Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine; Principal Editor at Resolution Foundation
Tom Clark
I get Andy Burham’s Triple Lock line, given manifesto
I don’t get floating pensioner tax cuts
After flirting with WASPI compensation & reversing the Nat Ins rise, he’s now flirting with diluting the govt’s other big direct tax rise
The mood music will need to change VERY fast after Thursday
In Norway, 🇳🇴 only 7 petrol & 29 hybrids were sold this January
Bet nobody there regrets having made the transition early, now that it’s done
Certain inevitability about the land of HS2 experiencing a scrappier journey
I was sat right next to the Guardian letters desk, when they took a call from David Hockney asking if “picture letters” could be considered & whether sending them in by Fax would work. They found a way, and if you click you’ll see he got the standard “D Hockney, Bridlington” sign off
What a loss!
And, for such a committed smoker, what an innings
A one-minute read on why falling prices are even worse than inflation
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The distant days when FALLING prices were the problem
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The Common Travel Area with Ireland dates back to the 1920s
It survived despite decades of murderous ‘troubles’
Now one isolated if ghastly incident, and screaming political calls to rip it up
Burnham is all about heart
In today's cover essay, @raviguru.bsky.social asks what sort of agenda he might land at if in office he's led by his head
Put this together with ‘sympathy’ for reversing the big Nat Insurance rise & it begins to look almost as unrealistic as a preparation for government as Starmer’s notorious 2024 tax pledges
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RIP Roy Hattersley. A pragmatic style of politics in unswerving service of radical, egalitarian ends. A rare blend then, which would be rarer still today.
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Committed pro-European who formed half of the so-called dream ticket with Neil Kinnock was 93
