RIP “I feel liberated. We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.” - you had a great run as the best quote in the FT from people who really would benefit from reading the FT, there's a new sheriff in town.
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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook in the Commons
NEW: Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has just announced the BIGGEST EVER reforms to national policy to deliver more homes! Here are the five biggest: 🧵
Finished “Service Model” by @aptshadow.bsky.social last night. Loved it and laughed out loud multiple times. Particularly at the description of the “Conservation Farm Project”.
I've written about Type Driven Design in Python. No, it isn't as mad as it seems.
bengale93.github.io/2025/12/07/t...
Not sure how “Somebody I used to know” ended up as my most listened track. Top artists are as expected though.
The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
The modal British voter thinks that pensioners are the group who gets the least good deal from the state! You can't have a serious conversation either about shrinking the state or expanding the tax base from that starting point!
It's all so supine and pathologically risk averse. A government trying to survive day to day, too scared to take the kindness of big decisive action which would repair the country and win an election. An unbelievable wasted opportunity.
🎶 Backbenchers to the left of me, bond markets to the right. Keir I am, stuck in the middle with you 🎶
Pensioners have a patriotic duty to downsize
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons.
Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.
We should abolish stamp duty: taxpolicy.org.uk/2024/06/09/s...
"Asylum seekers should not be allowed to work!"
"Asylum workers should not be subsidised at the public expense!"
- and loop.
As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
Members of my family were tortured and killed in the Holocaust because countries like Britain said it wasn't their problem. Everyone said never again. And here we are. It's sickening beyond belief.
Replace it and council tax with a Land Value Tax please.
🌊 Coastal communities are facing rising tides, crumbling cliffs & shrinking services.
They're on the frontline of the climate crisis - but too often overlooked in Westminster.
We need a dedicated Coastal Minister.
Here's why 👇
#ProtectOurCoast
Land Value Tax would solve this
Benfieldside (Durham) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 28.3% (+17.3)
🌹 LAB: 27.4% (+0.8)
➡️ RFM: 25.6% (-6.6)
🙋 Ind: 15.7% (-8.0)
🌳 CON: 1.6% (-5.0)
🌍 GRN: 1.4% (New)
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
6. Why did long gilts hate PMQs?
Possible answers:
a) Reeves seen as a fiscal hawk within Labour; PMQs raises chance of a new deficit-loving ChX;
b) Govt seen as likely to collapse, and have you seen Reform UK's plans?
c) UK revealed as fundamentally unserious country
Would he consider a Land Value Tax to make our tax system fairer and our economy more efficient? If Labour are struggling to fulfil their promises on tax and the fiscal rules, maybe some bold changes would help
I think the British public should be held responsible
More from me about why the wealth tax is DOA, and how we could and should tax wealth more effectively, on the Making Money podcast: buff.ly/BE3Ujsw
Tuesday's @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
