Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP

Bond Rates and Debt 101 Why does the bond rate move? And what's it got to do with debt?

Read my post on Substack for more: jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/bond-rates...

What makes our bond rates go up or down?

(hint: it's nothing to do with Daniel Craig)

Promising development - Fabian Society The postwar international order is breaking down – and with it, the international aid system. In particular, important donor countries, including the US and UK, have reduced the amount of development…

Thanks to @thefabians.bsky.social, @labourcid.bsky.social, @savechildrenuk.bsky.social, and @britainleads.bsky.social, and a pleasure to speak alongside @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social and David Miliband.

See my essay here: fabians.org.uk/publication/...

We can end extreme poverty in this generation.

We can end people scratching in the dirt, desperately hoping that something will grow, so they can feed their children.

A strong record on human rights is something we should be proud of. Strong borders and staying in the ECHR is possible

This is such a great thread from my friend, Ruth. Do read.

Motorbike theft is a huge scourge in our area.

Great to hear that our new, strengthened governance will support the police in tackling this crime.

This draws on a lot of great work from people doing brilliant stuff. Particularly: @profjanegreen.bsky.social, @dylandifford.bsky.social, @samfr.bsky.social, @steveakehurst.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @luketryl.bsky.social (+others I've no doubt missed)

3) But we also need to speak about our values. Our vision of a united Britishness based upon our values of unity, decency, and determination.

A vision of Britishness that can unite all of us.

These voters are finding life unaffordable in different ways.

Young renters going green need cheaper housing costs.

Non-graduates need us to help create better jobs that pay more.

Both sides will benefit from lower energy bills that we are creating with GB energy

2) What unites *both* sets of voters we are losing is this: they are finding life unaffordable.

Politics is not left vs. right. It's comfortable mainstream vs. insecure radical voters.

We own the mainstream lane but the radical voters who can't afford the basics are leaving us

Our voter coalition is fracturing. But we *can* win them back.

Read this 🧵 and article to find out how

1) We've lost half our vote - 20% to Green/Lib Dem, 20% to Don't Know, and 10% to Reform

We need to get *all* these voters back. And we can.

(Article: labourlist.org/2025/11/labo...)

Great event this evening with @labourcid.bsky.social to discuss our @thefabians.bsky.social edited collection on the future of international development.

Great to hear from some of the fantastic contributors including @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social, @jeevunsandher.bsky.social and David Miliband

'Our coalition is fracturing. We can rebuild it by making life affordable again' - LabourList We have lost around half of the voters who supported us last July. Voters are leaving us because…

Some pretty sensible advice for Labour from @jeevunsandher.bsky.social

Maybe, but I'd want to separate out what the bank rate is proxying for itself (i.e. bank rate is made up of separate terms which are useful in and of themselves)

Bond Rates and Debt 101 Why does the bond rate move? And what's it got to do with debt?

Are you reading about bond rates again but don’t really get what’s going on?

Feeling Gilt-y about Gilts?

Then read this post to find out why bond rates move: jeevunsandher.substack.com/p/bond-rates...

Energy from North Sea oil and gas will only last 5 years. We must invest in clean energy to get bills down for good

🌊 Good News: The canal has been lowered in Loughborough 🌊

This was agreed at my flooding roundtable and it is brilliant to see this in action so quickly.

Thank you to CRT and the EA for collaborating on this.

However, water levels are still rising – we need to prepare in case floods do come.

We have a duty to future generations. We must rise to this moment and prevent climate disaster.

A climate change consensus used to exist in Britain. It is a shame how much the Conservative Party has changed.

Gilt rate up slightly this morning. Still lower than Tuesday morning.

Today, we pause to remember all those who have died in service of our country and express thanks for all our brave personnel who still serve.

I remember, in particular, all those from Loughborough, Shepshed, and the Villages who have served.

We will never forget their sacrifice and service.

Significant fall in gilt rate this morning.

They fell of today's labour market stats. Markets think it more likely MPC will cut rates at next meeting.

Again, no changes in fiscal policy this morning.

Creating good jobs in *every* part of the country is how we get PIP/ESA claims down 👇

I was honoured to lay a wreath at Loughborough this morning as well as Shepshed in the afternoon.

Thank you to members of my team who laid wreaths in Barrow, Quorn, Wymeswold and Mountsorrel where I could not attend.

We will remember them.

Book Review: The Technology Trap: Capital, Labour and Power in the Age of Automation by Carl Benedikt Frey - LSE Review of Books In The Technology Trap: Capital, Labour and Power in the Age of Automation, Carl Benedikt Frey explores automation and its consequences, taking the reader on a long sweep of UK and US industrial histo...

So that period was more one of labour enhancing rather than replacing automation.

I think quickest explanation here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

It's transforming our politics in ways we don't properly account for. Why is populism rising across the world? Well you need one common factor ...

What is most fascinating, and least discussed in popular discourse imo, is how both are (partly) being driven by automation

Automation -> less factories -> atomised workplaces -> fewer unions

Automation -> machines doing manual tasks -> lower labour share

We honour all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Those who served and protected our nation.

We will remember them.

Britain is becoming more and more divided.

Some of us can afford a decent life, a lot of us can't. We see different worlds through our screens. The places we live in look and feel increasingly different.

Our task is to help unite this nation again.

Punishing people isn't the answer to unemployment.

Creating good jobs is.