My Trade Secrets today. We're waiting for Trump's tariffs to push up consumer goods inflation, but there are much bigger price shocks that may also get pinned on him: electricity, healthcare, education. As Joe Biden found with egg prices, you don't need to be definitively at fault to get the blame. [Trump’s biggest inflation worr...](https://on.ft.com/4gGIcFX )
The Beach Boys or JS Bach. Nothing in between. RE:
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Carlos Estrada (@ctothelos77.bsky.social)
What is Dad playing?
πŸ’― ⬇️ Pregnant women, famously unconcerned about their and their child's health and particularly welcoming of advice from non-experts and *particularly* non-expert men about what to do. RE:
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John Oxley (@joxley.jmoxley.co.uk)
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If James Taylor thinks you need to go to Carolina (either North or South in fact) to find flying geese and biting dogs, he's an idiot. They're all over the place. Also, Jim-lad, if your friends regularly hit you from behind, it's time to find some new friends. A word to the wise.
My Trade Secrets newsletter this week. The UK (& EU) have long braced for the US to force chemical-washed chicken on their consumers & make health services pay more for meds. But Trump's neglected the once all-powerful US ag & pharma lobbies. So far he's also been oddly passive on tech in the UK. [Traditional US trade lobbies a...](https://on.ft.com/4pGPLRq )
The first morning of an Ashes Test. The RNLI (though it lost Tory-coding by rescuing asylum-seekers). "I Vow To Thee My Country". The King James Version. "Jerusalem". The Red Arrows. Punting. Carols from King's. RE:
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Alpine Migrant (@alpinemigrant.bsky.social)
Strolling in the Somerset hills. Country pubs for sure. A strong Royal Navy. The union flag flying over government buildings. Tasteful war memorial...
I wonder what happened with the Jimmy Kimmel situation. I hope he's back on TV before too long.
Seeing some arguing that the Trump-Milei bromance marks a new era of geopoliticised lending. To which I give you the Clinton-Menem love-in which had the US lending to Argentina (and leaning on the IMF to lend to Argentina) way past the point it was obviously going to default, which it duly did. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreiasttn4zo4a4acdcboo72ntqs257ciwwnvznht2p37hfnpzwaglay https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreiadnfkxgdsckpoubv4nlvwwqwzt7dnmfuabnw74bzkuxegq5wlyhq
Worth watching even if (like me) you don't speak a word of Dutch, if only to see the courage of the teenage reporter. The bit that starts around 11 minutes where he goes in to get a closer look at someone torching a police car is a particular highlight. RE:
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Cas Mudde (@casmudde.bsky.social)
Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague πŸ‡³πŸ‡± by teen reporter β€œBender” 😳 Some quick thoughts 🧡 https...
Please consult your outrage calendars for the correct type of fury to display, everyone. I want you all to be limbering up for poppy outrage, just a few weeks away now. RE:
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Katie Martin (@katie0martin.ft.com)
mince pies and santa nonsense in the supermarkets already - we must be c two weeks away from loons shouting about how you cAn'T sAy HaPpY ChRiStMaS...
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