Hugo Gye

Oakley is up, Lauren is down, Bluebell's beating Claire and Keir is nowhere to be seen... I've written @TheEconomist's Blighty newsletter this week on the remarkable findings of the ONS annual baby names survey Subscribers can sign up here: economist.com/newsletters/bl…

@TimJ_B @ECIU_UK very true

@HugoGye @ECIU_UK be interested to know if the analysis takes into account linked articles or nearby ones in print... feel like the art of a properly designed page/spread is lost on complext topics online

'Three in 4 UK newspaper articles on record-breaking heatwave didn’t mention climate' - remarkable finding from @ECIU_UK: eciu.net/media/press-re…

'A sense of humour is an appealing quality. An allergy to seriousness is not.'

📥 BBC NEWSNIGHT - Economist & campaigner Gary Stevenson, host of Gary's Economics: 'I'm not advising Andy Burnham, but I'd love to'

@jo3hill Incredible book.

I’m reading John Hoskyns’ ‘Just in Time: Inside the Thatcher Revolution’. 1974-1982 seems like a useful reference period for Britain’s current challenges, and I hope there are lots of lessons we can learn from it. Starting a thread of excerpts 1/

Lovely piece by my former colleague @kitty_donaldson

I’m really shocked and distressed at the news about Ann Widdecombe. She was a woman of deep faith who devoted her life to public service. The idea that she could have been murdered is truly horrifying. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and all who loved her.

The whole country will be utterly shocked by the awful news about the circumstances of Ann Widdecombe’s death. Today we come together across the political divide and I pay tribute to Ann’s dedication during her many years of public service. My thoughts and deepest condolences are with Ann’s family and friends.

😢 Arthur Fery is finally out of #Wimbledon... but what a ride. Alexander Zverev is through to the final. ✍️ @MichaelHincks inews.co.uk/sport/tennis/a…

BREAKING: Cops probing Ann Widdecombe’s ‘suspicious death’ after 78-year-old found dead thesun.co.uk/news/39714312/…

A new British workplace comedy television show, “The Office,” premieres on BBC Two.

Excellent piece in the Britain section on the UK's social housing distortions this week. Enormous effective subsidies and lifelong tenancies encourage tenants to cling on to units, especially in London, causing an enormous misallocation of scarce stock. economist.com/britain/2026/0…

@TheEconomist Farage's stunts are currently failing to convince voters he is a future PM (see chart): economist.com/britain/2026/0… AI writing is eating Westminster: economist.com/britain/2026/0… And why Theresa May was our first (and last) woke prime minister: economist.com/britain/2026/0…

@TheEconomist In the Britain section this week Why Burnham's council house building pledge looks unattainable: economist.com/britain/2026/0… Britain's social housing bonanza: economist.com/britain/2026/0…

England needs fewer council houses rather than more, @TheEconomist argues this week 'Rather than spending vast sums on building new council homes, Mr Burnham should instead raise all social rents to market rates.' Read the leader here: economist.com/leaders/2026/0…

Russia’s biggest industrialist has spoken to @TheEconomist about why Putin must change course - a really remarkable (and brave) intervention

EXCL: Reform UK activists have been urged to divert from Greater Manchester mayoral byelection to support Nigel Farage’s contest against Count Binface. A WhatsApp shared with party members in NW reads: “We now need all of our fantastic activists, branch officers and councillors to come and help us in Clacton.” Scoop by @JoshHalliday theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

As I report in @TheEconomist daily 'world in brief' newsletter today, Team Burnham say they'd like to sign up c200 MP nominations in the first day - would be an early show of strength