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Duncan Robinson
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And burnham chief of staff James Purnell campaigned to keep the station open (via @ian.allenmoss.co.uk )
Duncan Robinsonwww.economist.com/britain/2026... Wrote about our indie music loving elite and how Burnham is...just another 50-something bloke interested in the exactly same thing as others of his generation
Incidentally, my band was played on 6 Music in 2010, so maybe I can be prime minister now
Duncan Robinsonwww.economist.com/britain/2026... Wrote about our indie music loving elite and how Burnham is...just another 50-something bloke interested in the exactly same thing as others of his generation
Yup. A football loving indie music man with a penchant for bomber jackets you say?
Steven SeggieThe difference being that nobody believes Starmer was into the Smiths, while everybody believes Burnham was.
She is responsible for both of David Cameron's Smiths quotations
James Austin(she also used to blog on Louder than War - louderthanwar.com/kerry/ )
[eats crisps] if I were a fund manager I'd try to increase the value of my assets, not destroy them
Duncan Weldon“His fledging firm has watched its assets plunge from $45 billion at the start of July to about $10 billion”. Oh dear.
David Cameron also quoted The Smiths a few times at the despatch box
Duncan Robinsonwww.economist.com/britain/2026... Wrote about our indie music loving elite and how Burnham is...just another 50-something bloke interested in the exactly same thing as others of his generation
Anneliese Midgley was married to a bloke from Saint Etienne
Duncan Robinsonwww.economist.com/britain/2026... Wrote about our indie music loving elite and how Burnham is...just another 50-something bloke interested in the exactly same thing as others of his generation
Millennial era political dominance will be soundtracked by LCD Soundsystem
Rishi Dastidar1. Now imagining an alternative establishment where the grime generation take over. 2. Economist style guide rendering it 'the Smiths' is giving me conniptions. It's simply not right!
Being in and against the Establishment is a sweet place to be in British politics www.economist.com/britain/2026...
What is curious about the Manchester renaissance is that it is exactly the same strategy as other post-industrial cities (which is all of them). The main difference is that they did it well. www.economist.com/britain/2026...
www.economist.com/britain/2026... Wrote about our indie music loving elite and how Burnham is...just another 50-something bloke interested in the exactly same thing as others of his generation
The indie establishment: put down The Times and put on 6 Music to understand power in Britain today economist.com/britain/2026...
The indie establishmentWhat happens when the alternative becomes the mainstream?economist.com