Duncan Robinson
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
Write Bagehot column for the Economist. Comment writer of the year at British Journalism Awards 2024
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How exactly do they imagine the milk gets back into the baby after you pump it??? Just astonishing stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
How exactly do they imagine the milk gets back into the baby after you pump it??? Just astonishing stuff.
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This is a company that makes breast pumps to get milk out so women can pump at work and and feed their kids breast milk, and yet:
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is a company that makes breast pumps to get milk out so women can pump at work and and feed their kids breast milk, and yet:
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Guys guys guys I regret to inform you the absolutely mental breastfeeding people are At It Again. www.medela.com/en-us/lactat...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Guys guys guys I regret to inform you the absolutely mental breastfeeding people are At It Again. www.medela.com/en-us/lactat...
Fun example of how much more willing the government is to spend on bungs versus building
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Fun example of how much more willing the government is to spend on bungs versus building
It’s great stuff
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November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s great stuff
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This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
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If you’re shopping for presents this weekend, I’ll gently mention that the Economist just named THE TRAITORS CIRCLE one of the Best Books of 2025 www.economist.com/culture/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If you’re shopping for presents this weekend, I’ll gently mention that the Economist just named THE TRAITORS CIRCLE one of the Best Books of 2025 www.economist.com/culture/2025...
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Been banging on about this for years.
As I said in 2017, “At some point, someone will have to tell those on middle incomes that they will have to pay more tax.”
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As I said in 2017, “At some point, someone will have to tell those on middle incomes that they will have to pay more tax.”
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Tax and ‘the rich’
One of the my favourite Spitting Image sketches features the Queen complaining about the behaviour of the rich, to which an exasperated Prince Philip replies, “You ARE the bloody rich!”…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Been banging on about this for years.
As I said in 2017, “At some point, someone will have to tell those on middle incomes that they will have to pay more tax.”
flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/t...
As I said in 2017, “At some point, someone will have to tell those on middle incomes that they will have to pay more tax.”
flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/t...
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So good by @duncanrobinson.bsky.social on British politics' (young) "male gaze":
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
www.economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So good by @duncanrobinson.bsky.social on British politics' (young) "male gaze":
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves surely the first prime minister and chancellor duo to both play the flute
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves surely the first prime minister and chancellor duo to both play the flute
Thank you to Alistair for helping me game my fragile male ego
Read more (and learn about Duncan’s new PB) here 👉 www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
www.economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Thank you to Alistair for helping me game my fragile male ego
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www.economist.com/britain/2025... Column on The Men 👇
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
www.economist.com/britain/2025... Column on The Men 👇
One of the key lessons from Hallett
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One of the key lessons from Hallett
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It has to be said that this is quite funny.
www.economist.com/britain/2025... Column on The Men 👇
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It has to be said that this is quite funny.
www.economist.com/britain/2025... Column on The Men 👇
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
www.economist.com/britain/2025... Column on The Men 👇
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“Can Labour speak for non-graduates of any gender? Worries about men are often worries about class with a Movember moustache.”
Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“Can Labour speak for non-graduates of any gender? Worries about men are often worries about class with a Movember moustache.”
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November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In general, I think a political focus on men and boys is kinda fine. Because if you fix for them, you can fix it for all. They're just not that different. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
In general, I think a political focus on men and boys is kinda fine. Because if you fix for them, you can fix it for all. They're just not that different. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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The thing about the male crisis is that it's a great narrative to sell, and lets your fairly boring status quo views seem counter culture, but as Duncan rightly notes, it is based on a mixture of misreading polling, cherry picking, and just lying.
Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The thing about the male crisis is that it's a great narrative to sell, and lets your fairly boring status quo views seem counter culture, but as Duncan rightly notes, it is based on a mixture of misreading polling, cherry picking, and just lying.
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Man Panic sounds like a little-known horny pumper reissued, compiled and repackaged with plenty of other hot meat on one of the recent Disco Discharge compilations
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Man Panic sounds like a little-known horny pumper reissued, compiled and repackaged with plenty of other hot meat on one of the recent Disco Discharge compilations
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Wish more wrote about polling this way. For example:
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wish more wrote about polling this way. For example:
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
“If only young women could vote, Labour would be replaced by the Greens, who are tearing through voters on Labour’s left. British politics has a male gaze. A shift among young women comes second to a largely imagined one among men.”
Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
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November 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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hello! one (1) ticket has just become available for the Outsiders Arts Club this evening - £22, first come first served, DMs open
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
hello! one (1) ticket has just become available for the Outsiders Arts Club this evening - £22, first come first served, DMs open