Gareth Ramsay
@garethramsay.bsky.social
(Energy) (macro) economist, London, Norwich, anywhere I can ride my bike up a pretty hill
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At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'
October 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'
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Yep, this is bad. And aso looks like incompetence when the Tories have condemned Reform for doing the exact same thing.
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation.
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Yep, this is bad. And aso looks like incompetence when the Tories have condemned Reform for doing the exact same thing.
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Ridiculous behaviour from the Tories. Dealing with unfriendly journalists is a basic requirement for a political party!
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation.
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Ridiculous behaviour from the Tories. Dealing with unfriendly journalists is a basic requirement for a political party!
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I cannot think of one good reason they could have for doing this. Nor even a bad one. They should fix it.
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation.
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I cannot think of one good reason they could have for doing this. Nor even a bad one. They should fix it.
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I share Ganesh's irritation with "Good Growth" but I find the rest of this rather facile, honestly.
If your solution to the UK's sluggish growth is "Cut pensions, spend it on tax cuts" I do need you to articulate to me why we're not living through Jeremy Hunt's utopia.
www.ft.com/content/3b92...
If your solution to the UK's sluggish growth is "Cut pensions, spend it on tax cuts" I do need you to articulate to me why we're not living through Jeremy Hunt's utopia.
www.ft.com/content/3b92...
At least Burnham doesn’t pretend to care about growth
Unlike his predecessors, Britain’s prime minister is a fairly honest stagnation-ist
www.ft.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I share Ganesh's irritation with "Good Growth" but I find the rest of this rather facile, honestly.
If your solution to the UK's sluggish growth is "Cut pensions, spend it on tax cuts" I do need you to articulate to me why we're not living through Jeremy Hunt's utopia.
www.ft.com/content/3b92...
If your solution to the UK's sluggish growth is "Cut pensions, spend it on tax cuts" I do need you to articulate to me why we're not living through Jeremy Hunt's utopia.
www.ft.com/content/3b92...
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You know, children, there was a time, not so long ago, when serious journalists - even right wing propagandists cosplaying objectivity - would applaud an experienced, even-tempered Foreign Secretary, like Hague or Hammond, being a bit dry, rather than jumping on stuff as if they were Perez Hilton.
October 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM
You know, children, there was a time, not so long ago, when serious journalists - even right wing propagandists cosplaying objectivity - would applaud an experienced, even-tempered Foreign Secretary, like Hague or Hammond, being a bit dry, rather than jumping on stuff as if they were Perez Hilton.
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So, who's your money on? Gérard Depardieu? Javier Bardem? Personally, I suspect Jackie Woodburne (Susan off Neighbours).
September 29, 2026 at 8:30 AM
So, who's your money on? Gérard Depardieu? Javier Bardem? Personally, I suspect Jackie Woodburne (Susan off Neighbours).
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I saw this. It sounds horrible. I hope she recovers well.
The piece unfortunately conflates illegal e-motorbikes with legal e-bikes, which makes it hard to decipher what's happened
The piece unfortunately conflates illegal e-motorbikes with legal e-bikes, which makes it hard to decipher what's happened
September 15, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I saw this. It sounds horrible. I hope she recovers well.
The piece unfortunately conflates illegal e-motorbikes with legal e-bikes, which makes it hard to decipher what's happened
The piece unfortunately conflates illegal e-motorbikes with legal e-bikes, which makes it hard to decipher what's happened
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I spend my week crossing london on a bike and increasingly that means cycling alongside Wayve/Waymo robotaxis. it’s uncomfortable. they give you so much space, don’t do a close pass while accelerating as lights go red. So unnerving if you cycle on assumption everyone’s mental and wants to kill you.
September 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I spend my week crossing london on a bike and increasingly that means cycling alongside Wayve/Waymo robotaxis. it’s uncomfortable. they give you so much space, don’t do a close pass while accelerating as lights go red. So unnerving if you cycle on assumption everyone’s mental and wants to kill you.
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I don’t know. You can over complicate these things.
Much easier to just ask ‘is there a negative output gap?’
If the answer is no, you probably don’t want more expansionary fiscal policy.
Much easier to just ask ‘is there a negative output gap?’
If the answer is no, you probably don’t want more expansionary fiscal policy.
September 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I don’t know. You can over complicate these things.
Much easier to just ask ‘is there a negative output gap?’
If the answer is no, you probably don’t want more expansionary fiscal policy.
Much easier to just ask ‘is there a negative output gap?’
If the answer is no, you probably don’t want more expansionary fiscal policy.
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As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece!
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
August 31, 2026 at 5:42 PM
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece!
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
August 31, 2026 at 9:13 AM
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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The Palmer we're seeing now would have been picked, but the Palmer we're seeing now does not bear much resemblance to the seemingly unfit and unfocused Palmer we saw last year. Those injuries really took their toll.
August 31, 2026 at 6:40 AM
The Palmer we're seeing now would have been picked, but the Palmer we're seeing now does not bear much resemblance to the seemingly unfit and unfocused Palmer we saw last year. Those injuries really took their toll.
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Happy birthday to Elizabeth Fraser. Here are Cocteau Twins appearing as This Mortal Coil to perform Song to the Siren on Loose Talk in 1983
August 29, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Happy birthday to Elizabeth Fraser. Here are Cocteau Twins appearing as This Mortal Coil to perform Song to the Siren on Loose Talk in 1983
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What will the Pentagon say? "We can win the campaign against the bond market from the air, sir"
Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.?
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
August 22, 2026 at 6:25 AM
What will the Pentagon say? "We can win the campaign against the bond market from the air, sir"
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We have @nytpitchbot.bsky.social; we need The Economist Invited Essay pitchbot. This week we have Steve Bessent explaining why invading the bond markets is not as outlandish an idea as you think.
August 22, 2026 at 7:18 AM
We have @nytpitchbot.bsky.social; we need The Economist Invited Essay pitchbot. This week we have Steve Bessent explaining why invading the bond markets is not as outlandish an idea as you think.
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Wow that is big
August 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Wow that is big
If anyone can explain to me, or sees anything good on, the US doubling its "liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities", feel free to enlighten me.
August 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
If anyone can explain to me, or sees anything good on, the US doubling its "liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities", feel free to enlighten me.
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The Economist piece on Acemoglu is extremely poor and seems motivated to me by some kind of animus.
August 19, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The Economist piece on Acemoglu is extremely poor and seems motivated to me by some kind of animus.
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But that doesn't show most people have largely enjoyed it?
Rather than some people have found some enjoyment while going through it?
Rather than some people have found some enjoyment while going through it?
August 18, 2026 at 10:48 AM
But that doesn't show most people have largely enjoyed it?
Rather than some people have found some enjoyment while going through it?
Rather than some people have found some enjoyment while going through it?
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Bbc #Wato (Jonny Dimond) just did a whole item on the Thames barrier needing replacing early… without once mentioning the >reason< why!: ie Without mentioning human caused climate chaos / sea-level rise.
In the middle of this summer of extreme climate impacts, that’s a stunning fail.
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In the middle of this summer of extreme climate impacts, that’s a stunning fail.
Pse repost.
August 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Bbc #Wato (Jonny Dimond) just did a whole item on the Thames barrier needing replacing early… without once mentioning the >reason< why!: ie Without mentioning human caused climate chaos / sea-level rise.
In the middle of this summer of extreme climate impacts, that’s a stunning fail.
Pse repost.
In the middle of this summer of extreme climate impacts, that’s a stunning fail.
Pse repost.
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He didn’t change. They did.
August 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
He didn’t change. They did.
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Last week I got to shadow the City of London's dedicated Cycling Team catching illegal e-motos on London's streets, disguised as e-bikes - and this is what happened www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/lon...
Inside London’s policing effort to tackle illegal ‘e-bikes’
Standing at the roadside on Bishopsgate, the City of London Police’s Cycling Team are constantly passed by riders who seemingly
www.cyclingelectric.com
August 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Last week I got to shadow the City of London's dedicated Cycling Team catching illegal e-motos on London's streets, disguised as e-bikes - and this is what happened www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/lon...
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The Today Programme needs to be careful: it's starting to feel like it's *leading* a Daily Express-style "crusade" against early release, rather than reporting on a horrible policy dilemma.
August 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The Today Programme needs to be careful: it's starting to feel like it's *leading* a Daily Express-style "crusade" against early release, rather than reporting on a horrible policy dilemma.