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Faisal Islam
@faisalislam
Econ Editor, BBC News. Newsnight presenter. Host award-winning EUref TV interviews & 2017 GE debate. United ST. occasional Eurovision vocalist 😆
London(head) Manchester(heart)
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    Faisal Islam
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    Jul 8, 2019
    Hello all - I’m back on here, back in economics and after a few weeks wilfully getting lost in transit, am newly on here👇🏾, and shortly on air in a new role as Economics Editor of the BBC.. first take on data, trade wars, Brexit, fiscal gymnastics...👋
    Brexit/trade illustration
    Turbulence and trade-offs: Why economics matters
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    Faisal Islam
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    Oct 5, 2023
    Japan building revolutionary 177 mile maglev from Tokyo to Nagoya for £45bn, 90% in tunnels under mountains as part of integrated Shinkansen system… equivalent of London to Manchester (in straight line) in 40 minutes… at 310mph… jrailpass.com/blog/maglev-bu…
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    Faisal Islam
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    Jun 7, 2020
    Sage epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds asked by Marr if he regrets anything in science advice... immediately replies: “yes we should have gone into lockdown earlier...it cost a lot of lives unfortunately”...
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    Faisal Islam
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    Sep 29, 2022
    NEW OBR confirms on record my story from 9 days ago that it prepared a draft forecast for new Chancellor waiting for him on first day at Treasury 6th September, and that an offer for a legally compliant forecast to accompany the mini-budget was rejected.
    Kwasi Kwarteng
    Treasury refuses to publish UK economic forecast
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    Faisal Islam
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    Jun 10, 2019
    V odd this “race to be PM” from afar - tax plans that won’t pass this Parliament, Brexit “plans” that won’t pass Parliament, promise not to have GE - promises being made to tiny selectorate that aren’t in hands of winner to deliver... It’s like a unicorn Grand National.
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    Faisal Islam
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    Mar 17, 2022
    Extraordinary scenes at some UK ports - after P&O halted ferries to fire all crew and replace with a third party contractor… images circulating of what we are told are handcuff trained security with some wearing balaclavas taking British crew off, after they were fired on zoom…
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    Faisal Islam
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    May 1, 2018
    Wants his kids to be doctors? And overfeeds houseguests who are not hungry?
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    Faisal Islam
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    Dec 15, 2018
    You can’t seriously have posted your supporters literally blocking an ambulance from Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital on an emergency run. Seriously, @andywigmore ? @Arron_banks ?
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    Leave.EU
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    Dec 14, 2018
    WATCH | Brexiteers in yellow vests bring Westminster Bridge to a standstill in protest at Theresa May's Brexit sell-out. This is what happens when the Establishment ignores the will of the people... 🙋‍♂️ Support us at leave.eu/get-involved
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    Faisal Islam
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    Mar 21, 2020
    👀 Senior French journo briefed that Macron phoned PM on Friday and said that if UK did not impose serious shutdown measures, French would have no choice but to close border to travellers from UK, & were ready to do so Friday. Says Elysee refers to UK policy as “benign neglect”
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    Jean Quatremer
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    Mar 21, 2020
    Emmanuel Macron a menacé Boris Johnson de fermer les frontières françaises s’il ne décidait pas de mesures sanitaires #coronavirus liberation.fr/planete/2020/0…
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    Faisal Islam
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    May 9, 2020
    From Red to Green.... The yellow and red was very specifically chosen to connote warning, hazard, emergency around the “stay home” message... Red & Green have v different meaning in safety regs...
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    Faisal Islam
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    Nov 9, 2020
    Let me tell you just two* stories which might have wider resonance about a special person who we were saying bye to today... Dadu, Mukul, Chow to some, to me... Dad. A few years ago, I spoke at the 500th anniversary of my old school. trying to capture spirit of Manchester...
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    Faisal Islam
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    Jun 1, 2020
    Just checking why yesterday’s slide said 38,489 cumulative deaths, and today’s says 39,045, an increase of 556... but the daily number is 111... would appear there has been some revisions...
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    Faisal Islam
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    Feb 23, 2024
    NEW Labour Party write to PM and call for him to remove whip from former PM Liz Truss for “spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories about a ‘deep state’ that is to blame for the downfall of her premiership” “spreading such blatant conspiracy theories is incredibly
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    Faisal Islam
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    Jul 5, 2024
    Bookmark this: The election of the Green Party leader to Parliament with 4 MPs will be more important to the dynamics of this Government than the election of the Reform Party leader to Parliament with 4 MPs….
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