Alastair Wainwright

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Alastair Wainwright

Alastair Wainwright

@AlDoubleU

London, England Katılım Ocak 2018
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Bill@W98AB·
@2147mill average salary for a full time worker living in richmond is like £80k a yr
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🇬🇧 Tom - Investor £120K
🇬🇧 Tom - Investor £120K@2147mill·
Paid £8.40 for two coffees in Richmond this morning. Money doesn’t go very far in the Uk. Spain that would be €4.50 for two and be considerably better coffee
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
@PJTheEconomist The economic own goal was 14 years of ZIRP! That made housing (and pretty much everything else) massively overpriced. Builders can't build at a price people can afford to pay. House prices need to fall, unfortunately the economy will go with them.
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Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist·
What is happening to house building in London is a national disgrace and a huge economic own goal. Worse, it stymies social mobility, locking young people from poorer families and from other parts of the UK out of the London labour market.
Tom Forth@thomasforth

So here would be an amazing data story in housing. It's looking quite possible in the data so far that Dublin will complete more homes than London in 2025. Not per capita. Absolute number of new homes completed. Higher in Dublin than London.

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Viraj Patel
Viraj Patel@VPatelFX·
Policy Mistake Vibes… 🤓
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
Incredible start to Red Nose Day with Catherine Tate playing a character that hasn't been on TV for about 15 years.
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
@worstall @OhYouBlockhead Income doesn't matter. You still have to pay the local mafia so they don't burn your land and house. You could be losing €10k a month. You still have to pay. Source: my wife inherited a few acres and houses in Sicily. Its a nightmare
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Tim Worstall
Tim Worstall@worstall·
@OhYouBlockhead Small olive farm? Couple of acres sorta small? No one's goin' to come looking to be protection. Annual income from the olives will be €1,000 if you're lucky. Gross, not net. Brother just harvested his in Spain - 100 litres of oil. Pfft.
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Blockhead
Blockhead@OhYouBlockhead·
A prayer for the tech bro who believes he can buy a small olive farm in Southern Italy. Imagining beautiful women and perfect weather, he pays too much for a lawyer who barely speaks English, then gets an unexpected visit from a fat, well-dressed man named Giacomo.
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
@W98AB Seems he had an internship at JPM in Bournemouth, so they may have offered him a grad job. He landed a $200k job at Microsoft between 2023-2025. So peak tech hiring boom. But didn't last long and seems to base being an influencer on getting that job (but not holding on to it)
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
This seems like classic public sector. If they want to do something - underquote, overspend. When they don't want to do something - overquote, kill the project. Personally, Palace of Westminster is one of the most important buildings in history and we should spend whatever it takes to restore and future proof it.
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Looking for Growth
Looking for Growth@lfg_uk·
Is this acceptable? Parliament could cost almost £40 billion and take 61 years to rebuild. £40 billion. 61 years. When Notre Dame burnt down the French rebuilt it for €700 million and took five years. That's around SIXTY Notre Dame's for one Parliament.
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
@defossardf Its interesting that it coincides with the Serpentine opening. Perhaps a decision was made. The food was good, but it was already quite pricey for the portion size. So with food, energy and staff cost inflation perhaps they had pushed things as far as they could.
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Fred de Fossard
Fred de Fossard@defossardf·
@AlDoubleU Fascinating! Hospitality is of course known for eccentric management styles. They really had the concept nailed down, though. Such a welcoming and inviting Aussie style cafe. For a while it did some of the best coffee in London too.
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Fred de Fossard
Fred de Fossard@defossardf·
Another lovely business killed by the government. I absolutely loved going here a decade ago and when I first moved to London. Hospitality is of course quite an ephemeral industry, things come and go, but this was an excellent, successful cafe. Now another business dead.
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John Stepek
John Stepek@John_Stepek·
@TypeForVictory What irritates me here is that the OP presumably knows this. So it's just yet another bad faith culture war salvo of chaff which makes finding the optimal solution a lot harder than it needs to be.
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James 🇬🇧 👑
James 🇬🇧 👑@TypeForVictory·
What's key, here, is that the barrel will not provide 365 days of energy. It will provide a constant, fixed supply for a shorter time. The solar panel will vary by time and day from nothing to plenty - it'll be highly volatile. And volatility = risk, which is expensive.
Brett Winton@wintonARK

a barrel of oil can provide as much electricity as a 400W solar panel does annually. a barrel of oil runs $92 and comes with a few minor logistical complications. this year the solar panel should run less than $90; you can order online, ships in a week.

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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
@mongrelcelt I don't trust the NHS to have this kind of power. They will use assisted dying instead of treatment.
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duncan
duncan@mongrelcelt·
This is terrifying! Who decides when someone is 'incurably suffering'? How long before that decision is shifted from the individual to the state, with ur only appeal via Lammy's no Jury kangaroo courts? Sure that sounds daft, but so did no Jury trials before Blue Labour
Katie@LuxMeaMundiAM

THIS is exactly why I’ve been calling this out from the committee stage. I watched them vote down safeguards for non-terminal disabilities WHY does an assisted dying bill assured ONLY for terminally ill people need those safeguards removed? This is why. It was the plan all along

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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
@DavidPGCSE Probably bollocks. But, "could have been worth $2.6m to collectors" also seems like bollocks too.
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David P GCSE (multiple)
David P GCSE (multiple)@DavidPGCSE·
If that's true then it's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, idiots
African Hub@AfricanHub_

A massive and rare fish has gone viral after villagers were seen gathered around the incredible catch, sparking speculation that it could have been worth a fortune to collectors. Rather than selling it for millions or turning it into a business opportunity, the community chose a different path coming together to prepare the fish for a shared meal. The moment has resonated widely online, with many people praising the villagers for valuing unity and shared experience over profit, turning a rare discovery into a memorable celebration for everyone.

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Greg Baldwin
Greg Baldwin@GregBaldwinIroh·
British blokes…. I’ve purchased several “tins” of Heinz (British) beans because the idea of beans on toast intrigues me. I eagerly anticipate a tasting. Other than toasting bread and heating beans… Are there any other steps/ingredients?
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Alastair Wainwright
Alastair Wainwright@AlDoubleU·
'We have avoided the private credit liquidity problems in the US by not raising any money for our funds. This is the safe European way of protecting investors.'
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Peter Bill
Peter Bill@peterproperty·
Costar; British international law firm Mishcon de Reya is in talks to take 160,000 square feet of offices in London's Midtown. costar.com/article/555450…
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Arhivistka
Arhivistka@Arhivistka_LJ·
@GraemeFrew5 @capedjoosader It may be helpful to read the article before asking questions. "Campaigners point out that its parent company, Bain Capital, invests heavily in military technology, including Israeli security companies."
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the caped joo sader
the caped joo sader@capedjoosader·
apparently this guardian journalist believes that smashing the windows, and throwing red paint over a cafe simply because it was founded by a Jew is just ‘acts of petty symbolism’ I suppose Krystalnacht when nazis smashed the windows of Jewish businesses and daubed them with slogans was symbolic. Now if someone had done this to the #Palestinian food store he also mentioned i suspect that wouldn’t be petty but a savage islamophobic incident. A reminder that @Gails_Bakery is nothing more, nothing less than a cafe. It is responsible for providing coffee, cake and rather good bread. It does not control world events, the weather, the price of heating oil. It’s a cafe, started by a Jewish woman. And that is its crime. In a world where middle class metropolitan elites like Jonathan exist then Jews are a provocation, not for what we do but simply because we exist
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Steve Loftus
Steve Loftus@LoftusSteve·
@carla_denyer No they don't. That's the same allowance on losses every business gets.
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Carla Denyer
Carla Denyer@carla_denyer·
The government is propping up the declining fossil fuel industry by giving oil and gas companies huge tax breaks - £2.7 billion every year. As oil prices soar, profits will follow. So my petition feels more relevant than ever - please sign & share 🙏 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/end-…
Carla Denyer@carla_denyer

As oil and gas companies see rocketing revenues, and more people face job insecurity, now is the time for the government to end tax breaks for fossil fuel companies, and support oil and gas workers into green jobs instead with a jobs guarantee. Sign my petition here👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/end-…

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Stephen Pollard
Stephen Pollard@stephenpollard·
The idea of Viner giving a damn about running antisemitic bile is self-evidently preposterous.
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