Gavin Jackson
@gavinjackson.bsky.social
Mumbai correspondent at the Economist
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If Starmer changes tack or is replaced by someone to his “left”, the main shift will be tonal because the government has just been quite left wing. It put up taxes, spent more on public services and gave unions a load more powers
A good example of how strangely unpolitical this government is at times.
The Economist is fretting that trade union laws have been tilted (sharply!) back towards strengthening unions.
But is the government making an argument around this to progressive voters? No.
economist.com/britain/2026...
The Economist is fretting that trade union laws have been tilted (sharply!) back towards strengthening unions.
But is the government making an argument around this to progressive voters? No.
economist.com/britain/2026...
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
If Starmer changes tack or is replaced by someone to his “left”, the main shift will be tonal because the government has just been quite left wing. It put up taxes, spent more on public services and gave unions a load more powers
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All swing voters agree with me about everything. Westminster is in denial about this.
February 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
All swing voters agree with me about everything. Westminster is in denial about this.
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the coolest language in the world is lithuanian and its not even close
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push British children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
the coolest language in the world is lithuanian and its not even close
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Given how bad most technology interventions in the class room look when properly assessed, these results for Khan Academy use in Indian class rooms are really good.
The focus on organizational structure and implementation seems key.
www.nber.org/papers/w3468...
The focus on organizational structure and implementation seems key.
www.nber.org/papers/w3468...
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Given how bad most technology interventions in the class room look when properly assessed, these results for Khan Academy use in Indian class rooms are really good.
The focus on organizational structure and implementation seems key.
www.nber.org/papers/w3468...
The focus on organizational structure and implementation seems key.
www.nber.org/papers/w3468...
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Chess police here: the number of squares on board remains the same through the opening, the middlegame and the endgame
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Chess police here: the number of squares on board remains the same through the opening, the middlegame and the endgame
The political podcast with an innuendo name is actually a vital part of our unwritten constitution.
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 AM
The political podcast with an innuendo name is actually a vital part of our unwritten constitution.
How seriously should we take India's efforts at trade liberalisation? A new working paper shows how India historically undermined lower tariffs through domestic measures such as anti-dumping duties, QCOs and so on. pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/10...
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
How seriously should we take India's efforts at trade liberalisation? A new working paper shows how India historically undermined lower tariffs through domestic measures such as anti-dumping duties, QCOs and so on. pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/10...
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The Chinese environment ministry has asked petrochemicals plants, copper smelters, airlines and other heavy polluters to report their emissions, a key step to expanding the nation’s carbon market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Steps Up Carbon Reporting for Petchems, Copper, Airlines
The Chinese environment ministry has asked petrochemicals plants, copper smelters, airlines and other heavy polluters to report their emissions, a key step to expanding the nation’s carbon market.
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
The Chinese environment ministry has asked petrochemicals plants, copper smelters, airlines and other heavy polluters to report their emissions, a key step to expanding the nation’s carbon market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
He’s just like me fr fr
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
He’s just like me fr fr
Is this a GDPR violation
BREAKING: Wes Streeting publishes his private WhatsApp messages with Peter Mandelson in apparent attempt to draw a line under their friendship. They reveal:
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
:: He feared being “toast at the next election” in his Ilford North seat, adding: “There isn’t a clear answer to the question: why Labour?”.
February 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Is this a GDPR violation
Britain gradually transitioning from cautionary tale to unfavourable comparison for American progressives.
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Britain gradually transitioning from cautionary tale to unfavourable comparison for American progressives.
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"Journalism largely consists in saying 'Tim Allan has resigned' to people who never knew Tim Allan was employed"
- GK Chesterton
- GK Chesterton
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"Journalism largely consists in saying 'Tim Allan has resigned' to people who never knew Tim Allan was employed"
- GK Chesterton
- GK Chesterton
Super Bowl halftime show and Grammies seem like good evidence for woke being thermostatic with who is in the whitehouse
February 9, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Super Bowl halftime show and Grammies seem like good evidence for woke being thermostatic with who is in the whitehouse
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Really interesting thread on French nuclear power.
France has ended up in a strange position after using some €250bn of tax-payer money to build a fleet of nuclear power stations. Wind and solar power is merrily entering the French power market at prices nuclear production can't match, resulting in huge surpluses of power.
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Électricité : un rapport confidentiel d’EDF anticipe une explosion des coûts et des risques
« Le Point » s’est procuré le rapport interne d’EDF sur les conséquences de la modulation de son parc nucléaire pour faire place aux renouvelables. Un document explosif, alors que le gouvernement s’ap...
www.lepoint.fr
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Really interesting thread on French nuclear power.
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only i solider on
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
only i solider on
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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The FT’s evisceration of Mandelson is an entirely reasonable and proportionate response to someone raising their voice in the quiet carriage.
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The FT’s evisceration of Mandelson is an entirely reasonable and proportionate response to someone raising their voice in the quiet carriage.
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This is a great chart by the @economist.com summing up Kevin Warsh using LLMs and over 200 speeches/op-eds. I did a similar exercise showing same result (Warsh v FOMC) but with less data
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 AM
This is a great chart by the @economist.com summing up Kevin Warsh using LLMs and over 200 speeches/op-eds. I did a similar exercise showing same result (Warsh v FOMC) but with less data
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Common across Europe too.
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Common across Europe too.
India may be about to become one of the world's most open economies www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
India may be about to become one of the world’s most open economies
New trade deals could make it a manufacturing powerhouse, reckons Arvind Subramanian
www.economist.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
India may be about to become one of the world's most open economies www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
Put parliament in the bat tunnel
February 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Put parliament in the bat tunnel
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Breaking: EU Commission finds TikTok in breach of the digital services act over its "addictive design"
Bytedance-owned app could face fine of up to 6% of global revenue if it doesn't fix addicitive properties like infinite scroll, autoplay, recommender systems
Bytedance-owned app could face fine of up to 6% of global revenue if it doesn't fix addicitive properties like infinite scroll, autoplay, recommender systems
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Breaking: EU Commission finds TikTok in breach of the digital services act over its "addictive design"
Bytedance-owned app could face fine of up to 6% of global revenue if it doesn't fix addicitive properties like infinite scroll, autoplay, recommender systems
Bytedance-owned app could face fine of up to 6% of global revenue if it doesn't fix addicitive properties like infinite scroll, autoplay, recommender systems
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*taps the sign again*
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
*taps the sign again*