As in so many other areas, Conservative Party politics is becoming a parody of political satire. 👇👇

I can help explain this Sophy Ridge. The ancestors of Nigel Farage MP may (hold your breath) have been French and even built the small boats - not to mention the big one - that facilitated to great Norman migration: 👇👇

Billionaire under sanctions could get $300mn in controversial US-Congo deal via Financial Times Goes to show that plunder pays ⁦Caroline Kende-Robb⁩ on.ft.com/3XweRXz

So, so true - it will make an uphill task like a climb up the South face of the Eiger 👇👇👇

Groan!

I must be living somewhere else 👇

It’s so embarrassing to watch football pundits going from apocalyptic pessimism to hysterical over exuberance.

Such a good point. Just imagine, we all thought GWB was about as low as it could get. How wrong we were …

How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Hunger and Extreme Poverty by Kevin Watkins Project Syndicate prosyn.org/qGwDIQW

Is the G20 about to do something useful? Some thoughts 👇 project-syndicate.org/commentary/lul…

With Brazilian President Lula at the helm, G20 Brasil could become a launchpad for international initiatives to tackle hunger, poverty, and extreme inequality, writes Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa’s Kevin Watkins. bit.ly/4f96BTH

Genuine question Dani Rodrik. I just don’t get this. Isn’t it just a static snapshot picture of international trade in an unequal world. Citing Amin, Wallerstein, Rodney et al is fine - but they were providing a dynamic political economy story nature.com/articles/s4146…

De qué manera el G-20 podría ayudar a eliminar el hambre y la pobreza extrema elpais.com/planeta-futuro… via EL PAÍS

Great video from Make My Money Matter We need more campaigning like this to win over hearts and minds instagram.com/reel/C-E-f4ToV…

Nice summary from Larry Elliott The Guardian, but if there were an Olympic event in Unoriginal Economics the World Bank Development Report would take Gold, Silver and Bronze World Bank warns 108 countries risk being stuck in ‘middle-income trap’ theguardian.com/business/artic…

As the UK government works to restore a tarnished reputation on international development, it could start by following Brazil’s lead on the eradication of hunger Some thoughts from me in The Guardian amp.theguardian.com/global-develop…

This (from BBC News (UK) ) really tells you all you need to know about what drives BBC editorial priorities. 40k dead in Gaza - and perhaps the most systemic war crimes since Rwanda and Bosnia. And a Love Island ‘star’ gets burgled. #embarrassing

Want the UK’s £15 billion a year in international aid to do more good? Then benchmark our programs against giving cash directly to find out how well programs REALLY work. A great idea for Rachel Reeves’s new Office for Value for Money. 🧵

Cash transfer programmes are among the most effective anti-poverty interventions, when used at scale by governments 👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… BUT let’s not overstate the case to promote one model and one NGO GiveDirectly💸, or to generate implausible populist headlines on UK aid