Andrew Lodge
@andrewwj.bsky.social
Curious. Enjoys policy. And other subjects. Ex HMT, BoE, various other places. Based in Canada; but still close to UK
Fantastic.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Fantastic.
Excellent interview with Mark Carney by @gideonrachman.bsky.social
If you liked Mark Carney's speech, then have a listen to this podcast interview with the Canadian prime minister by @gideonrachman.bsky.social recorded just after that interview www.ft.com/content/19f1...
Mark Carney on a world in rupture — and what comes next
‘Globalisation is over, but like-minded countries can still work together’
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Excellent interview with Mark Carney by @gideonrachman.bsky.social
@gideonrachman.bsky.social Excellent article mapping out why Europe needs a strong response. (It’s game theory - make a credible threat to a bullying threat). www.ft.com/content/2642... Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
@gideonrachman.bsky.social Excellent article mapping out why Europe needs a strong response. (It’s game theory - make a credible threat to a bullying threat). www.ft.com/content/2642... Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
Very interesting thread on how EU official attitudes to Trump have changed significantly with the Greenland issue.
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Very interesting thread on how EU official attitudes to Trump have changed significantly with the Greenland issue.
Reposted by Andrew Lodge
This is super
Best thread of the year.
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This is super
Interesting thread on the “liberal international order” structure and IR theory(ish)
The thing with the liberal international order is that it was largely created as a tool of hegemonic statecraft; but too many people have memed themselves thinking it exists for the benefit of the Third World and not of the First World.
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Interesting thread on the “liberal international order” structure and IR theory(ish)
Gosh, this is excellent and punchy from from @stephenkb.bsky.social. The odd thing about the Labour strategist’s comments is that looking after UK citizens abroad is pretty much “the #1 activity a diplomatic service is there to do* - i.e. the consular staff. It’s not, as Stephen Bush says, a joke.
Appropriately angry response to Starmer’s recent former head of strategy from @stephenkb.bsky.social:
Threatening to strip someone of their citizenship is no joke
That this Labour government seems to find Alaa Abdel Fattah’s predicament a laughing matter is unconscionable
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Gosh, this is excellent and punchy from from @stephenkb.bsky.social. The odd thing about the Labour strategist’s comments is that looking after UK citizens abroad is pretty much “the #1 activity a diplomatic service is there to do* - i.e. the consular staff. It’s not, as Stephen Bush says, a joke.
Good article by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on research on older men’s hobbyist friendships.
Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women? | Gaby Hinsliff
Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women? | Gaby Hinsliff
The strong and silent masculine image is often derided, but why? Perhaps companionship via trains, golf or a quiet drink is enough, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Good article by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on research on older men’s hobbyist friendships.
Good comments
2/2 why you've decided to turn "angry *or* disappointed into "hate". Not very lawyerly forensic.
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good comments
This is a badly worded polling question (wrapping together angry and disappointed). And frankly a fairly poor repost below (this says nothing about hate!). Shows how BlueSky can whip up moral outrage.
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is a badly worded polling question (wrapping together angry and disappointed). And frankly a fairly poor repost below (this says nothing about hate!). Shows how BlueSky can whip up moral outrage.
Reposted by Andrew Lodge
This candle is going to be a hard secret Santa to beat
December 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This candle is going to be a hard secret Santa to beat
Interesting political science analysis.
Excellent and important piece on the Supreme Court and public opinion by @peterenns.bsky.social and Patrick Wohlfarth.
We are proud to share a new op-ed in the LA Times by our co-founder and chief data scientist, @peterenns.bsky.social, written with Patrick Wohlfarth. Drawing on decades of data, they show how this departure has contributed to declining confidence in the court.
December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Interesting political science analysis.
Great book by a top UK economist on how ordinary people should invest. (Buy a set of index funds, basically).
Have the book, would definitely recommend! And the introduction on the (absence of) Customer's Yachts is illuminating...
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
independent-investor.com/2009/02/01/j...
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
independent-investor.com/2009/02/01/j...
The Long and the Short of It
John Kay provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance. He describes the basics of investment and the sophisticated innovations of the modern financial
blackwells.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Great book by a top UK economist on how ordinary people should invest. (Buy a set of index funds, basically).
Love this. I was similarly screaming.
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Love this. I was similarly screaming.
Amazing. Incredible goals.
It’s clearly a night to share @theguardian.com back page. World Cup, here we come!! 🏴🏆
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Amazing. Incredible goals.
Excellent column @stephenkb.bsky.social. on.ft.com/3JyX9hy Brain-dead Labour retreats to its comfort zone: campaigning
It’s amazing how little preparation the government appear to have done in opposition (eg on the economy, how to run government)
It’s amazing how little preparation the government appear to have done in opposition (eg on the economy, how to run government)
Brain-dead Labour retreats to its comfort zone: campaigning
Downing Street’s bizarre war on itself is a symptom of a government whose ideas dissolve on contact with reality
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Excellent column @stephenkb.bsky.social. on.ft.com/3JyX9hy Brain-dead Labour retreats to its comfort zone: campaigning
It’s amazing how little preparation the government appear to have done in opposition (eg on the economy, how to run government)
It’s amazing how little preparation the government appear to have done in opposition (eg on the economy, how to run government)
Sad to see Rachel Cooke has passed away. Super journalist.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sad to see Rachel Cooke has passed away. Super journalist.
Amazing
🟡 NEW: The man at the heart of a mixup that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio, nor a “de Blasio impersonator.”
British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
www.semafor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Amazing
Very useful thread on the Nobel economist winners’ work.
No surprise that Aghion/Howitt got the Nobel. I've always admired the spirit of their growth model--centering innovation and ideas. But even when I did more math, the details I found tough going. Is there a simplified version anywhere that illustrates its essence?
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Very useful thread on the Nobel economist winners’ work.
We need more BSky sports discussions. Amazing final day.
September 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We need more BSky sports discussions. Amazing final day.
This is very good. Though these points have been made for 15+ years now (eg Andy Haldane at BoE, Paul Romer, etc.). Have things changed much in academic economics? My guess is: a bit, but it’s hard to reinvent the (hierarchical) profession.
Does economics use too much maths - or the wrong kind of maths? on.ft.com/3IqOgGb
The wrong kind of maths
[FREE TO READ] Why the mathematics used in economics for decades needs a rethink
on.ft.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is very good. Though these points have been made for 15+ years now (eg Andy Haldane at BoE, Paul Romer, etc.). Have things changed much in academic economics? My guess is: a bit, but it’s hard to reinvent the (hierarchical) profession.
Love this LLM hallucination
When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Love this LLM hallucination
Surprising outcome in this pensions abstract. I’ll read the paper.
A paper presented today at the Rotman School’s International Centre for Pension Management caught my eye, challenging conventional wisdom that a 60/40 equity/bonds portfolio makes sense at any point in an investor’s life.
Beyond the Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice
Beyond the Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice
September 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Surprising outcome in this pensions abstract. I’ll read the paper.
A great perspective
coming from a v traditional cultural background I see dating as a place where consumer capitalist individualism has really failed.
traditional communities see it as part of *everyone’s job* to help young people find a partner. from organising communal meals to straight-up ‘going to the matchmaker’
traditional communities see it as part of *everyone’s job* to help young people find a partner. from organising communal meals to straight-up ‘going to the matchmaker’
OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
August 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A great perspective