Joost Dobber

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[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

We just dropped in on Liz Truss’s pro-Trump speaking tour with a remote-controlled lettuce banner. She didn’t find it funny. 🥬

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

In the North East London constituency the "Britain First: No to Immigration" candidate was beaten by the Animal Welfare Party, Count Binface, and a random independent.

God I love my city.

[Joost Dobber @joostdbr]

Britse beleggers kunnen straks een extra 5000 pond per jaar investeren zonder belastingen te hoeven betalen, mits dat geld in Britse aandelen en obligaties wordt gestopt, kondigt minister Hunt aan. Dat moet de Londense beurs aanjagen, maar stimuleert ook home bias

[FD Nieuws @FD_Nieuws]

Vandaag in Dagkoers met @pauliense hoor je @bknoop over een lobbygroep die nu al meer geld van de politiek voor de woningbouw wil en @joostdbr over of de Britten ons kunnen redden als de VS onder Trump de NAVO de rug toekeren.

https://t.co/rpDObBl8r1

[Joost Dobber @joostdbr]

‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything https://t.co/B2xJgrPDzP via @ft

[Julian Jessop @julianHjessop]

...and another (in Dutch, this time)

ps. the Dutch for 'economist' is 'econoom', which I quite like 🤓

https://t.co/PZxSW5CDyJ

[Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman]

My letter to the Prime Minister

[The Independent @Independent]

🚨Man interrupts Keir Starmer's conference speech and throws what looks like glitter all over the Labour leader https://t.co/2au5uffESP

[Dr. Nathalie van Meurs @DrVanMeurs]

Honour & a delight to speak to
@NSOBDenHaagbdelegates on a panel with @joostdbrband @DimitriVogelaar hosted by @NLinUK about Brexit, values, culture, psychological contract, identity + welfare. Delighted to represent @MiddlesexUni & @DAN_in_UK and looking fwd to future collabs.

[Jennifer Williams @JenWilliams_FT]

Almost a quarter of the HS2 money, unless I’ve misunderstood the background paper, is going on pothole repairs

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Tory-run Hampshire council says it faces ‘financial meltdown’ https://t.co/UI5xjrgUST

[BBC North East @BBCNEandCumbria]

A medieval sycamore tree which stood in a dramatic dip in Hadrian's Wall appears to have been felled overnight, the national park said https://t.co/KZqfUCgCtI

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

I keep harping on about this - but Britain's prosperity trap comes from an inability to let people engage in long-term planning because of the temptation of short-run political incentives. Those people include major multinational companies.

[Financial News @FinancialNews]

Crispin Odey’s hedge fund vacates Mayfair headquarters for ‘luxury’ WeWork
https://t.co/SBnsXYExBu

[Resolution Foundation @resfoundation]

How can we reduce the impact of high and volatile fossil fuel prices on living standards?

By reducing demand for gas.

But progress on insulating the nation’s inefficient housing stock remains very slow, and getting slower...
https://t.co/3dhUfIOpcw

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

The tectonic plates continue to shift in Scotland. SNP vote is evenly spread so this kind of result translates into big Labour seat gains

[Steve Peers @StevePeers]

Profoundly ignorant on both points. A) the Good Friday Agreement requires compliance with the ECHR. That necessarily entails the Strasbourg Court. There's no legal route to saying that it applies but to the peace process only. 1/

[Robert Saunders @redhistorian]

New panel of Conservative Party members:

40% oppose the NetZero target; another 40% oppose writing it into law.

33% think global warming is not driven by human activity; a further 12% think it isn't real.

66% think there is not a climate emergency.
https://t.co/xi02Vr3eK1

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Britain has caught the distraction disease https://t.co/er9RyYQXxX

[Olympic Park Homes Action Group @OlympicHomes_AG]

International coverage of our plight… @getliving

Thanks to @joostdbr & @FD_Nieuws

#BuildingSafetyCrisis #EndOurCladdingScandal