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https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2064280261181808917

Keir Starmer says that the horrific attack in Belfast last night - which is being described as an attempted beheading - is 'sickening'

Police have confirmed that a Somalian man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder 'following a serious assault involving a knife'

The victim, who was in his 40s, is in a serious condition and has 'significant injuries to his face, neck and back'

Police are urging people not to reshare images or footage of the stabbing in North Belfast

Starmer: 'I have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets.

'My thoughts are first and foremost with the victim, and I thank the first responders, including members of the public who intervened'

Hmm. Starmer has learned from his near-silence over Henry Nowak (and also the Southport murders?).

Double hmm. The Somalian attacker is now being described as Sudanese, which I guess the Somalian community might think is a reason for not giving out information at half-cock.

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Wtf is a bespoke concierge service?
Still, he’s aggressively ambitious so that’s something.


I want to find the UK’s first trillion-dollar firm.

That’s why this morning I've unveiled our bespoke concierge service to support businesses of the future to start, scale, and stay in the UK.

When I say I’m aggressively ambitious in pursuit of economic growth, I mean it.

https://x.com/peterkyle/status/2064249699947696334?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q

I presume it’s another attempt at a buzz word - see “incubator”.

The barriers to personal businesses becoming small businesses and small businesses making the lead to medium sized are huge.

The main ones are called Banks and Government Policies.

Some of the root causes are there, yes.

But gradually unpicking the issues (without making new problems or even making things worse) is the kind of boring politics that no-one has an interest in.

Then people wonder why billionaires try their own solutions, when the government abandons the concept of enabling change.

See SpaceX and space launch - the barriers were actually policy of “we don’t do that here”. See the ongoing Ariane/ESA insistence that… we don’t do that here.

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Wtf is a bespoke concierge service?
Still, he’s aggressively ambitious so that’s something.


I want to find the UK’s first trillion-dollar firm.

That’s why this morning I've unveiled our bespoke concierge service to support businesses of the future to start, scale, and stay in the UK.

When I say I’m aggressively ambitious in pursuit of economic growth, I mean it.

https://x.com/peterkyle/status/2064249699947696334?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q

I presume it’s another attempt at a buzz word - see “incubator”.

The barriers to personal businesses becoming small businesses and small businesses making the lead to medium sized are huge.

The main ones are called Banks and Government Policies.

Yep - any consumer facing business has a lot of incentive to not expand beyond £100,000 of sales...

Same for @Mexicanpete, why are you allowed a private profile?

I didn't know I was.

I am quite happy to have all my smartie points available for the world to see.

I only got a bit arsy when a poster ventured into my personal non-PB social media and was furious that semi clad women with whom I had never corresponded were followers. Charles Manson would have thrown a wobbly under similar circumstances.

My occasional musings on politics, music and film on Social Media also seem to be popular amongst buxom young women unable to afford much in the way of clothing too. So it seems not to be a niche interest after all, and hope for the young, they do have minds suited for civic duty.