The reports I've read is more that the Russian intelligence agencies raised his profile from absolute obscurity to fame in a month or two, using thousands of bot accounts on tiktok and elsewhere. (View Post)

The Germans pursued years of joined up research and development joined up wifh government help in a small group of industrial sectors, which worked for decades until the Chinese took over. The lesson… (View Post)

Short-term gains again. Risk aversion can also be slightly distinct, as Max prefers to highlight the side of, but they are definitely both present and intertwined problems in the U.K. (View Post)

It's the usual City short-termism, which, because the Tories encouraged it further, Starmer has to address or compensate for. (View Post)

Hmm. Not much further info, oddly. (View Post)