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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

‘Jobs for workers’ is a slogan that capitalists can get behind. ‘Jobs for capitalists’ is what they worry about.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Unofficial right now, but my initial instinct looks to be right. This is said to be the site of a Russian missile, downed INSIDE Poland. This is so big, and no wonder Poland hasn't confirmed it yet.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Rivers are right up there in the list of things I value most in life. One of the reasons I go fishing is to buy access to spend time in or near them. Public access to rivers really should be a basic right. There’s enough river out there to share but far too much is off-limits.

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Alexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’m really excited about this: we’re increasing our support for GiveWell recs this year from $175M to $1B to help pave the way for an expected surge in funding from others. coefficientgiving.org/research/in...

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Increasing Our 2026 Allocation to GiveWell’s Recommendations to $1 Billion

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/07/2026

🇬🇧 "The capital’s homicide rate has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history on a per capita basis. It’s now lower than that in Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Paris – and every US state." London is not lawless. It is a myth used to sow fear about multiculturalism and diversity.

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If you’ve heard that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan

Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsaf

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Is it fair to say that Burnham is the most Lib Dem-aligned Labour leader in our lifetime? PR, Lords reform, Land Value Tax, incentivising electrification, shifting power to regions have all been flagged. What else?

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Benjamin Piper @benlpiper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Excited to share that FLIGHT was officially launched at #FLEX2026 — a powerful step toward building durable, government-led foundational learning reform at scale. FLIGHT empowers governments with catalytic funding, helping them unlock the bottlenecks that slow progress. Learn more: flightafrica.org

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The US government stopped giving life-saving tax dollars to the most vulnerable people in the world and instead is giving it to the most entitled right-wing blowhards in the world.

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The case for a tax on self-driving cars, which could eventually raise up to £100bn. www.arguably.uk/p/a-growth-m...

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Charities and funders … Do you sometimes experience frustration with the ‘other side’ of the impact market? Has that frustration turned into a creeping cynicism? My new piece is about what causes these frustrations.

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Why are Impact Markets so Dysfunctional?

Part 3 – Who’s to blame? Everyone and no one …

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

As the right wing predicted! A foreigner!

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Labour’s declining share of gdp is the defining economic trend of our time. And this is before the AI years have even got going … Democracy particularly protects the interests of those without capital, which is why some of those with capital want to undermine it.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The suggestion — from the BBC chairman and the new DG — that the BBC licence fee should be replaced with a compulsory levy on broadband and mobile bills is not creative enough. It would be attacked in the same way the licence fee is now. We should all be shareholders in the BBC…

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On my way, Clacton.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It's worth stressing that we have rules around political funding to protect our entire democracy. The voters of one constituency might be fine with their MP breaking those rules. But they can't release their MP from them, because a single MP on the take is a danger to the whole system.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The other parties should refuse to stand against him. Make him run on his own against the usual cast of comedy candidates.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The anti-Farage campaign should be built around: 'The people versus corruption'

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Farage: Disingenuity off the scale throughout his defence. Allied with a pathetic victim complex. He has just locked in weeks of his corruption being front page news, whatever the voters of Clacton choose to do.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

David Miliband as foreign Secretary would be the best possible news for the future of UK development spending.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

2/2 Ukraine's President lays partial blame for today's deaths, at the door of the Trump administration and NATO. Zelenskyy reveals they've been asking "for a long time" for a license to make Patriot missiles & points out NATO left Europe with no defence against ballistics.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “No society has ever advanced by building walls between people who share the same future. “Societies move forward by expanding rights, strengthening coexistence, and committing to integration.”

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

On UK defence spending. There seems to be a widespread Bluesky consensus that it needs to rise due to the threat from Russia. Perhaps, but given Russian military power is severely depleted and the Russian population is increasingly unsupportive of war, is the risk being exaggerated?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood

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Josephine Jellybean @josephinejellybean.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It definitely shouldn't be the focus of his rhetoric...but he should definitely have one. Thinking in decades should really be a given for any serious political figure

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Does anyone know what Andy Burnham’s position on international aid is likely to be?

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This post is just packed full of delicious schadenfreude. ‘… And now the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is falling apart days before America’s big 250th birthday party. Crank up the Metaphor Klaxon.’

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Wouldn’t it be great if Burnham became PM and made an epic speech which went along the lines of: 1) this is where we find ourselves 2) this is where we need to go 3) this is what we’re going to do. And for the speech to be about the U.K., not just his government. We need leadership!

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What’s striking about Trump’s job approval figures is how consistent the trend has been. Gradually, more and more communities must be finding it socially acceptable to exit the cult.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you haven’t heard of Victor Wembanyama (22-basketball) or Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (15-cricket) you’re missing out on the start of the stories of two young sportsmen both, destined to become era-defining if not 🐐 in their respective sports.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In the long run, he is right.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

‘Compared with other rich countries, England is highly reliant on for-profit children’s homes: 84% of places are in the hands of private providers… Other countries have instead turned to charitable providers. In France, just 5% of the market is run for profit.’ www.ft.com/content/cc7f...

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How England’s vulnerable children became a gold mine for investors

Booming sector is attracting plumbers, hairdressers and Airbnb landlords with no experience in care

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’ve spent years thinking about why impact markets are so dysfunctional when the sector is full of so many brilliant, compassionate people. Subscribe to my Substack for free fortnightly posts on how to maximise impact in development, the charity sector, education, impact finance and philanthropy.

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Why are Impact Markets so Dysfunctional?

Part 1 – Mixed Agendas

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

" These explanations, if correct, should cause us some discomfort. They suggest that incentives towards specialization and silo-ing, though understandable, have cost us some high-quality science" (3/3)

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I've started a Substack! It's called 'The Long Game' and focusses on international development, the 'market for impact' and education systems. Practical ideas for maximising long-term impact. For funders, NGOs and governments. Fortnightly posts johnrendel.substack.com/p/the-long-g...

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The Long Game

Some urgent problems, require patient solutions

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

FPTP is like The One Ring of politics in the UK. They know they need to destroy it, but once it's in their hands they think "Why shouldn't we keep it? We can use it for good!" and then everything goes dead-Boromir-shaped

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If Burnham becomes PM and generally sticks to the Starmer plan, we may come to see Starmer/Reeves as necessary fall guys. Someone had to dig government finances and NHS backlogs out of a hole while becoming wildly unpopular.

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Really happy with the list of people my politics most aligns with …

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John Rendel @john-rendel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

And if all the actors have British accents, it’s a period drama.

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