For the UK there is a real opportunity here to attract global talent and investment simply by displaying commitment to the rule of law, basic liberal principles and sound economics. Projecting competence may seem a low bar but it’s one others will struggle to meet. - ThreadSky

tomashirstecon.bsky.social • 170 days ago

For the UK there is a real opportunity here to attract global talent and investment simply by displaying commitment to the rule of law, basic liberal principles and sound economics. Projecting competence may seem a low bar but it’s one others will struggle to meet.

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emilbih.bsky.social•168 days ago

Projecting competence though? Competence should be practised, not projected, then it just actually works.

mikewasson.net•169 days ago

Well, I hope you’re right, but the UK has its own hard sell problems. Economically, obviously. Perhaps government competence. But also in the liberal sense: a trans friend of mine is in the process of leaving the US, I didn’t even bother recommending the UK.

(She picked Canada. Ah, well.)

stevenhseggie.bsky.social•170 days ago

less chance of forest fires too

freedomforall.net•169 days ago

Labour economic policy is not sound. Get that right and you have a point.

greygosling.bsky.social•169 days ago

Not the easiest sell after 8 years of Brexiteers.

homebrewandhacking.bsky.social•169 days ago

Pre 2016 I'd have agreed with the OP, but the endless omnishambles.

"For the UK.. Projecting competence may seem a low bar but it’s one... (it will) struggle to meet."

martinneilm.bsky.social•169 days ago

The UK isnt competent though and it is not new. Look at the last 50 years, where is the evidence of competence.

invalid-handle.com•170 days ago

Agree. There had already been a bit of interest shown from some parts of the US over recent years I believe. You may be in a better position to judge this? The UK but also some other parts of Europe could do very well if they play it right

tomashirstecon.bsky.social•170 days ago

The spat with Musk is a great advert for the country by drawing the starkness of the contrast between paranoid knee-jerk misinformation campaigns and calm, measured, evidence-backed response.

ungoldsworthy.bsky.social•169 days ago

Couldn’t agree more. Musk like an intoxicated techno-ogre lunging this way and that. Starmer on the other hand…

tomashirstecon.bsky.social•170 days ago

It’s a bat signal of “you don’t have to put up with that”

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