Jim Pickard 🐋

for those who haven’t checked it out yet: Blue Sky is rapidly reaching critical mass

under-fire water regulator Ofwat is on the chopping block ft.com/content/14c29d…

Great Inside Politics by @PickardJE ft.com/content/09ce48…

I did a history degree and have literally zero to say about Alfred the Great

Nasty. This guy isn’t harming anyone, doesn’t say anything anti-British, he’s just ignorant in a way plenty of other British people are, of whatever ethnicity. So what’s the significance of the clip? Him being black?

Keir Starmer last week defended his U-Turns on disability benefits as being "common sense", having listened to the "concerns" of Labour MPs. Now some of the very Labour MPs who expressed those concerns and demanded those "common sense" changes are being suspended

🚨 Sad news out of Liverpool tonight as we report a child has died after being infected with measles, amid a growing outbreak in the city:

Art of the deal 🤔😏…

Lunch with Britain’s most successful hippy? Sweet..:). Big chat between me and the FT’s @PickardJE - we tackle climate chaos, creating jobs, driving energy independence…and the time I sued Elon Musk…:) buff.ly/V0NQ25S

Renewable energy tycoon Dale Vince is also one of the most generous donors to the Labour party in history. Over Lunch with the FT, 'Britain's most successful hippy' discusses his donations, the case for green growth — and taking Elon Musk to court on.ft.com/3U8ds6k

“For me to be called a businessman is a mildly offensive thing. I’m not a businessman . . . I use business as a tool to get something done; that something isn’t about making money, it’s about sustainability and shit like that,” he says in a light Norfolk burr. “There’s got to be…

Great lunch by @PickardJE ft.com/content/841862…

I did this weekend’s Lunch with the FT with @DaleVince ft.com/content/841862…

Tony Blair Institute staff worked alongside BCG on a project for postwar Gaza that ended up proposing a 'Trump Riviera', 'MBS ring' road and 'Elon Musk smart manufacturing zone'. Latest scoop from @stephenfoley and @PickardJE ft.com/content/0b1bc7…

Exclusive: The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone” ft.com/content/0b1bc7…

Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of “relocating” Palestinians from Gaza and entered into a multimillion-dollar contract to help launch an aid scheme for the shattered enclave, a Financial Times investigation has found. ft.com/content/c0e661…

if the pound has dropped 1.2% against the dollar and 0.8% against the euro that suggests that markets *really* don't want Rachel Reeves to leave the Treasury ft.com/content/b323d3…

"STARMER YIELDS TO AVERT LABOUR 'CIVIL WAR' OVER CUTS TO WELFARE" Full Story: t.ly/IB-IX @PickardJE / @OilSheppard / @Sam1Fleming for @FinancialTimes. ​ #KeirStarmer was forced to respond to rebel #LabourParty MPs. #FinancialTimes #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPAPERS

These awards recognise the razor-sharp political analysis and unrivalled insight of @GeorgeWParker @robertshrimsley @stephenkb @greenmiranda @PickardJE @AnnaSophieGross, and the myriad other top @FT folk who join the podcast panel from week to week

you will have read that Labour is doubling investment in social housing in long term it’s true if 1) you compare it to the Tories and 2) if Labour win the next two general elections but new allocations for next 3 years are *lower* than this year ft.com/content/92a18f…

How AI lied and gaslit me: 🤯💣🔥 Won’t lie: what happened to me this week made my jaw drop Do watch: