Alan Beattie 3 months ago

TBF if I had Tucker Carlson captive for a couple of hours I'd entertain myself by wanging on about my half-arsed pet historical theories as well. RE:

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Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social)

I watched this same performance in Feb 2024, when Tucker attempted to “interview” Putin and instead sat there like a fool while Putin rambled f...

Alan Beattie 3 months ago

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Jacob Öberg (@profjacob.bsky.social)

🚨🚨As the 10th anniversary looms of the #brexit vote, senior ministers in the Labour Party are going studs up — daring to pin the UK’s slu...

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Alan Beattie 3 months ago

My Trade Secrets column today. Trump's been thrashing round with his tariffs for nearly nine months now but the global economy's doing....not too badly? I look at why, and also note there's a much bigger threat from the AI bubble and the US's renewed addiction to fossil fuels. [The AI bubble is a bigger glob...](https://on.ft.com/4qlkyDF )

Alan Beattie 3 months ago

BTW let's appreciate the sheer bathetic comedy of Trump's threats sliding from WE'RE GOING TO BAN ALL CRITICAL SOFTWARE WE WILL BRING YOUR ECONOMY TO A HALT down to WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN COOKING OIL SEE IF WE DON'T. RE:

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Matt Peterson (@mattpeterson.bsky.social)

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Alan Beattie 3 months ago

With few exceptions (eg the plot of Macbeth and the character of Jeeves), all Shakespeare and Wodehouse plots and characters are forgettable or contrived, which only underlines how astonishingly brilliant their language has to be to make them the greatest playwright and comic novelist in English. RE:

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Rachel Feder (@rachelfeder.bsky.social)

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Alan Beattie 3 months ago

My Trade Secrets newsletter today. Declare trade war on Friday, in full retreat by Sunday. Donald Trump's brought a knife (tariffs) to a gunfight (rare earths) with China. He's in a weak position and he's playing it badly. ALSO: global steel trade and Argentina are in a mess. Aren't they always? [Donald Trump’s weekend retreat...](https://on.ft.com/42FXhC1 )