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Merryn Somerset Webb

@MerrynSW

UK Wealth, Editor at large, Bloomberg. Ex Ed in C @Moneyweek. Ex Columnist/Contrib Editor @FT Opinions personal. NED: THRG and Schroder https://t.co/ojIBNzZwBO #SharePower

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Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb@MerrynSW·
Maybe markets are looking thro the energy crisis. Maybe there's a productivity boom really starting now. Maybe rising profits make it all OK. Or maybe reality just can't fight the tsunami of passive investing... yet. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop@julianHjessop·
📢 new blog post ✍️ By popular demand, here's a short note summarising the dodgy economic statistics parroted by those wanting the UK to rejoin the EU - and what is wrong with them 🤓 julianhjessop.substack.com/p/explainer-de…
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Rowland Manthorpe
Rowland Manthorpe@rowlsmanthorpe·
@MerrynSW I don't think we know that it makes you stupid. Seems a strange thing to state so confidently when so many people clearly think it makes them more productive
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Merryn Somerset Webb@MerrynSW·
Using AI makes you stupid. We know that. But what if it makes companies stupid too? Stop hiring at entry level and you lose your foundational knowledge base. Sugar high from cost cutting but also... long term disaster. Long term investors: take note. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb@MerrynSW·
Squirrels. Absolutely do not invest. Are totally useless savers (forget where they put 20% plus of their food). And despite huge state backed efforts are continuing their march to extinction. The obvious choice for a gov campaign to encourage investing... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mer…
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Helen Whately MP
Helen Whately MP@Helen_Whately·
Thousands of households claim £50,000+ in benefits every year. You have to earn £65k for that income through work. It’s not fair and we can’t afford it. The next step in my plan to grip welfare and get Britain working 👇
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Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb@MerrynSW·
Top tip. Rent a big flat in Chelsea now. Wait for rent controls and inflation to make your payments effectively peppercorn. Illegally sublet the flat at market rate. Retire to the country. Tried and tested all over the world. Can't lose!
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ValueHurts
ValueHurts@valuehurts·
@MerrynSW Merryn leading the anti-picky bits crusade…
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Merryn Somerset Webb
Merryn Somerset Webb@MerrynSW·
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The Spectator@spectator

Marks & Spencer’s (as we still call it) has designated 27 June National Picky Bits Day. It entails eating things like olives and dips straight from their packaging. An evening meal of this kind is called a picky tea. It is, of course, a class minefield. ‘So what’s going on here, are we having a children’s party?’ asked Mary Berry when she was presented with a picky tea on Radio 1 three years ago. ‘I think I’m right in saying you have cooked none of this,’ she continued as she inspected the goods. ✍️ Dot Wordsworth Article | spectator.com/article/do-pic…

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J Morgan 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@morgan_jamz·
@MerrynSW Just a youngster Love the GH article from '22 - I bought my other half a Mustang when he was my trailing spouse in the US which we also brought home - any chance of an updated "Love is Not Enough" to save me boring everyone with my tuppence worth /
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James Wright
James Wright@JPBWFarm·
According to Natural England's modelling, the fish disco will save just 0.083 salmon and 0.028 sea trout per year. That works out to over £280,000 per fish saved. For £700 million, we could wipe out Somerset’s £41 million council deficit for a decade, fix every single pothole in the county, build a rail link to Minehead, and make every bus in Somerset free for years. Or we could just make the electricity that Hinkley produces cheaper, and we'd all benefit. Being a poor country is a choice.
Sam Dumitriu@Sam_Dumitriu

Natural England have decided that £700m spent protecting fish isn’t enough. They want EDF to do even more before they’ll let them switch the plant on. This will cause a big delay. Put simply, Natural England is a threat to our energy security. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

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Kathryn Porter
Kathryn Porter@KathrynPorter26·
This has to stop Nuclear is the most energy dense form of electricity generation. It uses less land by far than any other source per unit of electricity generated Blocking it for spurious environmental reasons is moronic Time to get rid of these unelected bodies that have no proper accountability
Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinho

Natural England is out of control. Nuclear is the most land dense clean energy using up to 3000 times LESS land than solar and wind. Nuclear is much better for habitats and the environment and yet our environment regs are blocking our ability to build it. Madness.

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Athenaeum Book Club
Athenaeum Book Club@athenaeumbc·
So it turns out that writing is thinking. It's the same process. "Writing compels us to think — not in the chaotic, non-linear way our minds typically wander, but in a structured, intentional manner." Outsourcing writing to LLMs is THE SAME THING as outsourcing thinking.
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