Duncan Robinson
@duncanrobinson.bsky.social
Write Bagehot column for the Economist. Comment writer of the year at British Journalism Awards 2024
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
One of the key lessons from Hallett
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One of the key lessons from Hallett
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 👇
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...
Come work with me
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Come work with me
glad to see this piece from summer on Labour's "all pain, no gain" strategy still works www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
glad to see this piece from summer on Labour's "all pain, no gain" strategy still works www.economist.com/britain/2025...
on very important utter nonsense www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
on very important utter nonsense www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Seems unlikely, but I assure you it's true. See here! researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Seems unlikely, but I assure you it's true. See here! researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Fun dynamic of the budget is that the Tories did all the easy bits when it came to hosing the rich, leaving behind an unbelievably progressive income tax system www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Fun dynamic of the budget is that the Tories did all the easy bits when it came to hosing the rich, leaving behind an unbelievably progressive income tax system www.economist.com/britain/2025...
"Victims" referenced more in Hansard than "Brexit", "welfare", "immigration", "pensioners" and "voters" in past five years. It's an huge half-century shift when the state would effectively kill people and just go "and what?" www.economist.com/britain/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Victims" referenced more in Hansard than "Brexit", "welfare", "immigration", "pensioners" and "voters" in past five years. It's an huge half-century shift when the state would effectively kill people and just go "and what?" www.economist.com/britain/2025...
In a nutshell: think it's very unhealthy as it turns societal problems into individual ones
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In a nutshell: think it's very unhealthy as it turns societal problems into individual ones
Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Props to @matthewholehouse.bsky.social for being nominated in very competitive politics category for fantastic work on Reform!
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Props to @matthewholehouse.bsky.social for being nominated in very competitive politics category for fantastic work on Reform!
Delighted to be nominated for comment journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards, alongside some fantastic peers 🎈🍾 pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Delighted to be nominated for comment journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards, alongside some fantastic peers 🎈🍾 pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Judged by the last decade, British corporate lobbyists are the least effective in the rich world.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Judged by the last decade, British corporate lobbyists are the least effective in the rich world.
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
Judged by the last decade, British corporate lobbyists are the least effective in the rich world.
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
October 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Judged by the last decade, British corporate lobbyists are the least effective in the rich world.
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim... Depressing.
October 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim... Depressing.
This was good: Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets
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October 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This was good: Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
This was good: Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This was good: Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
Law is politics by other means. Wrote about Leigh Day, the law firm that love suing the government www.economist.com/britain/2025...
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Law is politics by other means. Wrote about Leigh Day, the law firm that love suing the government www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Might sell it. Any offers? All proceeds to go to an illegal spa in my back garden
October 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Might sell it. Any offers? All proceeds to go to an illegal spa in my back garden
The end of hippy punching: Keir Starmer invents a party Keir Starmer would vote for Labour has decided to stop punching its own voters
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October 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The end of hippy punching: Keir Starmer invents a party Keir Starmer would vote for Labour has decided to stop punching its own voters
economist.com/britain/2025...
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Male loneliness epidemic: Downing Street edition www.economist.com/britain/2025...
September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Male loneliness epidemic: Downing Street edition www.economist.com/britain/2025...