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Ryan Barnett
@ryanbarnett92.bsky.social
· Mar 11
AI and the economic consequences of the future
A call on politicians to recognise the coming changes to our economy in a time of fragmentation.
rsbarnett.substack.com
I have finally published my first Substack post, on the political and economic consequences of AI.
What is the current state of play in AI and what could this mean for jobs.
A short overview of how the government might respond to some scenarios.
rsbarnett.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...
What is the current state of play in AI and what could this mean for jobs.
A short overview of how the government might respond to some scenarios.
rsbarnett.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...
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Jonathan Wilson's piece on that list from Ronaldo to Jesus is going to be an all-timer.
October 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Jonathan Wilson's piece on that list from Ronaldo to Jesus is going to be an all-timer.
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Germany has 415 days worth of diesel stocks (thanks to policy), while the UK has just 42(!) days worth (no policy, and totally dependent on Trump's US for imports).
From a great explainer on diesel shortage by @edconway.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
lnkd.in/p/eTg6HBQs
From a great explainer on diesel shortage by @edconway.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
lnkd.in/p/eTg6HBQs
📽️ Why, you might be wondering, is everyone quite SO obsessed with diesel?
I mean, the G7 literally just held an emergency meeting about it.
The short answer is: this is existential - both for… | Ed C...
📽️ Why, you might be wondering, is everyone quite SO obsessed with diesel?
I mean, the G7 literally just held an emergency meeting about it.
The short answer is: this is existential - both for Donald ...
lnkd.in
October 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Germany has 415 days worth of diesel stocks (thanks to policy), while the UK has just 42(!) days worth (no policy, and totally dependent on Trump's US for imports).
From a great explainer on diesel shortage by @edconway.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
lnkd.in/p/eTg6HBQs
From a great explainer on diesel shortage by @edconway.bsky.social on LinkedIn.
lnkd.in/p/eTg6HBQs
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The morning after.
The fact is we are now in a national argument. Gone are the years of Labour just conceding contested ground; winning power but losing the argument; governing for party over country.
If the centre-left loses it will now be after a proper fight.
The fact is we are now in a national argument. Gone are the years of Labour just conceding contested ground; winning power but losing the argument; governing for party over country.
If the centre-left loses it will now be after a proper fight.
The Burnham speech: firstly, it was a vision. We've not had a national vision for two decades at least.
If he can persuade the country on fixing the EU relationship, political reform, establishing a new care system and his theory of growth holds then he will be a transformational Prime Minister.
If he can persuade the country on fixing the EU relationship, political reform, establishing a new care system and his theory of growth holds then he will be a transformational Prime Minister.
September 30, 2026 at 7:31 AM
The morning after.
The fact is we are now in a national argument. Gone are the years of Labour just conceding contested ground; winning power but losing the argument; governing for party over country.
If the centre-left loses it will now be after a proper fight.
The fact is we are now in a national argument. Gone are the years of Labour just conceding contested ground; winning power but losing the argument; governing for party over country.
If the centre-left loses it will now be after a proper fight.
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I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it??
Times this morning.
Me in December last year.
It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
Me in December last year.
It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths.
samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
September 28, 2026 at 8:49 AM
I await the first time a politician proposing some nuts new immigration restriction is asked what is otherwise the media’s favourite question: how are you going to pay for it??
RELEGATE THEM
Also, Tom Watson shouldn't be at palantir.
These are my opinions
Also, Tom Watson shouldn't be at palantir.
These are my opinions
September 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
RELEGATE THEM
Also, Tom Watson shouldn't be at palantir.
These are my opinions
Also, Tom Watson shouldn't be at palantir.
These are my opinions
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- Honestly my dear grandchildren, you’ll never believe how low rates were in the 2010s.
- at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right?
- at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right?
September 24, 2026 at 11:18 AM
- Honestly my dear grandchildren, you’ll never believe how low rates were in the 2010s.
- at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right?
- at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right?
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This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
September 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This year's El Niño event is moving into record territory, with the daily Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) tying the record previously set during the 2015/2016 super-El Niño. My latest over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Obvs markets didn’t believe what Burnham said about sticking to the fiscal rules
The yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond surpassed 3 per cent this week for the first time in 30 years. But why? And, more importantly, why does it matter?
Read our explainer on #FTEdit 👉 What Japan’s bond sell-off means for global markets ft.trib.al/YGZ0ZRU
Read our explainer on #FTEdit 👉 What Japan’s bond sell-off means for global markets ft.trib.al/YGZ0ZRU
September 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Obvs markets didn’t believe what Burnham said about sticking to the fiscal rules
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I made this so long ago, and yet
September 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I made this so long ago, and yet
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I'm not an economist but my back of the envelope math suggests that Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI can't all simultaneously sell $30 trillion dollars worth of enterprise solutions to a global economy where the sum total of all economic activity currently adds up to under $120t.
August 26, 2026 at 8:01 AM
I'm not an economist but my back of the envelope math suggests that Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI can't all simultaneously sell $30 trillion dollars worth of enterprise solutions to a global economy where the sum total of all economic activity currently adds up to under $120t.
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It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
August 13, 2026 at 7:50 AM
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
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🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social:
"Britain’s prisons crisis has its roots in a failure to add sufficient new places between 2010 and 2024. Just 500 places were added and 23 prisons were closed. As a result, the system is now dangerously close to capacity and we are running the risk of...
"Britain’s prisons crisis has its roots in a failure to add sufficient new places between 2010 and 2024. Just 500 places were added and 23 prisons were closed. As a result, the system is now dangerously close to capacity and we are running the risk of...
August 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🗣️ PM @andy-burnham.bsky.social:
"Britain’s prisons crisis has its roots in a failure to add sufficient new places between 2010 and 2024. Just 500 places were added and 23 prisons were closed. As a result, the system is now dangerously close to capacity and we are running the risk of...
"Britain’s prisons crisis has its roots in a failure to add sufficient new places between 2010 and 2024. Just 500 places were added and 23 prisons were closed. As a result, the system is now dangerously close to capacity and we are running the risk of...
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Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.
news.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest
Patients refusing to be treated by non-white staff as NHS reports shocking rise in racism
Paul Awah, a Bedfordshire-based diagnostic radiographer originally from Nigeria, said: "It's definitely got worse – people are more expressive."
news.sky.com
August 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Anyone who refuses care from a non-white member of NHS staff should be told to pay to go private.
I have, sadly, been thinking about this a lot recently. For instance, looking at the rise of racism experienced by NHS staff. Perhaps people are just anti immigration, or anti foreigner, and the pace of change is a defining factor. Thought provoking peace
mbatangspeaks.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
mbatangspeaks.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
Why The Left Is Wrong About Right-Wing Populism
It’s not the economy, stupid
mbatangspeaks.substack.com
August 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I have, sadly, been thinking about this a lot recently. For instance, looking at the rise of racism experienced by NHS staff. Perhaps people are just anti immigration, or anti foreigner, and the pace of change is a defining factor. Thought provoking peace
mbatangspeaks.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
mbatangspeaks.substack.com/p/why-the-le...
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I demand more ‘the EU should learn from
UEFA and exercise its global power’ takes.
Come on people, it’s August and this is an easy column to write.
UEFA and exercise its global power’ takes.
Come on people, it’s August and this is an easy column to write.
August 3, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I demand more ‘the EU should learn from
UEFA and exercise its global power’ takes.
Come on people, it’s August and this is an easy column to write.
UEFA and exercise its global power’ takes.
Come on people, it’s August and this is an easy column to write.
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We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.
July 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.
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On Burnham’s social care speech today, it was deeply refreshing to see him make a point to thank immigrants who provide social care. I hope that reflects where we go with ILR bill but beyond that it is good to hear gratitude and openness rather than scapegoating and penny pinching.
July 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
On Burnham’s social care speech today, it was deeply refreshing to see him make a point to thank immigrants who provide social care. I hope that reflects where we go with ILR bill but beyond that it is good to hear gratitude and openness rather than scapegoating and penny pinching.
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This is one murder I'm not going to report!
ok reasonable
July 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This is one murder I'm not going to report!
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🌹 Largest Labour Lead (4%) since March 2025
🌹 First Labour lead with an established pollster since April 2025
🌹 First Labour lead with an established pollster since April 2025
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 28% (+4)
RFM: 24% (-2)
CON: 22% (=)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 8% (-3)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 24-27 Jul.
Changes w/ 21-22 Jul.
LAB: 28% (+4)
RFM: 24% (-2)
CON: 22% (=)
LDM: 12% (+1)
GRN: 8% (-3)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 24-27 Jul.
Changes w/ 21-22 Jul.
July 27, 2026 at 11:08 AM
🌹 Largest Labour Lead (4%) since March 2025
🌹 First Labour lead with an established pollster since April 2025
🌹 First Labour lead with an established pollster since April 2025
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It’s a rip-off price, the vendor is toxic, and it seems the software doesnt deliver: www.ft.com/content/cbd1... Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
www.ft.com
July 27, 2026 at 5:55 AM
It’s a rip-off price, the vendor is toxic, and it seems the software doesnt deliver: www.ft.com/content/cbd1... Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
The country doesn't like inheritance tax, if you presented the argument as now: pay an increase in tax specifically for social care instead of not being able to pass anything to your kids, people would accept it.
July 24, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The country doesn't like inheritance tax, if you presented the argument as now: pay an increase in tax specifically for social care instead of not being able to pass anything to your kids, people would accept it.
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I genuinely don't even know what the complaint here is. "Politician uses various methods of communication"?
July 23, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I genuinely don't even know what the complaint here is. "Politician uses various methods of communication"?
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A very warm welcome to Downing Street, Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
July 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
A very warm welcome to Downing Street, Prime Minister Andy Burnham.