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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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David Howe
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Retired academic, writer of text and general non-fiction books, coast and hill walker. Current general non-fiction books include Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance; Extraction to Extinction; Science and Sensibility; Gravity: life's ups and downs.
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Still time to buy books for Christmas from @gritstonebooks.bsky.social gritstonecoop.co.uk/shop/?orderb... But if you’re in the Lakes please go to @fredsbookshop.bsky.social in Ambleside
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it: A 6–8% hit to GDP That's £180bn-£240bn a year It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything. Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half rightNearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorereastangliabylines.co.uk
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Somebody just reminded me of this. Best correction ever:
Caroline FiennesIt's nearly time to reveal my Quote Of The Year 🥳 In preparation, here's last year's one: a corker, from The Guardian 🤣
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George MonbiotOnce, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiotwww.theguardian.com⟳ Репост от David Howe
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There are 20 restaurants & cafes & 9 bars in the House of Commons. These are heavily subsidised - a pint of beer costs £3.50. 9 bars in a place of work seems absurd. The subsidies shield MPs from the reality of the outside world & should be withdrawn immediately. Indeed the bars should be shut.
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They told us privatisation would mean better services at less cost They told us the more millionaires the better because wealth would trickle down The opposite happened They lied, and despite having been proved wrong they're still lying meme via Jon Cumberbatch
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On the shelf in the wonderful Langdale Co-op. Where you can still have a divi number 😍
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Meet the author..the fascinating David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social is guest at the Burn How Hotel book session on Weds Aug 27, 7pm, it's free, all welcome. David wrote the glorious "Rocks & Rain, Reason & Romance", one of the best ever books about the Lakes. Pls share. @lakedistrict.bsky.social