@mikeemmerich.bsky.social
This is so lovely from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social it’s worth breaking my social media silence for. Wonderful writing on a favourite topic!
on.ft.com/3JJXC0e Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
on.ft.com/3JJXC0e Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
A house that was at the centre of the 19th-century rail revolution can now be yours for the weekend
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This is so lovely from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social it’s worth breaking my social media silence for. Wonderful writing on a favourite topic!
on.ft.com/3JJXC0e Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
on.ft.com/3JJXC0e Postcard from Manchester: a Landmark Trust retreat at the heart of railway history
My latest for MJ on Rachel Reeve’s reset of last week and the regional challenges ahead is here and not paywalled:
www.themj.co.uk/about-long-t...
Worth reading @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social piece in the FT too. It is here: Does Labour have a plan for regional growth? on.ft.com/3Q4mrDL
www.themj.co.uk/about-long-t...
Worth reading @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social piece in the FT too. It is here: Does Labour have a plan for regional growth? on.ft.com/3Q4mrDL
What about the long term?
Rachel Reeves' speech this week was billed as the economic reset moment. It did its job up to a point. She started with a courtly bow to President Trump. This set...
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February 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My latest for MJ on Rachel Reeve’s reset of last week and the regional challenges ahead is here and not paywalled:
www.themj.co.uk/about-long-t...
Worth reading @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social piece in the FT too. It is here: Does Labour have a plan for regional growth? on.ft.com/3Q4mrDL
www.themj.co.uk/about-long-t...
Worth reading @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social piece in the FT too. It is here: Does Labour have a plan for regional growth? on.ft.com/3Q4mrDL
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Wrote about whether Labour has a plan for regional growth, after a speech last week in which the most eye catching headlines were all in the south east
on.ft.com/3EnEmCR
on.ft.com/3EnEmCR
Does Labour have a plan for regional growth?
[FREE TO READ] Rachel Reeves’ proposals have drawn criticism for their focus on the south-east and the scarcity of northern projects
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February 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wrote about whether Labour has a plan for regional growth, after a speech last week in which the most eye catching headlines were all in the south east
on.ft.com/3EnEmCR
on.ft.com/3EnEmCR
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Trudeau showing a better grasp of the economics of tariffs than many British commentators. This really isn’t difficult. Of course my YouTube clip was accompanied by an ad fir crypto currency www.youtube.com/live/PnvyrKv...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada's response to U.S. tariffs – February 1, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
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February 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Trudeau showing a better grasp of the economics of tariffs than many British commentators. This really isn’t difficult. Of course my YouTube clip was accompanied by an ad fir crypto currency www.youtube.com/live/PnvyrKv...
The latest v good piece by @joshiherrmann.bsky.social of @manchestermill.bsky.social on grooming in Oldham: on the difficulties (successes & failings) of those in office and the impact of baiting of them by media-hungry populists who deliberately spread fear.
open.substack.com/pub/themill/...
open.substack.com/pub/themill/...
Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?
This week’s controversy can be traced back to a vicious online campaign that has terrified politicians – but struggled to substantiate its claims
open.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The latest v good piece by @joshiherrmann.bsky.social of @manchestermill.bsky.social on grooming in Oldham: on the difficulties (successes & failings) of those in office and the impact of baiting of them by media-hungry populists who deliberately spread fear.
open.substack.com/pub/themill/...
open.substack.com/pub/themill/...
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I've also been thinking about this.
Life is hard for many people, but we are nowhere near the conditions of the 1930s or even the '70s.
For all their faults, democratic states provide services today beyond the imagination of most generations.
So we need a deeper analysis of democratic discontent.
Life is hard for many people, but we are nowhere near the conditions of the 1930s or even the '70s.
For all their faults, democratic states provide services today beyond the imagination of most generations.
So we need a deeper analysis of democratic discontent.
Based on my Sunday reading so far the big question of 2025 shouldn't be Trump, but why there is so much dissatisfaction around the world when more people than ever (including the dissatisfied) have more than ever.
So many possible answers, yet so little curiosity about the question.
So many possible answers, yet so little curiosity about the question.
December 29, 2024 at 10:33 AM
I've also been thinking about this.
Life is hard for many people, but we are nowhere near the conditions of the 1930s or even the '70s.
For all their faults, democratic states provide services today beyond the imagination of most generations.
So we need a deeper analysis of democratic discontent.
Life is hard for many people, but we are nowhere near the conditions of the 1930s or even the '70s.
For all their faults, democratic states provide services today beyond the imagination of most generations.
So we need a deeper analysis of democratic discontent.
A fitting first post. I came off X this morning with a post about Musk and the AfD. His bots liked it…
December 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM
A fitting first post. I came off X this morning with a post about Musk and the AfD. His bots liked it…