Will Lloyd

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@Will___lloyd

Senior Writer, FT Weekend / will.lloyd@ft.com

London, England Joined January 2020

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Will Lloyd @Will___lloyd Sep 26

I’ve spent a few weeks asking people if Britain is prepared for war, among other doom scenarios. The short answer is no and the condensed reason for why that happened is that we spent the last forty years stripping off and selling the most resilient systems in the country for parts.

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How resilient is Britain? ft.trib.al/Bv78ZgH
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Will Lloyd @Will___lloyd 15h

This is such a delight to read

David Wingrave @davewingrave Oct 27

I have an essay in the new issue of @thebafflermag about the mundane, incredible fact that London, alongside many other cities, has for the last 50ish years been filling up with Himalayan parakeets - and on the contested realm of invasion biology itself.

thebaffler.com/salvos/the-pol…
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Will Lloyd @Will___lloyd 4d

It really does look like the U.K. is going down what officials are calling “the apology track”.

Labour also seems to be making a political error in not asking the King to take one for the team and say sorry before Andy Burnham does.

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An apology for slavery will help build trust across the Commonwealth ft.trib.al/16J9wrD | opinion
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Will Lloyd @Will___lloyd Oct 29

Outstanding and at times oddly moving @patrickkmaguire review of the "garlicky" new Lizz Truss book
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Will Lloyd @Will___lloyd Oct 28

A sketch of John Healey's small, quiet, itsy-bitsy, minimal, little, local, head down, don't-scare-the-horses, modest, steady-as-she-goes, kick the can down the road, actual mini budget

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www.ft.com Finally, after Liz Truss, an actual mini-Budget Nosferatu lookalike John Healey is a modest Labour man. He trades in dull old HP sauce, not hot exciting blood