Andrew Bennett
@andrewjb_
trying to scale progress, quickly | @britishprogress @txp_io | ex vc @formventureshq & policy @institutegc
new essay: Sovereign Albion aka: - why we need to rebuild a spiritual foundation for durable collective progress - how the current aesthetics of progress are falling short (sorry anglofuturists) - what a mini pilgrimage taught me about Britain: who we are and who we need to be…
One for the architects of Albion:
Entrance to a *coal mine engine hall* in 1902. What's stopping us from building data centres, the coal mines of today, that are beautiful, or at least interesting? We should make it easier for communities to feel pride in the industries of the future!
european companies winning globally might do more for european sovereignty than any single policy lever respect to @indexventures & @vojtech for going so deep on this
The latest book from @indexventures "Winning in the US: The Founder's Guide to Building a Global Company from Europe" is out! Lessons from 500 startups, 40+ founder interviews and three decades of investing. 👉 winningintheus.com
lot of love for @hoxtonfarms 🥩 happy to help a little to make this happen:
🇪🇺 New Episode "Europe's Most Ambitious Startup": Factory farming is reaching its breaking point with inhuman treatment of animals, antibiotic resistances, hormones that end up in your food and diseases that can jump from farm animals to humans. I visited @HoxtonFarms who…
it's been clear for a while that @turinginst is punching below its weight, but I've been waiting for someone to set out the detailed, constructive case for what should come next look no further. great work from @ersatzben and @jujulemons:
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 The Alan Turing Institute has visibly struggled, and is now at a critical juncture. The Secretary of State has intervened. What happens next? A new report for @britishprogress by me and @jujulemons sets out a plan: 🧵
one way in which we have a v poor debate on privatisation, outsourcing, procurement, regulation & state capacity: 1. this destruction of the public realm is v clearly downstream of the particular privatisation of natural monopolies and the resulting accountability gap b/w…
We really don't appreciate the skill of roadmenders, look at this, perfectly blended in, you can't tell where the original road ends and the repairs begin.