Neil McInroy
@neilmcinroy.bsky.social
Progressive economics. Working in USA, Scotland and globally.
Global Lead for #communitywealthbuilding at The Democracy Collaborative
Chair Economic Development Association of Scotland (EDAS)
Global Lead for #communitywealthbuilding at The Democracy Collaborative
Chair Economic Development Association of Scotland (EDAS)
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Scotland passed the world’s first Community Wealth Building Bill.
Why do we need economic democracy? What are the advantages and areas of potential pitfalls in the bill? And where does Scotland go from here? Read the @futureeconscot.bsky.social paper by @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and I here:
Why do we need economic democracy? What are the advantages and areas of potential pitfalls in the bill? And where does Scotland go from here? Read the @futureeconscot.bsky.social paper by @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and I here:
From Ambition to Action: Scaling Up Community Wealth Building in Scotland
An ambitious agenda for embedding community wealth building across Scotland's policy landscape.
www.futureeconomy.scot
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Scotland passed the world’s first Community Wealth Building Bill.
Why do we need economic democracy? What are the advantages and areas of potential pitfalls in the bill? And where does Scotland go from here? Read the @futureeconscot.bsky.social paper by @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and I here:
Why do we need economic democracy? What are the advantages and areas of potential pitfalls in the bill? And where does Scotland go from here? Read the @futureeconscot.bsky.social paper by @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and I here:
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'Scotland’s community wealth building legislation signals a collective recognition that patterns of wealth, policy and economic dev must change.'
Awesome progress and write-up from @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and team at @democracycollab.bsky.social!
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/the-lo...
Awesome progress and write-up from @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and team at @democracycollab.bsky.social!
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/the-lo...
The Long Road to Economic Transformation: Scotland’s CWB Bill — The Democracy Collaborative
The Scottish Community Wealth Building (CWB) Bill presents an opportune moment to reflect on how Scotland has reached this point, and what the new legislation means for the broader global movement.
www.democracycollaborative.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
'Scotland’s community wealth building legislation signals a collective recognition that patterns of wealth, policy and economic dev must change.'
Awesome progress and write-up from @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and team at @democracycollab.bsky.social!
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/the-lo...
Awesome progress and write-up from @neilmcinroy.bsky.social and team at @democracycollab.bsky.social!
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/the-lo...
All cabinet ministers need to reveal all communication with Peter Mandelson. The disgraced Lord and former US ambassador could have been a national security risk.
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
All cabinet ministers need to reveal all communication with Peter Mandelson. The disgraced Lord and former US ambassador could have been a national security risk.
As the Scottish #communitywealthbuilding bill reaches it final reading in parliament, here is blog discussing how we got here and what is means for wider economic transformation.
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs
Blogs — The Democracy Collaborative
www.democracycollaborative.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
As the Scottish #communitywealthbuilding bill reaches it final reading in parliament, here is blog discussing how we got here and what is means for wider economic transformation.
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs
www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs
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Peter Mandelson trying to present himself as a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. WTF are @thetimes.com & Katy Balls doing colluding in such debased client journalism & at such an inappropriate time?
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Peter Mandelson trying to present himself as a victim of Jeffrey Epstein. WTF are @thetimes.com & Katy Balls doing colluding in such debased client journalism & at such an inappropriate time?
Labour's Lord Mandelson remains a Peer. Shocking. Labour - for decades - have turned a blind eye to this odious creep, allowing him into high office.
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Labour's Lord Mandelson remains a Peer. Shocking. Labour - for decades - have turned a blind eye to this odious creep, allowing him into high office.
This is a scandal. And King hiding behind feudal law.
Revealed: a rotting illegal waste site belongs to the King’s royal estate
www.channel4.com/news/reveale...
www.channel4.com/news/reveale...
Revealed: a rotting illegal waste site belongs to the King’s royal estate
It's been called one of the most dangerous illegal waste sites in the country - a huge 25,000 tonne dump of rubbish located next to a row of houses and a primary school near Wigan.
www.channel4.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This is a scandal. And King hiding behind feudal law.
Labour have an open war over leadership. High stakes. Burnham made play for leader and to be Prime Minister. Now he either retreats and thus looks weak and unfit to be leader or fights to win.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Labour have an open war over leadership. High stakes. Burnham made play for leader and to be Prime Minister. Now he either retreats and thus looks weak and unfit to be leader or fights to win.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greater Manchester's economic model is based on land and property investment, city center, consumption, financialisation and rentierism. It is neoliberal urbanism. Inequality has grown and levels of child poverty have stayed the same for 10 years.
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Greater Manchester's economic model is based on land and property investment, city center, consumption, financialisation and rentierism. It is neoliberal urbanism. Inequality has grown and levels of child poverty have stayed the same for 10 years.
Powell is being untruthful and we all know it. Burnham is making a push to remove Starmer. He aint wanting a seat to merely help out the team. He is wanting seat to be PM and lead his own team. He wants to be the manager.
Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell tells @thefabians.bsky.social conference the party should not prevent any candidate - ie Andy Burnham - running for Gorton by-election.
January 25, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Powell is being untruthful and we all know it. Burnham is making a push to remove Starmer. He aint wanting a seat to merely help out the team. He is wanting seat to be PM and lead his own team. He wants to be the manager.
Ed davey leader of lib dems is on TV. He is talking how lib dems would solve cost of living, crisis in public services etc. However, he and #libdems created the crisis when in coalition government 2010-15- backing austerity to the hilt.
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Ed davey leader of lib dems is on TV. He is talking how lib dems would solve cost of living, crisis in public services etc. However, he and #libdems created the crisis when in coalition government 2010-15- backing austerity to the hilt.
Less than 1 in 3 voters, voted in GM election for mayor in 2024. Burnham won on 63% of those. Meaning only only 1 out of every five Greater mancunians voted for him.
January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Less than 1 in 3 voters, voted in GM election for mayor in 2024. Burnham won on 63% of those. Meaning only only 1 out of every five Greater mancunians voted for him.
The real story is that Labour now has an internal war. Everyone knows it. It is a fight for who becomes PM. Voters are watching and it is deeply unedifying.
Ed Miliband tells the Fabian Society conference: “I very much hope the local party will have the option of selecting Andy Burnham as the candidate”.
January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
The real story is that Labour now has an internal war. Everyone knows it. It is a fight for who becomes PM. Voters are watching and it is deeply unedifying.
Welsh Labour leader pleads for more powers and money from UK to address likely defeat in Senedd elections. This looks like a last gasp and desperate move from a party that has had 26 years to confront UK on this.
Starmer needs to act to stop separatists running Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer needs to act to stop separatists running Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir Keir Starmer needs to act to stop separatists running Wales, Eluned Morgan says
The first minister said the threat of a UK break up will become real if pro-independence parties are in power in Wales and Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Welsh Labour leader pleads for more powers and money from UK to address likely defeat in Senedd elections. This looks like a last gasp and desperate move from a party that has had 26 years to confront UK on this.
Starmer needs to act to stop separatists running Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer needs to act to stop separatists running Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is all ridiculous and unedifying. An MP retires and prospective replacement candidate- #burnham - refuses to say he is interested - but probably is, whilst also being touted as replacement Prime Minister, but there is no vacancy! The voters are watching. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Manchester MP clears way for Andy Burnham’s Commons return
Andrew Gwynne, Labour MP for Gorton & Denton, has announced he will step down but the mayor of Greater Manchester says ‘people shouldn’t rush to conclusions’
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is all ridiculous and unedifying. An MP retires and prospective replacement candidate- #burnham - refuses to say he is interested - but probably is, whilst also being touted as replacement Prime Minister, but there is no vacancy! The voters are watching. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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🔋 Energy resilience=economic resilience.
A study by @nvde.bsky.social finds that with a renewable-based energy system, the impact of a fuel price shock on the Dutch economy could be 80–90% lower than in 2022.
The energy transition isn’t a cost. It’s risk reduction.
www.nvde.nl/nederland-me...
A study by @nvde.bsky.social finds that with a renewable-based energy system, the impact of a fuel price shock on the Dutch economy could be 80–90% lower than in 2022.
The energy transition isn’t a cost. It’s risk reduction.
www.nvde.nl/nederland-me...
Nederland met duurzame energie vrijwel immuun voor nieuwe Oekraïnecrisis - NVDE - Nederlandse Vereniging Duurzame Energie
Nieuwe TNO-studie: Prijsschok fossiele energie tachtig procent kleiner bij een duurzaam energiesysteem. Als Nederland overschakelt op duurzame energie stijgen de energiekosten tachtig procent minder b...
www.nvde.nl
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 AM
🔋 Energy resilience=economic resilience.
A study by @nvde.bsky.social finds that with a renewable-based energy system, the impact of a fuel price shock on the Dutch economy could be 80–90% lower than in 2022.
The energy transition isn’t a cost. It’s risk reduction.
www.nvde.nl/nederland-me...
A study by @nvde.bsky.social finds that with a renewable-based energy system, the impact of a fuel price shock on the Dutch economy could be 80–90% lower than in 2022.
The energy transition isn’t a cost. It’s risk reduction.
www.nvde.nl/nederland-me...
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⚡️Scots are ahead of politicians - 57% oppose new oil & gas drilling.
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
Majority of Scots oppose new North Sea drilling research finds
New research suggests more than half of Scots oppose new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including close to 50 in the north-east
www.heraldscotland.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
⚡️Scots are ahead of politicians - 57% oppose new oil & gas drilling.
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
3 in 4 under-35s want renewables instead.
Even in the North East, nearly half say no to new drilling.
People want clean energy jobs, not more delay.
Read more in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576468...
I'm in south london. Exploring #communitywealthbuilding with these fine folks. www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
New project to lead fight against poverty in Black communities - Voice Online
The project is calling for urgent changes to ensure Black and minority ethnic communities are not plunged further into debt
www.voice-online.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I'm in south london. Exploring #communitywealthbuilding with these fine folks. www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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What next for community wealth building in Scotland?
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our co-director @miriambrett.bsky.social & @democracycollab.bsky.social's @neilmcinroy.bsky.social.
📘Download www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
🎥 Watch Neil's summary👇
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our co-director @miriambrett.bsky.social & @democracycollab.bsky.social's @neilmcinroy.bsky.social.
📘Download www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
🎥 Watch Neil's summary👇
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
What next for community wealth building in Scotland?
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our co-director @miriambrett.bsky.social & @democracycollab.bsky.social's @neilmcinroy.bsky.social.
📘Download www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
🎥 Watch Neil's summary👇
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our co-director @miriambrett.bsky.social & @democracycollab.bsky.social's @neilmcinroy.bsky.social.
📘Download www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
🎥 Watch Neil's summary👇
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In March, The Scottish Government confronted Scotland’s deepest economic failures with the world’s first Community Wealth Building Bill.
But legislation isn't enough.
In our new blog, @miriambrett.bsky.social & @neilmcinroy.bsky.social set out what's needed.
www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/359-wh...
But legislation isn't enough.
In our new blog, @miriambrett.bsky.social & @neilmcinroy.bsky.social set out what's needed.
www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/359-wh...
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In March, The Scottish Government confronted Scotland’s deepest economic failures with the world’s first Community Wealth Building Bill.
But legislation isn't enough.
In our new blog, @miriambrett.bsky.social & @neilmcinroy.bsky.social set out what's needed.
www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/359-wh...
But legislation isn't enough.
In our new blog, @miriambrett.bsky.social & @neilmcinroy.bsky.social set out what's needed.
www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/359-wh...
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Scotland has committed to community wealth building.
But ambition alone won’t deliver change.
Our new report explores what scaling up CWB really requires.
🎥 Watch @neilmcinroy.bsky.social from @democracycollab.bsky.social explain what comes next👇
⬇️ Report: www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
But ambition alone won’t deliver change.
Our new report explores what scaling up CWB really requires.
🎥 Watch @neilmcinroy.bsky.social from @democracycollab.bsky.social explain what comes next👇
⬇️ Report: www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Scotland has committed to community wealth building.
But ambition alone won’t deliver change.
Our new report explores what scaling up CWB really requires.
🎥 Watch @neilmcinroy.bsky.social from @democracycollab.bsky.social explain what comes next👇
⬇️ Report: www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
But ambition alone won’t deliver change.
Our new report explores what scaling up CWB really requires.
🎥 Watch @neilmcinroy.bsky.social from @democracycollab.bsky.social explain what comes next👇
⬇️ Report: www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
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📣 What next for community wealth building in Scotland?
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our Co-Director @miriambrett.bsky.social, and @neilmcinroy.bsky.social, Global Lead for Community Wealth Building at @democracycollab.bsky.social.
1/13 🧵👇
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our Co-Director @miriambrett.bsky.social, and @neilmcinroy.bsky.social, Global Lead for Community Wealth Building at @democracycollab.bsky.social.
1/13 🧵👇
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📣 What next for community wealth building in Scotland?
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our Co-Director @miriambrett.bsky.social, and @neilmcinroy.bsky.social, Global Lead for Community Wealth Building at @democracycollab.bsky.social.
1/13 🧵👇
Our new report asks what it’ll take to turn ambition into action.
By our Co-Director @miriambrett.bsky.social, and @neilmcinroy.bsky.social, Global Lead for Community Wealth Building at @democracycollab.bsky.social.
1/13 🧵👇
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The report sets out recommendations to go beyond the Bill, including:
📦 Expanding progressive procurement
🔄 Growing plural ownership
🌳 Democratising land ownership
💷 Strengthening community finance
👷 Advancing fair work and just labour markets
11/13
📦 Expanding progressive procurement
🔄 Growing plural ownership
🌳 Democratising land ownership
💷 Strengthening community finance
👷 Advancing fair work and just labour markets
11/13
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The report sets out recommendations to go beyond the Bill, including:
📦 Expanding progressive procurement
🔄 Growing plural ownership
🌳 Democratising land ownership
💷 Strengthening community finance
👷 Advancing fair work and just labour markets
11/13
📦 Expanding progressive procurement
🔄 Growing plural ownership
🌳 Democratising land ownership
💷 Strengthening community finance
👷 Advancing fair work and just labour markets
11/13
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Today's National is out now 📰
Rachel Reeves blasted for 'arrogance' after she says: No indyref 🥀
Rachel Reeves blasted for 'arrogance' after she says: No indyref 🥀
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Today's National is out now 📰
Rachel Reeves blasted for 'arrogance' after she says: No indyref 🥀
Rachel Reeves blasted for 'arrogance' after she says: No indyref 🥀