Jim McCormick
@jimmccormick.bsky.social
CEO at The Robertson Trust, an independent funder for Scotland on Poverty and Trauma. Also on LinkedIn. No longer on the site known for tweets. All things solving poverty. Likes: walks by water, music, film, Morton FC. In Glasgow, born Dublin. Joined 08/24
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Pulp's version of The Day Before You Came has got me returning to one of my favourite topics.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Pulp's version of The Day Before You Came has got me returning to one of my favourite topics.
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You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 AM
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
This is one beautifully crafted essay by Allan Little on the outlook for 'middle powers' amid the "rupture rather than transiiton" identified by Mark Carney in Davos. Signals to make sense of the noise.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge
With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a
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February 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
This is one beautifully crafted essay by Allan Little on the outlook for 'middle powers' amid the "rupture rather than transiiton" identified by Mark Carney in Davos. Signals to make sense of the noise.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our third Impact and Insights report, focused on Education Pathways, is now available 🔍💡
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January 22, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Our third Impact and Insights report, focused on Education Pathways, is now available 🔍💡
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/impact-...
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/impact-...
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Small Grant holders can now apply for £2k–£10k through our Supporting Resilience Fund. Strengthen leadership, systems, finances, and staff wellbeing to help your organisation stay strong.
👉 www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/support...
👉 www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/support...
Supporting Resilience Fund: New offer for Small Grant holders
Small Grant Holders can now apply for up to £10,000 in additional funding to strengthen organisational and staff resilience.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Small Grant holders can now apply for £2k–£10k through our Supporting Resilience Fund. Strengthen leadership, systems, finances, and staff wellbeing to help your organisation stay strong.
👉 www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/support...
👉 www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/support...
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Twelve projects aimed at delivering deep, long‑term systems change to reduce poverty and trauma in Scotland - through the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections and beyond - will share £2.2M in funding.
Read more about the projects below 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/beyond-...
Read more about the projects below 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/beyond-...
Beyond Pledges: £2.2M awarded to 12 projects
Twelve projects that can deliver deep and long-term systems change – or what we call big change that lasts - in relation to poverty and trauma in Scotland through the 2026 Scottish Parliament election...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Twelve projects aimed at delivering deep, long‑term systems change to reduce poverty and trauma in Scotland - through the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections and beyond - will share £2.2M in funding.
Read more about the projects below 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/beyond-...
Read more about the projects below 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/beyond-...
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us.
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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This is a bad headline.
But I guess, ‘add 0.1% to total employment costs’ is less exciting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But I guess, ‘add 0.1% to total employment costs’ is less exciting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This is a bad headline.
But I guess, ‘add 0.1% to total employment costs’ is less exciting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But I guess, ‘add 0.1% to total employment costs’ is less exciting.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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#ArtistFaveXmas
Day 5
ABBA - One Of Us
1981's Christmas chart was full of Christmas Adjacent magic. This was ABBA at their brilliant darkest best. Merry f***ing Christmas
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Day 5
ABBA - One Of Us
1981's Christmas chart was full of Christmas Adjacent magic. This was ABBA at their brilliant darkest best. Merry f***ing Christmas
youtu.be/IIKAe8Wi0S0?...
ABBA - One Of Us (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by AbbaVEVO
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December 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
#ArtistFaveXmas
Day 5
ABBA - One Of Us
1981's Christmas chart was full of Christmas Adjacent magic. This was ABBA at their brilliant darkest best. Merry f***ing Christmas
youtu.be/IIKAe8Wi0S0?...
Day 5
ABBA - One Of Us
1981's Christmas chart was full of Christmas Adjacent magic. This was ABBA at their brilliant darkest best. Merry f***ing Christmas
youtu.be/IIKAe8Wi0S0?...
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Quite the chart. www.ft.com/content/30a4...
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Quite the chart. www.ft.com/content/30a4...
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It is a bad idea for the Commonwealth Games to not be free to air. Glasgow 2026 may struggle for impact and visibility as a result of preferring this bid
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BBC outbid by TNT Sports for 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
TNT will broadcast the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after outbidding long-time rights holder BBC
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December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It is a bad idea for the Commonwealth Games to not be free to air. Glasgow 2026 may struggle for impact and visibility as a result of preferring this bid
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
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Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
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I’m a single issue voter and my issue is that those busses that bend in the middle should make accordion noises
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’m a single issue voter and my issue is that those busses that bend in the middle should make accordion noises
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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New Vacancy: HR Business Partner
Join us and help shape a people-centred, values-driven culture. The closing date for applications is 12pm, Friday 12th December 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/vacancy...
Join us and help shape a people-centred, values-driven culture. The closing date for applications is 12pm, Friday 12th December 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/vacancy...
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New Vacancy: HR Business Partner
Join us and help shape a people-centred, values-driven culture. The closing date for applications is 12pm, Friday 12th December 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/vacancy...
Join us and help shape a people-centred, values-driven culture. The closing date for applications is 12pm, Friday 12th December 👇
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/vacancy...
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@therobertsontrust.bsky.social has awarded us £30,000 per annum for three years to develop the core of our work and create a more financially resilient Scotland. 1/3
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@therobertsontrust.bsky.social has awarded us £30,000 per annum for three years to develop the core of our work and create a more financially resilient Scotland. 1/3
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📢 New guest blog from Kailen Budge Third Sector Lab: How The Curve – free for Robertson Trust grantholders – helps charities save time, build confidence & strengthen frontline work. 15k+ joined since 2020. Learn more:
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/the-cur...
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Advancing Racial Justice Fund: Leadership & Panel Roles Available
We are recruiting community members to form a Leadership Group and Decision Making Panel for our upcoming Advancing Racial Justice Fund.
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
📢 New guest blog from Kailen Budge Third Sector Lab: How The Curve – free for Robertson Trust grantholders – helps charities save time, build confidence & strengthen frontline work. 15k+ joined since 2020. Learn more:
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/the-cur...
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/the-cur...
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This is very cool -- three Amazon buildings in downtown Seattle are heated this way -- but you can't do it with the bloated, gigantic 1GW data centers they're trying to build these days. Gotta break them into smaller pieces.
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is very cool -- three Amazon buildings in downtown Seattle are heated this way -- but you can't do it with the bloated, gigantic 1GW data centers they're trying to build these days. Gotta break them into smaller pieces.
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Great piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com about the weird hollowing out of the UK tax system, how it compares with Scandinavia (vastly MORE progressive), and the strange reluctance of anyone in politics to talk about this truth.
on.ft.com/4abEiUj
on.ft.com/4abEiUj
Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia
[FREE TO READ] The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com about the weird hollowing out of the UK tax system, how it compares with Scandinavia (vastly MORE progressive), and the strange reluctance of anyone in politics to talk about this truth.
on.ft.com/4abEiUj
on.ft.com/4abEiUj
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Our new research, in partnership with @trusselluk.bsky.social & @opfs.org.uk using Scotland data from @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social & @stepchange.bsky.social, confirms the impact of the public debt crisis is most often felt by women as they are more often caring for children.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our new research, in partnership with @trusselluk.bsky.social & @opfs.org.uk using Scotland data from @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social & @stepchange.bsky.social, confirms the impact of the public debt crisis is most often felt by women as they are more often caring for children.