Danny Sriskandarajah
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
Chief Exec of @neweconomics.bsky.social
Author of "Power to the People" (Headline Press, 2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-sriskandarajah/power-to-the-people/9781035414277/
Author of "Power to the People" (Headline Press, 2024) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny-sriskandarajah/power-to-the-people/9781035414277/
I stumbled on this reflection from Eleanor Roosevelt when researching my book (see below). As the HQ opened, she was worried that many Americans were uncomfortable that their flag would fly as an equal amongst 60 and alongside the UN flag.
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I stumbled on this reflection from Eleanor Roosevelt when researching my book (see below). As the HQ opened, she was worried that many Americans were uncomfortable that their flag would fly as an equal amongst 60 and alongside the UN flag.
It feels bittersweet to be at the UN HQ on the day it turns 80. Yes, a day to celebrate what the United Nations system has achieved in these eight decades. But, watching as the flags were being hoisted this morning reminded how fragile the system is today.
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It feels bittersweet to be at the UN HQ on the day it turns 80. Yes, a day to celebrate what the United Nations system has achieved in these eight decades. But, watching as the flags were being hoisted this morning reminded how fragile the system is today.
For too long the development sector has ignored rising wealth inequality. Orgs like the World Bank & the IMF have a key role to play in measuring & addressing extreme wealth. Join this great panel at next week's Annuals at 11am EST on 15 Oct. Livestream at www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For too long the development sector has ignored rising wealth inequality. Orgs like the World Bank & the IMF have a key role to play in measuring & addressing extreme wealth. Join this great panel at next week's Annuals at 11am EST on 15 Oct. Livestream at www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
The arrest of nearly 500 peaceful protestors on Saturday is just the latest attack on civic freedoms in the UK. We may think of the UK as a vibrant democracy but the developments of the last few years are really worrying, as catalogued in the CIVICUS Monitor monitor.civicus.org/country/unit... 1/2
August 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The arrest of nearly 500 peaceful protestors on Saturday is just the latest attack on civic freedoms in the UK. We may think of the UK as a vibrant democracy but the developments of the last few years are really worrying, as catalogued in the CIVICUS Monitor monitor.civicus.org/country/unit... 1/2
Good to hear @eddavey.libdems.org.uk put cheaper, more accessible renewable energy at the heart of the @libdems.org.uk vision for the future of the British economy. And glad he sees "fiscal responsibility as a means not an end in itself". @ippr.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Good to hear @eddavey.libdems.org.uk put cheaper, more accessible renewable energy at the heart of the @libdems.org.uk vision for the future of the British economy. And glad he sees "fiscal responsibility as a means not an end in itself". @ippr.org
Today's Leeds Reforms & Mansion House speech are based on two problematic myths: that financial services hold the key to good growth & that regulations are holding us back. Some reflections on another exciting day in economic policy.
July 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today's Leeds Reforms & Mansion House speech are based on two problematic myths: that financial services hold the key to good growth & that regulations are holding us back. Some reflections on another exciting day in economic policy.
Am super excited to be speaking at the first event in the newly reopened Redhills Durham Miners Hall, home of the Pitman's Parliament. What a place to be talking about people power!
Thank you @insightsnortheast.bsky.social and @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social for inviting me.
Thank you @insightsnortheast.bsky.social and @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social for inviting me.
June 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Am super excited to be speaking at the first event in the newly reopened Redhills Durham Miners Hall, home of the Pitman's Parliament. What a place to be talking about people power!
Thank you @insightsnortheast.bsky.social and @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social for inviting me.
Thank you @insightsnortheast.bsky.social and @mattbailliesmith.bsky.social for inviting me.
Congratulations to @joswinson.bsky.social and colleagues at p4ne.org on turning 10! An amazing org supporting am amazing sector, whose time has come. Be more ostrich, beaver and bee!
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congratulations to @joswinson.bsky.social and colleagues at p4ne.org on turning 10! An amazing org supporting am amazing sector, whose time has come. Be more ostrich, beaver and bee!
My colleagues at @neweconomics.bsky.social and I will be looking out for 2 things in today's Spending Review: will the things that matter to people get better & will a progressive heart accompany Treasury brain? Some thoughts
June 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My colleagues at @neweconomics.bsky.social and I will be looking out for 2 things in today's Spending Review: will the things that matter to people get better & will a progressive heart accompany Treasury brain? Some thoughts
The wonderful @neonuk.bsky.social is turning 10! To celebrate this & a new 5-year strategy, they're holding a day of fab workshops, discussion & dancing on Saturday, 12th July in Whitechapel, London. Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/NEONis10
June 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The wonderful @neonuk.bsky.social is turning 10! To celebrate this & a new 5-year strategy, they're holding a day of fab workshops, discussion & dancing on Saturday, 12th July in Whitechapel, London. Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/NEONis10
Hurry, only 2 days left to access Power to the People on Kindle at 99p www.amazon.co.uk/Power-People...
May 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hurry, only 2 days left to access Power to the People on Kindle at 99p www.amazon.co.uk/Power-People...
Very excited to be at my first @hayfestival.bsky.social!
Please join @adamgreenfield.bsky.social @jennifernadel.bsky.social and me at Discovery stage at 4pm today
Please join @adamgreenfield.bsky.social @jennifernadel.bsky.social and me at Discovery stage at 4pm today
May 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Very excited to be at my first @hayfestival.bsky.social!
Please join @adamgreenfield.bsky.social @jennifernadel.bsky.social and me at Discovery stage at 4pm today
Please join @adamgreenfield.bsky.social @jennifernadel.bsky.social and me at Discovery stage at 4pm today
If you're in Oxford tomorrow, please do come along to the ONE Annual Lecture, which I will be delivering at Maths Institute from 4-6pm, with drinks after.
Free to sign up at bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
Free to sign up at bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
May 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you're in Oxford tomorrow, please do come along to the ONE Annual Lecture, which I will be delivering at Maths Institute from 4-6pm, with drinks after.
Free to sign up at bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
Free to sign up at bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
It is a privilege to share a page in today's @theguardian.com with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social one of our family's favourite writers. And what a powerful poem. I wish they'd headlined my piece An Island of Have-yachts and Have-nots
May 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It is a privilege to share a page in today's @theguardian.com with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social one of our family's favourite writers. And what a powerful poem. I wish they'd headlined my piece An Island of Have-yachts and Have-nots
And as this fabulous @migrationmuseum.org event this evening reminds us that, yes Britain is changing, but we will thrive if we lean into the art of belonging
May 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
And as this fabulous @migrationmuseum.org event this evening reminds us that, yes Britain is changing, but we will thrive if we lean into the art of belonging
An island of strangers or a beacon of solidarity?
This amazing, diverse Mancunian choir earlier today was an inspiring reminder of how we can create a positive future based on shared belonging if we lean on each other...
This amazing, diverse Mancunian choir earlier today was an inspiring reminder of how we can create a positive future based on shared belonging if we lean on each other...
May 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
An island of strangers or a beacon of solidarity?
This amazing, diverse Mancunian choir earlier today was an inspiring reminder of how we can create a positive future based on shared belonging if we lean on each other...
This amazing, diverse Mancunian choir earlier today was an inspiring reminder of how we can create a positive future based on shared belonging if we lean on each other...
Wonderful to hear @mayorofgm.bsky.social Andy Burnham endorse the idea of piloting a Living Income in Greater Manchester at our launch party - complete with singing, poetry and theatre. Join the movement to deliver a fairer, better welfare system at actionnetwork.org/forms/get-in...
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Wonderful to hear @mayorofgm.bsky.social Andy Burnham endorse the idea of piloting a Living Income in Greater Manchester at our launch party - complete with singing, poetry and theatre. Join the movement to deliver a fairer, better welfare system at actionnetwork.org/forms/get-in...
Chuffed to see the paperback out in the wild at my local @waterstones.bsky.social, placed next to some very cool progressive folk like @naomiaklein.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com @ezraklein.bsky.social and even someone I knew at school almost 40 years ago!
May 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Chuffed to see the paperback out in the wild at my local @waterstones.bsky.social, placed next to some very cool progressive folk like @naomiaklein.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com @ezraklein.bsky.social and even someone I knew at school almost 40 years ago!
Am very excited that Power to the People is out in paperback this week. It's also on sale at Kindle for 99p for the month of May. More details on where to get the various versions at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny...
May 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Am very excited that Power to the People is out in paperback this week. It's also on sale at Kindle for 99p for the month of May. More details on where to get the various versions at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny...
A few weeks to go till Power to the People is published in paperback. Details of how to order at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny... @headlinebooks.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A few weeks to go till Power to the People is published in paperback. Details of how to order at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/danny... @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Many argue that we have historically high levels of total aid but take out in-country costs, aid to Ukraine & climate funding and actual aid to the poorest countries is historically low - and likely bare the brunt of cuts, including by the UK. See this chart from ODI odi.org/en/insights/...
March 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Many argue that we have historically high levels of total aid but take out in-country costs, aid to Ukraine & climate funding and actual aid to the poorest countries is historically low - and likely bare the brunt of cuts, including by the UK. See this chart from ODI odi.org/en/insights/...
Some thoughts ahead of the Chancellor's #SpringStatement later today. Sticking to arbitrary fiscal rules is a choice & cutting spending is unlikely to deliver savings in the long run. Follow @neweconomics.bsky.social for updates and commentary during the day
March 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Some thoughts ahead of the Chancellor's #SpringStatement later today. Sticking to arbitrary fiscal rules is a choice & cutting spending is unlikely to deliver savings in the long run. Follow @neweconomics.bsky.social for updates and commentary during the day
Fantastic turnout for a timely discussion of Extreme Wealth at @lseinequalities.bsky.social event this evening.
Here is the report that we did with @patrioticmillionaires.org on what rich people & policymakers think about an extreme wealth line
neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...
Here is the report that we did with @patrioticmillionaires.org on what rich people & policymakers think about an extreme wealth line
neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...
March 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fantastic turnout for a timely discussion of Extreme Wealth at @lseinequalities.bsky.social event this evening.
Here is the report that we did with @patrioticmillionaires.org on what rich people & policymakers think about an extreme wealth line
neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...
Here is the report that we did with @patrioticmillionaires.org on what rich people & policymakers think about an extreme wealth line
neweconomics.org/2025/01/expl...
Such a shame to see Anneliese Dodds leave UK Government. I share the concerns in her letter. It was a 'tactical decision', i.e. an active choice, to use aid to pay for arms & it will be impossible to pay for the things the PM promised with what is left of actual aid (minus asylum costs, multilats)
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Such a shame to see Anneliese Dodds leave UK Government. I share the concerns in her letter. It was a 'tactical decision', i.e. an active choice, to use aid to pay for arms & it will be impossible to pay for the things the PM promised with what is left of actual aid (minus asylum costs, multilats)
At a time when net finance flows to developing countries has turned negative, this is going to be extremely painful. More on all this in a report out today from UK's independent aid commission icai.independent.gov.uk/major-shifts...
February 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
At a time when net finance flows to developing countries has turned negative, this is going to be extremely painful. More on all this in a report out today from UK's independent aid commission icai.independent.gov.uk/major-shifts...