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Jo Swinson

@joswinson.bsky.social
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Working for an economy that serves people & nature (p4ne.org). Former Lib Dem MP, Minister and Leader. Love running, winter swimming, birds 🐦, plants 🪴 and my 3 boys.

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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Full of sadness to hear about the death of Sir Menzies Campbell, or Ming, as we called him. His incisive intellect made him a formidable debater, though he was unfailingly courteous and always a gentleman. He spoke with power, authority and moral clarity in opposition to the Iraq War. He was right.
Ming Campbell standing at a podium in 2006, surrounded by applauding Lib Dem MPs and colleagues
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Love this... we are a part of nature, not apart from it. youtu.be/w7VpbqktqEw #nature
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WE ARE NATURE
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Prof Dasgupta's review for the Treasury advocated thinking differently about the economy and nature. How to put it into practice? Looking forward to discussing at @green-alliance.org.uk event tonight.
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NEW DATE: The nature of our economy » Green Alliance
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
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Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
“Last weekend, the world’s richest man closed down the world’s largest humanitarian effort, and no one ever voted for him.” I felt it needed saying.
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UNEP-WCMC @unepwcmc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
How can corporate transformation align with a nature-positive economy? Experts @joswinson.bsky.social from Partners For a New Economy and Erinch Sahan from Doughnut Economics Action Lab will help you find out at the #NatureActionDialogues 2025! Secure your tickets: buff.ly/3CcFNTP
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The foundations of democracy have become fragile, and many of us feel disempowered, disillusioned and distrustful. Join us as @dhnnjyn.bsky.social and @joswinson.bsky.social discuss a range of inspiring ideas for how we can reclaim our power and change the world. www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
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Power to the people
6.30pm Mon 27 Jan | Power to the people | Danny Sriskandarajah, Jo Swinson | Free public event at LSE
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Terrific, terrifying, clarity of writing in the Guardian about LA wildfires: "something climate scientists have been warning about for decades: compound climate disasters that, when they occur simultaneously, produce much more damage than they would individually" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Infrared satelitte image from Guardian of LA's Eaton fire, a city grid of hundreds if not thousands of individual buildings on fire
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Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
As long as British politicians court billionaires, wherever they are in the world, the voice of ordinary voters will be muffled. I called for an annual cap on political donations this morning on BBC Radio’s Today Programme.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Days are getting longer now!
Bright sunrise behind treeline reflecting on a lake in the foreground
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Dr Christine Cheng @christinecheng.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Historic.
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ICJ weighs legal responsibility for climate change, ‘future of our planet’
The World Court’s 15 judges will consider arguments made by over 100 countries in a case led by Vanuatu, island nations.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Forget John Lewis, this is the Christmas advert you need to see 👇🏼
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Posted this at the old place, but thought folks on @bsky.app might like to know I finally met my "mother".
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Really excited to commission this exciting project, mapping and making sense of the new economy ecosystem in Europe - please share! p4ne.org/landscape-re... #economy #neweconomy
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Landscape Review, Funder Mapping & Taxonomy of New Economy in Europe - P4NE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Deadline for Submission: Friday 10 January 2025, 6pmGMT Partners for a New Economy is looking to commission a team for an innovative research and analysis project on the scale, s...
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Compelling essay by Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe in the @financialtimes.com on her life in prison in Iran, books and the choice of freedom.
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‘The feeling of freedom’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on her liberation from Iran
Held in the country for six years, the former prisoner shares her insights into how repressive states work — and finding escape through books
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Christmas looking lush at Hays Galleria
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Why philanthropy needs to look to the economic system if it wants to tackle the root causes of problems like climate change, poverty, nature loss and inequality - my article with Crystal Simeoni for Alliance magazine #philanthropy #economics #systemschange
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Lead Article: Curing evils at their source - Alliance magazine
In a complex and interconnected world, the economic system is a key lever for philanthropy’s response
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hooray for civil society in South Korea and Georgia. When our time, comes may enough of us have their valor.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Liking this analysis and concept of 'qualitynesia', feels true of lots of things, also related to the annoyance of built-in obsolescence and enshittification (which at least we may be more aware of).
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
It's a start...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
"This is our moment to act": reflections from participants at Partners for a New Economy's gathering, including Ashanti Kunene, ECF's Rachel Owens, Michael Weatherhead from WeAll, @juhajuha.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social Thanks everyone for making it such an engaging space to think together.
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P4NE’s 2024 gathering - New Economies X Brussels: tipping points - Alliance magazine
P4NE’s 2024 Gathering – New Economies X Brussels: tipping points took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 7 November 2024. Hosted by Partners for a New Economy (P4NE), this global gathering brought togethe...
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Kate Allen @kateallen.ft.com · 01/12/2024
News ed’s piece of the day: why Boris Johnson and Tony Blair are cosying up to Elon Musk as he repeatedly attacks the U.K. (free read) on.ft.com/3OAS5Ie
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Elon Musk is attacking Britain. Former PMs are building ties
[FREE TO READ] A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Yes I know, crime against cheese. ...and yet, and yet... surely I'm not alone in my curiosity about whether this might actually be a genius combo?
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Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The Observer had early sight of our report out next week on the money that funds UK election campaigns. We found that gaps in political finance rules are failing to stop money from questionable sources being funnelled into our politics. More here:
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Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thanks for doing this @iandunt.bsky.social - as I hoped and expected, sounds like we have the House of Commons at its best today, whatever the result.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Excited to see this video of Partners for a New Economy's gathering in Brussels. We met the day after the Trump victory and German government collapse. In bleak times it felt nourishing to discuss fears, hopes & plans with those who share our mission of an economy that serves people and nature.
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New Economies - P4NE in Brussels 2024
This is "New Economies - P4NE in Brussels 2024" by Partners for a New Economy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 27/11/2024
🚨 NEW: Ed Davey teases a Christmas song
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George Dibb @georgedibb.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🚙 How can we make sense of the Vauxhall/Stellantis factory closure? First must avoid mixing up cause and effect, just because this is happening at the same time as the ZEV mandate doesn't mean it's the cause It's clear IMO that this has nothing to do with net zero regulations
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Important research here on the link between people affected by rising rents & support for far right. Germany is an intriguing case study given relatively lower home ownership levels. More evidence that people (rightly) feeling the economic system is stacked against them has worrying consequences.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"Sometimes you have to sacrifice a pawn, sometimes you have to sacrifice the Great Barrier Reef. You understand, right? Ah well, happy Black Friday shopping!"
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Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
💥 Former MI6 boss Sir Richard Dearlove tells me: “We have to face up to the fact that the Russians think they're in a state of war with us. Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war.”
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Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
After 3 months here, I finally got around to creating a starter pack. It features a broad range of opinion, and perhaps a little less of the party lines. Please share and do let me know if you spot potential additions. go.bsky.app/PpUYufL
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Really interesting data here on drivers away from political mainstream - highlights importance of paying attention to life satisfaction / wellbeing data (GDP is never the full story) and need to reset the 'deal' or social contract.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Important article from @uniofexeter.bsky.social academics about the limitations of offsetting - better to focus on actual carbon reductions.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Cheered to see this excellent appointment - Philippe Lamberts to advise EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. His combination of visionary thinking and political pragmatism was clear at the Beyond Growth event he organised at the EU Parliament last year. www.beyond-growth-2023.eu
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Philippe Lamberts takes up a role advising the President of the European Commission
Philippe Lamberts, former co-leader of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament and a business executive, will take on an advisory role to assist in achieving the 2030 climate targets, aiming f...
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Delighted to chair the official book launch for 'Caring Is Sharing' by Katherine Twamley tonight. Some key findings from the research: 1. There is a massive difference for parents' quality of life between dads taking 2 weeks v 4 weeks of leave just after baby is born
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Nancy Hey @worklifeyou.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Who is worried climate change will be a threat to their country over the next 20 years?
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Absolutely this. 👇🏼 Massive insulation schemes to make homes cosy & cheaper to heat. Look at policies like Germany's unlimited local public transport for €9/ month.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
True words from @garyseconomics.bsky.social : "the problem with the crisis of inequality is it looks pretty good from the top" (thanks Friends Provident Foundation for a fascinating event)
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Crisp autumnal sunrises rock.
Sunrise over a lake with wooded horizon and waterfowl in the foreground
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
That. Is. A. Disgrace.
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
What do climate deniers and democracy underminers have in common? Great piece explaining what's going on in the background by @jksteinberger.bsky.social for philanthropy magazine Alliance www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/und... (No paywall longer version: jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...)
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From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network - Alliance magazine
The mythical Atlas carries the world on his shoulders. This one tries to put it under its thumb. The most impressive aspect of the Atlas Network is probably its combination of effectiveness and obscur...
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Jo Swinson @joswinson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Given all the talk of Mars, I highly recommend this brilliant drama www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Missions
A dedicated, fractured group of astronauts on the first manned mission to Mars. Their goal: discover a new world. But someone, or something, got there first. Intense French sci-fi.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Stephen King, master of the horror novel, just quit Twitter because it'd become too "dark." That's how horrifying Twitter is right now. There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
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RICH @bearycarey.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
As usually a sharp and timely dissection of where we are now. rafaelbehr.bsky.social
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Bluesky
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
💻Are you an economist? 🤔Interested in social policy issues? 🚀Like social security, work and incomes? We want you! Apply by 25 November 📆 neweconomics.org/about/work-w...
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