A german (ZDF) take on the referendum, in German, this page has a link to the video and the german language script, ….
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Tables & Shelving
It’d be good to clear the table so it could be dual use, and put the phone, disk and hub on something else. Maybe the latter could go on a book case shelf, but I lloked for some hanging and floating shelves and for a telephonr table to get the depth. Here, as ever, are…
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Deference
How important is the existence of deference and its decline, or otherwise to British Politics. My notes and links …
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Europe by Train
As I plan more travel for 2023, the train is looking more and more comfortable. It’s not cheaper yet but sometimes with Eurostar, an interail ticket is cheaper than Eurostar’s prices, particularly if I want to travel on. Here are some notes and links. …
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Cruising
A friend went on a river cruise and I thought that sounded fun. So I did some looking up. They’re not cheap at over £400 day, the Danube is more expensive than the Rhine; some prices exclude the journey there and back. Food and drink is often included, but they have several ways of getting…
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Liability Driven Investments
Why do the pension funds have to post collateral on their LDI portfolios?
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Plants in the Bathroom
I became interested in having a [fake] plant in the bathroom, which has no windows. Here are my notes & links …
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Kier Starmer’s at Lab22
This is available on youtube and as text, it is to my mind one of the best he’s given; he’s clearly more comfortable with the role than previously. The last 11 months of a polling lead which was to leap the following day will have helped, but I hope they don’t believe their propaganda that…
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Labour Conference 2022
And now we have #lab22, starting on Sunday, here are my notes …
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Labour’s Membership
I had a look at the financial reports and plotted Labour’s membership over the last 10 years and then added another 20. Here are my notes …
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Paris
It’s been a while, but I am planning to return, probably by Eurostar.
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Ubuntu 22
This seems a bit unstable, actually a bit unfair but they have changed how they deal with bursting swap, and firefox at least uses snap and so I may need some more tools. I have added to this page as I learn more about what additional configuration I need. My notes …
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Coffee
I think I might return to coffee. Here are my notes …
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How to make an EU citizens’ assembly
On making a Citizen’s assembly happen within the European Union, with comments about citizen assemblies elsewhere in the world. Originally written in August 22, and amended as per the comments.
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Freeports 2022
There’s a lot of noise on the left about Freeport/Charter Cities. What are they and how dangerous to democracy and workers’ rights are they? Here are my notes.
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