cirrus-clouds

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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
Your comment is perfectly reasonable and doesn't deserve downvote. I have seen the FT report on YouTube - it is excellent and worth a watch. I can also recommended this short video (3 min): Brexit update (August 2022) https:/&#
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
Thanks for the update. The Dusseldorf and Cologne route monthly price seems to have risen quite high. Here are the 2022 prices for the UK. The Liverpool to Manchester route price has dropped: - UK: Luton to London St. Pancras (35 miles) | M
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
I've posted this before: a monthly season ticket comparison from 2017 for UK and Continental Europe. The price differences between UK and other countries are stark: - UK: Luton to London St. Pancras (35 miles) | Monthly season ticket c
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The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe(lemonde.fr)
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
This twitter thread is excellent. Here are selected tweets to highlight the crisis from hospital and ambulance waiting times. --- "England & Wales as the only part of Europe that has recorded sustained and rising excess mortality o
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
Imagine if French citizens were facing energy bills as high as the UK (£5,816, €6850). French citizens would never tolerate such levels. From Reuters: " France has committed to capping an increase on regulated electricity costs at 4%.
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
On top of that, we have a zombie goverment with no solutions or urgency to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
Summary of the FT article: - Investment bank Citigroup forecasts UK inflation will hit 18.6 per cent in January 2023 — the highest peak in almost half a century — because of soaring wholesale gas prices. - The bank predicted that the countr
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UK inflation forecast to hit 18.6% next year, energy bills may rise to £6000(ft.com)
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
Related video report from ITV News (from 2018): Why aren't European hospitals under strain like the NHS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ukbJKWwCYM
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Can the UK's NHS learn from Germany's health system? (2018)(itv.com)
1 points by cirrus-clouds 4y ago|1 comments
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
NHS funding has increased massively under the Conservatives That is simply not true. The Conservatives came to power in 2010. Here's what the The King's Fund [1] has to say on funding: "In the decade following the global fi
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Europe's efforts to shield households from soaring energy costs(reuters.com)
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Brexit: I lost a €2.5m EU research grant. I fear for the future of UK science(theguardian.com)
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UK business lays off 900 staff - ready to move to NL due to energy costs [video](youtube.com)
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
The campaign group Led By Donkeys (exactly what it means) has produced a video Brexit: an update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUiJxH2pclM
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The UK trade figures are a disaster for Brexiteers – and for Britain(theneweuropean.co.uk)
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
France and Norway are cushioning the impact of high energy bills in particular: France : "..forcing the state-owned energy provider EDF to limit electricity wholesale price rises to 4 per cent for a year. The move is expected to cost
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Energy bills are soaring in Europe. What are countries doing?(euronews.com)
8 points by cirrus-clouds 4y ago|7 comments
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Thousands of former banana workers say they were made sterile by a pesticide(bbc.co.uk)
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What would UK elections look like using a different electoral system?(electoral-reform.org.uk)
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The life and lies of Boris Johnson [video](youtube.com)
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Inflation and potential recession in 4 major economies: US, UK, France, Germany(mainlymacro.blogspot.com)
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How London became the dirty money capital of the world [video](youtube.com)
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
This twitter thread is by Manchester's Mayor Andy Burnham. Manchester to London by rail is a two hour route and Burnham lists the cost of a open return ticket. As Burnham says, advance booking is not impractical for many people. And wh
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UK: Manchester to London rail ticket more expensive than flying to India(twitter.com)
23 points by cirrus-clouds 4y ago|6 comments
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Ukraine war: World Bank warns of a global 'human catastrophe' food crisis(bbc.co.uk)
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An interview with AI Weiwei [video](youtube.com)
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by cirrus-clouds 4y ago
This website (mpexpenses.org) was submitted on Reddit by a developer as a simpler way to view MP (Member of Parliament) expenses than the current way ( https://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-staffing-business-costs/your-m... )
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UK policitian expenses 2020-2021(mpexpenses.org)
1 points by cirrus-clouds 4y ago|1 comments

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