John Macdonald

Blackmoor Defence

[Adam Sykes @AdamSykesWirral]

Britain talks a big game on defence, then makes it painful for new companies to build and sell into it.

If we’re serious, we need founders, engineers and procurement that can move at wartime speed.

Worth reading from John Macdonald 👇

[Rebecca Wray @Bexwray]

@PolitlcsUK

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

"People vote for change and they don't get it... the real government remains the real government."

Podcast with @danny__kruger out tomorrow!

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

The latest LFG Podcast is out NOW on all platforms!

Episode 10: "The Secret Workings of Whitehall"

Many thanks to Benjamin Barnard, Former Policy Advisor to the Deputy PM and Minister for the Cabinet Office
@benjaminbarnard

[steve hsu @hsu_steve]

This is a really brilliant conversation. James Phillips is an Oxbridge neuroscientist who served as a Special Advisor to Boris Johnson during Covid, working with Dominic Cummings. He has deep insights regarding the pandemic, govt efficiency, the UK civil service, etc.

While the UK is experiencing difficult times, it lightens my heart to think that talented young men like James and Alf will contribute to her future!

@alf_stff @AnEmergentI @Dominic2306 @michaelgove

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

An official report has called for RADICAL reforms that would revolutionise nuclear power in Britain.

Government is rumoured to be wavering.

We have 2 days before the Budget to PUSH them to act.

Tell your MP: ACCEPT ALL the recommendations. 👇

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

At the 500ft long pile of rubbish by River Cherwell in Oxfordshire 🤢

ONLY 0.14% of fly-tipping cases end in prosecution.

Authorities have let fly-tipping become LEGAL.

Time to end this. We've launched the DIRTY DASHBOARD to pressure councils to ACT. Check where yours ranks 👇

[Rebecca Wray @Bexwray]

how embarrassing

how have we let this happen

[Rebecca Wray @Bexwray]

Such a delight to co-host @lfg_uk’s first live podcast at Make or Break with @NwprtNarrative

@s8mb, @bswud, @SCP_Hughes’ Foundations essay sets out wonderfully what needs fixing in the UK

As they say in the essay: Britain’s deepest foundations are a culture of scientific discovery, entrepreneurship and progress

These foundations were on full display last Thursday!

[Days Delayed @DaysDelayed]

Today is Day 33 since the Government approved plans for a second runway at Gatwick Airport.

Only 12 metres of tarmac needs to be laid, yet construction still hasn't started.

[Days Delayed @DaysDelayed]

Today is Day 5700 since HS2 was first formally announced.

Phase 1 isn't even finished yet.
https://t.co/21EmWjcoox

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

Barnet FC is NOT in Barnet!

Local fans can’t watch their own team play football in their own borough.

The council won’t let them build a stadium after complaints that the floodlights might be too bright!

Just another example of how you can’t build ANYTHING in Britain.

[Jonathon Kitson @KitsonJ1]

British domestic electricity prices have been higher than the IEA median for over a decade, well before the 2022 surge in gas prices.

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

MAKE OR BREAK will host LFG’s first ever LIVE PODCAST featuring the team behind FOUNDATIONS: the defining blueprint for reversing Britain’s decline
@s8mb 🚀 @bswud 🚀 @SCP_Hughes

BE PART OF IT – buy your ticket today

23/10/25 🚀 Indigo @ The O2 🚀 5pm doors open, 6:30pm start

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It’s MAKE OR BREAK for Britain.

Our biggest event yet…

LFG is headed to the O2!

Check your email for pre-sale access.

23/10/25 🚀 Indigo O2

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The Necessity of Agency & Dynamism | Kanishka Narayan | #3

[John Macdonald @MacdonaldJam]

Undermining security for millions of users makes the UK a no-go zone for tech innovation, and puts us in the company of authoritarian regimes we otherwise criticise for surveilling their citizens.

Wrote about this last year:

https://t.co/HWZ4d82J4G

[John Macdonald @MacdonaldJam]

Reminds of this article I wrote in 2022 https://t.co/mj5Mwd2Y34

[John Macdonald @MacdonaldJam]

Ministerial goons are literally trying to edge civil liberties out of existence.

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

VPNs top App Store charts as UK age verification kicks in - BBC News https://t.co/RfW4Yg6ykG

[Dr Lawrence Newport @lawrencenewport]

Dismissing the crime wave we are experiencing has become a signal of a certain "learned class".

They have failed to listen to people and the crimes that surround them: phones stolen, shoplifting + increased threat of weapons.

Record highs.

Help us push back at @crush_crime