Andrew Gall

The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison

The thing about Europe is it doesn't invest enough in defence. But nor does it joke about invading neighbours.

The thing about Europe is its economy is ailing. But Europeans have no concept of "medical bankruptcy".

My take this week on the truly free continent

www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

"people spend a large proportion of their waking hours at work. The culture of the workplace influences the values we take into the wider world. What happens in the workplace can be a subtle force for social change."
Great article about how supporting diversity can be good for business

just checking in on the stores of uncorrelated value in crypto land:

🚨 BREAKING: At tonight's Mansion House speech, Rachel Reeves announced three vital steps to support the co-operative and mutual sector, helping drive the inclusive growth our country needs.

I guess they are all seen as votes against the status quo, rightly or wrongly.

Over half the country (working-age) has less than 3 months' income in savings & 3-in-10 live in households with under £1k to fall back on.

On top of a threadbare social security system.

That's an important part of the backdrop to the forthcoming Budget and much else in UK politics.

Tories Are Lost Because Their Ideology Failed The question facing the Conservative party is what to do when its core beliefs turn out to be fantasies.

The Tories are lost because every part of their ideology has failed.

Commentary on the leadership race has focused on the candidates, but their fundamental problem is that their entire worldview has collapsed.

By me, for Bloomberg - £ but screengrabs: 🧵

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"The government has inherited spending plans that imply substantial real-terms cuts in public investment. We do not see how the planned “decade of national renewal” can take place if these cuts are delivered. It would repeat the mistakes of the past.

Me & others in FT:

on.ft.com/4da39FU

Dashboards or not I’ve been mulling the question of whether or not we like dashboards, and how we should think about data in the context of missions.

Failed to resist jumping into the debate about dashboards, nerve centres, and missions in government. Inspired by @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social and others
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
(I'm trying a new era of not posting this on Twitter at all, so grateful for RTs to help me hold out!)