Hard to overstate what a sinister figure Elon Musk is. Never seen one oligarch in a western democracy intervene on anything like this scale with unending Goebbels-grade lies.

NOT requiring solar on new homes would be totally bizarre There's overwhelming support for higher new build standards & lots are annoyed solar isn't already required MHCLG allowing housebuilders to water down / delay standards would be v short sighted theguardian.com/environment/20…

🧵 Why We Desperately Need a New ‘Spirit of Bretton Woods’ Today ⬇️ 1/ This year marks the 80th anniversary of the IMF & World Bank—a moment to not just look back, but to look forward and ask: How can we renew the spirit of international cooperation that created them?

Spot on.

The latest from David Edgar and me on the global threat posed by a Trump victory.

If there’s one area I’d like to have seen the Chancellor go further, it’s on Capital Gains Tax. We could use those resources to help build #UniversalBasicCapital and help fix the yawning inequalities of wealth that scar our country. But I accept, it was time for first things

What does Kemi Badenoch stand for? Her 'Renewal2030' assessed by David Edgar & I. Not a pretty prospect. Culture wars across the board and attacks on universities & students will intensify. Tim Bale bylinetimes.com/2024/11/02/kem…

A digested read of our study of #birmingham allotments. Fascinating on the changing face of our urban landscape. Full report available on BDAC website. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-chang…

An accurate summary. Requires genuine new thinking across all parts of progressive spectrum, not just here but also in Europe. How does EU need to change and who will do it? And can Labour contribute? David Lammy

The story that so many progressives, Labour politicians, US Democrats have been afraid to say ever since the rise of Clinton & Blair. Until they make this central to their politics, national populists will continue to exploit people's hardship & insecurity. Key lesson from US.

There is a coordinated attempt on this hellsite tonight to accuse me of antisemitism because I pointed out (the fact) that Israeli football hooligans started the violence in Amsterdam. That’s not a justification of the violence that followed of course and these attacks on me are

Given events of past fortnight understanding national populism is more important than ever. David Edgar & my new book available at lnkd.in/dpbz5SFS

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An ideal Xmas present for all wanting to understand the dangers of national populism.

It's called 'doing the splits.'

'This wasn't in our manifesto..'

Badenoch dissected. The engineer could start by learning to check her bases before putting pen to paper. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Is there such a thing as "left" Trumpism? Is Blue Labour really Labour at all? Jon Bloomfield and my new Byline Times piece follows up on our Little Black Book of the Populist Right. bylinetimes.com/2025/04/01/blu…

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