James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social
Liberal. Gay. Green. Countryman. Living in Ebernoe, Sussex and Kennington, London. he/him
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James Harvey
@keepof4worlds.bsky.social
· Jul 29
Rachel Reeves’ ‘save less to invest’ policy could be brilliant for ordinary Britons – or a disaster | Hilary Osborne
People know about savings. But investing in stocks and shares? Not so much. Ministers have a duty to be clear about the benefits and risks, says Hilary Osborne, the Guardian’s money and consumer edito...
www.theguardian.com
I am aware that, as an investment management co CFO and COO, I’m perhaps the worst, or the best, person to opine on this. But here goes anyway 🧵https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/29/rachel-reeves-save-less-to-invest-policy-brilliant-or-disaster
My word.
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
My word.
An absolutely ruthless evisceration of the plans for Parliament. Hard to disagree.
www.thetimes.com/article/6724...
www.thetimes.com/article/6724...
Parliament’s renovation is a scam — it will look like a Dubai hotel
Plans to repair the Palace of Westminster are joyless, expensive and mostly unnecessary. Visitors want gothic majesty, not a trip to Ikea
www.thetimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 AM
An absolutely ruthless evisceration of the plans for Parliament. Hard to disagree.
www.thetimes.com/article/6724...
www.thetimes.com/article/6724...
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Valentine's day through the generations...
My son and his new girlfriend: sharing romantic gifts and planning a day of activities.
Me and my wife after 20 years of marriage: going to buy drain unblocker after partially flooding the bathroom.
My son and his new girlfriend: sharing romantic gifts and planning a day of activities.
Me and my wife after 20 years of marriage: going to buy drain unblocker after partially flooding the bathroom.
February 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Valentine's day through the generations...
My son and his new girlfriend: sharing romantic gifts and planning a day of activities.
Me and my wife after 20 years of marriage: going to buy drain unblocker after partially flooding the bathroom.
My son and his new girlfriend: sharing romantic gifts and planning a day of activities.
Me and my wife after 20 years of marriage: going to buy drain unblocker after partially flooding the bathroom.
Correct
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Correct
“There is no soul, just warring tribes and power struggles. There is nothing that holds it together other than the electoral system and dislike of the Tory party”
An absolutely accurate diagnosis of the Zombie Party.
An absolutely accurate diagnosis of the Zombie Party.
The Labour Party has become devoid of purpose ft.trib.al/j1uyRkE | opinion
The Labour Party has become devoid of purpose
My union will chart its own course unless this government understands that ordinary people want real change
ft.trib.al
February 12, 2026 at 10:20 AM
“There is no soul, just warring tribes and power struggles. There is nothing that holds it together other than the electoral system and dislike of the Tory party”
An absolutely accurate diagnosis of the Zombie Party.
An absolutely accurate diagnosis of the Zombie Party.
This, actually, is the first Liberal policy from the LDs for a long time. I like it a lot - possibly enough to rejoin the party. Radical, reforming, attacking entrenched power, decentralising and devolving power away from London.
"We don't just need to get rid of this anti-growth Chancellor, we need to get rid of the anti-growth Treasury." @libdemdaisy.bsky.social
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
Get Britain Growing Again
Lib Dems announce plan to replace Treasury with new Department for Growth based in Birmingham
www.libdems.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
This, actually, is the first Liberal policy from the LDs for a long time. I like it a lot - possibly enough to rejoin the party. Radical, reforming, attacking entrenched power, decentralising and devolving power away from London.
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Excellent post by Mr Henig, worth a read “Compromises - openly discussed - on sovereignty, rules, trade, financial contribution, people movement and more are required. This is the pathway to a stronger, more predictable UK and Europe, and the basis for sorely-needed economic growth.”
With UK-EU relations temporarily out of the spotlight my latest article is titled provocatively - "UK trade policy has failed but a Customs Union with the EU is not the answer" - and explains that the UK now has to talk-the-talk if it wants more.
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/uk-trade-p...
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/uk-trade-p...
UK trade policy has failed but a Customs Union with the EU is not the answer
By David Henig
bestforbritain.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Excellent post by Mr Henig, worth a read “Compromises - openly discussed - on sovereignty, rules, trade, financial contribution, people movement and more are required. This is the pathway to a stronger, more predictable UK and Europe, and the basis for sorely-needed economic growth.”
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i just think that if I had the choice between serene winter vistas, free candy, and delightful statue arcades, or a gigantic moralizing lion accompanied by a slew of annoying talking animals, mosquitos, and a hereditary monarchy, I know what I would choose, call the taxidermist
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
i just think that if I had the choice between serene winter vistas, free candy, and delightful statue arcades, or a gigantic moralizing lion accompanied by a slew of annoying talking animals, mosquitos, and a hereditary monarchy, I know what I would choose, call the taxidermist
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Given that the UK state is a rancid and corrupt zombie it's no surprise that repeatedly shoving in a fresh brain never works for long.
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Given that the UK state is a rancid and corrupt zombie it's no surprise that repeatedly shoving in a fresh brain never works for long.
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I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
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Yes. People love to paint Corbyn and Starmer as opposites but there are throughlines over their tenures atop the Labour Party: corrosive, faux macho bullying, horrible appointments made for loyalty rather than competence, a sneering indifference to racism & gaslighting of its victims
(If No.10 and its outriders had an ounce of self-awareness, they’d be asking themselves why the government’s flaws are uncomfortably similar to the Corbyn leadership’s flaws)
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Yes. People love to paint Corbyn and Starmer as opposites but there are throughlines over their tenures atop the Labour Party: corrosive, faux macho bullying, horrible appointments made for loyalty rather than competence, a sneering indifference to racism & gaslighting of its victims
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr Who” or “Transformers”.
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr Who” or “Transformers”.
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Indeed. 'Things are going so badly we can't be certain of retaining a mayoralty in one of our safest areas with a popular incumbent. This is no time for a change of approach, strategy or leader'. You...sure about that one pal?
February 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Indeed. 'Things are going so badly we can't be certain of retaining a mayoralty in one of our safest areas with a popular incumbent. This is no time for a change of approach, strategy or leader'. You...sure about that one pal?
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Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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McSweeney going now very much fits the pattern of this government doing the thing it should have done after having first spent all its political capital on defending not doing it
February 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
McSweeney going now very much fits the pattern of this government doing the thing it should have done after having first spent all its political capital on defending not doing it
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I hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I hope the abyss in @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter becomes a returning character
Just. Move. Them. All. To. Liverpool. For. 20. Years.
Then forget to bring them back.
Then forget to bring them back.
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Just. Move. Them. All. To. Liverpool. For. 20. Years.
Then forget to bring them back.
Then forget to bring them back.
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One of many many examples of 2024 skeets saying this.
Mandelson will be able to bond with Trump by talking about their mutual friend Jeffrey Epstein.
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
One of many many examples of 2024 skeets saying this.
This is a poor decision by the Government: the statutory weaknesses of the FRC can’t really be addressed by internal reform. It needs sensible powers and teeth.
The government is wrong to ditch plans for the Audit and Reporting Governance Authority www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/audi...
The government is wrong to ditch plans for the Audit and Reporting Governance Authority | Institute for Government
Ministers have not set out a convincing rationale for scrapping the ARGA project.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This is a poor decision by the Government: the statutory weaknesses of the FRC can’t really be addressed by internal reform. It needs sensible powers and teeth.
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Today's newsletter: some thoughts on two excellent reports, one by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social and one by @centreforcities.bsky.social that I think provides excellent collateral and a worked example of his thesis about how to get better at building infrastructure:
How to get England building more homes, not ‘bat tunnels’
Croydon’s surge in development on small sites shows how a rules-based system can unlock housebuilding
www.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Today's newsletter: some thoughts on two excellent reports, one by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social and one by @centreforcities.bsky.social that I think provides excellent collateral and a worked example of his thesis about how to get better at building infrastructure:
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Imagine Mandelson is under a lot of stress right now so just as well his husband is a trained osteopath.
February 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Imagine Mandelson is under a lot of stress right now so just as well his husband is a trained osteopath.
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Isn't some of the reason that if you allocate voters to quadrants in a 2 axis space, size of state vs socially liberal or authoritarian, the 'small state socially liberal' quadrant is not that well populated. I'm sure we saw poli sci posts making this point on here and X some time ago.
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Isn't some of the reason that if you allocate voters to quadrants in a 2 axis space, size of state vs socially liberal or authoritarian, the 'small state socially liberal' quadrant is not that well populated. I'm sure we saw poli sci posts making this point on here and X some time ago.
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going to enjoy being one of the last educated people in the post-apocalypse. they're going to bring me scraps of books as I sit by the trash fire, whispering to each other 'garbage sage can see things in the markings' and I will read to them from the Very Hungry Caterpillar
January 29, 2026 at 11:08 AM
going to enjoy being one of the last educated people in the post-apocalypse. they're going to bring me scraps of books as I sit by the trash fire, whispering to each other 'garbage sage can see things in the markings' and I will read to them from the Very Hungry Caterpillar