Matt Bishop
@matthewlbishop
Political economist @Sheffield. Co-Director @ODI Resilient & Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI). Home: Yorkshire. Heart: T&T. Does development, small states, drug policy. Co-presents Small Islands, Big Picture pod. Occasionally plays electronic records.
These are the banknotes we need in the UK, like every other proximate country
Anyone wondering just how we got here vis-à-vis Iran could do far worse than read Steven Kinzer's "All the Shah's Men" which was written after 9/11 and explains why 1979 happened (and, by implication, why 2026 could be opening a pandora's box)
Probably a not-insubstantial number of Telegraph readers with homes in the Dordogne saw this headline and thought “let’s hope so!”
Barbados now has a statutory paternity leave entitlement that is superior to the UK equivalent
The all-French knockout tie is particularly tasty, almost like a creamy dessert of football
How long do we have to continue this charade of politicians who promised growth explaining why it hasn't materialised without mentioning the B-word? Paul Krugman nailed it a decade ago: archive.nytimes.com/krugman.blog...
When did we stop using actual words like “path” or “pavement” in favour of made up ones? Who is making these decisions? Is it a huge wind-up?
Nothing as exciting as receiving your new passport that doesn’t let you live, work and retire freely in 27 other countries
The @sheffielduni.bsky.social Global Policy analyst team is @g20 writing briefs on implications of summit agenda: AI, poverty, hunger, gender, nuclear weapons, trade, finance, climate futures, Ukraine, Trump. We'll be in media centre non-stop and keen to talk to journalists working on these issues