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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

perhaps he said "46 week period of volatility" and was mis-quoted?

Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

fascinating development in the context of debates around AI, tech power & worker voice - meta (facebook) agrees trade union workplace access www.ft.com/content/f9dd... agree with @prospectunion.bsky.social that this is potentially the most transformative provision of the Employment Rights Act

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

Only previous time I heard criticism of union representation on the BoE board was a Socialist Workers Party activist calling Dave Prentice a sell out. Antipathy towards this tradition shared with Badenoch’s Tories perhaps illustrative of a shared distance from the political centre

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

Jfc there is still a trade union presence in about half the workplaces in the country. U gotta be so wildly ignorant & incurious of working lives to not appreciate the insights the BoE will gain from this appointment

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

the prospect of a vast proportion of the wealth generated being used by musk to fuel a race war across the globe would be a considerable negative externality. I wonder how UK investors have incorporated this into calculations of the value opportunity 🤔

headline from the Wall Street Journal reading "Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the UK"

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

breathtaking double standards from someone constantly ranting about the "illiterate goatherds" we're importing

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026

brilliant Guardian editorial on the government's corporate reporting reforms - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "the question of what corporations are for is deeply political." Encouraging to see progressive media taking an interest in this topic.

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The Guardian view on the government’s corporate reforms: entrenching neoliberalism, not ending it | Editorial

Editorial: A recent consultation on corporate reporting prizes the interests of shareholders over society. It’s a step in the wrong direction

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

The Government is planning to abolish requirements for companies (including some of the UK's biggest employers) to publish CEO to worker pay gaps, & report on their pay & employment practices. Pretty vital info for unions & responsible investors. Surprising that a Labour govt is proposing this

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

Government intends to appoint worker directors to the board of British Steel - questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat... possible 'straw in the wind' for democratisation of corporations and financial institutions more generally?

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

Full essay here fabians.org.uk/wp-content/u... and @labourlist.bsky.social article here labourlist.org/2026/09/devo...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

We can't build the much-desired 'economy that works for everybody' if savers have no say in investment and stewardship decisions that affect our lives & involve capital we provide Catherine's recommendations include member assemblies, pension scheme AGMs, transparency on how our shares get voted.

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

Auto-enrolment quietly made 23m+ workers into owners of investment capital worth trillions but with no say in how it's stewarded or voted - Fewer than 50 trustees now oversee more than half of all DC pension assets Addressing this democratic deficit should be a priority for a progressive government

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

We have a new @shareaction.bsky.social essay by Catherine Howarth published today with @thefabians.bsky.social & foreword by @liambyrnemp.bsky.social arguing for stronger saver voice in pension fund governance

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026

Fully with Redwood on this - unsurprising he's close to getting ratio-ed by pro-Norman cucks on 'X'

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026

Yes agree, i was referring to Noah Smith’s original contention rather than your follow up

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s debatable whether the Syrian leader at the time the War on Terror began was even of a truly Islamic faith, never mind an Islamist. The current regime may be preferable to Assad but totally mad to say the WoT has weakened Islamism in Syria

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026

Rather than being ideological, trusts & foundations are obsessed with evidence & impact (sometimes to the point of being quite bureaucratic/risk averse) His real gripe to is that the evidence tends to lead to policy solutions that would reduce the wealth & power of people like Brian Armstrong

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

‘School security industry’

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 05/07/2026

contrarian World Cup take: Brazil still produce great players & play great football. Just had a rough draw/fine margins go against them 2 or 3 world cups in a row, which can happen to anyone

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 24/06/2026

USA play Turkiye btw but this is spot on. 7 out of 24 final-round matches (nearly a third of the games) now feature at least one team with nothing to play for. Sucks a tonne of excitement out of the tournament for absolutely no benefit - another FIFA masterpiece

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026

in areas like corporate governance, financial services/investment industry reform they've not only not been left wing, but have moved rightward from the tories in many ways. probly more for policy/think tank dork perceptions than the general public, but some of this does filter through

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

the brexit referendum was possibly both the most cynical and (in terms of his own personal prospects and the country) incompetent act committed by any of the PMs. It will probably define Cameron so I'd put him closer to where Johnson is...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026

It says a lot that someone like Bernie Sanders, essentially a Euro-style social democrat, was almost a plausible US Presidential candidate (more so if elected on popular vote) How many Europeans would vote for US-style welfare/healthcare policies?

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/06/2026

gets less attention than other platforms but radicalisation of a certain type of business dude happening on LinkedIn as hard as 'X' and elsewhere

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/06/2026

disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford claims that Britain is the second most equal country in the world (as part of a LinkedIn rant about socialism) www.linkedin.com/pulse/lies-d... source: a figure he found for UK 'gini coefficient' inserted into a table he read in a magazine.

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Lies, Damned Lies and Inequality

The unofficial Labour leadership campaign is now underway. The Makerfield by-election is an amuse-bouche ahead of the main event, which should occupy most of the summer.

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 06/06/2026

Idk how effective this is: they keep saying Vance, Musk, Farage are interfering or whipping up division but don’t actually challenge the lies about two tier policing Perhaps that would give oxygen to the arguments but it feels a bit meek

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 04/06/2026

How many parents of these kids have, after realising they could no longer afford private school, thrown in the towel on work altogether, as foretold by the Adam Smith Institute?

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 04/06/2026

the racism would be just as terrible if it could be compartmentalised, but it seems quite unlikely that someone this het up can run multiple large companies in a clear-headed and effective manner. Not a textbook example of board independence or shareholder stewardship...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026

Is there an error in the under 50s figures? Only adds up to 81%…

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 28/05/2026

Interesting parallel with ‘Thatcherism’ - also defined by pronunciations post-office that were more doctrinal/right wing & less pragmatic than actual record in government

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026

I’d never watched a Scottish game prior to Hearts v Rangers last week but am now genuinely seething at that Celtic penalty

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026

perception of a lack of interest in making capitalism work for society & the environment has probably been helpful to the Greens in winning voters from Labour, and possibly Reform as well

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026

striking that under Starmer, Labour haven't rly had a progressive vision for business and the city. If anything they've mirrored US/Trump attacks on responsible investment & business by weakening the investment stewardship code & AGM requirements future.portfolio-adviser.com/frc-drops-re...

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FRC drops references to environment and society in stewardship definition update - PA Future

Consultation opens on revised UK Stewardship Code as commentators warn on 'sending the wrong signals'

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 12/05/2026

- elected worker-directors on company boards - tax incentives for b corp status - compulsory corporate social/environmental audit & reporting - scrap VAR - cap CEO to worker pay gaps democratise business/capitalism & align with interests of wider society

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 05/05/2026

That’s so bad it’s almost good

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 03/05/2026

Could this be counting young adults living with their parents as home owners (see the footnote on Germany)?

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 24/04/2026

Total household wealth in the UK is closer to £15tn & the top 1% hold just under 1/4, though this still implies lower revenue from a wealth tax. Most expert proponents tend to suggest around £20bn iirc

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026

Nice piece on how boring the opening bits of the world cup will be. Unpopular opinion - they should have just expanded to 64 teams to maintain a sense of jeopardy in the group stage www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Drink in the jeopardy of the World Cup playoffs, it’s the last we’ll get for a while | Jonathan Wilson

The bloated nature of this summer’s 48-team tournament mean Tuesday’s games will be the best we see until the round of 16

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 22/03/2026

Could a UK/European leader carry on like Trump and still enjoy this much support? When I lived in US, anti-government zealotry, money in politics, & jingoism re: superpower status felt enormously culturally/politically influential in a way they're just not over here. Kind of under-discussed...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 20/03/2026

one of many interesting things about this piece is the way 'more left wing' is taken to mean 'more taxing/spending' So much Labour could do on governance, ownership & corporate accountability in the name of a greener, more equal economy without affecting taxes or spending...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

Suspect that what he rly means is not ‘no introspection’ but ‘no compassion’ - so no (or much less) welfare state, progressive taxation, civil & employment rights Just doesn’t have the minerals to say he’d prefer an economic model closer to feudalism, so says something intensely dumb instead

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 11/03/2026

His answer seems pretty fair, coherent & reasonable to me… it’s what tonnes of left of centre politician have said about English identity. The worst you could say is that it’s unoriginal

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 09/03/2026

is that really the same guy? I was on a panel with him like 5 yrs ago. He was dressed like a normal 20something lad in jeans & trainers (almost hipsterish), fairly normal Tory opinions, also worked on the Jess Phillips Lab leadership campaign. It's crazy what twitter has done to these people.

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 03/03/2026

is it crazy to think that the economic damage this could do to Europe (to the possible benefit of far right parties) is part of the attraction of the Iran campaign for the US administration?

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 03/03/2026

Is it also significant that the left/lib ‘bloc’ lead over the right ‘bloc’ has increased from seven to twelve points?

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