Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Anyone else getting sick of constantly seeing what are basically adverts for a for-profit, unregulated, foreign gambling company (Omaze) on a ‘public service broadcaster’? They must be making millions from the free advertising 121 2
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 01/08/2026@1912exiles.com great pod today, though Ian lost me... are you sure we need another striker?! Definitely need Garner off the books if so. 100% agree the CAM role looks lonely. but arguably Smith and K Evans can play there, right? Very interested to see where they all line up for Roma. 210 2
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 27/06/2026- healthy upfront - both wings still look weak unless Gwengwe can be flexible - centre mid is fine knowing Brennan and Jarvis are flexible Biggest gap: head coach 😬 110 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Started out as a depth chart but I got lost deciding which of their seven positions Evans, Jarvis and Brennan should be in But when trying to fill as many positions… does this mean we have someone in each position now? Except maybe RW without a senior pro 310 3
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Found this BBC live coverage of Musk’s net worth hitting $1tn quite distasteful Felt like a strap line from a trading platform ad, encouraging the British public to speculate on a company valued at 95 times price to sales 010 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 02/04/2026“Hottest country in the world”… well in fairness he’s doing a good job of attempting it. 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Fascinating graph from a Swedish study that says a lot about the current approach to special needs children www.ft.com/content/8252... 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Vance doesn’t seem to understand the implications of his government’s own tariffs… unherd.com/2025/04/jd-v... 030 3
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 24/02/2025some interesting reading on zonal pricing for energy within the UK www.theguardian.com/business/202... octopus.energy/blog/zonal-p... Image from Octopus. Seems positive but it will open a can of worms about the boundaries. Boston and Haverfordwest being grouped with London seems controversial. 010 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The Spectator has its own DOGE, promising 'to stop the government splurging our cash'. I'm sure there is excessive spending in the public sector, but most of the Spectator's claims are debunked with a 2 second Google search. 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 30/12/2024This does make me shudder and compare it to the scale of cuts to youth music services where I went to school. A sad violin (or piano) for the private schools complaining about VAT. on.ft.com/3ZVeJAb 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Gov’t-owned pension fund Nest is failing to support its members, due to poor service, fund structure and returns Despite reporting across the media that shows savers are going to be grossly underprepared for retirement, the minister doesn’t seem to think it’s an issue www.ft.com/content/362c... 100 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Some dire reading in last week’s Economist on Welsh public services Imo demographic pressures & broken funding drives much of this (esp re NHS) But Wales having the most people incarcerated per capita is new to me! @lukesibieta.bsky.social is totally right re poor data. Stats devo was a disaster. 010 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Their content moderation response? Nothing to see. No appeal option. Even on appeal, the content board rejects everything. Obvious scams. One day old pages, AI profile pics, malicious URLs, fake names and misused trademarks I refuse to believe in an AI revolution until it can detect obvious scams 111 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 29/11/2024What a shambles Facebook’s content moderation is A Russian group appears to be carrying out a coordinated scam across the UK impersonating public transport operators with the promise of cheap deals, taking users payment and personal details Backed up by AI-generated users giving false reviews 161 6
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Size alone doesn't fix pensions. Take NEST: biggest fund in the UK. Members are lower earners, SMEs, etc. People gov't want to help most. Gov't control it. Yet provide so little... poor service, no real fund choice, no transparency over methods. Surely needs fixing. www.ft.com/content/0b5a... 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Went down to Poundbury for the first time. Now reading about proposals in Kent. Yes it’s car dependent. But it’s a great template for liveable and attractive housing (maybe slightly pastiche). But imo its biggest success is having walkable retail & amenities www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 30/10/2024BBC needs to add the context here - the £10,500 allowance and removal of the £100k cap will cover around 80k businesses in the UK who have 3-5 employees (depends on salaries and directors) It sounds like this pottery business will pay marginally more, or may not at all 011 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Think that has reversed in gilts - they shot up about 10 basis points vs before the budget. Rise began just after Sunak finished speaking. Now highest they’ve been in 10 months. 031 3
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Borrowing figures quite high (h/t @edconway.bsky.social) and suggests we should watch the market reaction in the next few days Domestic-focussed FTSE 250 has responded positively, in particular the gambling companies 100 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Fuel duty freeze + 5p cut, while hiking bus fares is… a choice. Probably not what I’d have gone for… Gilt rates had dropped but now pared back 110 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Quite a reduction in GDP forecasts for the year 2026 and onwards. Explains the heavy trailing of the OBR’s findings on the black hole. 100 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 25/10/2024While Bristol sees job density and GVA align, West Yorkshire looks like 2024-2025 will be a continuation of the rut. 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Imagine Leeds or Bristol with a London level public transport network 100 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 25/10/2024That London school outperformance in one table. Stark, 100 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Interesting PwC report on performance of UK cities Particularly notable is that Cardiff will record the highest growth in GVA of any city outside London in 2024 www.pwc.co.uk/government-p... Growth perhaps shifting away from the better performers in recent years (eg Bristol) 100 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 24/10/2024I don’t know if all parts of London suffer this but it often feels like life in Harringay is blighted by the frequent circling of helicopters at 3am… 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 20/10/2024BBC: "Why are we building homes when so many are standing empty?" Except we don't have a high % of vacant housing The measures described are one answer. But a large % of properties are going to be hard to get investors to take on and fix www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 20/10/2024I knew it’d be low but it still seems really remarkable that the prison population is only 4% female. Not sure what number I would have guessed but not <5%. on.ft.com/3z9AYcA 150 5
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 17/10/2024More nonsense from the hellsite Because public transport always looks like the District Line at Fulham Broadway during Chelsea’s 2014 season Anyone tried taking a Tesla down North End Road? Almost certainly slower. 010 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 05/09/2024Really interesting report showing huge beneficial impacts of ULEZ on school journeys. Something the rest of the country could learn from because most areas I see have a driving to school crisis… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Full study: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 11313 13
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Good riddance to the British Isa on.ft.com/4dNlJFf Having recently navigated the HTB/LISA/S&S LISA debacle it’s a mess Give people one type of ISA One yearly allowance Let them save and buy shares. Give a gov bonus for a 1st time property Every other feature is horrible and bloated 000 0
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Obviously the findings are important and saddening But the enquiry has cost 4% of the UK budget for remedying fire safety issues Shocking how much it costs to hold a public enquiry, and the Covid one is going to overtake this one pretty soon www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti... 011 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 24/08/2024Brilliant @financialtimes.com piece on Spitalfields, immigration, deprivation, and the endlessly changing face of the East End. + the great work of the Spitalfields Regeneration Trust “Inside 19 Princelet Street — the extraordinary house telling 300 years of migrants’ stories” on.ft.com/3z2hXbE 1126 12
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 21/08/2024Unlike other appointments it seems she has been selected on the basis of merit and with no secondment funding or other dubious financial backing. I’m not really sure this is the story that the media is asserting it to be. Is she a ‘political appointee’? on.ft.com/4fPlRFz 010 1
Jack R @jackrowlands.bsky.social · 19/08/2024Interesting on growth in gva per job 2002-2022. Walking around Swindon and Southampton it wouldn’t seem obvious how they are bucking the trend. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... Probably says more about the quirks of GVA than those places. 000 0
