Joel Llewellyn
@jbllewellyn.bsky.social
All things financial security, inequality public affairs and policy. Connect Four savant and weary Southend fan.
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NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
June 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
With the usual caveats about longer-term trends, data comparability, blah blah, this is incredibly impressive -- a 50% drop in Jamaica's poverty rate in four years. opm.gov.jm/news/jamaica...
Jamaica’s Poverty Rate is at a Historic Low – Office of the Prime Minister
opm.gov.jm
June 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
With the usual caveats about longer-term trends, data comparability, blah blah, this is incredibly impressive -- a 50% drop in Jamaica's poverty rate in four years. opm.gov.jm/news/jamaica...
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island of strangers
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
May 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
island of strangers
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
new reality show for ITV4
12 good-looking Brits are placed on a remote outcrop in Orkney
they must grow the island's economy sufficiently to pay for a proper health service before they get old enough to need it daily
must-watch
I just signed a letter telling Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister to give local people more power over their places and futures.
If you have led, supported or been part of a community organisation or group in your area, will you sign the letter too? actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...
If you have led, supported or been part of a community organisation or group in your area, will you sign the letter too? actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...
Sign the letter for community power
I just signed a letter telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to give local people more power over their places and futures.
If you lead or play a prominent role ...
actionnetwork.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I just signed a letter telling Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister to give local people more power over their places and futures.
If you have led, supported or been part of a community organisation or group in your area, will you sign the letter too? actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...
If you have led, supported or been part of a community organisation or group in your area, will you sign the letter too? actionnetwork.org/petitions/co...
Got a haircut. And an iron supplement.
May 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Got a haircut. And an iron supplement.
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The Glasmanisation of the Labour Party is a massive risk to them. The Conservatives discovered that if you insult your professional base long enough in a desperate attempt to win populist right votes, they will flock to the Lib Dems and you lose 60 seats. Labour may find similar soon enough.
I had many problems with Blair, but his talk of a modern, open, knowledge-based economy was a breath of fresh air compared to this atavistic, closed-minded economically illiterate shit.
Pendle and Clitheroe's Labour MP Jonathan Hinder on immigration policy:
– ECHR "not good enough" and needs significant change
– Should be fewer universities and doesn't mind some going bust
– "Less and less" integration means people living "parallel lives"
labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
– ECHR "not good enough" and needs significant change
– Should be fewer universities and doesn't mind some going bust
– "Less and less" integration means people living "parallel lives"
labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The Glasmanisation of the Labour Party is a massive risk to them. The Conservatives discovered that if you insult your professional base long enough in a desperate attempt to win populist right votes, they will flock to the Lib Dems and you lose 60 seats. Labour may find similar soon enough.
Would give anything for British politicians to stop holding German federalism up as a beacon of growth and regional equality.
Huge numbers of people in the old GDR states just voted for actual fascists because of intense austerity, decaying infrastructure and a brain drain to the big cities.
Huge numbers of people in the old GDR states just voted for actual fascists because of intense austerity, decaying infrastructure and a brain drain to the big cities.
April 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Would give anything for British politicians to stop holding German federalism up as a beacon of growth and regional equality.
Huge numbers of people in the old GDR states just voted for actual fascists because of intense austerity, decaying infrastructure and a brain drain to the big cities.
Huge numbers of people in the old GDR states just voted for actual fascists because of intense austerity, decaying infrastructure and a brain drain to the big cities.
Very proud to see this new pilot launching. It's been almost a year since we began work with @nihrsphr.bsky.social to develop this intervention to support young people and now it's live in Manchester, Norwich and Southampton ⚡
It's fundamentally all about tackling health inequalities at the root. 👇
It's fundamentally all about tackling health inequalities at the root. 👇
Great pieces by @josephtiman.bsky.social in @express.co.uk and @manchestereveningnews.co.uk covering our new Good Work for Young People's Mental Health priority, featuring our fantastic funded partner 42nd Street's work to support young people in Manchester
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2047...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2047...
'I didn't want to get out of bed' - Young woman's mental health struggle
Georgia Sweeney, 25, from Collyhurst, was just 17 when she started her first job.
www.express.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Very proud to see this new pilot launching. It's been almost a year since we began work with @nihrsphr.bsky.social to develop this intervention to support young people and now it's live in Manchester, Norwich and Southampton ⚡
It's fundamentally all about tackling health inequalities at the root. 👇
It's fundamentally all about tackling health inequalities at the root. 👇
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For for the West of England mayoralty More in Common have:
Lab: 23%
Con: 21%
Reform: 18%
Green: 18%
LD: 15%
It is genuinely absurd to have an election with that kind of spread decided by first past the post. Unjustifiable.
Lab: 23%
Con: 21%
Reform: 18%
Green: 18%
LD: 15%
It is genuinely absurd to have an election with that kind of spread decided by first past the post. Unjustifiable.
UPDATED post:
I've added new mayoral polling from YouGov and More in Common to my comprehensive local elections preview post. And I've also changed a few predictions for councils.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/l...
I've added new mayoral polling from YouGov and More in Common to my comprehensive local elections preview post. And I've also changed a few predictions for councils.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/l...
Local Elections 2025: The Preview
Tory cataclysm edition
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
For for the West of England mayoralty More in Common have:
Lab: 23%
Con: 21%
Reform: 18%
Green: 18%
LD: 15%
It is genuinely absurd to have an election with that kind of spread decided by first past the post. Unjustifiable.
Lab: 23%
Con: 21%
Reform: 18%
Green: 18%
LD: 15%
It is genuinely absurd to have an election with that kind of spread decided by first past the post. Unjustifiable.
Proud of my cousin not just for running the marathon, but more importantly for managing to overtake Joe Wicks right in front of her family
April 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Proud of my cousin not just for running the marathon, but more importantly for managing to overtake Joe Wicks right in front of her family
Big ups to Southend who’ve made it into the playoffs today for the first time all season, after 45 of 46 games.
April 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Big ups to Southend who’ve made it into the playoffs today for the first time all season, after 45 of 46 games.
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We’re excited to share Social Democracy Now, a new pamphlet by @ewallis.bsky.social.
As political, economic, and environmental challenges mount, Wallis revisits the communitarian tradition and offers a fresh toolkit for social democrats to shape a more participatory democracy. 🧵 (1/5)
As political, economic, and environmental challenges mount, Wallis revisits the communitarian tradition and offers a fresh toolkit for social democrats to shape a more participatory democracy. 🧵 (1/5)
April 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We’re excited to share Social Democracy Now, a new pamphlet by @ewallis.bsky.social.
As political, economic, and environmental challenges mount, Wallis revisits the communitarian tradition and offers a fresh toolkit for social democrats to shape a more participatory democracy. 🧵 (1/5)
As political, economic, and environmental challenges mount, Wallis revisits the communitarian tradition and offers a fresh toolkit for social democrats to shape a more participatory democracy. 🧵 (1/5)
Everything about this is monstrous
April 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Everything about this is monstrous
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It is very funny that NYT let noted trade columnist Paul Krugman walk like six months ago or whatever because he wanted to produce too much trade content for their taste
April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It is very funny that NYT let noted trade columnist Paul Krugman walk like six months ago or whatever because he wanted to produce too much trade content for their taste
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Despite strong growth in real wages over the last couple of years, the longer-term picture for workers’ pay packets is still pretty bleak.
Real weekly pay is only *£27* above what it was on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis.
Real weekly pay is only *£27* above what it was on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis.
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Despite strong growth in real wages over the last couple of years, the longer-term picture for workers’ pay packets is still pretty bleak.
Real weekly pay is only *£27* above what it was on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis.
Real weekly pay is only *£27* above what it was on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Today we have launched our new report, Place-based partnerships: challenges and opportunities.
We found that there are three key factors for success in place-based partnerships:
1️⃣ accountability
2️⃣ collaborative leadership
3️⃣ resources
Read the report. buff.ly/OrZ3uWO
We found that there are three key factors for success in place-based partnerships:
1️⃣ accountability
2️⃣ collaborative leadership
3️⃣ resources
Read the report. buff.ly/OrZ3uWO
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today we have launched our new report, Place-based partnerships: challenges and opportunities.
We found that there are three key factors for success in place-based partnerships:
1️⃣ accountability
2️⃣ collaborative leadership
3️⃣ resources
Read the report. buff.ly/OrZ3uWO
We found that there are three key factors for success in place-based partnerships:
1️⃣ accountability
2️⃣ collaborative leadership
3️⃣ resources
Read the report. buff.ly/OrZ3uWO
v beautiful read - a letter from an exile about his return to Syria this year after the fall of Assad, to his wife who was disappeared more than a decade ago
“The regime collapsed without a bullet being fired in Damascus. It had become a paltry thing, worn out from within.” —Yassin al-Haj Saleh, translated by Yasmine Seale
The Return | Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Yasmine Seale
My darling Sammour, After years of silence, I began writing you a letter last October. I gave it the title “Guardian of Hope,” since your absence is bound
buff.ly
April 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
v beautiful read - a letter from an exile about his return to Syria this year after the fall of Assad, to his wife who was disappeared more than a decade ago
Fascinating study alert ⚡
Evaluation of a population health approach to suicide prevention in New South Wales, one of few programmes in the world to align closely w/ WHO best practice guidance. It's going pretty well!
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Evaluation of a population health approach to suicide prevention in New South Wales, one of few programmes in the world to align closely w/ WHO best practice guidance. It's going pretty well!
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Effect of the LifeSpan suicide prevention model on self-harm and suicide in four communities in New South Wales, Australia: a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial
Background There have been few rigorous evaluations of population, multi-strategy, suicide prevention programmes, despite increasing global recognition that such approaches are needed to reduce suicid...
mentalhealth.bmj.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fascinating study alert ⚡
Evaluation of a population health approach to suicide prevention in New South Wales, one of few programmes in the world to align closely w/ WHO best practice guidance. It's going pretty well!
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
Evaluation of a population health approach to suicide prevention in New South Wales, one of few programmes in the world to align closely w/ WHO best practice guidance. It's going pretty well!
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
I don't know if anyone else subscribes to Arnold Schwarzenegger's newsletter... but it has some really interesting health studies in on a regular basis.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40014524/ is one of the latest ones.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40014524/ is one of the latest ones.
April 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don't know if anyone else subscribes to Arnold Schwarzenegger's newsletter... but it has some really interesting health studies in on a regular basis.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40014524/ is one of the latest ones.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40014524/ is one of the latest ones.
These deportations become more and more obscene with every added detail.
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
These deportations become more and more obscene with every added detail.
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In the long run, the save the rich strategy is nothing more than bad economics. Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
I’d like to ask the flighty millionaires: where is your sense of civic duty?
In their rush to defend the rich, the right have revealed a depressing truth – public service is now optional for the elite
open.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In the long run, the save the rich strategy is nothing more than bad economics. Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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“How can we be part of a solution, whether it’s housing, health, or community centers? Community power allows us to actually be a lead partner in delivering solutions.”
Read an interview with @hendricksonclaude.bsky.social, a drumbeater for community-led housing
Read an interview with @hendricksonclaude.bsky.social, a drumbeater for community-led housing
"Community power allows us to actually be a lead partner in delivering solutions": Claude's story - We're Right Here
Claude Hendrickson is a community leader for We're Right Here, community land trust ambassador and accredited community-led housing adviser.
www.right-here.org
March 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“How can we be part of a solution, whether it’s housing, health, or community centers? Community power allows us to actually be a lead partner in delivering solutions.”
Read an interview with @hendricksonclaude.bsky.social, a drumbeater for community-led housing
Read an interview with @hendricksonclaude.bsky.social, a drumbeater for community-led housing
Putting the moral issue to one side, I really fail to see how driving disabled and unwell people into poverty saves the government money. The financial costs of poverty accrue in homelessness and mental health services, A&E and hospital costs, let alone in lost productivity. And the costs multiply!
March 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Putting the moral issue to one side, I really fail to see how driving disabled and unwell people into poverty saves the government money. The financial costs of poverty accrue in homelessness and mental health services, A&E and hospital costs, let alone in lost productivity. And the costs multiply!
Real Madrid squeezing through all these knockouts completely undeservedly year after year is astonishing.
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Real Madrid squeezing through all these knockouts completely undeservedly year after year is astonishing.
Great to be at the launch of the final report of the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives. Lots to absorb and consider — given the scale of ill health and disability in Britain today, this is a seismic national challenge.
We’re keen to tackle it @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social.
We’re keen to tackle it @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social.
March 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Great to be at the launch of the final report of the Commission for #HealthierWorkingLives. Lots to absorb and consider — given the scale of ill health and disability in Britain today, this is a seismic national challenge.
We’re keen to tackle it @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social.
We’re keen to tackle it @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social.