I believe the outstanding candidate for London mayor in 2028 is Ned Donovan | فارس دونوفان. He’s served the city selflessly in the Metropolitan police, has done more than anyone to boost the capital in the Middle East, and is a microcosm of our city’s incredible diversity.

A wojak is just one of nature’s many attempts to evolve a rage comic.

It would be quite funny if Sadiq lost by a narrow enough margin that it could be blamed on Amy Lamé.

The housing theory of everything wins another convert. worksinprogress.co/issue/the-hous…

Stripe Press is coming to Singapore. If you’re in town on May 11, drop by our pop-up and pick up a book.

Singapore! After years of wanting to visit, we’re finally making it happen *next week*.

Join us for our Singapore x Stripe Press pop-up, AND a fireside chat with Michelin-star chef-owner Ivan Brehm of Nouri about craft and cuisine. See you there: lu.ma/stripe-press-s…

Sydney

If only they'd listened to me and brought in equipment to spray cold water *over* groups like this, so they get wet and cold and have to go home. You simply don't get this sort of crowd out on cold, rainy days.

Polish PM Donald Tusk promises that Poles will be richer than Brits in 2029 as he says 'it's better to be in the EU!'

The promise comes on the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the EU in 2004 as he sets the target date for his promise for 25th anniversary in 2029

Policymakers are starting to worry that digital market regulations may harm their competitiveness in cutting-edge industries like AI.

This is leading to some seemingly schizophrenic situations.

The latest example is the CMA's recent Amazon/Anthropic merger investigation.

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Anyone want to share a 'Totally Based' subscription to Based Media for £100/month each? I will ask if Toby will do the twice-yearly private Zoom call with us both at the same time.

The Philippines would be a lot poorer if it listened to 3rd world nationalists & western nativists who prattle on about the “brain drain.”

4% of Filipino labor force overseas send cash equivalent to 9% of GDP. And we’re supposed to believe this is bad?

economist.com/asia/2024/04/2…

When people complain about the dead hand of the Treasury, I always think about how much worse it could be. Like this. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'While unchanged land use policies can’t alone explain a sudden growth crash after 2008, failing to reform nimby laws certainly surrendered our best chance to keep pace with other countries.'

Great piece.

I think it was a mistake to give up on “The only one he fears” as a campaign slogan.

Who decides on brand drug names and how? How did they decide on Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro?

🚨 May Day Paper🚨

The FTC has gone all in on labor markets in the past 5 months:

1. Merger guidelines
2. Kroger/Albertsons
3. Noncompetes

How straightforward will it be to apply antitrust to labor?

Dirk Auer, Geoffrey Manne, and my paper lay out some challenges ahead 🧵