Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 30/09/202644) The Wicked + The Divine (Book Three)- Gillen and Mckelvie 010
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yeah I find it incredibly useful - particularly so this year where so many of the novels I've read are bound by historical and cultural context I'm totally ignorant of 011
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A very 2026 reading experience in that this was a novel that strongly benefitted from a conversation with an LLM about it. I think it's historical context makes it 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 30/09/202643) Too Loud a Solitude - Bohumil Hrabal (🇨🇿 Czech Republic) 110
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So I do think there can be a case made for some sort of initial wage subsidy to hire disabled people (particularly in a high minimum wage world) but it's VERY funny to do this after raising employer NICs 020
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 25/09/202642) The Final Bet- Abdelilah Hamdouchi (Morocco 🇲🇦) 100
Reposted by Jeremy DriverBritain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How did we spend 1/4 of a billion pounds on the Botley Road bridge? For all the issues around Victorian flood defences and the muddle of accountable bodies, we must see the bigger picture of it costing too much to build anything in Britain, @samdumitriu.bsky.social tells BBC Radio 4's PM. 044
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 24/09/202641) Beer in the Snooker Club- Waguih Ghali (Egypt) 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think the really telling data point that this is all a bit useless is the Primark result 110
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 20/09/202640) The Wicked + The Divine (Book Two)- Gillen and Mckelvie 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It never fails to alarm me how little we know about so much of the past 030
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 18/09/202638) The Wicked + The Divine (Book One)- Gillen and Mckelvie 110
Reposted by Jeremy DriverBritain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Join us and Minister for Growth @dantomlinson.bsky.social on a boat at Labour Party conference from 4.30pm on Sunday 27 September. You'll find the venue, The Daffodil Bar, floating at Canning Dock. Register your interest below. luma.com/yh6ajwxvluma.comBritain Remade Labour Conference Drinks Reception with Dan Tomlinson MP · LumaAll aboard the Daffodil Bar (it's a boat!) to join Britain Remade, the campaign to get Britain building again, as we kick off Labour Party Conference with… 011
Reposted by Jeremy DriverSam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Chancellor just announced a 'Rail Cost Review' modelled on the Fingleton Review. Here's why it's needed. @britainremade.bsky.social and @britishprogress.org analysis found British rail projects cost on average 93% more than what they cost in other major developed economies.britainremade.co.ukBuilding More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment | Sam Dumitriu, Michael Hill, David Lawrence and Pedro SerôdioContrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ... 1184
Reposted by Jeremy DriverStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 18/08/2026Well this is insane: “High affordable housing requirements within the Government’s ‘Golden Rules’ are likely to dash any hopes of a ‘Train Belt’ building boom…A 300-home development will typically be forced to provide between 110 and 150 homes at a discount.” 3534
Reposted by Jeremy DriverSam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026NEW: My verdict on Labour's planning rewrite. When I read the draft, I thought the 'train belt' policy could be transformative, but viability challenges (high affordable shares) mean it disappoints. However, there's one really radical policy in there... www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-really...samdumitriu.comThe really radical policy in Labour's planning rewriteWhat's in the new National Planning Policy Framework 1187
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 21/07/202636) The roar of the morning - Tip Marugg (Curacao 🇨🇼) 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 21/07/202635) The Dinner - Herman Koch (The Netherlands 🇳🇱) 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Enjoyable mystery novel, centred around the Ghanaian scam infrastructure. Maybe a tad overlong, but a good window into a version of a country 000
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 17/07/202634) The Missing American- Kwei Quartey (Ghana 🇬🇭) 100
Reposted by Jeremy DriverSam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Starmer and Reeves's planning reform agenda is working, but unfinished. My latest describes four reforms (in the works) that Andy Burnham should keep when he takes power next week. www.samdumitriu.com/p/what-burnh...samdumitriu.comWhat Burnham should keepFour pro-growth reforms that should outlive Starmer and Reeves 3157
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A flawed novel with some beautiful arresting moments. Confused at times, but recommended as long as you don't think too hard about the mechanics of its central conceit 010
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 09/07/202633) Before the Coffee gets Cold- Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Japan 🇯🇵) 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I think if you squint, you can make the case for that as a 4 album run, but not a 5 album one 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Warra 5 album run, surpassed only by Sabbath I think? 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 03/07/202632) Death At Intervals - Jose Saramago (Portugal 🇵🇹) 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Remarkable that we're being asked to pretend that the Defence Investment Plan is meaningfully government policy when it's a contested issue within Labour and we'll have a new PM in a matter of weeks 020
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Loved this. Possibly fails as a crime novel, particularly in the denouement, but as an exploration of both the ripples a crime can cause, and of the pain of the birth of modern Croatia, it is wonderful 020
Reposted by Jeremy DriverSam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026New study: Britain spends a third more on transport infrastructure than its peers, but because of high construction costs ends up with a fifth less. The UK spends £1.65 to get what £1 buys in France, Germany and Spain. (1/N) www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforlessbritainremade.co.ukBuilding More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment | Sam Dumitriu, Michael Hill, David Lawrence and Pedro SerôdioContrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ... 23122
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 18/06/202630) Eurotrash- Christian Kracht (Switzerland 🇨🇭) 110
Reposted by Jeremy DriverBritain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 18/06/2026How did things get so expensive in Britain? And what can we do to fix it? Find out by reading the new joint paper from us and the Centre for British Progress - Building More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment. www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforlessbritainremade.co.ukBuilding More for Less: A cost-free path to European levels of investment | Sam Dumitriu, Michael Hill, David Lawrence and Pedro SerôdioContrary to what has become a standard view in policy circles, the British state does not invest far less than its peer countries. Britain’s broken system of infrastructure investment has limited the ... 113
Reposted by Jeremy DriverBritain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 18/06/2026In infrastructure, Britain spends more and gets less. Look at what we could build without raising a penny of tax just by getting our costs down to European levels. 122
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Britain's infrastructure problem isn’t that we spend too little compared to our peers. It’s that we get much less for what we spend. Chart from the latest @britainremade.bsky.social and @britishprogress.org report: www.britainremade.co.uk/moreforless 010
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 15/06/202629) Wolves of the Crescent Moon - Yousef Al-Mohaimeed (Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦) 100
Reposted by Jeremy DriverBritain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Hinkley Point C might be delayed again. Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough. We can't go on like this. youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-gyoutu.beWhy Britain's New Nuclear Power Station Might Be Delayed... AGAINYouTube video by Britain Remade 1114
Reposted by Jeremy DriverMartin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 08/06/2026Great to see @britainremade.bsky.social venturing into YouTube with this cracking short film on Natural England’s ongoing war against clean energy youtu.be/NeuUdwD0_-g?...youtu.beWhy Britain's New Nuclear Power Station Might Be Delayed... AGAINYouTube video by Britain Remade 163
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Found this incredibly thin, if readable. Characters where stuff just sort of happens to them. Can see how this was an important book to publish, but not a recommend from me. 000
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 04/06/202627) The Bride of Amman- Fadi Zaghmout (Jordan 🇯🇴) 100
Reposted by Jeremy DriverCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/06/2026Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals. 4669551263
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 02/06/202625) Picnic at Hanging Rock- Joan Lindsay (Australia 🇦🇺) 100
Jeremy Driver @jdriver89.bsky.social · 02/06/202624) Frankenstein in Baghdad- Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq 🇮🇶) 100
Reposted by Jeremy DriverMarlowe @marlowe1939.substack.com · 19/05/2026I don’t use Bluesky really, but as I have some former mutuals from the other place that are now only here, I thought I would share why I am worried about Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister. marlowe1939.substack.com/p/im-worried...marlowe1939.substack.comI’m worried about Andy BurnhamJudge him on his record? Ok then. 022
