Jeremy Driver
@jdriver89.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns at Britain Remade
A very 2026 reading experience in that this was a novel that strongly benefitted from a conversation with an LLM about it. I think it's historical context makes it
43) Too Loud a Solitude - Bohumil Hrabal (🇨🇿 Czech Republic)
September 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
A very 2026 reading experience in that this was a novel that strongly benefitted from a conversation with an LLM about it. I think it's historical context makes it
So I do think there can be a case made for some sort of initial wage subsidy to hire disabled people (particularly in a high minimum wage world) but it's VERY funny to do this after raising employer NICs
September 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
So I do think there can be a case made for some sort of initial wage subsidy to hire disabled people (particularly in a high minimum wage world) but it's VERY funny to do this after raising employer NICs
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How did we spend 1/4 of a billion pounds on the Botley Road bridge?
For all the issues around Victorian flood defences and the muddle of accountable bodies, we must see the bigger picture of it costing too much to build anything in Britain,
@samdumitriu.bsky.social tells BBC Radio 4's PM.
For all the issues around Victorian flood defences and the muddle of accountable bodies, we must see the bigger picture of it costing too much to build anything in Britain,
@samdumitriu.bsky.social tells BBC Radio 4's PM.
September 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM
How did we spend 1/4 of a billion pounds on the Botley Road bridge?
For all the issues around Victorian flood defences and the muddle of accountable bodies, we must see the bigger picture of it costing too much to build anything in Britain,
@samdumitriu.bsky.social tells BBC Radio 4's PM.
For all the issues around Victorian flood defences and the muddle of accountable bodies, we must see the bigger picture of it costing too much to build anything in Britain,
@samdumitriu.bsky.social tells BBC Radio 4's PM.
British politics today
September 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
British politics today
It never fails to alarm me how little we know about so much of the past
September 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It never fails to alarm me how little we know about so much of the past
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Join us and Minister for Growth @dantomlinson.bsky.social on a boat at Labour Party conference from 4.30pm on Sunday 27 September.
You'll find the venue, The Daffodil Bar, floating at Canning Dock. Register your interest below.
luma.com/yh6ajwxv
You'll find the venue, The Daffodil Bar, floating at Canning Dock. Register your interest below.
luma.com/yh6ajwxv
Britain Remade Labour Conference Drinks Reception with Dan Tomlinson MP · Luma
All aboard the Daffodil Bar (it's a boat!) to join Britain Remade, the campaign to get Britain building again, as we kick off Labour Party Conference with…
luma.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Join us and Minister for Growth @dantomlinson.bsky.social on a boat at Labour Party conference from 4.30pm on Sunday 27 September.
You'll find the venue, The Daffodil Bar, floating at Canning Dock. Register your interest below.
luma.com/yh6ajwxv
You'll find the venue, The Daffodil Bar, floating at Canning Dock. Register your interest below.
luma.com/yh6ajwxv
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The Chancellor just announced a 'Rail Cost Review' modelled on the Fingleton Review.
Here's why it's needed.
@britainremade.bsky.social and @britishprogress.org analysis found British rail projects cost on average 93% more than what they cost in other major developed economies.
Here's why it's needed.
@britainremade.bsky.social and @britishprogress.org analysis found British rail projects cost on average 93% more than what they cost in other major developed economies.
Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment | Sam Dumitriu, Michael Hill, David Lawrence and Pedro Serôdio
Contrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ...
www.britainremade.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The Chancellor just announced a 'Rail Cost Review' modelled on the Fingleton Review.
Here's why it's needed.
@britainremade.bsky.social and @britishprogress.org analysis found British rail projects cost on average 93% more than what they cost in other major developed economies.
Here's why it's needed.
@britainremade.bsky.social and @britishprogress.org analysis found British rail projects cost on average 93% more than what they cost in other major developed economies.
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Well this is insane: “High affordable housing requirements within the Government’s ‘Golden Rules’ are likely to dash any hopes of a ‘Train Belt’ building boom…A 300-home development will typically be forced to provide between 110 and 150 homes at a discount.”
NEW: My verdict on Labour's planning rewrite.
When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints.
However, there's one really radical policy in there...
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...
When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints.
However, there's one really radical policy in there...
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...
The really radical policy in Labour's planning rewrite
What's in the new National Planning Policy Framework
www.samdumitriu.com
August 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Well this is insane: “High affordable housing requirements within the Government’s ‘Golden Rules’ are likely to dash any hopes of a ‘Train Belt’ building boom…A 300-home development will typically be forced to provide between 110 and 150 homes at a discount.”
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NEW: My verdict on Labour's planning rewrite.
When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints.
However, there's one really radical policy in there...
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...
When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints.
However, there's one really radical policy in there...
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...
The really radical policy in Labour's planning rewrite
What's in the new National Planning Policy Framework
www.samdumitriu.com
August 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
NEW: My verdict on Labour's planning rewrite.
When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints.
However, there's one really radical policy in there...
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...
When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints.
However, there's one really radical policy in there...
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...
Enjoyable mystery novel, centred around the Ghanaian scam infrastructure. Maybe a tad overlong, but a good window into a version of a country
July 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Enjoyable mystery novel, centred around the Ghanaian scam infrastructure. Maybe a tad overlong, but a good window into a version of a country
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Starmer and Reeves's planning reform agenda is working, but unfinished.
My latest describes four reforms (in the works) that Andy Burnham should keep when he takes power next week.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/what-burnh...
My latest describes four reforms (in the works) that Andy Burnham should keep when he takes power next week.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/what-burnh...
What Burnham should keep
Four pro-growth reforms that should outlive Starmer and Reeves
www.samdumitriu.com
July 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Starmer and Reeves's planning reform agenda is working, but unfinished.
My latest describes four reforms (in the works) that Andy Burnham should keep when he takes power next week.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/what-burnh...
My latest describes four reforms (in the works) that Andy Burnham should keep when he takes power next week.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/what-burnh...
A flawed novel with some beautiful arresting moments. Confused at times, but recommended as long as you don't think too hard about the mechanics of its central conceit
33) Before the Coffee gets Cold- Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Japan 🇯🇵)
July 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
A flawed novel with some beautiful arresting moments. Confused at times, but recommended as long as you don't think too hard about the mechanics of its central conceit
Warra 5 album run, surpassed only by Sabbath I think?
July 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Warra 5 album run, surpassed only by Sabbath I think?
Remarkable that we're being asked to pretend that the Defence Investment Plan is meaningfully government policy when it's a contested issue within Labour and we'll have a new PM in a matter of weeks
June 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Remarkable that we're being asked to pretend that the Defence Investment Plan is meaningfully government policy when it's a contested issue within Labour and we'll have a new PM in a matter of weeks
Loved this. Possibly fails as a crime novel, particularly in the denouement, but as an exploration of both the ripples a crime can cause, and of the pain of the birth of modern Croatia, it is wonderful
June 23, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Loved this. Possibly fails as a crime novel, particularly in the denouement, but as an exploration of both the ripples a crime can cause, and of the pain of the birth of modern Croatia, it is wonderful
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New study: Britain spends a third more on transport infrastructure than its peers, but because of high construction costs ends up with a fifth less. The UK spends £1.65 to get what £1 buys in France, Germany and Spain. (1/N)
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment | Sam Dumitriu, Michael Hill, David Lawrence and Pedro Serôdio
Contrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ...
www.britainremade.co.uk
June 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
New study: Britain spends a third more on transport infrastructure than its peers, but because of high construction costs ends up with a fifth less. The UK spends £1.65 to get what £1 buys in France, Germany and Spain. (1/N)
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
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How did things get so expensive in Britain? And what can we do to fix it?
Find out by reading the new joint paper from us and
the Centre for British Progress - Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment.
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
Find out by reading the new joint paper from us and
the Centre for British Progress - Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment.
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment | Sam Dumitriu, Michael Hill, David Lawrence and Pedro Serôdio
Contrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ...
www.britainremade.co.uk
June 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
How did things get so expensive in Britain? And what can we do to fix it?
Find out by reading the new joint paper from us and
the Centre for British Progress - Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment.
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
Find out by reading the new joint paper from us and
the Centre for British Progress - Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment.
www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
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In infrastructure, Britain spends more and gets less.
Look at what we could build without raising a penny of tax just by getting our costs down to European levels.
Look at what we could build without raising a penny of tax just by getting our costs down to European levels.
June 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM
In infrastructure, Britain spends more and gets less.
Look at what we could build without raising a penny of tax just by getting our costs down to European levels.
Look at what we could build without raising a penny of tax just by getting our costs down to European levels.
Britain's infrastructure problem isn’t that we spend too little compared to our peers.
It’s that we get much less for what we spend.
Chart from the latest @britainremade.bsky.social and
@britishprogress.org report: www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
It’s that we get much less for what we spend.
Chart from the latest @britainremade.bsky.social and
@britishprogress.org report: www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
June 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Britain's infrastructure problem isn’t that we spend too little compared to our peers.
It’s that we get much less for what we spend.
Chart from the latest @britainremade.bsky.social and
@britishprogress.org report: www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
It’s that we get much less for what we spend.
Chart from the latest @britainremade.bsky.social and
@britishprogress.org report: www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless
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Hinkley Point C might be delayed again.
Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough.
We can't go on like this.
youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g
Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough.
We can't go on like this.
youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g
Why Britain's New Nuclear Power Station Might Be Delayed... AGAIN
YouTube video by Britain Remade
youtu.be
June 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hinkley Point C might be delayed again.
Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough.
We can't go on like this.
youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g
Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough.
We can't go on like this.
youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g
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Great to see @britainremade.bsky.social venturing into YouTube with this cracking short film on Natural England’s ongoing war against clean energy youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g?...
Why Britain's New Nuclear Power Station Might Be Delayed... AGAIN
YouTube video by Britain Remade
youtu.be
June 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Great to see @britainremade.bsky.social venturing into YouTube with this cracking short film on Natural England’s ongoing war against clean energy youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g?...
Found this incredibly thin, if readable. Characters where stuff just sort of happens to them. Can see how this was an important book to publish, but not a recommend from me.
June 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Found this incredibly thin, if readable. Characters where stuff just sort of happens to them. Can see how this was an important book to publish, but not a recommend from me.
Beautiful little novel
June 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Beautiful little novel
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Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die.
And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.
And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.
June 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die.
And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.
And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.
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I don’t use Bluesky really, but as I have some former mutuals from the other place that are now only here, I thought I would share why I am worried about Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister. marlowe1939.substack.com/p/im-worried...
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
Judge him on his record? Ok then.
marlowe1939.substack.com
May 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I don’t use Bluesky really, but as I have some former mutuals from the other place that are now only here, I thought I would share why I am worried about Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister. marlowe1939.substack.com/p/im-worried...