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Nye Cominetti

@nyecominetti.bsky.social
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At Resolution Foundation covering labour market, low pay, living wage.

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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Someone on an e-bike going the wrong way down a bike lane just knocked my dad off his bike. I've had near misses. Is anyone responsible for / interested in enforcing e-bike rules? I don't know for sure it was derestricted but so many seem to be based on speed (esp given size) and lack of pedalling
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Gosh this is very good 👏
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I'm about three episodes short of finishing the whole of the Wire. For the third time, 20 years after I first watched it. Just had Snoop's "how my hair look?" moment. Hopefully it's not tedious to recommend it, I did put someone off it once by overdoing it. But it remains so good
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I would now either like 1. Messi scores, Argentina have hope. Spain score immediately after. 2. Spain score five
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Are we sure nothing happened to Otamendi's foot during that goal
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Do Argentinians like this stuff? Surely no one likes being associated with a team of thick bullies even if it includes Messi
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Cutting to Wayne Rooney for comment on the anthem performance, YES
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Cutting
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Were they that deep because tuchel told them to or because group psychology is weird ? It's hard to understand it
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The ref has done very well
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
0.05 vs 0.03 well done to everyone involved
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Someone somewhere has figured out how to make a joke from the fact Spain have a cultured midfield and one of their players is called pedri and not that bad looking aka a pedri dish
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Love watching Pogacar. You know the attack's coming, you know he'll win.. but still thrilling to watch
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My word this commentary
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
As if your name's sorloth and you don't pass to haaland there
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hasn't featured heavily in the coverage so far, come on itv
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I wonder if anyone will be tempted to shoehorn a Scott-Amundsen reference into the build up today, the classic Eng-Nor rivalry. If so it doesn't bode well: valiant English blokes show great spirit in face of tough conditions but in the end handily beaten by a more efficient team. And several die.
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just occurred to me i hadn't *really* got my head round AI as a thing that will be here forever that permanently changes how we do things. (As opposed to a faddy thing that is big for a while). Mostly that's a sad thought, I prefer no-AI world. I guess that marks me out as old/ fuddy / not Blair
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trying to cool down by reading The Worst Journey in The World, about the Scott antartic trip. Am on the 'winter journey' section where three of them walk for 5 weeks in complete darkness (other than occasional moonlight) in -60c temps. They climbed into *literally* frozen sleeping bags every night.
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Named son Elis. I have red hair. On way to hospital realised i was opening him up to "Elis Ginge" should he follow me hair wise and should kids in the 2030s for some reason feel like making nicknames based on probably retired rugby players. In the end my hair genes proved themselves recessive ✌️
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
When did everyone agree babies (and parents) don't get articles in hospital? It's always how is baby, never how is the baby
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Named the hotspot network on my phone NyeFi. Feeling real good about that.
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
If you need persuading of the importance of education funding / structures to UK's NEET problem, this chart was my best attempt at making that point. UK has *higher* % of YP in straight-employment than almost all OECD countries. But still manages higher NEET rates because ed participation so low
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Missed this from Rishi Sunak on minimum wage & youth unemployment. He calls for 1. scrap LPC 2. freeze min wage 3. keep a gap between youth and adult rates. I agree with retaining a youth-adult gap. But on the others ... 1/ archive.is/202605242037...
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I don't believe there was any such deliberate strategy. Govt ruled out main taxes, and lowering the threshold for employer NICs looks less tax rise-y than raising the rate. Big 2025 NLW increase was a data accident. Emp rights changes don't change agg costs that much (certainly haven't yet).
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Footnote in Gillette add claiming 75% of 135 people said it gave them a smooth shave. Surely don't publish your stats if your results are that bad and/or you apparently put no resources into your survey
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Just cycled through Finsbury Park. Consternation about the set piece reliance clear
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Really valuable work published this morning from @peterhyman.bsky.social and Shaub Gamote. Started reading and am hooked. Gives the results of a huge listening exercise with young people, many NEET, who seem to have spoken very freely. onemillionfutures.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Inside the Mind of a Young NEET
Peter Hyman and Shuab Gamote
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Helpful ONS article on where the emigrating Brits are going, making use of other countries' data. Striking increase in numbers heading to Australia www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Can't believe this is how it happens. A Tuesday night, a Bournemouth City game
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Write up of this morning's labour market stats. 👇 Headline is probably that by March real wage growth had already fallen to roughly zero. The UK is quite able to deliver weak wage growth without the help of conflict in the middle east thank you very much
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@juliadelldiniz.bsky.social has the charts 👇
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Fascinated to see what unemp number we get tmrw morning. Didn't have speedy labour market recovery on my 2026 bingo card. Q about how far to update view on LFS reliability in face of surprising data. Had thought its unemp estimates usable so I think answer is 'a bit' i.e. it does have some signal.
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The please give me your seat move is such a diss. A bit like when I was in a band and was asked to stand aside as the guitarist because my mate was better. (He was and I did).
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A guy from our local corner shop just personally delivered an InPost parcel we'd forgotten about which was due to be sent back. That really is very nice, and probably not exactly what you'd imagine happening in Leyton which is in LONDON where everything is bad
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
WATO's opening line was "Put up or shut up, [PM under pressure etc]" and I thought that's quite punchy, where did it come from? BBC news now showing Chris Mason asking all the ministers leaving cabinet "Is it put up or shut up?" They all ignored him but I guess that's how a line comes into being
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I have done all these jobs and they were all great
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Eesh. Tough watch. (Pens all correct calls imo)
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is happening this afternoon, please come along if you're free.
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Tomorrow (Wed) at RF we are hosting six (SIX!) employment and welfare experts from the @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social who will talk about books they have recently written. Like a glastonbury for employment policy research. In-person at RF, at 3. Please come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/work-and-w...
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Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond
What's happening to employment policy in Britain and beyond?
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New report klaxon. We have published something on the UK's NEET problem (me + @alexclegg.bsky.social + @juliadelldiniz.bsky.social + Imogen + Lindsay). www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... Here is a thread with some of our findings.
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Lost in transition • Resolution Foundation
This report investigates why the UK’s NEET rate has been rising since 2019, and why it has long been higher than in many other countries.
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We have written a report trying to diagnose the UK's NEET problem, event to discuss it with @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and others starting in 15 mins if you'd like to watch. I'll be showing some slides www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/close...
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Closer to work • Resolution Foundation
width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0"> Nearly one million 16-24 year olds across the UK today are not in employment, education or training. There are many drivers of the recent rise in NEETs, fro...
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Re the Trump/RFK 600% reduction in prices thing - really think US can build a new bipartisan commitment to truth around the concept of arc-percentage change
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A normal and sensible way to run benefits policy! So many examples of this in taxes and benefits (e.g. triple lock) where we seem unable to have principled arguments about the right level of things, so we just pursue weird uprating until people get unhappy / spending pressure grows
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
East to west on the Thames clipper has to be one of the better £6 you can spend in London
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I don't watch golf, I just watched a golf video. Does this situation not ever lead to golf ball -> head problems?
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
My hot take is it would have been better if we'd won this game
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Hannah Slaughter @hannahslaughter.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Today the Fair Work Agency was launched, bringing enforcement of several employment rights under one roof. This is a really welcome move, but its impact will depend on its resources and powers. A thread summarising the latest RF Labour Market Outlook: 🧵 www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Labour Market Outlook Q1 2026 • Resolution Foundation
The Employment Rights Act marks the biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in a generation. But even the most ambitious employment rights will benefit workers only if they are enforced effectively. And c...
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Hard to draw conclusions from 2025 about the (adult) min wage imo. Hiring slowdown + wage compression discourse convinced ppl min wage is too high, but I think the combo with NICs hike was just completely mad & unusual. In any case, policy is already cautious, has been 'hold steady' for a few years
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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A fun thing about kids learning to speak is when they don't know where words start and end. My son thinks the word is "helpme". As in, can you help me? Yes I can helpme
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