Editor of @CapX, author of 'The Great Acceleration' (Bloomsbury) and media adviser @icgtweets. All opinions rigorously A/B tested.
This is good stuff - @JamesHeywood93 @CPSThinkTankf sets out the problems with the Universal Credit uplift, and offers a better solution
The thing I really want to know is who is the one lucky European who got vaccinated for Christmas (via @OurWorldInData )
Great to talk to @Douglas4Moray just now about the Union, the pandemic, the Scottish elections and who he'll be cheering on at the Euros (aside from Scotland...). You can watch back on @CPSThinkTank 's YouTube channel here
Chelsea confirm they have 'parted ways' with head coach Frank Lampard. Makes it sound like conscious uncoupling...
V g piece by @JamesHeywood for @ConHome
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Things that don’t get you expelled from the Labour Party: hosting IRA, Hamas, Hezbollah in parliament; sharing platforms with antisemites; picketing trial of Brighton Bomber; etc etc Things that do get you expelled from the Labour Party: being Trevor Phillips
At this time of turmoil for our nation, what a relief to have the magnificent clarity offered by Jeremy Corbyn. Hasn't read the withdrawal agreement, not sure how he'd vote in another referendum, doesn't really know what should happen. Statesmanlike. Leaderly.
If Bill Gates doesn’t win the Nobel, then there’s no bloody point to it. The work he has funded and co-funded on vaccine prep and deployment alone is going to save millions of lives, and potentially hundreds of millions.
Dear London taxi drivers, if you want to win your war with the 21st century, maybe stop using the phrase ‘Oh, you’re paying by card, are you?’ as though you’re being presented with mysterious spices from the East.
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