Faisal Islam Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Faisal Islam on X
Econ Editor, BBC. Fin crisis book @theDefaultLine .. Newsnight. Host award-winning 2016 EUref TV interviews & 2017 GE debate. United ST.

Ukip: Inside the Campaign to Redraw the Map of British Politics
Matthew Goodwin
The political analyst who spotted the impact of Ukip on working class Labour voters, Prof Matthew Goodwin, said that these results are the next stage of realignment and the Conservatives have to decide whether to lean into it… /3 https://t.co/8EAgFY0YpB
Hardcover, 2016
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chris Miller
Newsnight coming up… With Ben Chu talking to Jim O Neil/ Adam Posen/ Isabel Hilton about UK strategy amid US-China econ decoupling… And Author of Chip War Chris Miller on semiconductor strategy… And Oscar nominated @waadalkateab on Assad’s read mission to the Arab League
Hardcover, 2022
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Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience with Connect Access Card
Richard L. Hughes
ALSO NEWish: Last week, before the series of leadership tax cut announcements I asked OBR chief Richard Hughes about this prospect - he pointed out that the £30bn in headroom (now competitively being offered back to taxpayers) may not exist any more… https://t.co/ohLarUMj7z
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Shock
Robin Cook
… then we go on to the indictment of Putin by the ICC for war crimes relating to the transfer of children from occupied Ukraine… And this time 20 years ago, Robin Cook was resigning, Bush was giving Saddam a 48 hour ultimatum before “shock and awe”.. two Iraqis reflect
Paperback, Mass Market, 2002
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Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns: From MDCCCVIII to MDCCCXIV: 2
Thomas Hamilton
So basically if safety car comes out then whatever lead you have instantly evaporates? Ie no way verstappen catching Hamilton 12 secs in front before that… not sure I buy the michael Thomas 1989 analogy - more like being 2-0 down and then awarded two goals with one minute left…
Paperback, 2018
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The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: Sale of Gas Networks by National Grid: Report
Great Britain
Very sad to hear of passing of Richard Rogers, one of UK’s finest architects, chair of highly influential Urban Task Force report in 99, which lay groundwork for city centre transformation…then he told me Britain had great designers but 'we are appallingly bad at employing them' https://t.co/udRyDItV37
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From Platitudes to Practice 2.0: Targeting
The World Bank
I asked Adeyemo if there was a risky precedent in targeting a central bank which is supposed to have “sovereign immunity”. “the message there is the idea is you can't violate the rules of the world and the global order and expect to enjoy the privileges of being a part of that”
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