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