BRAINS, BUCKS AND BAGPIPES : WHO GETS TO STUDY IN SCOTLAND

16 November 2024A recent report concludes that "26% of Edinburgh's students are from Scotland, while more than 70% are from England, the rest of the UK or overseas.Those attending private schools make up 40% of the intake."This is an issue to do with the need for Scotland to balance the needs of its society for a well-educated population, with the financial incentives of universities to attract high-paying international and private school students.When...

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THE PEOPLE OVERCAME THE POLLSTERS AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO DEFEAT THE ELITE...BUT

12 November 2024https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1855759957624283241 This fascinating eight minute video traces how the pollsters and the MSM came to realise in the course of the day that they had been defeated by the people. So it can be done ... but how to do it?If you take a close look at the interior workings of Trump's 2024 campaign, you will find that they built on and refined the numerous techniques used by Biden to beat Trump...

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A NEW DAWN IN EASTERN EUROPE

9 November 2024 A NEW DAWN IN EASTERN EUROPE - RUSSIA'S PATH TO LASTING PEACE AND PROSPERITY  In a remarkable turn of events, the landscape of Eastern Europe is poised for a transformative era. Progressive advance by Russian troops all along the 800 kms of front line suggest that the military defeat and surrender of Ukraine cannot be more than weeks away. Russia must therefore surely be planning an ambitious regional redevelopment...

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ON KITCHEN-SINKING MASSIVE TAX RISES

9 November 2024 A completely different approach to soaking the rich is needed.This new Labour administration's "Soak the rich" policies hit the incomes of talented, hard-working people, of which this country has too few. This is harmful and immoral.What I don't like is the balance-sheet inequality where the wealthiest 1% of households hold 20% of the nation's total household wealth - a concentration that has been increasing since the early...

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Markets Weekly 4 Oct 2024

6 October 2024Here is Joseph Wang including geopolitics in his markets weekly report (and seems to be taking sides even, from the point of view of the investor, though he does say he's saddened by these developments in the Middle East).The main point he is making is that Israel sees this as a "generational opportunity" to expand its territory and the window will likely be closed by the next presidential election. So if they're going to do anything they will do it now. "Now" means in the next couple of weeks!Markets Weekly 4 Oct 2024But he doesn't...

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TRUMP WON

7 November 2024 What is so interesting about this election is that trump got the popular vote, so the people can defeat the elite, and also it means the media (the DT working on the postal vote here) failed. So their games are revealed, eg all the fake polls showing Harris ahead, and they are failures and Trump won a landslide, maybe even a trifecta.These wars made it possible. It wasn't just immigration and de-industrialisation, it was...

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WHAT IS BEST, QUALITY OR SPEED

4 November 2024 WHAT IS BEST, QUALITY OR SPEED ?What is best: spending more time on your work, checking to make sure your answer is accurate and holds together; or delivering an imperfect result for discussion?PART ONE - QUALITY V. SPEED1. IntroductionIntroduction: So what is best, speed or completeness? Of course, in time-critical environments where time is money, turn-around time is most important. But on the other hand you want...

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LABOUR MADE FIVE PROMISES TO THE ELECTORATE

1 November 2024 In the lead-up to the 2024 UK general election, the Labour Party, under Keir Starmer's leadership, outlined five key national missions aimed at addressing the country's long-term challenges. https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/5-Missions-for-a-Better-Britain.pdfhttps://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mission-driven-government-labourThese missions are:1. Achieve the highest sustained growth...

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