Archie’s Substack

What I wrote this summer

Plus: a shift in focus for my work, and for this Substack

Aug 25

6

July 2025

I’m the captain now

Forget the fiscal rules, Britain’s government now takes orders from bond vigilantes

Jul 2

14

June 2025

12 Thoughts on the Spending Review

"Don't tell me what you think, show me what's in your portfolio."

Jun 13

13

4

The trouble with home bias

Some scattered thoughts on pension protectionism

Jun 2

19

5

May 2025

A (small) win on Reform UK, and other reader responses

Following up on my past few pieces

May 26

11

Taking Reform UK seriously

And learning just how deep the fiscal hole goes

May 13

28

8

Reflections on Britain's triage-ward state

But first, a detour about a dog

May 5

39

12

April 2025

Against 'equal value'

A tricky argument, but an essential one

Apr 21

33

8

Some questions on British Steel

First off: is the fact that Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems, Reform and the Greens are all banging the nationalisation drum an encouraging, or worrying…

Apr 13

34

6

Britain's fiscal framework is (almost) fine

And two ideas for fixing it further

Apr 6

7

2

March 2025

Can the Brits have Abundance too?

🇬🇧 Transposing the the Abundance agenda to Britain 🇬🇧

Mar 29

35

7

February 2025

All the ways I was wrong last year (part 1)

A predictions post-mortem, plus yet more on Labour and growth

Feb 12

7

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