Charges sought for up to 57 people over Grenfell Deregulation as a positive should be removed from the A Level Economics spec, because of this

Interesting article by @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social about how structural issues have created the problems we have now. It is the case we can't go backwards but nostalgia has taken over the political sphere and this is a rocky road to go down. #EconSky

Reform Councillor speaking about Doncaster Sheffield airport. You won’t believe your ears!

kilntheatre.com/whats-on/ple... Very good, and glad I read the excellent @ianleslie.bsky.social book beforehand

WHEN WILL THE MEDIA COVER THESE STORIES? www.ft.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Excellent balanced analysis

Increasingly think there is a strong case for an explicit wealth tax in order to make the politics of a more general tax rise more manageable. About fairness and burden sharing rather than revenue raising as such.

One of the great all time concerts.

A great article, ‘greedflation’ should be, and should always have been their no.1 target, but they are completely out of touch with the problems ordinary people are facing.

The ‘market’ religious fanatics

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Well done the Urchins 👏👏

Economic comedy gold!

Rosalia, a once in a generational talent ❤️🇪🇸

A spineless first half performance from Liverpool who are two down at the break. Everything needs to improve if we are going to get anything out of this. Download The Anfield Wrap app now for all our match reaction 👇 📲 geni.us/TAWapp

Great article, and a taste of what’s to come if the dog whistlers get to run the country

Good to see The Economist banging the drum for London, something our government shamefully rarely, if ever does.

Silvana Estrada, superb in London last night.

Are we still ‘all in it together’?

‘Exam gold’ here for all economists students going into exams in a few weeks

'Rarely has a book felt so timely.... Rachel fearlessly & skilfully takes the bull by the horns, taking musicians—many mainstream & beloved—to task over their flirtations with Nazi imagery. No icon is safe.... a brilliant book!' @musicconnection www.musicconnection.com/this-aint-ro...

Robert Skidelsky, the economic historian who was a leading authority on the life and work of John Maynard Keynes, has passed away www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

War breaks out → oil spikes → prices surge → consumers squeezed Meanwhile: Wall Street banks report record profits from “market volatility.”

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... My introduction to Keynes. What a truly great series of books.

All the main ‘needs’ in economics have been left to the market, and are failing. Water, energy, housing and food.

One of the truly great economic writers

Great that government acknowledging that troubling stats we see re young people – in this case NEET numbers – may be in part a product of ed policy. www.theguardian.com/education/20... But, with the Francis review having concluded that this is basically successful, policy not looking v joined-up.

Big up London Jazz. Ezra Collective, Moses Boyd. Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings 💪🇬🇧❤️ something this country should be celebrating.

Good morning, here is your @ftweekend.com highlights thread. There's too much good stuff so I do recommend you pop out for a paper, but here for early birds are some 300x freebies. [A sub to the FT Edit is £49/yr for this kind of thing. See all Weekend sub plans here subs.ft.com/weekendx]

Super book, read that a few months back, a real eye opener

"Collectively, the 88 companies in the ITEP report reported $105 billion in profits in 2025. That means, absent special breaks, they would have owed the federal government about $22.1 billion. Instead, these companies collectively “received $4.7 billion in tax rebates.” popular.info/p/these-high...

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We can confirm Andy Robertson will bring his Reds career to an end at the conclusion of the current season. He will do so as a Liverpool legend ❤️

You can tell how corrupt FIFA is when the fees they're charging for resale tickets for World Cup matches would make Ticketmaster blush. 15% from both buyer & seller. The regulatory bodies should investigate them as well. Prices are crazy. Boycott the World Cup! #EconSky www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Having been saying this for a long time but this is the kind of thing Starmer & the Labour Party (more generally) should have been doing when they got into office. Telling a story about fixing things in 'Broken Britain' whilst supporting the kind of services to show why taxes are important. #EconSky

London ❤️

My Sunday Times piece: A rundown of savings helped the UK economy get through the last energy crisis in 2022. This time is different in many ways but will there be an echo of that again? Can household savings help get us through this energy crisis? www.thetimes.com/article/e81e...

Think this is the my favourite and best podcast at the moment. Perfect blend of explaining the end of the world with humour!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A poster child school for many governments!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Becoming a bit of a pattern this!

Our PM should be leading this message.

it's ridiculous that this "London has fallen" bullshit has been allowed to fester for so long. The best time to deal with this was a few years ago, and the second best time is now

'How revelling in totalitarianism, genocide and hate might be rock 'n' roll, punk rock and sexy... ... a brilliant text and substantive exemplar of historical inquiry' THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

"It takes a certain kind of mind to look into the world of colostomy bags, incontinence pads and emollient cream and see dollar signs" Brilliant, visceral piece on private equity + care homes from what is sure to be a banger of a book by @hettieobrien.bsky.social

If your in Leyton way on Good Friday

Fantastic book, a must read, especially the Kraftwerk chapter amongst many good ones

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great and very timely article

If you're an A-Level student doing Economics, then you should get involved in this fantastic competition from @discoverecon.bsky.social and The Royal Economic Society. Who wouldn't want to be named 'Young Economist of the Year'? www.discovereconomics.co.uk/young-econom... #EconSky