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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

👀 www.ft.com/content/2055...

Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

haha this is clever. I think if Burnham just identifies one example every few weeks of a shitty private sector practice that is irritating and costs a few quid (or time) and pledges to scrap it he'll get a lot of fans. and let's be honest he won't struggle to find targets

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: US identifies “foreign actor” involved in Fairford incident

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're right up at the edge here. An MP and deputy leader of a political party playing footsie with the idea it's ok for a street gang to take the law into their own hands

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There was a big (39%) vote against Ryanair's remuneration policy resolution at the AGM (resolution 3). But how much of it is explained by low turnout (a bit under 18%)? Looking at the raw numbers only about 7% of the ISC was voted against that resolution.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Laurence Fox's cranky priest mate going full nutter

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A small moment of joy in the Post Implementation Review of the company reporting regulations.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This guy used to be a GB News presenter. he's got 450k+ followers on Twitter.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is from a portfolio manager’s post on LinkedIn. Avoid the cost of living crunch by simply owning shares in the companies putting up prices. Obviously returns to capital > returns to labour and pricing power is merely a naturally occurring phenomenon. Now go back to sleep, nothing to see here.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Disappointing I don’t use Twitter anymore but I’m guessing ITFC still does

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The outside of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Memorial to defenders of the Basque republic during the civil war on top of Mount Artxanda. Names various Basque, union (UGT, CGT etc) and party battalions. Durruti in there!

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Civil war era bullet holes in San Sebastián

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Think this might be the first anti ESG front page in the UK. Notable that the Tories are aping Reform here, and basically promising to scrap “woke nonsense” introduced under a Conservative government.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

kind of interesting if Reform lean into this. I think they risk coming across as a bit err monotropic

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’m not sure “centre Right” is really an analytically useful label. Blairites were economic and social liberals. To the extent Blue Labour ever really was a thing it would be left of Blairites on economics but Right of them on social issues. But most would say they’re both on the Right of Labour?

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

For seven blighted years since its foul stench was let loose in the world this tweet has slowly, remorselessly extinguished all named in it. Onward the horror slithers, setting no store by title: back bencher, party leader, prime minister, bloke who walked around a lot trying to become London mayor

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Wayne Rooney on Andy Burnham’s speech… the best part was the end.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's a mystery why people think Elon Musk platforms racism.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Won a bunch of disputes, won extra pay for members, but (BUT!!) has spent money supporting members on strike. This is an easy vote, the GS is focused on the right things, keep going.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Someone else (ME, IT WAS ME!!!) made this point last March tompowdrill.substack.com/p/social-fac...

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Aha... there's a bit on The Economist looking at the argument from Hirschman's the Passions and Interests and how Musk reverses it.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I don't find the Binface stuff remotely funny. Lots of people in / around politics seem to spend so much time talking about dull stuff that they apparently find any break in the clouds hilarious. Like basically all politicians' 'jokes' it's painfully unfunny. 👇You're laughing at this guy you dweebs👇

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Funnily enough I heard someone use the “there’s no need for a union if you own the company” line about a month ago. www.ft.com/content/2f53...

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Remembering this from @steveakehurst.bsky.social last year It suggests why the £5m donation/gift/security/noneofyourbusiness & being a paid influencer for a gold bullion business could be genuinely bad news for Farage and Reform. These stories hit a weak point.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I felt this sort of outcome was inevitable after Reform took control of several administering authorities for LGPS funds last year. US-style anti-ESG politics now making an impact in UK pension funds. (LAPFF is a membership body for LGPS funds to work collectively on Responsible Investment issues)

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Here's a great comparison from the Economic Policy Institute on how long it takes companies to complete the legals on a merger versus complete a CBA.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Found this quite interesting, from a book on financial regulation

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If I read this right BTPS write off of its Thames Water stake is equivalent to a bit under 1% of its AUM. www.ft.com/content/078d...

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is over-simplified to make a point (!) but intended to get at how (I think) priorities have shifted in policy and politics around institutional investment.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I should have read this years ago. So interesting

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

IMHO this is the big hole in Labour's approach to pension fund investment. Far more focused on scaling pools of capital than thinking about how it gets deployed even when in infratsructure.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

send not to know for whom the tweet tweets... it tweets for thee

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Me & my dad had a nerd sesh last weekend - Brunel museum in Rotherhithe, a relatively unknown gem v close to the Overground station (cos the museum is all about the tunnel). It’s really all about *Marc* Brunel (Isambard’s dad). I thought Kingdom was a middle name. No, it was Isambard’s mum’s surname

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The perceptions and expectations of bond investors are just one of the various constraints a PM faces. IMHO a failure of the current leadership & those around it has been to *emphasise* this particular one. The Nick MacPherson quote is much more sensible than “can’t do X because bond markets” drivel

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Just my own take, but there is a big difference between acknowledging a constraint in your strategy and letting a particular constraint determine your strategy. Voters who have faith in Burnham (in Makerfield or nationally) won’t expect him to prioritise building a relationship with bond investors.

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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Use the same headline structure but with weather instead. “Rain falls after Andy Burnham by-election victory” “Cloudy sky after Andy Burnham by-election victory” This type of story never claims X was *caused by* Y, just that they happened around the same time. It’s pure hocus pocus.

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