We are all Jay Powell.

Trump’s heading to Scotland tomorrow. The Scottish papers aren’t exactly rolling out the red carpet.

Tinkering will not restart UK growth. It needs real planning reform based on zoning, civil service reform based on accountability and streamlining, reforming local government finances to make it function again and rejoining the European Single Market. #UKeconomy

Trump’s sovereign-wealth fund won’t make America richer (from The Economist) economist.com/finance-and-ec…

“The Whole Thing Is a Con Job” – Trump’s Windmill Rant at EU Presser

on.ft.com/4otX4eH China struggles to break its addiction to manufacturing

This guy👇👇 wrote this tweet👇👇

America’s lowest-paid workers are suffering a sharper slowdown in wage growth than their richer peers, adding to the pressure on Donald Trump over inequality on.ft.com/40NtxCr

We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.

Trump is the most corrupt president in history. Lest we forget, Qatar gave him a jet… and the taxpayer is about to spend almost $1 billion to fit it for AF1 service. AND HE TAKES THE JET WITH HIM WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE. Staggering corruption from a scum of a president

"The way to see off the populist right isn’t to cower in its shadow; it’s to step up and offer a compelling, positive alternative." Ed Davey calling for a new, positive relationship with Europe including a UK-EU customs union.

American Companies and American Consumers Pay the Cost of American Tariffs. Free Trade with Free Nations🇺🇸reason.com/2025/08/05/for…

SO MUCH WINNING

If Trump sells out Ukraine, Britain must lead a coalition of the willing to defend our continent without him.

Broken windows and pockmarked roads (from The Economist) economist.com/britain/2025/0…

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Europe’s free-speech problem (from The Economist) economist.com/leaders/2025/0…