philistines saying reeee whats the use of Latin is ars gratia artis. Latins interesting its fun which is why state schools should teach it. Simple as. "But why study Latin How is it useful compared to modern languages" is a typical sort of HR manager scold where everything must be quantified as being Productive To Society. What about ars gratia artis Learning for its own sake But that can't be processed into career streams "But why study Latin How is it useful compared to modern languages" is a typical sort of HR manager scold where everything must be"
X Link 2024-12-20T19:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Understandable that Alcoholics Anonymous want to tackle the scourge of youth drink driving tbh The British establishment just can't hide its loathing for the young. https://t.co/30e9sPxLA2 The British establishment just can't hide its loathing for the young. https://t.co/30e9sPxLA2"
X Link 2024-12-21T10:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"This wont be the first Canadian election that looks crazy. When you have three major parties (four in Qubec) FPTP can produce maps that look like this. If Reform continues to do well Britain could be in for electoral maps that look like this. Latest EKOS Poll modelled out 🔵CON: [---] seats (+132) ⚜BQ: [--] seats (+12) 🟠NDP: [--] seats (+8) 🔴LIB: [--] seats (-146) 🟢GRN: [--] seat (-1) 🔵Conservative Majority Government Feel free to ask for any ridings https://t.co/ctaayy13m0 Latest EKOS Poll modelled out 🔵CON: [---] seats (+132) ⚜BQ: [--] seats (+12) 🟠NDP: [--] seats (+8) 🔴LIB: [--] seats (-146) 🟢GRN: 1"
X Link 2024-12-21T11:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"she buttinghill on my manhood till i whalebone the jokes just write themselves Sussex is divided into a large number of hundreds. These are grouped into six Rapes which are unique to this county: 🔸 Rape of Chichester 🔹 Rape of Arundel 🔸 Rape of Bramber 🔹 Rape of Lewes 🔸 Rape of Pevensey 🔹 Rape of Hastings #HistoricCounties #RealCounties 🏴 https://t.co/nXtV8xQ98J Sussex is divided into a large number of hundreds. These are grouped into six Rapes which are unique to this county: 🔸 Rape of Chichester 🔹 Rape of Arundel 🔸 Rape of Bramber 🔹 Rape of Lewes 🔸 Rape of Pevensey 🔹 Rape of"
X Link 2024-12-22T22:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"(On a more serious note RETVRN)"
X Link 2024-12-22T22:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"But but that is Charles Dickens I wish I could show Charles Dickens the most amazing adaptation of his writing. https://t.co/rjPThXlev1 I wish I could show Charles Dickens the most amazing adaptation of his writing. https://t.co/rjPThXlev1"
X Link 2024-12-23T14:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Here he is in the pantheon where he belongs"
X Link 2024-12-23T14:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"It may or may not be objectively the best use of police resources but the optics of Khan ordering the Met to clamp down on phone thieves surely justify it. I find it really perplexing that both the Met and the Mayor of London seem happy for this state of affairs to continue. I find it really perplexing that both the Met and the Mayor of London seem happy for this state of affairs to continue"
X Link 2024-12-28T16:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"And now theyve created the greatest skincare products known to humankind @wesyang People forget what Korea was like [--] years ago. https://t.co/6ttwcPtX00 @wesyang People forget what Korea was like [--] years ago. https://t.co/6ttwcPtX00"
X Link 2024-12-31T00:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@RepealTCPA1947 Definitely but the trend is long: United Kingdom let alone UK was unheard of except in bureaucraticese until a few decades ago. It has been steadily displacing Britain which in turn displaced England and Great Britain (both were used inclusive of Scotland and NI)"
X Link 2024-12-31T15:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@RepealTCPA1947 Unsure whats driving. Britain coincided with the rise of British nationalism but its unclear why United Kingdom should take over"
X Link 2024-12-31T15:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@legalstyleblog What are the two lions in the fourth quarter for"
X Link 2025-01-01T17:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Turns out Jess Phillips has form in this department. Much focus today on the grooming gangs in the UK but it's also the 9th anniversary of the attempted cover-up of the 2015/2016 NYE Mass-Sexual Assaults in Cologne. [----] women were sexually assaulted raped or robbed in front of the Cologne Cathedral by nearly [----] migrants 🧵 https://t.co/aqyXionGoh Much focus today on the grooming gangs in the UK but it's also the 9th anniversary of the attempted cover-up of the 2015/2016 NYE Mass-Sexual Assaults in Cologne. [----] women were sexually assaulted raped or robbed in front of the Cologne Cathedral"
X Link 2025-01-02T10:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@Hrushworth More generally I think this shows the lack of consideration for just upgrade the existing lines. I think that Create Streets paper suggested a tram line really closely paralleling the Aire Valley AND Harrogate lines rather than just adding stations and wires to Harrogate"
X Link 2025-01-02T17:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@FranklinVH2 I was out in a central London pub before Christmas. Was there for about five hours. I think we had about a third of the drinks in the final hour before closing just to feel something. Really unhealthy behaviour but none of us were wild about being back in bed by midnight"
X Link 2025-01-03T16:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@pursuitofprog Did the judge possibly err in law as well by taking into account time spent on remand I thought that wasnt meant to affect sentencing (and the prison will make the necessary reduction to the amount actually spent behind bars)"
X Link 2025-01-04T10:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Something I dont get is why its seen as such a travesty that people should have to sell their house to pay for their care. Why should the taxpayer have to pick up the bill Seems a lot like any "reform" of social care will involve me paying a lot more tax to protect the inheritances of people with richer parents than me. So forgive me for not being too concerned about this being "kicked into the long grass" Seems a lot like any "reform" of social care will involve me paying a lot more tax to protect the inheritances of people with richer parents than me. So forgive me for not being too"
X Link 2025-01-06T13:03Z [---] followers, 52.7K engagements
"@veritasfremsyn Yeah this is something Ive been confused about. It seems perfectly suited for insurance so why dont people buy care home insurance already Is there some regulation stopping it Or do ppl just not want to contemplate that they might end up in a care home"
X Link 2025-01-06T18:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@veritasfremsyn Why is there no care home insurance would be a fascinating topic for somebody to dig into. And yes theres a strong case for compulsory care home insurance which avoids the pitfalls of funding through general taxation"
X Link 2025-01-06T19:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Reading Johnson v Firstrand Bank [----] EWCA Civ [----]. Take a quick Twitter break. Get this advert. I cant escape it"
X Link 2025-01-07T15:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@yuanyi_z She also appears to be misgendering Justine Trudeau"
X Link 2025-01-07T23:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@DELETE__CLUB Its what Ian Nairn called subtopia. He went from Southampton to Carlisle and found streets and suburbs that looked identical. That was in the 50s and things have not materially improved since"
X Link 2025-01-09T16:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Hate to say it but if youre bright enough to get [--] A*/A GCSEs getting Bs is just because you didnt do enough work"
X Link 2025-01-16T18:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Its so utterly over. The one redeeming feature Torsten Bell had was being against the triple lock and at the first whiff of a ministerial red box he cravenly sells out. Sad The one redeeming feature Torsten Bell had was being against the triple lock and at the first whiff of a ministerial red box he cravenly sells out. Sad"
X Link 2025-01-17T09:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Barry Keoghan is clearly taking the breakup with Sabrina well. Every child deserves to have safe and loving family-based care. That's why @BarryKeoghan and I are in Bulgaria today to kick-start a new global campaign to reform children's social care - working to end the institutionalisation of children. https://t.co/2JYJALbKCt Every child deserves to have safe and loving family-based care. That's why @BarryKeoghan and I are in Bulgaria today to kick-start a new global campaign to reform children's social care - working to end the institutionalisation of children. https://t.co/2JYJALbKCt"
X Link 2025-01-17T18:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"All bad things are human rights violations. All human rights violations are bad things. @RepealTCPA1947 Because the government might be breaching the human rights of children I for one am grateful that the government can be held to account. You should be too. @RepealTCPA1947 Because the government might be breaching the human rights of children I for one am grateful that the government can be held to account. You should be too"
X Link 2025-01-19T12:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I give it four months wake up babe another posh twat is ruining manchester https://t.co/OrboZtbe8N wake up babe another posh twat is ruining manchester https://t.co/OrboZtbe8N"
X Link 2025-01-20T10:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"When you include the 27% employer pension contribution this starts to lag behind the private sector much less. Of course rewarding people through pension rather than salary means you recruit the sort of people who are doing the job for the pension New research from @Jarnecki & @tash_buckley highlight how the UK government is struggling to compete to attract and retain top talent in technological roles. According to our research HMG specialist roles lag the private sector and the US. https://t.co/ig7e5ISq7R New research from @Jarnecki & @tash_buckley highlight how the UK government is"
X Link 2025-01-22T11:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"The West Coast Mainline has many similarities to the Witch King of Angmar when you think about it. #StormEowyn the rail industry has taken the difficult decision to close some lines. This includes north of Preston on the West Coast Main Line and north of Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line affecting Anglo-Scots services: https://t.co/nxfDaFNHvb https://t.co/I195vBCUIf https://t.co/l4I6ij9tGt #StormEowyn the rail industry has taken the difficult decision to close some lines. This includes north of Preston on the West Coast Main Line and north of Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line"
X Link 2025-01-23T13:22Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"We need to pay more attention to wage compression. It gets discussed on here a bit but I suspect its underpriced as a cause of Britains problems. In this weeks Sunday Times Ive written about hard work and why for young people (people younger than me that is) theres no incentive to work hard because hard work simply no longer pays off in terms of jobs salary lifestyle. https://t.co/Qd2JjXPGOS In this weeks Sunday Times Ive written about hard work and why for young people (people younger than me that is) theres no incentive to work hard because hard work simply no longer pays off in terms of"
X Link 2025-02-02T13:34Z [---] followers, 88.5K engagements
"Move over Nancy Pelosi Mauritius is the worlds best investor now. To deliver a 600000% return (turning 3m into 18bn) you'd need to achieve 25% growth every twelve months for [--] years This is equivalent to outperforming the S&P [---] by 10% every single year for more than half a century To deliver a 600000% return (turning 3m into 18bn) you'd need to achieve 25% growth every twelve months for [--] years This is equivalent to outperforming the S&P [---] by 10% every single year for more than half a century"
X Link 2025-02-04T21:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"There absolutely is a problem with people believing that we ought to or do have an American-style strict separation of powers. We can see this with Blairs pointless Supreme Court project"
X Link 2025-02-12T17:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"But even when the highest court was the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords convention dictated that the rest of the Lords wouldnt vote on appeals. Thats separation of powers right there"
X Link 2025-02-12T17:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Im sorry but what fresh hell is going on with this graphic. The more I look at it the more mistakes I spot"
X Link 2025-02-21T10:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@FranklinVH2 Its not just the financials either. Running a pub is a hard thing to do in itself; as a friend who runs one put it to me people leave their brains at the door when they walk in. You can probably find good staff somewhat easily in London but not in all parts of the country"
X Link 2025-03-03T11:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@TypeForVictory Good point. Another question(sorry) who would manage the fund Im sceptical of a gov-managed fund bc Britain isnt Singapore. Would it just be managed by Vanguard etc (but presumably with some requirements for investment in domestic equities)"
X Link 2025-03-05T12:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@whippletom I think the Turkish government made a fuss about it. There is an official list of country names which is what they ask the UN to use in English eg Czechia Eswatini Cte dIvoire Cabo Verde"
X Link 2025-03-06T01:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"An excellent report. I particularly recommend chapters10 (on free speech and the ECHR) and [--] (on the Labour Partys turn towards popular constitutionalism). I'm excited to announce a new collection I've edited with @Policy_Exchange on the UK's political constitution. Essays on party leaders the Ministerial Code the war prerogative government lawyers Commons & Lords hereditary peers devolution international law ECHR & more https://t.co/WYcsAaMuuu I'm excited to announce a new collection I've edited with @Policy_Exchange on the UK's political constitution. Essays on party leaders the"
X Link 2025-03-09T12:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@TypeForVictory St Helena Or perhaps the Chagos Islands for the irony"
X Link 2025-03-13T18:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"In [----] Australia commissioned a review of its civil service the Australian Public Service (APS). This is from the foreword to the report. You simply cannot imagine any dry government report in Britain EVER using this kind of optimistic language"
X Link 2025-03-17T09:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"The British Library is so intensely civilised. walk in go through some pointless bureaucracy deal with a ropey IT system access to EVERYTHING EVER PUBLISHED IN BRITAIN"
X Link 2025-03-20T12:22Z [---] followers, 49.5K engagements
"@tomhfh Yeah you would. I dont think the costs would be worth the benefits though theyre both small cities. But upgrading the existing lines to slash journey times by over half an hour would be justifiable I think"
X Link 2025-03-29T11:59Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"The government has to accept that Oxford and Dundee are very different institutions. Talented people who undertake postgrad study at Oxford benefit this country enormously. Dont abolish the Grad Visa close it off to the likes of Dundee. Bad approach. The value of the Graduate Visa is that it's non-prescriptive and flexible. It's a bet on human capital. Many graduateswho btw go on to earn a lot over their careerdon't immediately get jobs that pay more than [-----] straight out of university. They take up https://t.co/kkMEiNnSsX Bad approach. The value of the Graduate Visa is that it's"
X Link 2025-04-08T14:10Z [---] followers, 53.6K engagements
"Toulouse: [------] people within 10km. Dortmund: [------]. Mlaga: [------]. What do these cities have in common None of them have trams in their centre. They have METROS. Leeds: [------] people. Leeds should have a metro not a tram. Let me tell you the story of the most visible example of economic and political failure in modern Britain. Leeds is the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system and we are all poorer because of it. How did we get here Why does it matter And what can be https://t.co/jxFSpH8XcK Let me tell you the story of the most visible example of economic and"
X Link 2025-04-09T10:42Z [---] followers, 39.2K engagements
"@NigelForrester9 I have travelled extensively around Germany and I cannot remember when I was on a long-distance train that wasnt late. I have also been to Austria where every train I have ever got has been precisely on-time"
X Link 2025-04-17T12:23Z [---] followers, 74.8K engagements
"We need a new term for Mayor of Lincolnshire. Counties cant have mayors. Prefect is too French. Governor and derivatives are too grand. Sheriff is etymologically sound but is too associated with America. Maybe resurrect Alderman"
X Link 2025-04-27T18:32Z [---] followers, 72.9K engagements
"My debut with @WorksInProgMag. Why does Hong Kong have the most expensive housing in the world And how can we fix it 🔗👇"
X Link 2025-04-30T15:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Could somebody please explain to me why the HS2 Act didnt just give HS2 planning consent for all the works necessary to build the line This from @mjrobbins on the HS2 access track is utterly maddening but reflects a key flaw in the planning system - councillors pay absolutely no personal cost for spurious decisions even when they know they will lose on appeal and cost taxpayers huge amounts in the process https://t.co/zng1T29EdN This from @mjrobbins on the HS2 access track is utterly maddening but reflects a key flaw in the planning system - councillors pay absolutely no personal cost for"
X Link 2025-05-04T09:36Z [---] followers, 56.9K engagements
"@RepealTCPA1947 Yes. Theft is the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with intent to permanently deprive them of it. Dishonesty per Ivey v Genting is determined by the objective standard of ordinary decent people. By that standard it would be theft"
X Link 2025-05-05T20:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@FurtherOr You (and hopefully me in a few years) are the engines of British growth"
X Link 2025-05-06T20:52Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Why are Americans so verbose Im thinking - pieces in The New Yorker - recipes that give you the authors life story - law review articles Is the whole country afflicted with logorrhoea"
X Link 2025-05-07T12:49Z [---] followers, 15.1K engagements
"Induced demand is a good thing actually. It means people are better connected. The right way to manage the negative externalities of cars is through better urban planning road pricing and fuel taxation. Not by building nothing. @tomhfh Trust me you dont want to build a new motorway. Induced demand ensures itd be full within [--] years. I dread to think about the new bottlenecks created either side for drivers accessing it too. @tomhfh Trust me you dont want to build a new motorway. Induced demand ensures itd be full within [--] years. I dread to think about the new bottlenecks created either side"
X Link 2025-05-13T13:51Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"(3) What about Sheffield. We should be aiming for services that go Liverpool Airport Manchester and then alternating between Sheffield/Nottingham and Leeds/Newcastle"
X Link 2025-05-14T12:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"If this were the Netherlands youd design the infra to have at least: [--] tph LIV MCR SHF [--] tph LIV MCR LDS [--] tph PRE () MCR SHF [--] tph MCR LDS So 4tph between Manchester and all three great northern cities"
X Link 2025-05-14T12:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Cruise ships are insanely cool. Not my idea of a fun holiday (I would get bored within a day) but they are incredible marvels of engineering. The modern heirs to the great ocean liners of White Star HAPAG and the French Line. Its good to see theyre not stagnating. "Airplanes today fly no faster than they did in the 1970s. In many countries road speeds have decreased. Flying cars never showed up. In developed countries the tallest buildings have only inched higher. Most rich countries produce less energy per capita than they did [--] years https://t.co/r3Mg9CfGnz "Airplanes today fly no faster"
X Link 2025-05-15T15:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I count four Harry Potter tat-themed shops in Cambridge a town that doesnt even feature in the books J.K. Rowling must be investigated for her contribution to the entweeification of Britain"
X Link 2025-05-25T11:18Z [---] followers, 18K engagements
"21.70 to fly to Trieste next Tuesday. Ryanair has done more for European integration than the European Union"
X Link 2025-05-30T14:29Z [---] followers, 11.1K engagements
"Not in our big cities theyre not. https://substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/open-substack-com-pub-springbett-p-im-a-tram-sceptic-maybe-you-are-too.html Are trams the secret sauce for creating enough homes in the UK by unlocking the magic of gentle density They just might be. If you want to find out why and how then have a look at . https://t.co/VSvERFJRUH https://substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/open-substack-com-pub-springbett-p-im-a-tram-sceptic-maybe-you-are-too.html Are trams the secret sauce for creating enough homes in the UK by unlocking the magic of gentle density They just might be."
X Link 2025-05-30T19:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@troglodijts Im not in Barcelona"
X Link 2025-06-04T16:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@troglodijts So if you want to come to rural Slovenia be my guest"
X Link 2025-06-04T16:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"My hot take: - This is fine. Theyre of huge cultural value to Greece (and also we scrubbed them with bleach which was an awful thing to do) - But it should NOT set a precedent for returning items to anybody who asks. Exclusive: George Osborne agrees to give Elgin Marbles to Greece https://t.co/9bz0HKrZ6w Exclusive: George Osborne agrees to give Elgin Marbles to Greece https://t.co/9bz0HKrZ6w"
X Link 2025-06-06T11:25Z [---] followers, 20.2K engagements
"The British Museum should include artefacts from everywhere. It should be a museum of the world. Also as events in Iraq have shown we cant guarantee the safety of artefacts in much of the world"
X Link 2025-06-06T11:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Addendum: I highly doubt that this is being done for a love of Greece and her culture. Instead I think this is the case: https://x.com/typeforvictory/status/1930972106826682715s=46 Britain's elite have collective Nice Guy Syndrome. - Excessive concern with external validation - Avoidance of confrontation - Discomfort with power protection - Obsession with being the "good guy" born out of toxic shame https://x.com/typeforvictory/status/1930972106826682715s=46 Britain's elite have collective Nice Guy Syndrome. - Excessive concern with external validation - Avoidance of confrontation -"
X Link 2025-06-06T13:31Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Britain in [----] was a barbarous time. Slavery was a way of life. Censorship was rife. Habeas corpus was unheard of. The tyranny of John Major suspended elections and locked up and prosecuted people in kangaroo courts for made-up crimes. Oh wait. If you want to "leave" the ECHR which of these rights do you want to give up for yourself and your family https://t.co/GCm2DfJQho If you want to "leave" the ECHR which of these rights do you want to give up for yourself and your family https://t.co/GCm2DfJQho"
X Link 2025-06-07T07:55Z [---] followers, 47.8K engagements
"If I were a major tourist region in Slovenia (Lake Bled) I would make sure that the bus station had clear consistent signage and that the timetable on Google Maps corresponded to reality just sayin"
X Link 2025-06-09T09:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"They also appear to have taken lessons from Britain. No bus/train integration this bus gets to the station four minutes after the train leaves. Great work guys"
X Link 2025-06-09T09:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"If I were Slovenia I would simply ask the Swiss to run my public transport system"
X Link 2025-06-09T09:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"@KyleButcher I wonder re the western side of the city if a tram train might be best. How steep is Cardiff Road Could you have a tram train going from the centre down Cardiff Road then joining the railway line to Ebbw Vale just after where they cross"
X Link 2025-06-09T10:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@KyleButcher With the Valleys I think inspiration could be taken from Switzerland you often have things that are like a reverse tram-train: they are partially street running in the countryside but have a grade separated route into the city centre"
X Link 2025-06-09T10:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Some surprising things I found out when writing my article about through running. A thread 🧵 https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-magic-of-through-running/ https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-magic-of-through-running/"
X Link 2025-06-13T09:17Z [---] followers, 11.9K engagements
"@GarethDennis Definitely its necessary but not sufficient. Thats one of the key lessons from Switzerland (which Ill write about at some point) its invested a LOT in segregating suburban lines (e.g. Zimmerberg tunnel in Zurich four tracking all of the throat of Zurich HB)"
X Link 2025-06-13T10:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Only Britain would build a brand-new railway line which will ultimately connect two of its most important cities and not electrify it. #EastWestRail has been used for commercial freight for the first time. 🙌 Yesterday the service from Didcot arrived at the new infrastructure at Oxford travelling to Milton Keynes to connect with the West Coast Main Line: 👉 https://t.co/WTmJpYlUuA @networkrailWCML #Freight https://t.co/Gr60jbvYsc #EastWestRail has been used for commercial freight for the first time. 🙌 Yesterday the service from Didcot arrived at the new infrastructure at Oxford travelling to"
X Link 2025-06-17T10:00Z [---] followers, 69.8K engagements
"@Guy21Nerdy Thats really interestingis that because EWR would bring tangible benefits to Buckinghamshire whereas HS2 was perceived as not doing so"
X Link 2025-06-17T10:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"In the hospital waiting room. Nurse calls out Benedict. Incredibly another guy also gets up"
X Link 2025-06-17T14:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@tomough I shall do my duty to King (Penguin) and Country as soon as Im qualified to practise"
X Link 2025-06-18T18:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Its literally still like that. one of the most radicalizing things you can do is simply see what life was like not too long ago one of the most radicalizing things you can do is simply see what life was like not too long ago"
X Link 2025-06-20T14:47Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"in a bad place rn"
X Link 2025-06-22T19:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@meIisactu Its not an appeal though its just asking the A-G to examine whether they should refer the sentence to the EWCA"
X Link 2025-06-25T12:16Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"Restore Britain Advance UK babe wake up two new right-wing movements with interchangeably unspecific names just dropped Today we are launching Restore Britain - a movement for those who believe that we need to fundamentally change the way Britain is governed. We will build a policy platform together. A movement will be created together. A path will be forged together. This is not a political https://t.co/jbRiMS4Y7H Today we are launching Restore Britain - a movement for those who believe that we need to fundamentally change the way Britain is governed. We will build a policy platform"
X Link 2025-06-30T11:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"On a train from Zurich to Milan. It was precisely on time until it got to the Italian border. Now its late"
X Link 2025-07-04T14:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Civilisation has collapsed. Theyre opening a Pret in Milano Centrale station"
X Link 2025-07-04T14:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"its almost like bob vylan and australian anti-semites are capable of rhyming the same two words together Death to IDF: Pro-Palestine protesters storm Jewish restaurant Rioters also set fire to a synagogue as Glastonbury chant spreads to Australia in return to anti-Semitic terror Read more https://t.co/BLqj8MlxjB https://t.co/aB6wJLb4Vh Death to IDF: Pro-Palestine protesters storm Jewish restaurant Rioters also set fire to a synagogue as Glastonbury chant spreads to Australia in return to anti-Semitic terror Read more https://t.co/BLqj8MlxjB https://t.co/aB6wJLb4Vh"
X Link 2025-07-05T14:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The German for virtue is Tugend. So Tom Tugendhat means Tom Virtuous. (Well sort of.)"
X Link 2025-07-08T14:12Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Vienna feels sufficiently high trust that I can leave my stuff out in a caf while I go to the loo and trust it wont get stolen. I wish I could say the same thing about London"
X Link 2025-07-09T11:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
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