Prof David Bailey

#IndStrategy @UoB_Business @UKandEU Snr Fellow; Editor-in-Chief @cssjournal1, editor @regionalstudies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller) Baggies fan

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

New ⁦@UKandEU⁩ report on ‘Manufacturing after Brexit’ just out co-authored by ⁦@UoB_Business⁩ @dgbailey & Ivan Rajic https://t.co/8CIBQgMNlK

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Nissan, Chery sign preliminary agreement on UK vehicle production-Xinhua https://t.co/69E2NbdRKL

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

Nissan, Chery sign preliminary agreement on UK vehicle production - https://t.co/OXHfxowVrc

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

6 The symbolism is pretty extraordinary: Nissan once represented the globalisation of Japanese carmaking in Britain. Now Sunderland could become a launchpad for China’s automotive expansion.

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

Thoughts on the Chery/Nissan news: 1 This is arguably the moment China’s car industry stops exporting to Britain and starts manufacturing in Britain.
Twenty years ago Chinese brands were trying to break into Europe. Now they’re going to build cars in Britain’s biggest car plant.

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5 This is another sign that the future of the European car market may increasingly be designed in China and assembled locally.

[Regional Studies Association @regstud]

New #opeaccess article ‘Prioritising public health in mission-oriented industrial strategy’ by
@jacknewmanHE , Sarah Ayres & Geoff Bates
https://t.co/c9xGf93nV1

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

@johnclancy @edjames_ Well said!

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

RT @johnclancy: My recent interview with @edjames_ on BBC Radio WM. The continuing presence of Labour Govt Commissioners in Birmingham has…

[Unite For A Workers' Economy @UniteEconomy]

"Birmingham Council has confirmed that planned changes to the city’s bin collections ‘will not progress’ as it awaits new political leadership".

Meanwhile the deal to end the bin strikes struck by the old political leadership hangs in the balance partly due to officers and commissioners potentially ready to pull the plug, regardless of the position of the new political leadership.

The move to fortnightly collections will be problematic to those with large families in Birmingham.

An even bigger problem would be the bin strikes continuing into 2027.

Get the deal done!

https://t.co/Iz5rljI8vx

[Russ Cockburn @Dwarfio]

Any of my followers have a 16-24 year-old, who is struggling with the current employment market. Le Monde, France's leading newspaper, is visiting the West Mids and keen to see how our young people are coping with the challenges? #Employment #Jobs

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

@jordanbhx Sports pages are quite good.

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@JaneRockHouse @BhamCityCouncil Brum Tories also too scared to stand up to Tory Central HQ & join a coalition to run @BhamCityCouncil. Like @brumLabour, an abdication of responsibility to the city.

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

@LewisJWarner @BrumLabour Perhaps she might show some leadership by standing up to Starmer & @UKLabour & offer to join a coalition to run @BhamCityCouncil? @BrumLabour throwing its toys out of the pram in a post-election huff & walking off the pitch is an abdication of its responsibilities to the city.

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

@johnclancy Spot on! Great piece by @olleyatGRIT - essential reading for all local councillors!!

[Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy]

Olley literally on the money, again. Every West Midlands councillor, new or old, needs to read this, & start asking its Questions. https://t.co/rbObQTgTbI
"If a fund is genuinely in surplus, and if pensions can be paid securely, then money extracted from employers beyond what is needed is not prudence. It is hoarding. It is the quiet diversion of public money from today’s services into yesterday’s actuarial anxieties....

"If pensions can be paid securely, why lock away public money that councils, schools and public services desperately need now?...

"Publish the assumptions. Explain the funding position in plain English. Show the downside risk. Show the upside. Show the effect on council budgets if contributions were reduced. Show what safeguards would protect members. Show why 0 per cent is impossible, if it is impossible.....

"Kensington & Chelsea’s 0% employer contribution decision has blown a hole through the old defence....a different question can be asked. If a fund is strong enough, why keep taking money at the old rate?...

"A pension fund that cannot consistently deliver timely service to its members should not expect a standing ovation for clever investment charts. People cannot eat a pie chart. They cannot pay the gas bill with a governance dashboard. They cannot take a “funding strategy statement” to the supermarket and ask whether it covers the weekly shop." @olleyatGRIT

[Prof David Bailey @dgbailey]

Why Ferrari’s first EV provoked such a backlash. New blog. https://t.co/FTXQaQr8xb

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@SteveHewittUK Really? Ridiculous!