Andrew Lodge
Curious. Enjoys policy debates. Ex HMT, BoE, various other places. Based in Canada now; but still close to UK.
- Reposted by Andrew Lodge🧵I had a quick read of the TBI report everyone is talking about and my first thought is that it's incredibly bland and vague. There is much more insightful writing about climate change in magazines like New Scientist or when somewhere like the FT decides to cover it (or even on here). (1/10)
- Reposted by Andrew Lodgethank you Private Eye for taking apart this flakey headline-grabbing research
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeAs I was saying, technical analysis clearly has something to it
- I very much enjoyed this many years ago. Highly recommended.
- 25-30 years old, German or British, from politics, business, academia, culture, the media? This is for you. ykw.debrige.de/2025/02/22/i...
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeI find @listifications.app (which DM’s you when you’re added to a list or if you get blocked) very useful, both as a “you’re being an ass, stop” sense-check but also as a hilarious “some people really don’t like jokes about Starmer and alpacas”’gauge.
- A love poem for spreadsheet junkies… Love it.
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeThe restored Notre Dame, after five years, is utterly beautiful.
- I love these poems
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Andrew LodgeNot all heroes wear capes. *full disclosure: I have been unable to check whether these guys wear capes
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeA beautiful chart from @gavinjackson.bsky.social's excellent Briefing on why the energy transition will be cheaper than you think www.economist.com/briefing/
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeToday’s poem is called ‘Monetisation’.
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeOh, and this isn’t just the first time since WW2 that all incumbent parties in developed countries lost vote share. It’s the first time since this data was first recorded in 1905. Essentially the first time in the history of democracy (universal suffrage began in 1894).
- Reposted by Andrew LodgePeople *really* hate inflation! Though it’s also notable that most countries seeing political reversals this year have also had record high immigration, and parties on the right have made big gains. Economic upheaval + social upheaval = 2024 election results.
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- Reposted by Andrew LodgeIn this Financial Times column, I examine the weakness in UK consumption and discuss the implications for the economy and monetary policy. t.co/AhbcvBLUxx Nice to be back online the pink pages!
- Reposted by Andrew Lodge🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 “One of the challenges the NHS has with cyber security is that many NHS computers are still using Windows XP” (which was released in 2001 and stopped receiving cyber security support from Microsoft a decade ago) 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeWith a new influx, re-sharing this starter pack I put together. Maybe helpful for those looking to recapture FinTwit vibe of old. go.bsky.app/5m8gZriat://did:plc:n7qmptitg3fcep3mo7uecwb7/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l3ujts22to2t
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeOne way to read the best-known paper of the new Nobelists is that when wealth comes mainly from resource extraction, elites have no interest in the general welfare. A quick and dirty plot of natural resource share of state GDP v life expectancy. ND an outlier, but still …
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeGreat round-up of @productivity.bsky.social research on business investment from BoE's Catherine Mann. Eye-catching research on how London, post-GFC, sucked capital from rest of UK. "QE appears to only have benefited London, with the rest of the UK regions being almost entirely unresponsive." ❗
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeExplore the latest #LSEResearchForTheWorld magazine📙🌏 Featuring research by leading academics on topics from how to address #prison overcrowding, to the security of #ChatGPT’s supply chain, to the underrepresentation of #women in #diplomacy. Read more👇
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeIt’s done. This is the moment Britains last remaining coal power station came off the electricity system for the final time, marking the end of 142 years of coal generating electricity in Great Britain. HT National Grid ESO
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeNew, improved starter pack of football journalists and media present on Bluesky. Please add recommendations of people I'd have missed in the replies, and I'll edit the pack accordingly. go.bsky.app/LkYr5cEat://did:plc:bg3w4drwj2qgbsrrab45w7ww/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3kztg2trfqb2o
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeRT @busterAmurdoch: BBC News last night was giving out about Sue Gray's salary of £175k pa for 2nd biggest job in UK. The segment was introduced by Sophie Raworth (£350k pa) and then more in depth analysis from Chris Mason (£260k pa) followed by a segment with Faisal Islam (£260k pa)
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeYou'll be shocked to learn .... www.ft.com/content/4796...
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeThis is the left-of-centre party in Canada doing very bad politics over climate change. The carbon tax is a good policy. Bringing down the Liberals and ushering in a Conservative government will be an absolute 💯 💩show for climate policy.
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeThere are still people out there who look at the higher total managed expenditure figures and claim they show there was no austerity, and I'll never stop finding them annoying- on.ft.com/3XCKhuZ via @financialtimes.com
- Reposted by Andrew LodgeTIL: More people in the UK get to work by bus than all other forms of public transport combined.
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