Reposted by Jim PickardGwyntaglaw @gwyntaglaw.bsky.social · 15hour product could wipe out humanit— investors:static.klipy.comShut Up And Take My Money!Alt: Shut Up And Take My Money! Meme from Futurama 0313
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 7hI don’t spent much time on instagram but why is it offering me these people 18570
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15hcome hang out with the FT political team at Labour conference this afternoon 1122
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14hyes but it's not promising that the pension will hold its value compared to wages all the time...just over the long term 6144
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14hI see they're ending the pensions triple lock from 2030 while claiming not to be ending the pensions triple lock 6373
Reposted by Jim PickardChris Hind @hindchristopher.bsky.social · 19hFinally, a sensible portfolio for the discerning robot investor 1584
Reposted by Jim PickardJan Jęcz @jeczjan.eurosky.social · 19hAlmost literally what Ted Cruz said a couple of weeks ago www.politico.com/live-updates... 3626
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 15hcome hang out with the FT political team at Labour conference this afternoon 1122
Reposted by Jim Pickardjasonroberts3114.bsky.social @jasonroberts3114.bsky.social · 22hI seem to recall a Douglas Adams line in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books where a planetary civilisation goes extinct, because market economics ends up with every shop, industry & workforce only making & selling shoes. The current AI satire towards potential extinction seems less humorous. 71188
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22hThe head of Britain’s biggest public-sector union has attacked Andy Burnham for delaying any firm decisions on setting up a new social care system until after the next general election in 2029. www.ft.com/content/4370...ft.comTrade union chief criticises Burnham’s delay to social care reformsAndrea Egan says prime minister should move faster on setting up new system 8479
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22has a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 982057709
Reposted by Jim PickardStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471133329
Reposted by Jim PickardMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 28/09/2026who do I petition to get someone to launch a Tate Morden, to confuse the tourists 3546736
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 27/09/2026and here is our FT story www.ft.com/content/23cd...ft.comAndy Burnham signals he will fight election on tax rises to fund social care reformPrime minister says shake-up would be ‘hard’ to do in current parliament 5426
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 27/09/2026am I going mad or did Andy Burnham just tell Laura Kuenssberg that he won’t reform social care this parliament and it’ll merely be a manifesto pledge in 2029? 4213421
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 27/09/2026am I going mad or did Andy Burnham just tell Laura Kuenssberg that he won’t reform social care this parliament and it’ll merely be a manifesto pledge in 2029? 4213421
Reposted by Jim PickardLloyd Lane @lloydlane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Chasing the mist again on the South Downs. 318124
Reposted by Jim PickardNeal Hudson @resi-analyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My June 2025 FT column on Help to Buy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 1127
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 26/09/2026FT exclusive: Andy Burnham has decided to press ahead with a revived Help to Buy scheme (although it won't be called that) www.ft.com/content/e23b...ft.comBurnham set to revive Help to Buy scheme in bid to boost housebuildingConcern mounts among ministers that low construction activity could hit growth forecasts 10174
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 26/09/2026nightmare online queue for tickets for Green Man festival where the wait time gradually comes down but then - after half hour - returns to its original estimate of nearly an hour 😭 9301
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sir Tony Blair’s think-tank has offered companies networking opportunities at political party conferences as part of a $25,000-a-year membership scheme, raising questions about the influence of big business on policy discussions. www.ft.com/content/1ca9...ft.comTony Blair’s think-tank offers political access to $25,000-a-year corporate membersBP, Uber and Amazon are among corporate members of the non-profit’s membership programme, the Global Network for Change 177426
Reposted by Jim PickardPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Great to see latest Democracy for Sale and lighthouse reports investigation, into Tony Blair Institute, in @financialtimes.com with @pickardje.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1ca9...ft.comTony Blair’s think-tank offers political access to $25,000-a-year corporate membersBP, Uber and Amazon are among corporate members of the non-profit’s membership programme, the Global Network for Change 39932
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sir Tony Blair’s think-tank has offered companies networking opportunities at political party conferences as part of a $25,000-a-year membership scheme, raising questions about the influence of big business on policy discussions. www.ft.com/content/1ca9...ft.comTony Blair’s think-tank offers political access to $25,000-a-year corporate membersBP, Uber and Amazon are among corporate members of the non-profit’s membership programme, the Global Network for Change 177426
Reposted by Jim PickardPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...democracyforsale.substack.comBREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates. 78893434
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Andy Burnham has plunged the plan for a third runway at Heathrow into doubt by privately telling MPs he has always opposed the project, and the new prime minister is said to be “open minded” about whether it should go ahead. www.ft.com/content/0206...ft.comBurnham’s opposition to Heathrow expansion puts third runway in doubtNew prime minister has been a longstanding critic of the project 2411127
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Andy Burnham has plunged the plan for a third runway at Heathrow into doubt by privately telling MPs he has always opposed the project, and the new prime minister is said to be “open minded” about whether it should go ahead. www.ft.com/content/0206...ft.comBurnham’s opposition to Heathrow expansion puts third runway in doubtNew prime minister has been a longstanding critic of the project 2411127
Reposted by Jim PickardOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Andrew Bridgen - once a high profile MP - now a basement dwelling conspiracy theorist who trots out garbage like this. www.france24.com/en/americas/...france24.comNo, this video doesn't disprove the 9/11 attack on the south tower of the World Trade CenterA former British member of parliament implied that a video filmed from a helicopter on September 11, 2001 shows that no planes actually hit the World Trade Center's south tower, but this claim would… 5426957
Reposted by Jim PickardDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Arguing about who is truly English while AI leeches into our lives is like the Mexica having a furious debate over a minor doctrinal issue while Cortes limbers up on the beach. 720618
Reposted by Jim PickardJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I did a 5Live discussion show with him at the height of the Brexit debate, and he kept his eyes closed throughout his answers to why he opposed a second referendum. Wouldn't look at us. Wasn't pleased when I pointed this out to the listeners, who couldn't see what he was doing. 131038
Reposted by Jim PickardAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I refuse to believe that an electoral model highly dependent on finely-calibrated assumptions isn't bang-on accurate three years out. 1212
Reposted by Jim PickardJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 24/09/2026now that’s what I call a sunrise 2255424
Reposted by Jim PickardDame Katie Of All This And That @katielikescake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not bad here either. 0341
Reposted by Jim PickardGibby @thegibbon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026*Walks into son's room and goes to throw open the curtains "come on fella it's time to get up for sch_____" 1993
Reposted by Jim PickardGraeme Downie MP @graemedowniemp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's stunning this morning. 1411
Reposted by Jim PickardRob @samuraipizzarob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This could be straight out of The Day Today TBH 3272
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/09/2026FT exclusive: Chancellor John Healey may accept a smaller fiscal buffer to reduce tax rises in next month’s Budget as investors signalled that the gilt market would not be spooked by a more modest headroom target www.ft.com/content/5dec...ft.comTreasury open to smaller fiscal headroom to reduce UK tax hikesInvestors signal Budget buffer could fall from the £23.6bn forecast to around £14bn without spooking gilt market 5435
