Goodnight from #Edinburgh - first lived here in 1991 - seems a long time ago!

Britain got bored of levelling up before it even began. A brutal chart from Archie Hall
economist.com/britain/2024/0…

There’s about a one in 8 chance either Donald J. Trump or Joe Biden will have a serious medical emergency before the Election….

being chairman of Patisserie Valerie may distort your experience

UK Manufacturing and food exports looking dire - but services flying!!!

Ouch. How is your country performing on the issue of homelessness? Source: buff.ly/4dICXE7

A foretaste of how the immigration debate will switch in Europe once lower birth rates really start hurting.

I give you before and after Canary Wharf… overall a success, but do worry if we plan to do this in many other parts of London #gentledensity

PODCAST: in which Ben Page takes us from Dagenham to Italy and then across the Atlantic to survey the recent experiences in Latin America alongside a look ahead to the US election. More data on all of the above here ipsos.com/en/2024-crucia… 🎧

In this podcast from Bloomberg UK, Ben Page joined Voternomics to share his insights about voters and their opinion about politicians and governments.

'Digital afterlife': Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted 'hauntings' by AI chatbots of dead loved ones sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/…

On the latest Voternomics:

Public opinion guru Ben Page Ben Page helps us contrast average US, UK + other voters. Takeaway? Brits are not most unhappy!

And Bloomberg grand master John Authers tells us what the FED could do to most enrage Trump II

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Why high levels of voter discontent and polarization will lead to (1) the triumph of anti-incumbents and (2) a spate of one-term governments

Serious question for the psychologists out there. Any real evidence narcissism has increased because selfies and social media - or did it just enable what was already there? Thanks!

New podcast with @bloomberg on 'useless politicians' podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/vot…

Enjoyed doing this one with Stephanie Flanders and Allegra Stratton on why western (and Latin American) voters are so frustrated with their governemtns - eg 17% satisfaction in UK is a record low

What I love about most populist parties who are protesting about the deep state and establishment- is how many of them are from the establishment 😂

On average British people think ideal number of kids is 2. But we only average 1 or less…expensive, but also cultural expectations changing too

We live in extraordinary times.

“We are dying out, soon we will disappear. The city prefers to be inhabited by someone else: not so much by other categories of human beings but by another way of being in the world.”
–– Tiziano Scarpa

📷 Roman Henze
2017, La Serenissima

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