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@SimpGanassi
Economist. YIMBY. Trade Unionist. Giant bath enjoyer. Tweets mostly policy, F1, shitposts, cool data & Mushroom the cat
Greenwich, London Beigetreten Nisan 2012
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@DeptfordWife1 @ikisnick Unfortunately this was quite a last minute addition to the trip
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@SimpGanassi @ikisnick Should’ve sprung the extra money and flown to Luxembourg via City
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@SimpGanassi I should mention that flying has huge social costs too
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Free parking, even for drop off, has huge social costs. Charging almost triple for staying longer than 15 minutes incentivises one to be quick when dropping people off, meaning more people can be dropped off and you don’t miss your flight stuck in a traffic jam
Prem Sikka@premnsikka
London Stansted Airport drop-off price rises from £7 to £10; £28 for 15-30 minutes. Greedy owners portray it as an environment friendly move. Public transport isn't always possible. It is about higher profits. No regulator will side with customers. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Yup! Not used it in years tho
James 𝕏ond@james_xond
Does anyone who grew up before social media still remember their parents’ landline number??
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@thomasforth @ForfarshireUK What happened in 1879? Was that one of the failed Home Rule bills?
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@ForfarshireUK I don't think 1800 was too late. Even as late as 1879 I think the Union was still salvageable.
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1/ Yes. 30M easily.
2/ In a world where Britain had properly joined Ireland as equals in 1800 and built a country together, Ireland and we would share that country which would have avoided famine, and we'd be 120 million today. Decent chance.
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My favourite what if in history.
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In a world with no Great Famine, Ireland’s population today could easily be 15-30 million with HUGE implications for British and European history.
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@HarryDibbs_ Yeah for sure home rule (more representation in Westminster makes this inevitable imo) but that was the first step to independence for the dominions too, I can’t see Ireland staying in the UK in the long run
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@SimpGanassi I don't know if it would have ended in independence without the diaspora to provide a safe exile for radicals tbh. Home Rule would have seemed to me more likely. First minister Parnell etc
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In a world with no Great Famine, Ireland’s population today could easily be 15-30 million with HUGE implications for British and European history.
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600
Ireland’s population chart remains a wild one to look at. The country has still not recovered from the Great Famine (1845-52).
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@HarryDibbs_ I think the independence ship had long since set sail by then tbh, and a bigger population would be a much higher threat if it came to a civil war, as well as weakening the influence of Ulster
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@SimpGanassi No great famine? Britain just got 30 million people bigger 😎
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used to go to the bathroom all the time without a phone before smartphones came around, and yet it now feels like it's an almost insurmountable task
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it is quite funny how going to the bathroom and finding out I've forgotten my phone feels so strange... as if I'm missing something absolutely *essential* to what I'm doing in there
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