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OPINION: Spending Review cuts to the BBC would erode the UK's soft power when it needs it most, writes @gileskenningham cityam.com/spending-revie…

Read our founder Giles Kenningham's foray into concert reviews (with a few extra thoughts on BBC spending cuts and estate agents). cityam.com/spending-revie…

Interesting speculation from Furman: could employee support schemes during COVID (like furlough) have delayed necessary reallocation in the UK? A well-meaning policy that may have inadvertently slowed productivity growth.

And then there’s dynamism. In the US, people and capital move more freely between sectors and regions. That reallocation, especially post-COVID, means resources flow to their most productive use faster.

Trafalgar's Take - A league of their own? What can the UK learn from the US’s post-pandemic productivity surge? Quick takeaways from yesterday’s @resfoundation event with Clare Lombardelli and @jasonfurman

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With the next election looming, read our founder @gileskenningham's @CityAM piece on how the combined perils of AI and WhatsApp’s power for dissemination could wreak havoc for the next election. cityam.com/the-combined-p…

Ahead of the forthcoming Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, Trafalgar Strategy is hosting a launch of a special photographic exhibition by renowned conflict photographer, Adam Dobby. If you are interested in attending please click this link eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-special-ph…

Ahead of the forthcoming Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, Trafalgar Strategy is hosting a launch of a special photographic exhibition by renowned conflict photographer Adam Dobby. If you are interested in attending please click this link eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-special-ph…

On the latest episode of ‘Hacks & Flaks’, ⁦speechwriter extraordinaire @asabenn⁩ relates a ‘pinko’ episode from his time with Liz Truss at the Dept of Trade, as relayed by ⁦@christopherhope⁩ in this past weekend’s ’Peterborough’ column in the ⁦@Telegraph⁩ 👇🏻

Why stop at sacking Tucker Carlson? If Rupert Murdoch wants to save Fox News he needs to kill Fox News. In fact, let's go ahead and kill all cable news. We'll like it, I promise. My latest for @the_lineca theline.substack.com/p/andrew-macdo…

What did former Canadian PM Stephen Harper say to Vladimir Putin to set the Russian leader off ahead of the 2013 G8 Summit? @patrick_kidd recaps the tale from the latest episode of ‘Hacks & Flaks’ in his Times diary column thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…

On the latest episode of ‘Hacks & Flaks’ host @PetrieHosken describes the challenges of filing in Russia. Full episode can be found here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wha…

Our Director @agmacdougall’s latest column for the @OttawaCitizen ottawacitizen.com/opinion/macdou…

You don’t like taxpayer or state-funded media like the BBC or Canada’s CBC? Fine. But Conservatives shouldn’t be in a hurry to devalue what they - and the mass media - has brought: a common understanding.

On the latest episode of ‘Hacks & Flaks' we hear moving testimony from actor and former EastEnders star @lucy_benjamin about what it was like to be phone hacked. Listen below and consider leaving a rating and review if you enjoyed the pod. open.spotify.com/episode/6iM22i…