Prof David Bailey
@dgbailey
#industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan.
Crisis, what crisis? It was the hot summer of ‘76, Jaws was in the cinema & Chancellor Healey was feeling the heat. Superb @cssjournal.bsky.social piece by the fab Sunday Times econ editor @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social on the IMF crisis revisited. Free-to-view! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Summer of ‘76: Jaws was in the cinema & Chancellor Healey was feeling the heat. Grrat @cssjournal.bsky.social piece by brilliant Sunday Times econ editor @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social on the IMF crisis revisited. Free-view coming soon www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Time to end the EV charging divide - cut VAT on public charging too. New blog blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2607... @ukandeu.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social
Top summary by @benzaranko.bsky.social in today’s Observer which cites my comments (see also blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2607...) as well as comments by the excellent Jun Du & Simon French. @regstud.bsky.social @acadsocsciences.bsky.social @cssjournal.bsky.social @prt1969.bsky.social
I’m humbled to receive a Birmingham Business School UG Students’ Choice Award. Coming from students, this means more than I can say. Over the last few incredibly difficult months, they have shown kindness, patience and compassion, & it’s been a privilege to teach & learn alongside them. Thank you.
@thetimes.com @jameshurley.bsky.social today covers my views on past localism failures. How previous attempts at it ended up being more recentralisation. And on the abolition of Regional Development Agencies being an “act of economic vandalism”. www.thetimes.com/article/3add...
Why Ferrari’s first EV provoked such a backlash. New blog. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
New Blog from the Blackstuff - why making things still matters and what Britain needs to do next. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...
blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/blogsallauto... Move the 2030 Petrol Car Ban to 2035, and Fix the EV Transition Properly.
The @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social is right. We really do need a comprehensive review of the ZEV mandate. New blog: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
Breaking news. UK LGPS Actuaries Firms' 'quadopoly' reported to Competition & Markets Authority. John Clancy & myself make Enterprise Act 2002 pt.4 request for a formal market study by the CMA. Full detail here in our latest blog: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2601...
A gentle riposte to @timleunig.bsky.social last Observer column which seemed to write off much of UK manufacturing. That would be a bad mistake. @makeuk.bsky.social @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @faradayinstitute.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2601...
Why a JLR-Chery tie-up could be a win-win. New Auto Blog from the Blackstuff: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
Why a JLR-Chery tie-up could be a win-win. New Auto Blog from the Blackstuff: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
How £1.1 billion of taxpayers' money was handed over by West Midlands Pension Fund in management expenses. Latest Blog from the Blackstuff with John Clancy blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2601...
What happened to ‘best value’ @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social Commissioners? We warned you in late 2024 about the pension surplus. Council continues to pay £14m a yr in pension deficit reduction on a deficit that doesn’t exist while slashing public services. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2601...
West Mids Pension Fund finds £1.1 billion down the back of the sofa while @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to pay £14m a yr in pension deficit reduction on a deficit that doesn’t exist. Latest West Mids Pension Fund nightmare on New St. +John Clancy blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2601...
“Let’s be clear about this scandal: Birmingham City Council’s so-called bankruptcy was caused by catastrophic miscalculations & errors at its pension fund & the huge contributions it demanded from the Council. This dwarfs the Oracle & Equal Pay disasters.” blogsfromtheblackstuff.com//bftbblog260...
West Midlands Pension Fund insider spills the beans: an £11 billion surplus. It's 200% funded! New blog with John Clancy. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com//bftbblog260...
Too bold for Jaguar? The designer who dared to reinvent a legend. On Gerry McGovern’s exit from JLR. New blog. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
Counting the cost. New blog on the Cyber Monitoring Centre Report. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
New blog: why the ‘moral hazard’ argument re the JLR loan guarantee is overblown. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
JLR cyberattack could hit profits by £5m for every day of shutdown. Supply chain also feeling the pain & may need govt help. Latest blog here. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbautoblog...
Look who’s next? Nigel Driffield chairing a panel on productivity #mes2025