Lisa De Propris

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A gentle riposte to ⁦@timleunig⁩’s last Observer column which seemed to write off much of UK manufacturing. That would be a bad mistake. ⁦@MakeUK_⁩ ⁦@SMMT⁩ ⁦@FaradayInst⁩ @gtma1 ⁦@Jefferson_MFG⁩ @mtdmfg ⁦@unitetheunion⁩ blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog260127…

The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@bbcnickrobinson cannot understand what taxes are for? Take an econ101?? Just another incompetent Tory journalist

UK auto production slumps to a 73-year low after JLR cyber-attack theguardian.com/business/2025/…

The story in Caerphilly is that the Farage bubble is obviously bursting, that a progressive majority will vote tactically and that Labour’s very future - vital for British politics- depends on its willingness to stand by progressive values, voters and policies .

⁦@dgbailey⁩ talks about the workers’s perceptions of the EV transition in auto sector in the UK @regionnopolicy conference

Opening keynote plenary 19th Regional Innovation Policies Conference, Venice by Lisa De Propris ⁦@CaFoscari⁩ on ‘Technological change, triple transition & innovation policy’.

Sorry but Zelenskyy should have won this for swallowing his dignity with Trump in the name of peace in his Ukraine and Europe. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1l8…

What on earth can Microsoft learn from Sunak? How to stand and look stupid in the pouring rain!!! bbc.com/news/articles/…

The JLR cyberattack has damaged manufacturing plants, putting jobs at risk in the West Midlands & in the supply chain. @zarahsultana (Coventry South MP) might better focus on protecting good jobs in the West Midlands rather than political rows of little interest to constituents.

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Quantitative tightening and a tight fiscal policy are NOT going to stimulate growth!! I thought @RachelReevesMP was an economist.

Food security #BuyBritish more rather than solar panels on fields

@lewis_goodall can we have you back on @LBC now, please?

Someone here does not accept what side of history they are! bbc.com/news/articles/…

Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

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@BBCr4today @bbcnickrobinson finally proper journalism from you