Ben Wright
@_BenWright_
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The Farage/Coutts story is one of those stories that manages to totally reverse political polarity. We've got people on the right calling for tougher regulation and people on the left arguing politicians shouldn't interfere in how businesses run themselves.
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RT @telecricket: 'What am I thinking? I'm singing 'Broady's gonna get ya' in my head'. 🎙️ @davidwarner31 on what he says to himself as Stua….
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RT @Feargal_Sharkey: Excellent background piece on the pitiful state of our rivers by @_BenWright_ in the @Telegraph and yes, it really is….
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The issue of sewage in our rivers made waves in the local elections, but Britain’s water quality is down to many long-standing problems
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RT @HenryEOliver: I spoke to the Telegraph about why business leaders should be reading Jane Austen and George Bernard Shaw. .
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In a world ruled by data, our workforce lacks the ability to communicate, analyse and adapt
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My take is that Credit Suisse's AT1 bondholders were paid a coupon of 9.75% to stand really close to the fan and are now complaining about their dry cleaning bill.
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Insightful interview with Shell's new boss by @emilygosden.
Shell boss Wael Sawan: "Cutting oil and gas production is not healthy". In his first in-depth interview, the new CEO tells @thetimes why its oil output decline target is under review, why Shell is undervalued, and why it's not looking to relocate - for now.
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Separated at birth: the Economist's Jeremy Hunt/Rachel Reeves mash up and late-noughties Lionel Messi.
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How Labour and the Conservatives ended up agreeing on almost everything
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RT @Williamw1: ". Dylan Hartley has revealed how Jones would harangue him in training: ‘That was f-----g s---, mate. That’s f-----g s---.….
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RT @sophia_yan: Great deep dive by @_BenWright_ on the rise of #China's surveillance state – the stuff you thought was futuristic is alread….
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Science fiction is becoming science fact as Communist Party uses its sophisticated abilities to chilling effect
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Bocconi University’s Massimo Amato and Luca Fantacci argue that, in challenging the current global monetary system, crypto “poses the right question, but gives the wrong answer".
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Jonathan Levy traces the origins of the sector's recent turmoil to the nineteenth-century rise of the corporation.
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I have written an essay for @reactionlife about the big themes: life, death and Test match cricket. A requiem for cricket elegies:
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It looks like we're going to get a cracking Michael Lewis book out of this FTX debacle. Apparently he's been hanging out with SBF for the past six months. Excellent timing:
telegraph.co.uk
Sam Bankman-Fried's demise provides a 'dramatic surprise ending', Mr Lewis reportedly said
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RT @sunny_hundal: Right now, this is/should be the biggest story in Europe. The price of natural gas is falling very fast again, thanks to….
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Still fifty weeks to go but I’m feeling confident.
Do us a favour Ben, look at the facts. Yes there is a failure of communication but in a year when the plan is working you are going to look pretty silly.
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This was the chart that probably kept Rishi Sunak awake at night when he was Chx and KK basically ignored.
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