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A sharp critique by David Edgerton: Starmer’s relaunch is neither a new defence policy nor an industrial policy.

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Satellite images and videos show armed Palestinian militia has expanded its presence in southern Gaza, operating inside an area under the direct control of the Israel Defense Forces haaretz.com/israel-news/se…

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The Government said it’d cost £99bn to publicly own our water. But this drew on calculations by — drumroll — water company lobbyists. The true cost is closer to zero. Here’s why. 🧵

Mafalda in English!!!

A devastating portrait of a prime minister without ideas wanting to keep everything much the same.

A terrific piece - the point about nostalgia is spot on.

Superb discussion of my Rise and Fall of the British Nation, and the first to note the importance to it of my critique of Cain and Hopkins, which I took, along with that of Anderson and Nairn, to be richest existing analyses of the twentieth century British nation and empire.

My Idea for Kier, from the New Statesman davidedgerton.org/blog/2025/6/17…

Shock of the (114-year) old! "The two modernization programs comprise the bulk of Stratofortress upgrades designed to keep the 64-year-old bomber fleet flying for another 50 years." David Edgerton The Maintainers

There is nothing here but the distilled banalities of Thatcherism and Blairism with a touch of Brexiter fantasising. ft.com/content/a0334c… via @ft

A powerful set of points

NYC Gini index of inequality is the highest in the US and within striking distance of Rio de Janeiro. It is 80 percent higher than that of Berlin. Latest Chartbook newsletter just dropped on capitalism & democracy in NYC. tinyurl.com/5f866r79

My thoughts on why Starmer's government is best thought of not as a Labour government, but something else ... newstatesman.com/politics/labou…

Prescient indeed ...

Brilliant and brutal…

"Labour is what we see it doing, aping Tories and Reform, changing nothing important, dumping on the same people, at home and abroad, as the Tories did. It is true to itself; it is Starmer’s government." 🖊️ David Edgerton newstatesman.com/politics/labou…

Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG on.ft.com/402zbjD

We shouldn't criticise Starmer's government for falling short of some ideal, or for lacking a narrative or vision, but for what it is and does. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…