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@BBC@c.im  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#BBC Chancellor blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy https://w.st/yqsM

Rachel Reeves says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy

Rachel Reeves made the comments about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.
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Aleksander
@sumek@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@BBC @cstross if only the current government could do something about it🫣

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Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@sumek @BBC

"The purpose of a system is what it does" — Stafford Beers.

Going by the evidence I'd say the purpose of British government since 2010, of whatever party, is depraved indifference to the public well-being.

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Cavyherd
@cavyherd@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@cstross @sumek @BBC

I dunno, I suspect, like the US, a case could be made for "the active destruction thereof."

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