Scott retweeted
One thing I've noticed is that people are blind to infrastructure. In this image, you see a well-maintained road, even with pedestrian infrastructure, neatly clipped grass, a powerline, almost no trash etc. yet the person thinks it's Nigeria because the houses are shabby.
Scott retweeted
absolutely insane tbh
Spot the difference.
🇪🇺 @EIB, Europe's public bank, lends @Airbus €3bn. With interest, to be repaid and at competitive market condition.
@USTradeRep: a risk to the transatlantic trade truce.
🇺🇸 Washington state approved an $8.7bn tax break for Boeing in 2013, the biggest in US history. Nothing to repay.
@USTradeRep: nothing to see here.
Add also the trade deals: Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and China have pledged more than 450 Boeing jets to the White House as part of their trade deals with the US - orders decided by tariff threats, not by price. Not exactly the "market-driven" aerospace Ambassador Greer talks about.
Usual American double standard:
When US wins, it's the free market.
When others win, it's unfair competition.
Meanwhile, the WTO ruled against US subsidies to Boeing too – and Europe has kept its retaliation on hold since 2021 anyway.
One loan, with interest, and Washington throws a tantrum. Can you imagine what would happen if Europe came together and started competing, with the same tools and methods, in all the other areas?
Scott retweeted
This is the weirdest shit in the world to me.
If I understand it right, the orthodox don't really work, are massive welfare recipients, don't serve in the military, but keep voting for more war... and they're growing as a % of population.
How is that sustainable?
Scott retweeted
Well that was simple
I wanted to visualise Britain's state spending ahead of the Budget, so I've vibe coded an app which presents it as a disk drive.
Take a look at the tradeoffs and see if you can make the budget fit:
britains-disk.pages.dev
Scott retweeted
I've been saying this for months and it gets people really mad for some reason.
The thing you must understand about NIMBYs is that they do not actually care about the things they say they do. No matter the specifics of the project, they will always find some excuse to oppose it.
Scott retweeted
Everything about this is very on brand for the UK. A gang of hi-vis urban scarecrows stood in a pack, doing absolutely nothing. Cyclists thinking no rules apply to them at all. Pedestrians still using the pavement because rules indoctrination.
Cyclists are continuing to ride along the newly pedestrianised section of Oxford Street, despite being asked to dismount.
Around seven security staff have been stationed near Oxford Circus, calling out to cyclists to get off their bikes, with mixed success.
More on this story ➡️ bbc.in/3W32bbT
#OxfordStreet #London #Cycling #Pedestrianisation
Scott retweeted
Honestly our government are useless cunts, £30 a fucking bag , pick them up for £3 in decathlon
The SNP want to give free school bags to all P1 pupils, and have managed to find a way to make it cost £30 per bag.
It is a quite incredible example of an out of touch government wasting taxpayers' money.
heraldscotland.com/news/2667…
Scott retweeted
Stocking shelves in Sainsbury's and an entry-level graduate job in accounting are already very close to paying the same
this will only make the job market more fucked (particularly for young people)
Scott retweeted
Very fair point
Why should a pensioner on a £13K income be exempt from income tax when a person of working age is not? Those of working age do not receive free travel or all sorts of other discounts to which pensioners are entitled. We do not exempt people from tax based on how many dependents they have, or how much housing in their area costs, so why exempt individuals based on age?
Scott retweeted
UK Greens need a reminder that the whole reason their party and movement exists is to save places like this, not empty lawns on the edge of town in behind some road – at Strahan, Tasmania
Scott retweeted
well established bit whereby an american goes to a european country, briefly has difficulty getting a particular thing and immediately concludes that said thing doesn't exist in that country
At a bar ordering a drink from a British bartender
Me: “Can i get a tequila soda, splash of lemonade?”
Bartender: “uhh what do you mean, like sprite?”
Me: “no tequila soda with lemonade”
Bartender: “I’m confused what you want”
Does lemonade not exist in England?
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The British brand R Whites is one of the oldest lemonade brands in the world having been founded in 1845 and first producing lemonade between 1845-1855
rwhites.co.uk