Reposted by Robert LindBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 20/08/2026In short, @buddyyakov.bsky.social is right. There are no adults left in the room, Fed and Treasury. Completely uncharted territory. 7/ 1184
Reposted by Robert LindChris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Plans to drill for more North Sea oil & gas are worrying not because they'll burn the planet - the amount is too small for that - but because they're a symptom that Burnham is kowtowing to the wrong people. 614839
Reposted by Robert LindJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026If true, this *is* genuinely something the gilts markets should panic about! 1226975
Robert Lind @roblind.bsky.social · 16/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/robertli...open.substack.comWhy Ed Miliband should be the UK's next chancellorAndy Burnham is likely to be the next UK prime minister. 000
Reposted by Robert LindDom White @domw.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Is this substantial disinflation in the room with us now? 1122
Reposted by Robert LindJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 30/03/2026This is brilliant. Read the last paragraph. Slowly. [gift article] Is It 1914 in America? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Is It 1914 in America? 37457177
Reposted by Robert LindThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026In which the US president tells you implicitly and then explicitly that they are not on control of events and indeed that they do not know what is happening. The intention, of course, is to bully and give an impression of exercising power, but the impression conveyed is the opposite. 32618199
Reposted by Robert LindDom White @domw.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I agree with @roblind.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robertli...open.substack.comThe UK's credibility problemTen-year gilt yields are significantly higher than comparable yields in other major economies. 3112
Reposted by Robert LindDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/01/2026It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them. 8547501247
Reposted by Robert LindJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/01/2026“With a single letter to Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre, though, Trump has thrown out all pretence of caring about anything other than himself – or that he understands the very basics of how the Nobel is awarded, what it’s awarded for, or even how international relations are supposed to work.”inews.co.ukTrump's letter to Norway proves it: he's lost his mind over the Nobel Peace PrizeThe US President is governing America like a mad king. The question is what the world is going to do about that 40947279
Reposted by Robert LindThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The inescapable view that on both the UK and USA, Charles de Gaulle was absolutely right. 5543117
Reposted by Robert LindPaul Johnson @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social · 22/11/2025It’s another conspiracy of silence. Conservatives don’t want to admit they massively increased taxes on high earners. Labour definitely don’t want to say so; they still want to peddle the idea that others, the rich, can pay more. Truth is if we want more spending we’ll all have to pay more. 56517
Reposted by Robert LindKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 09/04/2025The strategy is to tariff penguins on purpose and to bring bond yields down and to put Main Street ahead of Wall St and to never negotiate and actually no it's none of those things although I guess we could change our mind whatever 78013
Reposted by Robert LindSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Details of Donald Trump’s revised state visit have been leaked: -Uber from Luton Airport to Windsor -Sausage roll from Greggs -Prince Andrew to entertain Melania as King & Mr Trump watch Loose Women on telly -Banquet at Wetherspoons. -Mr Trump to retire to Slough Travelodge. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 66683166
Reposted by Robert LindDario Perkins @darioperkins.bsky.social · 23/12/2024NEW BLOG - THINGS THAT WON'T HAPPEN IN 2025. Please share, especially as this is totally gonna get me shadow-banned from the other place 🤣 44715
Reposted by Robert LindJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 12/12/2024The lesson that Germany should learn (France has already) is that bad equilibriums are easy to get into and require policy change to get out of. Germany is in one now: it needs tax/labour market reforms and public investment to raise spending. France needs a credible, slow, fiscal tightening. 071
Reposted by Robert LindTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 09/12/2024This kind of language is so like the way the Tory Brexiteers used to talk about trade. For them Brexit was a means to achieve 'free trade'. Reeves' Labour mean 'no new trade barriers that we haven't already chosen ourselves for reasons of overriding domestic political convenience.' 3245
Reposted by Robert LindDario Perkins @darioperkins.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Better late than never... 1182
Reposted by Robert LindStephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024"Anyway, the resultant petition has.. been pushed by public figures ranging from Elon Musk to Michael Caine. Fine. The Jaws film where the shark genuinely follows the Brody family all the way to the Bahamas is no longer the stupidest thing Michael’s done."theguardian.comElon Musk and a mass petition want a new UK election. Shall we do that – or just stick to democracy? | Marina HydeI know many are aggrieved with Starmer and co, but scrapping a government for Elon and a Shropshire publican seems like a stretch, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 57526
