Adrian Monck
Geopol. Global issues. I write “7 things.”
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- Capitulation Day has a ring to it.
- Reposted by Adrian MonckThe two big losers today: - People hoping for a Trump-led economic catastrophe - Members of the Big Chess Party, who thought the tariff announcement was some brilliant, strategic plan that would reshape the global economy in a way that was beneficial for the US.
- Pains me to say it, but Labour is Biden-ing its way forward, without any of the US’ advantages.
- PM explicit about the Reform-facing strategy to Sun on Sunday: “Certainly we were planning on the basis we were likely to be facing Reform at the next election in any event. So that coincides with our thinking. I think the Tory party is a busted flush” www.thesun.co.uk/news/3489342...
- You have to wade through a lot of goofing to get to this: “Backers are asked to believe that OpenAI is the most responsible guardian of The Dangerous Majick, while also understanding that the urgency of AI’s arms race frees it from all obligation to act responsibly.” www.ft.com/content/b180...
- Salaries in UK universities are wildly uncompetitive. When I was running City’s Journalism School it was kept afloat by the kindness of adjuncts - working journalists, hardly wealthy themselves - who took peppercorn fees that would hardly pay their tube fares.
- I have never seen people run away from the scene of a public policy disaster quicker than this one. Astonishing and disgraceful. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
- The US actually showed up, which has to be the first encouraging result.
- How people who don’t make top job shortlist settle scores, MI6 edition 👇
- Achievement unlocked. Last leg of 810m climb 🚴
- The bizarre legacy of the British empire in choosing a Roman Catholic pope www.ilgiornale.it/news/politic...
- He was an American Pope. Raised on promises.
- A US assessment of the US-UK trade deal
- 💥 New look for old newsletter 👇
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- 1/ The “Special Relationship”: How American-British Elite Alignment Shaped Post-WW2 Britain, And The Silence At The Heart Of British Politics That Still Affects Ordinary Citizens 🇺🇸🇬🇧
