@dlaurence.bsky.social
Reform ideas and policies don't appear to extend beyond "stop the boats". On anything else they make Trump appear almost coherent.
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reform ideas and policies don't appear to extend beyond "stop the boats". On anything else they make Trump appear almost coherent.
I guess Rosalind Franklin suffered from being too ........ female ?Thank goodness such attitides don't persist today 😉
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I guess Rosalind Franklin suffered from being too ........ female ?Thank goodness such attitides don't persist today 😉
Always think of the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment any time Malvern mentioned. One of many former government funded agencies sold off beginning in 1979
December 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Always think of the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment any time Malvern mentioned. One of many former government funded agencies sold off beginning in 1979
Recent post from Paul Mason looks at potential impacts from increased defence spending on local economies, manufacturing, spin offs and other third order effects (skills) as well as the need for certain political actors to face up to the threat. Seems like a good topic for another RJ post !
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Recent post from Paul Mason looks at potential impacts from increased defence spending on local economies, manufacturing, spin offs and other third order effects (skills) as well as the need for certain political actors to face up to the threat. Seems like a good topic for another RJ post !
The type of fact @davidedgerton.bsky.social points out one after another in "The Rise & Fall of the British Nation"
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The type of fact @davidedgerton.bsky.social points out one after another in "The Rise & Fall of the British Nation"
Austerity,Brexit,Covid - easy as ABC. Not the whole story by any means. But big contributors to current challenges. @davidedgerton.bsky.social - "The Rise and Fall of the British Nation" does a fine job sifting fact from fiction in the last 100 years.
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Austerity,Brexit,Covid - easy as ABC. Not the whole story by any means. But big contributors to current challenges. @davidedgerton.bsky.social - "The Rise and Fall of the British Nation" does a fine job sifting fact from fiction in the last 100 years.
...... see @richardaljones.bsky.social for an authoritive analysis on this theme
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
...... see @richardaljones.bsky.social for an authoritive analysis on this theme
Could never work out quite why the privately educated/Oxbridge types never paid much attention to skills post 2010 .....
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Could never work out quite why the privately educated/Oxbridge types never paid much attention to skills post 2010 .....
.... "the vision thing" according to George Bush
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
.... "the vision thing" according to George Bush
... and breakthroughs can be unexpected outcomes from work on other areas of research e.g. polythene at ICI Winnington ?
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
... and breakthroughs can be unexpected outcomes from work on other areas of research e.g. polythene at ICI Winnington ?
Still hoping to visit the US so can't possibly comment
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Still hoping to visit the US so can't possibly comment
Only just realised I was still thinking we just need to wait for the mid terms to see the nightmare end.
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Only just realised I was still thinking we just need to wait for the mid terms to see the nightmare end.
When it comes to Trump worth quoting that famous line from the Stingray opening titles - "Anything can happen in the next half hour!"
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
When it comes to Trump worth quoting that famous line from the Stingray opening titles - "Anything can happen in the next half hour!"
Good word - crank
December 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good word - crank
"Brexit is on the brink..." post perfect antidote after watching Steve Baker interviewing Jacob Rees Mogg. NetZero is their next target. Suspect there's no single point of failure they can attack. So they revert to their "dog chasing car" happy place.
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"Brexit is on the brink..." post perfect antidote after watching Steve Baker interviewing Jacob Rees Mogg. NetZero is their next target. Suspect there's no single point of failure they can attack. So they revert to their "dog chasing car" happy place.
"Send them to the ..... " Oh that's handy.
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"Send them to the ..... " Oh that's handy.
Oleaginous twerp
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oleaginous twerp
Presume we're awaiting the Danny Kruger "thinking" on Reform R&D and industrial policy ?
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Presume we're awaiting the Danny Kruger "thinking" on Reform R&D and industrial policy ?
.... or Brexit begat Brexitism as Chris Grey calls it.
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
.... or Brexit begat Brexitism as Chris Grey calls it.
The Telegraph like the Tory party has managed to self-destruct in a few short years.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Telegraph like the Tory party has managed to self-destruct in a few short years.
My parents took the Telegraph for over 50 years and never got further than Matt, the tele guide and the small crossword. Suspect many long time "readers" took a similar line.
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My parents took the Telegraph for over 50 years and never got further than Matt, the tele guide and the small crossword. Suspect many long time "readers" took a similar line.
Interesting thoughts on shift of venture capital away from software towards "deep tech" from Nicolas Colin in this extract from his latest post - www.driftsignal.com/p/deep-tech-...
Deep Tech Rising
Smart capital is shifting from software to frontier technologies with urgent buyers
www.driftsignal.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Interesting thoughts on shift of venture capital away from software towards "deep tech" from Nicolas Colin in this extract from his latest post - www.driftsignal.com/p/deep-tech-...
...surprised Reform haven't been more vocal on this
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
...surprised Reform haven't been more vocal on this
But surely we must shrink the state ? Steve Baker keeps pointing at an OBR graph showing we will run out of money in 2043. He says we need a Javier Milei. Worked wonders in Argentia. Oh hold on .........
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
But surely we must shrink the state ? Steve Baker keeps pointing at an OBR graph showing we will run out of money in 2043. He says we need a Javier Milei. Worked wonders in Argentia. Oh hold on .........
We seem to live in a world of "raids" and "hikes"
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We seem to live in a world of "raids" and "hikes"