It's not headline news anymore, but is the #CostOfLiving crisis really over? I don't think so, and here's why: linkedin.com/pulse/cost-liv…

Chaotic nature of the last 48hrs is a microcosm of leadership & control vacuum this government has demonstrated over many months. Whether forced by 1922 committee letters, or a realisation that this is as good as it gets - this is a "get it over with" waving of the white flag.

A chunk of the £2,000 tax rise Sunak claimed Labour would be implementing is based on my work. Thread below shows why it's nonsense But the truly silly thing about this 'debate' is that whoever wins the election will be putting up taxes because govt spending plans are a fantasy

Potentially overstating how much attention the average swing voter pays to the daily political news cycle

Which of the three in this clip is the biggest mug?

I can't quite get over how perfectly the Conservatives have managed a form of negative triangulation: no matter who you are, they've got a vote-losing policy laser-targeted at pissing you off. One nation liberals are mad about Rwanda, mad about the rhetoric on immigration, and

Let's talk Services 🎙️ Rob Fountain joined us for ep.10 of Let's Talk Ideas to give his perspective on the challenges of heading up service-based organisations. Listen to the full conversation now: pod.link/1719984214

Fingers crossed AI, nuclear fusion or A.N. Other come to the rescue - or growth and living standard improvement are looking rather precarious

Couple of interesting maps here

A new season of Let's Talk Ideas from Bromford Lab - and it's all about place-based working and thinking. Every two weeks we'll have a guest - offering provocation and inspiration as well as updating our own progress. This opener features me, John Wade and Mark Willis

Was willing to entertain this thread up until this point - utter garbage definition.

Worth remembering before the blame-game gets too personal: "Democrats join 2024’s graveyard of incumbents", John Burn-Murdoch ft.com/content/e8ac09… via @ft

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What about the economy under Trump? I don’t expect great news for workers, and I see big risks from Trump’s overall agenda, both because of his approach to AI and Silicon Valley, and because of his (likely) impact on US institutions.

Trump win revealing that a lot of people’s commitment to evidence is pretty flimsy when it conflicts with their values and/or stereotypes about their political enemies.

I feel we're now going to be talking about econmic resilience vs efficiency a lot more of the coming years...

GDP per head also fell in the quarter, renewing the negative momentum - it appears the price of above trend growth in the first half of this year is below trend growth in the second half

Note that every single single reason that this government will fail to meet its self-imposed target of 1.5 million net additional homes over this 5-year Parliament was already known well in advance of them coming to power in July. #ukhousing #housing

Surely the causality is the other way round... young adults are more likely to live with parents because they have low paid/no employment