James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social)

Now on BlueSky instead. See link below.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

Just to let any followers who're still on this site know that I've finally moved to BlueSky. Please follow me there:
https://t.co/e2WZsI4ICF

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

Just to let any followers who're still on this site know that I've finally moved to BlueSky. Please follow me there:
https://t.co/e2WZsI4ICF

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@k3t4w1n @john_turbefield @drdangercrane @Gaylussite *someone* is living in those new tower blocks though, so they are still contributing to housing supply

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@RhysGri01335419 @joncstone Oxford Street already bans private cars for most of the day, but it carries a lot of buses and taxis. Opposition to pedestrianising it comes from local residents worried about traffic reassignment and cabbies. But they should in this instance be overruled for the greater good.

[Jon Stone @joncstone]

the whole reason Westminster Labour are against pedestrianising Soho and Oxford Street is to win this one marginal ward. now they’ve lost it anyway they might as well do the other nine million Londoners a favour

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@Onebiskuit @jhallwood That is erroneous. Army and RAF are both leftenant. Navy is l’tenant.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@BelfastCycle I often wonder from an aesthetic point of view, as satellite dishes are quite ugly! I think it’s just one of those right-wing cliches like “flatscreen TV”, when CRT TVs haven’t been widely sold for 15+ years.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@JaneyCh36826594 @LukeDyks But probably relatively few thieves.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@poochare @maxwell_marlow @radartabs My point is that the ASI’s thesis of labour withdrawal feels rather unlikely to come true, in part because to the extent it does make any sense it could be used just as well in the other direction (people working more to pay the VAT).

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@IGMansfield The actual content of the video (saying that people should say what they thought of books they’d read etc rather than just saying they’d read them) is pretty uncontroversial. I do agree however that “personality” isn’t the right word for this.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@JamesBalliol @ak__shay @Layo_FH IOT is great but sometimes overly rich — you essentially have to sit staring at the radio doing nothing else if you want to follow an episode on a subject where you don’t have much pre-existing background knowledge. RIH is easier background listening but obviously less erudite.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@scottgroovez @BobFromAccounts @hackneycouncil From 2019: https://t.co/1GSEiV5bON

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@BobFromAccounts @hackneycouncil Vilification of people on bikes by a small cabal of nearby residents has been going on for years in this location. See this article from 2019: https://t.co/1GSEiV5bON

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

Covid lockdown was utterly grim for many people and had left considerable scars. It’s regrettable that articulating this obvious truth is such a batsignal for introverts. If you did enjoy lockdown please be emotionally intelligent enough to understand why others really didn’t.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@bairnofalkirk @paulw56 @Samfr I’m not sure we are disagreeing on this? The estate of the second to die of a married couple has an effective threshold of £1m, as you say, and given the spousal IHT exemption this is the figure which actually matters in most cases.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@bairnofalkirk @paulw56 @Samfr The £1m effective threshold applies to widowed individuals, not to couples.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@bairnofalkirk @paulw56 @Samfr You’re correct that the basic threshold was originally misstated as £350k rather than £325k, but the fundamental point is the same: for most people the effective threshold is £1m.

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@seatradelaw @jamesrbuk 🤡

[James (jamesblurbs.bsky.social) @JamesBlurbs]

@OgbeniDemola Have you ever looked at Russia on the map? Any ideas how it ended up stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Korean Peninsula?