Andrew Rummer

🏏  While China may have a chokehold on rare earths and Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz at will, there is one corner of global supply chains that is forever England. 1/5

“The challenge is to keep the nature of this ancient game as unchanged as possible.” On “The Intelligence” @AJRummer explains a cricket-bat supply-chain bottleneck econ.st/4x00gmv

“Put Your Brand on Argyll” I don’t think this is what they imaged

First time I’ve noticed a vacant shop in central London be marketed as an “8,500 sq ft brand presence”

A thread on the 50 best fortifications to go and visit in the world according to me. They are all fun for at least one in the family. They are listed in reverse rank order as determined by how much fun, unique and awesome they are.

Read the more in @TheEconomist here (I'm quite proud of that "forever England" lead 😅) 5/5 economist.com/britain/2026/0…

To address the challenge, the Marylebone Cricket Club, which controls the rules of the game, is allowing laminated bats from October. It wants to increase affordability while also preserving the balance of power between batters and bowlers. 4/5

🏏  While China may have a chokehold on rare earths and Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz at will, there is one corner of global supply chains that is forever England. 1/5

“Britain is a place where people think they become rich by saving money rather than making it.” economist.com/britain/2026/0…

It's World Quantum Day. My thoughts are with those who are both celebrating and not celebrating.

When you got into politics to change the world but find yourself spending all the money bailing out people’s own freaking gas bills

Man City has broken Lime bikes. The whole of North London trying to get home at the same time, in disgust

The pandemic and costly energy have helped rekindle Britons’ love of domestic fires. And a new cohort of chimney sweeps is cleaning up economist.com/britain/2026/0…

I wrote a thing about the surprisingly robust demand for chimney sweeps economist.com/britain/2026/0…

@thomasforth Lol. I was literally talking about that Team GB row with my other half while walking the dog last week (yes we are cool).

@AJRummer A nice touch on the Olympics one is that even though the association includes Northern Ireland its name of "Team GB" excludes Northern Ireland. At one point I believe there was even a cope attempt to claim that the GB on Team GB did not actually refer to Great Britain. 🤣

Simples!

Greenland has got to be relieved now the transfer window is closed

Walking down the old railway line with the dog. Middle-aged man coming the other way looks distraught. Maybe his wife has recently died? Turns out he’s just listening to the cricket on a little radio.

I'm taking part in a Spaces discussion on "Google Zero, AI Agents, and the Future of News" at 6pm UK time today. Set a reminder or join the chat via this link: x.com/i/spaces/1OwxW…

Farewell, Zipcar 👋😔