Good news!

This should be the last time any young person takes a lecture from an older person about being loyal and dutiful, unless the older person is 90+ years old and got married in the 1950s.

In 2023 NIMBYs ridiculously tried to block a student development that was "near" to a nature reserve. It's just as ridiculous there has been two years more delays due to people complaining about construction potentially inconveniencing elderly people. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Spoiler alert: it's the price of housing. ft.com/content/0c628b…

Good news bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Did the private companies decide to spend £100m+ on a bat tunnel on a whim? Did they decide to put most of the line in tunnels and cuttings on a whim? Did they get held up for years by silly local planning committees on a whim? Come on this is nothing to do with private.

Why are British politicians not proud of British businesses? We should celebrate British success. P.S. Barclays Bank employs lots of working class people, and pays lots of taxes that support other working class people.

I’ve heard the horror stories, Carol.

I am reporting the Telegraph for a crime against graphs, which honestly even the Lib Dems would be embarrassed by. 🏳️‍⚧️Graph Crimes🏳️‍🌈 telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…

🧵 The UK is planning to strengthen the copyright regime by exposing text-and-data mining to mandatory licensing. This could be lose-lose: moderately slower AI adoption would cost between £1300-2300 per year from reduced productivity growth. Creators would in turn get pennies.

Worth sharing this the next time someone complains that the UK state pension is "the lowest in Europe". Even if that was true (it's not), it's not this low.

Economics teachers will be using this graph for the next decade as an example of economic illiteracy.

The talent in Britain is undeniable. We have so many reasons to be optimistic about the future. Remove the barriers. Let Britain build. Imagine what's possible. Looking for Growth