Jon Loveridge
@jonloveridge.bsky.social
Optimistic but pragmatic. Data & Analytics enjoyer. Derby County and Bromsgrove Sporting supporter
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
He really is quite mad
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
He really is quite mad
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For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.
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With apologies to your own favourites there is not one political party that has a credible fiscal policy. Either imaginary savings or an imaginary infinite number of very rich people. Or for Labour, lots and lots of little tinkering apparently.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
With apologies to your own favourites there is not one political party that has a credible fiscal policy. Either imaginary savings or an imaginary infinite number of very rich people. Or for Labour, lots and lots of little tinkering apparently.
Whilst I feel I understand why Labour make their promises on tax, this point is indisputable. We have had a decade now of essentially all of our PMs, all major political parties & most MPs totally disengaging with reality, and pushing this delusion on the country. We are all a lot worse off for it
Bigger picture of Labour's tax shenanigans is to delay once again, possibly beyond the next election, the point at which UK politics makes some attempt to compromise with reality.
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Whilst I feel I understand why Labour make their promises on tax, this point is indisputable. We have had a decade now of essentially all of our PMs, all major political parties & most MPs totally disengaging with reality, and pushing this delusion on the country. We are all a lot worse off for it
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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I think a neglected truth in life, frankly, is that the best and easiest way to succeed in your job is 'have a good predecessor'. In politics it takes a long time to work off having a bad one, because it broadly involves going 'well, someone needs to be the sin-eater, and that someone is me'.
To add to this..."they're clearly doomed, don't they know that restoring some sense of sanity to our fiscal situation is the only way they'll be remembered positively by history"
2024: Rishi Sunak can’t or won’t face up to fiscal reality, I wish he’d hurry up and get out of the way for someone who will.
2025: Keir Starmer can’t or won’t face up to fiscal reality, I wish he’d hurry up and get out of the way for someone who will.
2025: Keir Starmer can’t or won’t face up to fiscal reality, I wish he’d hurry up and get out of the way for someone who will.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I think a neglected truth in life, frankly, is that the best and easiest way to succeed in your job is 'have a good predecessor'. In politics it takes a long time to work off having a bad one, because it broadly involves going 'well, someone needs to be the sin-eater, and that someone is me'.
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"The populist thrives in an environment where people act on their intuitions; so does the scammer. This doesn’t mean every populist is a con artist, but it does mean that they are likely to package their message in a similar way" on.ft.com/49j3ND2
By @timharford.ft.com
Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/
By @timharford.ft.com
Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/
How populism became popular
It appeals more to a way of thinking than to a set of ideas — but is it just wrong?
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"The populist thrives in an environment where people act on their intuitions; so does the scammer. This doesn’t mean every populist is a con artist, but it does mean that they are likely to package their message in a similar way" on.ft.com/49j3ND2
By @timharford.ft.com
Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/
By @timharford.ft.com
Vindicates a 2015 tweet! 1/
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This is I think an underrated truth: being intelligent is I think primarily a matter of habit. Do you actually listen and try and take on board what you've heard or read before responding? Do you go 'okay, is that true?' about your own thoughts and prejudices? These are learnt, not innate.
and ultimately I think if you’re constantly saying stupid stuff then it just makes you stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is I think an underrated truth: being intelligent is I think primarily a matter of habit. Do you actually listen and try and take on board what you've heard or read before responding? Do you go 'okay, is that true?' about your own thoughts and prejudices? These are learnt, not innate.
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I *know* this is not The Big Takeaway from the Epstein emails.
But how many powerful men are barely able to string a sentence together over email will never fail to fill me with irrational fury
But how many powerful men are barely able to string a sentence together over email will never fail to fill me with irrational fury
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I *know* this is not The Big Takeaway from the Epstein emails.
But how many powerful men are barely able to string a sentence together over email will never fail to fill me with irrational fury
But how many powerful men are barely able to string a sentence together over email will never fail to fill me with irrational fury
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To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.
Nothing sums up Trump’s arrogance and delusion more than Epstein. Trump must’ve known about his connections to him, must’ve known there was a trail and evidence connecting him if not to criminality then certainly knowledge of it, yet he spent months making capital out of it actually accusing others
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nothing sums up Trump’s arrogance and delusion more than Epstein. Trump must’ve known about his connections to him, must’ve known there was a trail and evidence connecting him if not to criminality then certainly knowledge of it, yet he spent months making capital out of it actually accusing others
BBC still going in hard on Trump then
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
BBC still going in hard on Trump then
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
FWIW, I like Wes Streeting but hypothetically if Starmer did leave - or when he does - I think Darren Jones would be a much better replacement
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
FWIW, I like Wes Streeting but hypothetically if Starmer did leave - or when he does - I think Darren Jones would be a much better replacement
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Starmer allies coming out to defend him whilst simultaneously, accidentally and massively publicising the fact he might be ousted is very on-brand for this No10 operation.
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Starmer allies coming out to defend him whilst simultaneously, accidentally and massively publicising the fact he might be ousted is very on-brand for this No10 operation.
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I mean this is another punishment beating for people between 100k and 125k who’s the salary sacrifice to get the free child care and avoid stupidly high marginal tax rates. Complete nonsense of a policy.
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I mean this is another punishment beating for people between 100k and 125k who’s the salary sacrifice to get the free child care and avoid stupidly high marginal tax rates. Complete nonsense of a policy.
“Charles Moore made a comment on the Today programme this morning that only someone who had never worked for Corporation could make: that all its biases come from a liberal direction. No- rather the only complaints it fears are from a conservative one”
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Charles Moore made a comment on the Today programme this morning that only someone who had never worked for Corporation could make: that all its biases come from a liberal direction. No- rather the only complaints it fears are from a conservative one”
This is very good - it also makes an obvious point, but one that does need stating clearly and repeatedly - the notion that Trump cares about journalistic accuracy or integrity is obviously, laughably absurd. The media and it’s reporting is something he seeks to manipulate, nothing else
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is very good - it also makes an obvious point, but one that does need stating clearly and repeatedly - the notion that Trump cares about journalistic accuracy or integrity is obviously, laughably absurd. The media and it’s reporting is something he seeks to manipulate, nothing else
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
Trumps speech & actions on January 6th were unlike anything anyone has seen before. He didn’t concede, he was aggressive. He still refuses to accept the result of that election even now. He knew what the emotions were of his base. A lot of this seems to have been forgotten due to some clunky editing
’This has been turned into something much bigger, very deliberately.’
After dissecting Trump’s original 2021 speech, @mrjamesob.bsky.social and caller Al conclude that the BBC’s edit is not the 'heinous misrepresentation’ it’s made out to be.
After dissecting Trump’s original 2021 speech, @mrjamesob.bsky.social and caller Al conclude that the BBC’s edit is not the 'heinous misrepresentation’ it’s made out to be.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trumps speech & actions on January 6th were unlike anything anyone has seen before. He didn’t concede, he was aggressive. He still refuses to accept the result of that election even now. He knew what the emotions were of his base. A lot of this seems to have been forgotten due to some clunky editing
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So make no mistake, this is a coordinated assault on one of the cornerstones of British civic life from people who want to weaken our democracy. Sadly, the BBC is so cowed it will actively abet them in its own destruction.
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
So make no mistake, this is a coordinated assault on one of the cornerstones of British civic life from people who want to weaken our democracy. Sadly, the BBC is so cowed it will actively abet them in its own destruction.
Precisely this. Outside of being openly mocked, no one, and absolutely no one on the right, is calling for anything like what is happening at the BBC for the Murdoch owned, Gallagher edited Times. Can’t think why
The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Precisely this. Outside of being openly mocked, no one, and absolutely no one on the right, is calling for anything like what is happening at the BBC for the Murdoch owned, Gallagher edited Times. Can’t think why
The significant negative consequences of Brexit. Meanwhile, Reform lead the polls 🙃
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The significant negative consequences of Brexit. Meanwhile, Reform lead the polls 🙃