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Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off...
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FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social)
BEIJING WEIGHS FENTANYL OFFER TO U.S TO START TRADE TALKS - WSJ
Leonard Cohen "I'm Your Man" (1988) - 21 years after debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" (1967). RE:
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Acting the Fulemin (@actingthefulemin.bsky.social)
here's a fun game if you're a music dork: what is the best album released by a music act at least 15 years after its debut album?
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Merriam-Webster (@merriam-webster.com)
Friendly reminder that double negatives are a big no-no.
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Alan Beattie (@alanbeattie.bsky.social)
A two-part object lesson in how performative authoritarianism done by the left is never enough for the right.
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Given that Trump is probably going to leave the 10% baseline tariff in place (the only one the UK is subject to) and Britain doesn’t export much to the US anyway, it’s real tryhard stuff to try to get a deal early anyway. More Peter Mandelson strategic genius. RE:
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The Guardian (@theguardian.com)
Trump ‘makes trade deal with UK second-order priority’ in blow to ministers https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/29/trump-makes-trade-...
Not my country not my expertise etc but looks to me the Canadian election gives Trudeau's place in history a little bit of a leg-up. Handled Trump well: tried charm, when that didn't work prepared tariff retaliation v quickly, rallied nation with great speech & stepped down at the right time. Fair?
“Unlike some others we could mention.” **WINK WINK WINK** All the diplomatic subtlety of a charging rhino. RE:
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FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social)
🇨🇳🇨🇦CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY: WE ARE WILLING TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH CANADA WITH RESPECT.