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Migrant Deliveries....

Four million Britons now have takeaway food delivered at least once a week. It would appear that your typical consumer is happy to pay a ...

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Labour's Public Pension Reform Plans.. Kicking the crisis back into the long grass...?

Labour's proposed overhaul of the UK's pension system consists of a plan to redirect a significant portion of public sector pension funds...

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Pisces Markets: A new Risk on Opportunity Coming to the UK!

the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is gently pushing the development of mini stock markets intended to enable high-growth start-ups to...

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How long until the UK's Universal State Pension Ends...?

Rachel Reeves's eleventh-hour u-turn on the winter fuel allowance brought to the forefront a question avoided by so many British politici...

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One Gruesome Crypto Crime....

You may have seen in the news that a certain crypto millionaire has been charged with the kidnap and torture of an Italian businessman, w...

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Weeklyish Running Update: Happy with That!

Really this is just last week's run, the previous weeks was pretty good too if i remember, pretty standard these days and up from a few m...

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Body Doubling at Work, now that's NASTY!

Apparently it's trending in work-at-home related searches ATM: the practice of body doubling where two people occupy the same digital spa...

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Fun with SEO (Not!)

So improving the SEO on one's blog may be a thankless task, but THANKFULLY I've wierdly gotten into it over this last week. I feel like i...

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US looses its AAA rating but markets don't seem to care!

The US recently lost its AAA credit rating. This follows similar downgrades by S&P and Fitch, with Moody's finally following suit, an...

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Damned Bypass is Coming...!

Traffic in Hereford City Centre can get really bad around the morning and evening rush hours.... You're looking at 10-15 minutes of crawl...

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Crypto, Corruption, and the Trump Connection: A Toxic Alliance?

I mean obvs I love my crypto, but I've got more of a love-hate relationship with Trump administration's relationship with it. My love of ...

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Work (and Life) Last Week....

I thought I might do a little journaling on Hive this week, just 'cos I'm in the mood and it's Saturday morning and I've got the time, OF...

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BTCs declining volatility...?

For the most part it has been a pretty dull year to date for the BTC price... Looking at the last month it's been up and down a little, s...

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Splinterlands - Going WIlly Wonker on the Pickle...

So I am getting myself ready for the pickle, but I won't be engaging directly as such in two of the three options... I am happy to buy my...

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A few thoughts on our 40% tax bracket, ouch!

I've had a quick look at Labour's Spending Review, and all I can see in it TBH is looming tax rises.... the government's going to be spen...

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Assisted Dying - Timely but Needs more Time!

Kim Leadbeater's Assisted Dying Bill seems to be stalling now its going through the Committee stage... When the Bill first came to the Co...

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Social Care Reform.. You'd just better hope for a quick death!

It's yet another sign of how far Labour has come from its international socialist roots: Labour is going to scrap the care visa as a rout...

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PeakD

The Brexit 'Reset'.... What's in the deal...?

The Prime Minister has dubbed the outcome of the recent UK-EU trade talks a 'reset' to British-EU relations, which IMO is much needed aft...

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PeakD

Celebrities in Space: A Giant Leap Backwards...?

So you probably remember a bunch of women heading up into space on Blue Origin a few weeks back now.... the most famous of them was Katy ...

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SEO WOES

Now I've finished with my second part time job I've spent some time over the last couple days figuring out how to 'fix' my main blog.... ...

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The Self-Storage Boom: A Sign of the Times

There's been an incredibly rapid increase in the number of storage centres in the UK in recent years... the number has grown from 1,505 i...

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Second Job Over!

Well it's June and bar a brief exit interview this week (they couldn't fit it in last week, which is fine by mutual agreement) I am finis...

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The UK-India Free Trade Agreement: A bit of a Damp Squib...?

After three years of negotiations the UK has finally managed to sign a trade deal with India. The government is heralding this as a major...

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Weeklyish Running Update... More and Faster!

I managed four decent runs in the last 10 days, it's been a good stretch.... I've documented four below, in addition I did 2 shorter 2Ks ...

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The Minerals Deal...

The recent US-Ukraine mineral deal seems like a miracle given the disastrous "you don't hold any cards" Washington meeting just...

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The Cult of Eternal Youth: A Few Thoughts on Bryan Johnson's Anti-Ageing "Cult"

You may never have heard of Bryan Johnson - he's a billionaire tech entrepreneur who's ongoing mission is to live forever, and he's estab...

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PeakD

The SMBD Reflex: Where Emotion Takes Precedence Over Policy

When a centuries-old oak tree was recently felled in Enfield, the knee-jerk reaction of many was that "Something Must Be Done" ...

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Some very postive news sentiment out there about the BTC ATH....

So it was nice (obvs) to see a BTC ATH today, and it's stuck for almost 24 hours ATW... I've been selling a little into this, lord knows...

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Weekly-ish Running Update... more running than is usual!

I've been more active than usual of late, with X runs in the past X days, well if you count my cheeky little 2.5K run last Friday... I've...

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PeakD

Sun 18th May: We're all doomsday preppers now...!

I've been planning on putting together a proper 'escape from the city bag' for ages now, but just never quite got around to it, and it tu...