Luke Hildyard
@lukehildyard.eurosky.social
Head of UK Policy at responsible investment campaign group Share Action | ex Director: High Pay Centre think tank | author: 'Enough - Why it's time to abolish the super rich'
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Belated pre-Christmas plug for my book 'Enough: Why it's time to abolish the super rich' which is only £8 in ebook form while the hard copy can be ordered for tomorrow on Prime
The Economist said it contained 'flashes of wit'
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The Economist said it contained 'flashes of wit'
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the prospect of a vast proportion of the wealth generated being used by musk to fuel a race war across the globe would be a considerable negative externality.
I wonder how UK investors have incorporated this into calculations of the value opportunity 🤔
I wonder how UK investors have incorporated this into calculations of the value opportunity 🤔
September 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
the prospect of a vast proportion of the wealth generated being used by musk to fuel a race war across the globe would be a considerable negative externality.
I wonder how UK investors have incorporated this into calculations of the value opportunity 🤔
I wonder how UK investors have incorporated this into calculations of the value opportunity 🤔
brilliant Guardian editorial on the government's corporate reporting reforms - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"the question of what corporations are for is deeply political." Encouraging to see progressive media taking an interest in this topic.
"the question of what corporations are for is deeply political." Encouraging to see progressive media taking an interest in this topic.
The Guardian view on the government’s corporate reforms: entrenching neoliberalism, not ending it | Editorial
Editorial: A recent consultation on corporate reporting prizes the interests of shareholders over society. It’s a step in the wrong direction
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
brilliant Guardian editorial on the government's corporate reporting reforms - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"the question of what corporations are for is deeply political." Encouraging to see progressive media taking an interest in this topic.
"the question of what corporations are for is deeply political." Encouraging to see progressive media taking an interest in this topic.
Some of the proposals in the consultation on Modernising Corporate Reporting, published by the UK Government last week, are misconceived. They will make it much harder to build a fairer, greener, more prosperous economy.
Short blog on LinkedIn lnkd.in/p/eVezq9D7
Short blog on LinkedIn lnkd.in/p/eVezq9D7
Some of the proposals in the consultation on Modernising Corporate Reporting, published by the UK Government last week, are misconceived.
They are likely to make the objective of a fairer, greener,…...
Some of the proposals in the consultation on Modernising Corporate Reporting, published by the UK Government last week, are misconceived.
They are likely to make the objective of a fairer, greener, ...
lnkd.in
September 14, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Some of the proposals in the consultation on Modernising Corporate Reporting, published by the UK Government last week, are misconceived. They will make it much harder to build a fairer, greener, more prosperous economy.
Short blog on LinkedIn lnkd.in/p/eVezq9D7
Short blog on LinkedIn lnkd.in/p/eVezq9D7
The Government is planning to abolish requirements for companies (including some of the UK's biggest employers) to publish CEO to worker pay gaps, & report on their pay & employment practices.
Pretty vital info for unions & responsible investors. Surprising that a Labour govt is proposing this
Pretty vital info for unions & responsible investors. Surprising that a Labour govt is proposing this
September 7, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The Government is planning to abolish requirements for companies (including some of the UK's biggest employers) to publish CEO to worker pay gaps, & report on their pay & employment practices.
Pretty vital info for unions & responsible investors. Surprising that a Labour govt is proposing this
Pretty vital info for unions & responsible investors. Surprising that a Labour govt is proposing this
Government intends to appoint worker directors to the board of British Steel - questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
possible 'straw in the wind' for democratisation of corporations and financial institutions more generally?
possible 'straw in the wind' for democratisation of corporations and financial institutions more generally?
September 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Government intends to appoint worker directors to the board of British Steel - questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
possible 'straw in the wind' for democratisation of corporations and financial institutions more generally?
possible 'straw in the wind' for democratisation of corporations and financial institutions more generally?
We have a new @shareaction.bsky.social essay by Catherine Howarth published today with @thefabians.bsky.social & foreword by @liambyrnemp.bsky.social arguing for stronger saver voice in pension fund governance
September 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM
We have a new @shareaction.bsky.social essay by Catherine Howarth published today with @thefabians.bsky.social & foreword by @liambyrnemp.bsky.social arguing for stronger saver voice in pension fund governance
Rather than being ideological, trusts & foundations are obsessed with evidence & impact (sometimes to the point of being quite bureaucratic/risk averse)
His real gripe to is that the evidence tends to lead to policy solutions that would reduce the wealth & power of people like Brian Armstrong
His real gripe to is that the evidence tends to lead to policy solutions that would reduce the wealth & power of people like Brian Armstrong
It's not until he says the magic words, that he fears losing control, that it fully clicks. It's not that he believes philanthropy is bad, it's that the risk of someone receiving his money who he doesn't approve of is a bigger problem than the risk that his money helps no one. That speaks volumes.
Billionaire CEO says charity is a ‘negative’ for the world: ‘I’m not going to do that’
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has a net worth of several billion dollars, but don’t expect him to donate to charity or do any kind of philanthropy anytime soon. During a recent interview, Armstrong exp...
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August 31, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Rather than being ideological, trusts & foundations are obsessed with evidence & impact (sometimes to the point of being quite bureaucratic/risk averse)
His real gripe to is that the evidence tends to lead to policy solutions that would reduce the wealth & power of people like Brian Armstrong
His real gripe to is that the evidence tends to lead to policy solutions that would reduce the wealth & power of people like Brian Armstrong
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‘School security industry’
The tiny and quick drones are being deployed in an increasing number of school districts – part of a growing school security industry as parents and schools find new ways to protect students and staff from carnage. https://cnn.it/4qDiszA
August 25, 2026 at 7:53 AM
‘School security industry’
contrarian World Cup take: Brazil still produce great players & play great football. Just had a rough draw/fine margins go against them 2 or 3 world cups in a row, which can happen to anyone
July 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
contrarian World Cup take: Brazil still produce great players & play great football. Just had a rough draw/fine margins go against them 2 or 3 world cups in a row, which can happen to anyone
It says a lot that someone like Bernie Sanders, essentially a Euro-style social democrat, was almost a plausible US Presidential candidate (more so if elected on popular vote)
How many Europeans would vote for US-style welfare/healthcare policies?
How many Europeans would vote for US-style welfare/healthcare policies?
A generation ago, Britain was a global power—today, its output is barely above that of America’s poorest state, Idrees Kahloon reports. He traveled to the nation to explore what happened:
How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi
A case study in self-sabotage
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June 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It says a lot that someone like Bernie Sanders, essentially a Euro-style social democrat, was almost a plausible US Presidential candidate (more so if elected on popular vote)
How many Europeans would vote for US-style welfare/healthcare policies?
How many Europeans would vote for US-style welfare/healthcare policies?
disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford claims that Britain is the second most equal country in the world (as part of a LinkedIn rant about socialism)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-d...
source: a figure he found for UK 'gini coefficient' inserted into a table he read in a magazine.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-d...
source: a figure he found for UK 'gini coefficient' inserted into a table he read in a magazine.
Lies, Damned Lies and Inequality
The unofficial Labour leadership campaign is now underway. The Makerfield by-election is an amuse-bouche ahead of the main event, which should occupy most of the summer.
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June 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford claims that Britain is the second most equal country in the world (as part of a LinkedIn rant about socialism)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-d...
source: a figure he found for UK 'gini coefficient' inserted into a table he read in a magazine.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-d...
source: a figure he found for UK 'gini coefficient' inserted into a table he read in a magazine.
Idk how effective this is: they keep saying Vance, Musk, Farage are interfering or whipping up division but don’t actually challenge the lies about two tier policing
Perhaps that would give oxygen to the arguments but it feels a bit meek
Perhaps that would give oxygen to the arguments but it feels a bit meek
Notably open rebuke to JD Vance from Downing Street tonight.
June 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Idk how effective this is: they keep saying Vance, Musk, Farage are interfering or whipping up division but don’t actually challenge the lies about two tier policing
Perhaps that would give oxygen to the arguments but it feels a bit meek
Perhaps that would give oxygen to the arguments but it feels a bit meek
the racism would be just as terrible if it could be compartmentalised, but it seems quite unlikely that someone this het up can run multiple large companies in a clear-headed and effective manner. Not a textbook example of board independence or shareholder stewardship...
Over the past week, Elon Musk has written more than 110 posts, retweets and replies about UK politics on his social media platform X, focusing on the murder of student Henry Nowak. ft.trib.al/5vWbQw9
June 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
the racism would be just as terrible if it could be compartmentalised, but it seems quite unlikely that someone this het up can run multiple large companies in a clear-headed and effective manner. Not a textbook example of board independence or shareholder stewardship...
just reading fascinating @renewaljournal.bsky.social essays on future UK economy. V interesting to see @yuanfenyang.bsky.social identify corporate governance reform as a priority for growth and productivity
renewal.org.uk/articles/gro...
renewal.org.uk/articles/gro...
Growth and productive investment
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When it comes to short-run economic management, we are still using a toolkit built for the 1990s. Duri...
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May 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM
just reading fascinating @renewaljournal.bsky.social essays on future UK economy. V interesting to see @yuanfenyang.bsky.social identify corporate governance reform as a priority for growth and productivity
renewal.org.uk/articles/gro...
renewal.org.uk/articles/gro...
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The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
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April 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
Nice piece on how boring the opening bits of the world cup will be. Unpopular opinion - they should have just expanded to 64 teams to maintain a sense of jeopardy in the group stage www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Drink in the jeopardy of the World Cup playoffs, it’s the last we’ll get for a while | Jonathan Wilson
The bloated nature of this summer’s 48-team tournament mean Tuesday’s games will be the best we see until the round of 16
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March 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Nice piece on how boring the opening bits of the world cup will be. Unpopular opinion - they should have just expanded to 64 teams to maintain a sense of jeopardy in the group stage www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Could a UK/European leader carry on like Trump and still enjoy this much support?
When I lived in US, anti-government zealotry, money in politics, & jingoism re: superpower status felt enormously culturally/politically influential in a way they're just not over here. Kind of under-discussed...
When I lived in US, anti-government zealotry, money in politics, & jingoism re: superpower status felt enormously culturally/politically influential in a way they're just not over here. Kind of under-discussed...
THOSE APPROVAL NUMBERS ARE STILL RIDICULOUSLY HIGH FOR ANY SANE NATION!
March 22, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Could a UK/European leader carry on like Trump and still enjoy this much support?
When I lived in US, anti-government zealotry, money in politics, & jingoism re: superpower status felt enormously culturally/politically influential in a way they're just not over here. Kind of under-discussed...
When I lived in US, anti-government zealotry, money in politics, & jingoism re: superpower status felt enormously culturally/politically influential in a way they're just not over here. Kind of under-discussed...
one of many interesting things about this piece is the way 'more left wing' is taken to mean 'more taxing/spending'
So much Labour could do on governance, ownership & corporate accountability in the name of a greener, more equal economy without affecting taxes or spending...
So much Labour could do on governance, ownership & corporate accountability in the name of a greener, more equal economy without affecting taxes or spending...
today’s FT deep dive on the Labour leadership and the pressure to tack to the left to hold off the Green surge
www.ft.com/content/49fe...
www.ft.com/content/49fe...
Labour’s leftward shift and the bond vigilante threat
The UK’s debt mountain would constrain a new prime minister’s choices — and could make further tax rises more likely
www.ft.com
March 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
one of many interesting things about this piece is the way 'more left wing' is taken to mean 'more taxing/spending'
So much Labour could do on governance, ownership & corporate accountability in the name of a greener, more equal economy without affecting taxes or spending...
So much Labour could do on governance, ownership & corporate accountability in the name of a greener, more equal economy without affecting taxes or spending...
Suspect that what he rly means is not ‘no introspection’ but ‘no compassion’ - so no (or much less) welfare state, progressive taxation, civil & employment rights
Just doesn’t have the minerals to say he’d prefer an economic model closer to feudalism, so says something intensely dumb instead
Just doesn’t have the minerals to say he’d prefer an economic model closer to feudalism, so says something intensely dumb instead
March 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Suspect that what he rly means is not ‘no introspection’ but ‘no compassion’ - so no (or much less) welfare state, progressive taxation, civil & employment rights
Just doesn’t have the minerals to say he’d prefer an economic model closer to feudalism, so says something intensely dumb instead
Just doesn’t have the minerals to say he’d prefer an economic model closer to feudalism, so says something intensely dumb instead
is it crazy to think that the economic damage this could do to Europe (to the possible benefit of far right parties) is part of the attraction of the Iran campaign for the US administration?
🎥The Economic Consequences of War in Iran.
My first data dive on the extraordinary events in the Gulf.
On chokepoints, oil/gas giants and the reason a drone strike on a plant most people have never heard of thousands of miles away could plunge Europe back into energy crisis
youtu.be/KRaNainwk5k?...
My first data dive on the extraordinary events in the Gulf.
On chokepoints, oil/gas giants and the reason a drone strike on a plant most people have never heard of thousands of miles away could plunge Europe back into energy crisis
youtu.be/KRaNainwk5k?...
The world’s energy chokepoint is in trouble | Ed Conway analysis
YouTube video by Sky News
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March 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
is it crazy to think that the economic damage this could do to Europe (to the possible benefit of far right parties) is part of the attraction of the Iran campaign for the US administration?
Reposted by Luke Hildyard
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
February 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
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As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played
(Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
(Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
February 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played
(Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
(Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
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One casualty of the racialisation of class: people fail to recognise that most Bangladeshi and Pakistani people in Britain are working class
That they have the highest rates of poverty
And that historically economic and related factors have been the key driver of their voting behavior
That they have the highest rates of poverty
And that historically economic and related factors have been the key driver of their voting behavior
February 27, 2026 at 7:03 AM
One casualty of the racialisation of class: people fail to recognise that most Bangladeshi and Pakistani people in Britain are working class
That they have the highest rates of poverty
And that historically economic and related factors have been the key driver of their voting behavior
That they have the highest rates of poverty
And that historically economic and related factors have been the key driver of their voting behavior
interesting regulatory priority, on the day Reform say that working conditions in Amazon warehouses and the standard of privately rented homes are, in fact, overly-regulated
UK suffering from 'totally unregulated sexual economy', says Reform UK's Danny Kruger, arguing for pro-family policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM
interesting regulatory priority, on the day Reform say that working conditions in Amazon warehouses and the standard of privately rented homes are, in fact, overly-regulated