Tom Keatinge

Director, Centre for Finance & Security @CFS_RUSI & @RUSI_org. ‘White collar vigilante and poacher-turned-gamekeeper’ per @TheEconomist. Views my own.

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

More impact of sanctions. It still surprises me how few EU/UK sanctions policy makers follow @BBCSteveR’s invaluable reporting on this…

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

Today’s Russian papers write about “the deterioration of the economic situation in Russia”, where “housing construction is deep in the red” & “increasingly expensive groceries & petrol are making people worry more about inflation.” #ReadingRussia

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@NickCohen4 5) and lastly… for those that say governments that issue CBDCs will be able to control ‘your’ money (if that’s the version they choose), so too can stablecoin issuers without any of the checks and balances governments have in place, so be careful what you wish for! 5/5

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@NickCohen4 4) and yes, of course central bank digital currencies pose a threat and thus executive orders like those from DJT and commitments like those from NF are very popular with stablecoin issuers… 4/n

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

I’ve never understood the UK’s obsession with superlatives and chest thumping illicit finance press releases.

I am therefore hereby introducing a new rule: you can only use such language if you’re also willing to headline your press releases with ‘UK ranks last in…’ or ‘UK performs worst at…’

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

https://t.co/XRtBm6SmJi

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@BBCSteveR That very morning I stepped off the Trans-Siberian express in Moscow from Beijing… Quite the welcome I got.

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@izakaminska Bring back the monocle!!

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

So @British_Airways crew say there is no WiFi on the BA16 from Sydney to London because - despite the plane recently being refitted - they are ‘waiting for Starlink’ so didn’t install WiFi during the refit… someone at the airline really wants customers to use competitor alternatives…

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

.@CountBinface here’s a policy suggestion for climate change…. ‘The UK will change climate with Portugal’.

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

.@SW_Help what’s this new rule about not allowing a train to leave if there are people standing…?!? if you provided the advertised ten coaches we wouldn’t have to stand…

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@BBCTomEdwards My 1h26m commute has also been preemptively timetabled to be 1h59m…. I guess go avoid delay repay?

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

Thanks for having me! 👇👇👇

[Niall Paterson @skynewsniall]

Politicians brag about their sanctions every chance they get - they’re ““crippling”, then they’re “unprecedented”, then occasionally “regime-changing”- but how do they actually work? Haud the bus, DO they actually work?

https://t.co/bPYPT9kXZi

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

How ‘competant’ is @reformparty_uk in the #NewForest? Asking for an undecided school teacher… @haveigotnews @Lymingtontimes

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

Catching up with UK news from this week, and it turns out I was surprisingly prescient…

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

For anyone following the debate re crypto donations in UK politics, here’s a handy summary of our thoughts from the @CFS_RUSI …

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

Ye Olde @SW_Help trick of cancelling all stops in the New Forest on a Friday night to no doubt rig their punctuality stats… (The 1835 from Waterloo, to be precise). Bravo for another display of customer service!

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@SW_Help So you decided that kicking all the passengers off the train was the correct customer service decision. Indeed a new low in SWR service!

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

Thanks @SW_Help for just arbitrarily cancelling all stops on the 1835 to Weymouth through the New Forest. Your commitment to customer service reaches new lows!!

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@SW_Help Yes. But that doesn’t explain why the Mew Forest stops were arbitrarily cancelled when the train was still going through the NF to Bournemouth. Or does the timetable matter more than customers.

[Tom Keatinge @keatingetom]

@SW_Help Of course I didn’t stay in the train!! You canceled all stops in the New Forest…