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Harry Bower retweeted
Free tool: type in a supermarket brand and see who owns it, where it's made, and an English-made alternative you can buy instead.
It's new, so reply if something looks wrong.
Harry Bower retweeted
Remember it’s only a true Outage if it’s from the Outage region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling downtime.
Harry Bower retweeted
It’s almost Friday, so there’s really no point in Outlook coming back now.
And it’s November, so it’s almost Christmas. No point really coming back until January if you think about it.
Let’s circle back then.
Harry Bower retweeted
"Just before it was nationalised 94 per cent of its [c2c's] trains arrived within five minutes of the scheduled time. The latest available data from this August showed this had dropped to just under 71.5 per cent of trains."
Harry Bower retweeted
Has the Foreign Office considered despatching Torsten Bell and the Resolution Foundation to hostile states to advise them on economic policy? Akin to Germany putting Lenin on a train to Petrograd, it could be a remarkably effective form of economic warfare.
Harry Bower retweeted
For anyone who still hasn’t understood it, the Laffer curve explained by the man himself.
Harry Bower retweeted
Forgetting to press x on Brian Lara cricket!
BRYDON CARSE HAS FIVE!!! ⚡️
Carsey's first five-wicket haul in Durham whites since 2021. 😍
#ForTheNorth
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🚨NEW: South Western Railway has seen the proportion of late trains surge from 34% to 46% since being brought into public ownership by the government
Labour had promised re-nationalisation would improve railways
Harry Bower retweeted
“…he would rather the poor were poorer provided the rich were less rich!”
Harry Bower retweeted
From a very credible Labour source:
- Wes Streeting promised the Chancellorship for not running.
- Capital gains raised to match income tax. Possible exit tax.
- Economic focus: devolution, plus state ownership of cost-of-living essentials (energy, water, transport).
- Nothing on AI or tech, bar higher capital gains and an EIS/SEIS-style relief for backing British businesses. (Spoiler: startups now incorporate in Delaware and raise on SAFEs. I’ve done 60+ angel investments; only two were eligible.)
Andy and Wes don’t seem to grasp that tech has been the core engine of growth for 20 years, and AI will only accelerate that.
So why would any founder build here? How does the UK compete with the US and China on AI? Where does growth actually come from?
The world economy is changing fast, and we need to be ready to thrive in it, not just survive.
I really hope this admin appoints some figures who actually get what’s happening. Losing business support early, from a disastrous first budget, was the beginning of the end for Starmer.
Harry Bower retweeted
Say what you like about the Tories, at least their coups were entertaining.
This is like a slow-motion car crash between two milk floats.
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Trump has attended six G7 summits.
Every time he comes back, somebody from the previous photo is gone.
2017 – Italy's Paolo Gentiloni. Gone.
2018 – UK's Theresa May. Gone.
2019 – EU's Donald Tusk. Gone.
2020 – Japan's Shinzo Abe. Gone.
2025 – Japan's Shigeru Ishiba. Gone.
2026 – Keir Starmer, Next in line.
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Harry Bower retweeted
Reasons I think Joe Root should be the next prime minister:
1. He’s the greatest person in Britain
2. He’s good in a crisis
3. He’s the greatest person in the world
4. He’s good against spin so can fight propaganda
5. He’s the greatest person of all time
6. I love him
Harry Bower retweeted
After seven decades of socialist immiseration, Cuba has just announced that it will:
🔴Enlarge the private sector
🔴Ease price controls
🔴Lift energy taxes
🔴Cut spending
🔴Reduce the national debt
Britain is doing the opposite of all these things.
