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Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time?

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Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time?

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: Have I been wrong on the economy this whole time? Gary returned from six months of filming a Channel 4 documentary to find that the biggest piece of gossip in his absence had been generated by Rory Stewart, former Conservative MP and co-host of The Rest is Politics — the UK’s most-listened-to politics podcast. In a November interview with Green Party leader Zack Polanski, Stewart had questioned Gary’s credibility as an economist, implying he lacked serious qualifications for the role. Gary came back and watched it. He found it interesting…

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The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself

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The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself

This is an AI-written (but human-edited) summary of Gary’s recent video: The Iran economic shock is coming. How to protect yourself The US and Israel have effectively invaded Iran. Iran’s response has been to block the Strait of Hormuz – the narrow body of water through which an enormous share of the world’s oil and gas passes. Nobody knows how long it will stay blocked. What we do know is that this will cause a large increase in the price of energy, and knock-on increases in the price of food and pretty much everything else. There is also something not being…

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If you do the crime, you do the time. . . .

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If you do the crime, you do the time. . . .

What's wrong with performing your ablutions in a bucket and in front of your cell mate? What's wrong with emptying your own waste each morning? "Slop out, slop out", cried the screw in the corridor as he opened up the foul smelling cell to allow us to empty the offending mulch into the bog at the end of said corridor. Is this Victorian England? No, the prison is indeed Victorian, but the year is 1980 and this was the start to every day. I was doing my time for my crimes, and there it ends; if you can't do the time,…

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Whatever happened to the British boozer?

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Whatever happened to the British boozer?

It was late in 2007 as I sat ruminating over the decline in pub trade in my local, The Duke Of York in Crediton, Devon. As it goes, I actually lived over 8 miles away and had to commute, but that’s a story for another post.  We knew it was coming of course, Tony Blair and the European Fascist Community had seen to that back in July with the ban on smoking in public places. I was incensed enough to take up the mighty quill and pen this missive to the Sunday Times editor, showing my disgust at this flagrant abuse…

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A Letter To The Editor (2007)

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A Letter To The Editor (2007)

Dear Editor, As was to be expected, there has been much written in recent weeks concerning the recently imposed ban on smoking in public places, and I would like to take the opportunity through your excellent, unbiased and campaigning newspaper, to say how much my life, and the the lives of my friends and family have changed since it's overdue inception. Firstly, I no longer need to worry about dying of cancer, and have naturally cancelled my monthly donation to Cancer Research, as it is quite plainly no longer required. Hooray! I will live to be 100 years old and will…

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