Adam Roberts @ARobertsjourno
The Digital Editor of @TheEconomist. London, after spells in Chicago, Paris, Delhi, Jo'burg. Author of India book and The Wonga Coup. Views own etc. economist.com London Joined July 2012-
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Can you #BuildABritishVoter? A white man aged 45-54 from the South East, owns a home in an urban area, works full time and has a postgraduate degree has a: 🔴 34% chance of voting Labour 🔵 32% Conservative 🟠 18% Lib Dem economist.com/interactive/uk… #BuildABritishVoter
This #BuildABritishVoter tool is so cool! @JamesFransham built a model based on the views of nearly 100,000 Britons that lets you explore the demographic groups that make up Britain’s electorate, and @_rospearce turned it into this addictive interactive: economist.com/britain-voter
Could the 14th Amendment bar Donald Trump from becoming president again? economist.com/the-economist-… from @TheEconomist
“Americans can shout about their lack of free speech all they want, but they will never be able to overcome their differences, and deal with any of their real problems, if they do not learn to listen to each other again,” writes James Bennet econ.st/3GGC8Mv
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One more plug for my special report on lessons from Ukraine. Obviously I encourage subscriptions! But if you can’t subscribe, pick up a print copy on the newsstands this week. For the arresting cover if nothing else.
🧵 This week's @TheEconomist cover story is my ten-page special report on lessons from Ukraine. The cover evokes a key theme: the various technologies of precision warfare are likely to co-exist with—rather than supplant—legacy weapons, mass & attrition. economist.com/special-report…
A lighthouse bulb that can be seen 20 nautical miles way must be at least:
Strong @IndianExpress edit on the hounding of @CPR_India. There’s really no better reference for the institute’s work than government itself. From climate to foreign policy, social protection to urbanization—the center and the states have made ample use of its expertise.
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@ARobertsjourno I didn’t know that the ‘sweep’ wasn’t a necessary thing for lighthouses, always vaguely assumed it made them more visible
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This man has blocked me, or I'd tell him that The Wall Street Journal is not, as he's Tweeted recently, "owned by Soros." It boggles the mind that a man of his ineptitude and stupidity was India's foreign secretary not so long ago.
Russia news today is wild…and ngl it’s a great day to subscribe to @TheEconomist Start with Espresso for the quick updates, head to the app for the context (like who even is the Wagner Group?) and then stay tuned for all the analysis about what this actually means for the war