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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

5 years

Rory Stewart in GQ: “There is a pretence in politics in Britain that what you need are grand ideas, but actually people want to be governed justly and well. They want to feel sensible, fair decisions are being made and people are getting on with things quickly” @RoryStewartUK

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Oliver Letwin may not get everything right, like everybody else, but it is clear that he is motivated by principles and decency, not game-playing and doing people over

Letwin: 'I'm absolutely behind the government now'

Sir Oliver Letwin says his amendment was about an orderly exit from the EU, not trying to stop Brexit.

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@RyanShorthouse

10 months

Powerful and wise writing from @Freedland

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

My letter to The Telegraph on their #InheritanceTax campaign

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4 years

"The real frustration for this government is not that some external system is thwarting their agenda, but that they are the system and complaining about being thwarted is the only agenda they know" Astute by @rafaelbehr

Boris Johnson's 'revolutionary new deal' is a hollow distraction | Rafael Behr

The prime minister issued promises like counterfeit money, with himself pasted over the portraits of greater men, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

@HadleyFreeman I don't know the truth about Michael Jackson; I haven't scrutinised the evidence sufficiently. But I am surprised that people confidently conclude that he was an abuser, considering an extensive criminal trial and comprehensive FBI investigation found no wrongdoing.

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

If self-employed now pay similar levels of NI to employees, this will and should raise questions about entitlement to sick & maternity pay

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

"Many people will argue that correcting falsity or insisting on accuracy are fool’s errands. What matters now is how people feel. This way lies disaster. False information kills, from polio epidemics to trashed reputations." Spot on from @DAaronovitch

We must do more to sift fact from fiction

What’s true and what isn’t — and how much harm untruth can do in the public realm — is one of the great problems of our time. Last year the government identified the propagation of fake or inaccurate...

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

8 years

It is not 'smug' to criticise endorsement of racism, misogyny, bigotry and lying. These things are unacceptable. Voters are not children.

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@RyanShorthouse

2 years

Fuel Duty *has* been cut, in real terms, since 2011 Those on modest incomes urgently need more support, via tax cuts & cash transfers But fairest way to do this is through broad taxes (NI/Income Tax/VAT) or benefits (UC) Under half of households in bottom quintile have a car

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

Just because you personally haven’t seen something, it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. There can sometimes be a frustrating denialism, especially from some on the Right, to the severity of some profound problems: Coronavirus, climate change, discrimination

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@RyanShorthouse

6 years

This is an absolutely brilliant piece of writing by @EdConwaySky . I hope people read it

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

Significant mistake - environmentally, fiscally and politically - by @RishiSunak to freeze Fuel Duty #Budget2020

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

📢 Join us this Thursday for our second Ludgate Lecture of 2021 ✍️ Sign up here:

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

"The central problem with ‘no deal’ is that it is being heavily (mis)sold as providing certainty, finality – a ‘clean break’ – when it would manifestly do nothing of the sort."

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

What is intellectually impressive is ability to communicate complexity in a simple way; not communicate simplicity in a complex way

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@BBCNewsnight

7 years

“Do you look at your daughter now and think, I hope she never meets Russell Brand?” @maitlis asks @rustyrockets #newsnight

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@RyanShorthouse

11 months

If the PM pursues these policies, I think he would be making a serious mistake - electorally, economically & environmentally

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@hzeffman

11 months

EXCL w/ @ChrisMasonBBC Rishi Sunak is considering changing some of the government's key green commitments. Could include: - Delaying ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035 - Softening plans to phase out gas boilers. Speech in coming days

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

There is an assumption that Inheritance Tax of 40% is payable on homes being passed to children worth >£325,000 This is overwhelmingly not the case. Once both married parents die, they can pass on to their children the property they lived in with tax-free allowance of £1m

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@RyanShorthouse

8 months

Centre-right celebrates building up & passing on of wealth But cutting IHT now gives even more money to families who already have plenty of it Focus should be on helping those with little/none of it to acquire wealth See @WeAreBrightBlue ’s new project

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@RyanShorthouse

2 years

@NJ_Timothy Think you’re over-interpreting it. Seems highly likely she meant she was excited by fast-changing news. Sometimes we don’t always choose exactly the right words live on TV

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1 year

It would be indefensible to have more than a real terms increase in the State Pension, but less than a real terms increase in Universal Credit

Hunt considers autumn benefit cut to free up pre-election tax giveaway

Unlinking benefits rise from September inflation rate could save Treasury billions, though similar idea led to backlash for Liz Truss

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

We’re still in depths of pandemic & recession. Gov needs- in fact has strategy- to prioritise borrowing & spending billions to sustain incomes & activity. People in poverty spend almost all what’s given to them. Cutting UC doesn’t make sense - economically, politically, morally

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

Corbyn wrong. Greenfell not result of austerity, inequality, Tories or neoliberalism. Result of non-compliance with, or poor, regulation

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@RyanShorthouse

2 years

By @IanDunt : “The UK has to punish Putin for Ukraine, but only Germany seems capable of stepping up”

The UK has to punish Putin for Ukraine, but only Germany seems capable of stepping up

It was left to German chancellor Olaf Scholz to take the kind of hardline approach which should have been coming from London

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@RyanShorthouse

3 years

What an incredibly arrogant and ill-judged thing to say

Henry Zeffman

@hzeffman

3 years

Jacob Rees-Mogg just went further about Douglas Ross on Newsnight. "Douglas Ross has always been a lightweight figure".

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@RyanShorthouse

9 months

If there is fiscal headroom, this is totally the wrong priority. It is younger generations that need and deserve more fiscal support - with the cost of living, housing and family life

Ben Riley-Smith

@benrileysmith

9 months

🚨EXC: Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are on the brink of approving plans to cut inheritance tax next week Discussing cut to 40% rate. Treasury’s deemed it’s not inflationary so✔️ Final decision comes next week…but source familiar says “likely”. Let’s see

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

There is no evidence that UK tuition fees deter eligible students from applying to university

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@RyanShorthouse

3 years

Madness. Hope @UniversitiesUK will be clear in strongly advising against these so-called ‘inclusive assessments’

It’s elitist to mark down bad spelling, universities insist

University tutors are being told not to dock marks for spelling mistakes because requiring good English could be seen as “homogenous north European, white, male, elite”.Several universities are...

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

Utterly the wrong priority for tax cuts. There is already a £1 million exemption from IHT if someone inherits the family home from their married parents. Young, working-aged people desperately need a government that will support them.

Inheritance tax could be scrapped in Tory bid for votes

Downing Street is holding talks about scrapping inheritance tax as part of a “totemic” offering to voters before the general election.The Times has been told t

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@RyanShorthouse

2 months

A properly diverse Cabinet, at last, with the numbers from modest backgrounds impressively high. Now the Labour Government needs to help smash the class ceiling across the whole economy.

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@RyanShorthouse

8 years

PM wrong to want to make ECHR withdrawal a 2020 manifesto commitment. ECHR vital & based on English common law. We should be proud of it

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@RyanShorthouse

2 years

In this edition, I review @IanDunt ’s excellent book, ‘How to be a liberal’

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

In 2030s, there will be an overwhelming case & the political space for UK to join a reformed Single Market and try and be a leader of EFTA, returning to the originally envisaged economic union in Europe to sit alongside the political union that is the EU Me on @LBC last night…

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🗣️ Bright Blue's Chief Executive, @RyanShorthouse , on @LBC with @BenKentish . "In 10 years' time, we'll be in a different place and Britain should join and try and lead an economic union rather than be part of the political union." Full clip here:

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1 year

Illegal Migration Bill is disappointing legislation Its wrong in principle. Its effectively trying to ban people seeking sanctuary in UK, unless you come from 3 countries & in what will be capped resettlement schemes. Its not fair since it fails to give people a fair hearing

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@RyanShorthouse

3 years

Today, @WeAreBrightBlue co-hosts a conference w/ @britishfuture on immigration 👉 Keynote speech by Home Secretary @pritipatel at 11am 👉 Two panel sessions on a) migration for work and b) refugees and asylum protection Watch: #ImmigrationWhatNext

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@RyanShorthouse

2 years

Intelligent piece by @DavidGauke . This definition of tax avoidance is particularly useful, in my opinion

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

Excellent report from @ukonward An avalanche is coming to the centre-right Tories should know not to hold aspirational people back Best institutions in life - good homes, schools, jobs, families - cannot be preserve of upper middle classes

Nearly two-thirds of millennials think Tories deserve to lose election, poll says

Rishi Sunak told that research from Onward thinktank suggests party is facing ‘existential’ threat

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

Time for the UK to change the law to legalise assisted dying, with strict safeguards in place. It would be a deeply compassionate policy.

Dignity in Dying

@dignityindying

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BREAKING: New Zealand to become the first country in the world to put assisted dying to a binding public vote. As ever more jurisdictions around the world take this important step towards compassion, the UK’s lack of progress is becoming more apparent.

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

If the Exit Poll is correct, then Theresa May will have to resign #ExitPoll #GE2017

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

Interesting data from @ONS today on employment * Almost all employees (99%) across the UK had a contract they were satisfied with * 80% of people in England report working satisfactory hours

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@RyanShorthouse

8 years

Being anti-establishment is usually the rallying call of people who don't like their ideas debated, dissected and often dismissed

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@RyanShorthouse

9 months

The appointment of @David_Cameron by @RishiSunak is impressive and significant. This could help buoy disillusioned Tory parliamentarians and voters. And liberal conservatism means good government - not just good politics.

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

Maybe he can also negotiate a good deal for the rest of the UK to be able to be part of the Single Market too?

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@ITVNewsPolitics

1 year

'Northern Ireland is in the unbelievably special position - unique position in the entire world - in having privileged access not just to the UK market… but also the EU single market' 'Nobody else has that. No one. Only you guys, only here’ Rishi Sunak hails his Brexit deal

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

After careful consideration over a few years, Ive been persuaded assisted dying - with appropriate & robust safeguards - should be legalised

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@RyanShorthouse

2 months

I have high hopes that Starmer will make ministerial conduct and decision-making much more professional. People who experience social mobility believe strongly in formal rules and assessment - in doing things properly. They are how we ever stood a chance.

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1 year

This is dreadful. Average life expectancy, especially for millennials, now falling in the UK. And not just because of Covid-19. This should not be happening in a developed country. But, yes, carry on with the woke war nonsense.

Chris Smyth

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Life expectancy for millennials at retirement has fallen by almost three full years in under a decade Not just Covid either. That's pretty bad

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@RyanShorthouse

2 years

Is there any evidence that processing asylum claims offshore a) deters applicants from making dangerous journeys and b) improves outcomes for the UK (eg reduced state expenditure, better integration)? If not, the policy is purely performative.

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1 year

House of Lords should be full of successful entrepreneurs, academics, clinicians, politicians, creatives, businesspeople, activists etc - all of them having built & delivered something consequential, as judged and voted for by public. A properly meritocratic & democratic chamber

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@RyanShorthouse

6 years

Perhaps the worst policy of this decade is the net migration target, cooked up by the Conservatives without scientific and extensive consultation: it has distorted and damaged both public discourse and public policy. It should be abandoned; the sooner the better.

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

I genuinely don’t understand how people voted for this man. I just can’t get my head round it.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.....

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2 years

There are alternatives to Rwanda plan to reduce dangerous journeys, which could be more effective & cheaper Pilot a humanitarian visa scheme, where applicants have claims processed overseas near to key origin countries Increase numbers through global resettlement scheme

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1 year

Millennials are getting very mad. And it won’t be pretty for the Conservatives. @RishiSunak needs to act urgently, for the next election and many to come

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.com

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

I see people are citing fiscal discipline & other priorities for resisting extension of the £20 UC uplift. Did people cite these when wanting Stamp holiday, =c£4bn? Eat out to Help Out =£1bn? They were last year, of course. But v similar economic situation atm

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Excellent column, as ever, from @matthewsyed ahead of the #England game tonight The big lesson from it: whether around a football game or Westminster politics, try avoid and ignore those people looking for trouble. And stop giving them so much airtime.

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11 months

A EU-wide returns agreement is, ultimately, the most sensible way to reduce the number of asylum seekers coming to the UK A deal will be difficult, but I think this will be more achievable & effective than a plan to detain and deport all asylum seekers

Keir Starmer: Labour will smash Channel migrant gangs

Sir Keir Starmer has said that Labour will treat people-smugglers like terrorists if he wins the next election by freezing their assets and placing restrictions

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@RyanShorthouse

6 years

No: the primary purpose of journalism should be about seeking and conveying the truth

Owen Jones

@owenjonesjourno

6 years

Journalism should be about holding the wealthy and powerful to account, but that's dying. So Labour's plans to strengthen Freedom of Information, give charitable status to local and investigative journalism, and tax digital giants to fund the BBC is a big deal. #ChangeTheMedia

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6 years

Home Secretary right to show clear evidence that deficit reduction has not led to an increase in crime. The idea that ‘cuts’ are to blame for every social problem is a myth propagated by those on the Left & vested interests wanting more money from govt

Amber Rudd says cuts not to blame for rise in violence as new powers and task force unveiled

Police cuts are not to blame for rising crime, the Home Secretary has warned, because forces have the officers and funding to tackle the violence on Britain’s streets.

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

Apparently, following time is something that certain races prize and succeed at more than others... Why is this offensive nonsense being treated seriously?

The Safest Space

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4 years

NYTimes: "White culture is obsessed with 'mechanical time' -- clock time -- and punishes students for lateness. This is but one example of how whiteness undercuts Black kids." 🙈

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

I think merging DFID with the FCO is unnecessary and would be a mistake - for Britain’s global reputation and the transparency of aid spending

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@RyanShorthouse

4 years

The Republican Party @GOP needs to stand up for democracy this morning. Tell that man that he needs to wait in line. No man is bigger than the traditions and rules of that great nation.

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@RyanShorthouse

3 years

Every word Cut in aid to 0.5% is - Unnecessary: our contributions already fall when GNI does - Inconsistent: where are other cuts this yr if we face a fiscal emergency now? - Damaging: To our reputation & - most of all - to people who need it most

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

If people cannot make amends for and move on from past mistakes, instead just be shamed and stopped because of it, then I’m afraid we create a repressive society, not a liberal one

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@RyanShorthouse

8 years

We've appeased, indulged even, this anti-establishment nonsense for too long. Be brave, politicians, and expose it for what it is: nonsense

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@Nigel_Farage

8 years

After today's judgement I'm really beginning to question the independence of our judiciary.

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3 years

Alongside @jrf_uk & more, @WeAreBrightBlue calling to #KeepTheLifeline - the £20 uplift in UC Why? - Majority who would see cut in UC are in work - No evidence I’ve seen current uplift harming work incentives - Govt has not presented an alternative

Doctors, charities and Tory thinktank urge PM to drop universal credit cut

Letter signed by 100 organisations warns £20 a week reduction would push 500,000 people into poverty

www.theguardian.com

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@RyanShorthouse

8 months

📢 Today @WeAreBrightBlue launches our new Community - a collection of people inside & outside Parliament who will work to ensure the centre-right in the UK prioritises liberal, meritocratic, pro-market, institutionalist & internationalist policies

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@RyanShorthouse

6 years

Drug testing can stop the festival tragedies - @hugorifkind We should support @WeAreTheLoopUK to operate nationwide in festivals and on campuses

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@RyanShorthouse

6 years

A very intelligent conversation between @BTrenowden , @KateAndrs and @EvanHD on the gender pay gap last night. I would urge people to watch it to make sure the gender pay gap statistics are interpreted correctly #PayMeToo

BBC Two - Newsnight, 03/04/2018

With Evan Davis.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

Good article from Pilta Clark for the @FT "We are being manipulated into thinking that net zero policies are at the heart of this emergency"

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@RyanShorthouse

8 years

Net migration target a failed & poor policy. Govt should stop virtue signalling by keeping it & introduce popular & deliverable targets

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@RyanShorthouse

6 years

Utterly unacceptable that homosexuality still criminalised in 37 Commonwealth countries. UK must use its 2-year chairing of the Commonwealth to press for - and use key levers (including trade and aid) it has to push for - decriminalisation #CHOGM2018

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3 years

Chancellor @RishiSunak v sensibly raising min wage in line with LPC & ending public sector pay freeze. Reassuringly evidence-led. But end of UC uplift, combined with NI rise & rising bills, will wipe out wage gains for many & reduce overall household incomes for others

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6 years

Interesting: “The biggest meta-study of anxiety and depression in the world, from 1990 to 2010, found no evidence that the prevalence of mental disorder was increasing compared with earlier generations”

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

Deeply regressive & ignorant policy from Labour Party to scrap tuition fees. Poorer, non-graduate taxpayers will have to pay more for it.

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@RyanShorthouse

5 years

Worse, the Augar Review is suggesting reducing the salary repayment threshold and increasing the repayment period, both of which means low- and middle-income graduates paying more for higher education. Terrible suggestions.

Jo Johnson

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Looks like Augar (as predicted) will destabilise uni finances, imperil many courses & reverse progress in widening access. Reducing fees to £7.5k will leave funding hole HMT won't fill + benefit only highest earning grads at expense of general taxpayer. Bad policy, bad politics.

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“It’s worth remembering that in 2019, 26,000 people died from influenza and pneumonia, despite having an effective vaccination programme in place for the flu in the UK.” @DrBenSpencer in @CharlotteCGill ’s article

Why Ministers shouldn't pin their hopes on a Coronavirus vaccine | Conservative Home

From medical issues to the political warfare it could spark, immunising the nation is more complicated than it seems.

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

Thoughts, #GE17results : Liberal Tories, like Ruth Davidson & David Cameron, win. Conservatives need liberal Tories as leaders

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

Britain's membership of the Single Market is the most important & valuable part of being in the EU. Shame so many have given up on it.

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

I think @Dannythefink is right: the time has come to legalise assisted dying in the UK

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

Agree with @stevewebb1 here. Raising pensions annual and lifetime allowance only benefits v affluent earners; and is likely to lead them retiring earlier, as a result of achieving their retirement savings goals earlier

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2 years

The PM @RishiSunak needs to elevate competent Ministers from across the party to Cabinet for the first time: Lucy Frazer, Victoria Atkins, Chris Philp, Jesse Norman, Tom Tugendhat, James Heappey, Neil O’Brien etc. Same old faces a mistake, both in terms of politics and policy

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If Tories cut Inheritance Tax, they’d be giving something for nothing, rewarding people who do nothing to earn that money they receive Likely to marginally reduce growth & social mobility You can already pass on a £1m home tax free Bizarre priority

Hunt plan to slash death tax by HALF

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8 months

Important intervention by UK & German Governments Israel, a liberal democracy, cannot be expected to endure terrorists running a territory right next to it But it cannot continue in Gaza the way it has. Too many civilians have been killed

David Cameron: Why the UK and Germany back a sustainable ceasefire

The foreign secretary and his German counterpart call on all parties to work towards a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine — once the killing has stopped

www.thetimes.com

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@RyanShorthouse

3 years

My amazing sister-in-law is quickly approaching the French coast, after swimming the English Channel for nearly 12 hours She’s swimming for @ProstateUK & @mssocietyuk Here she is halfway - at the crack of dawn Pls donate if you can #hanswimsthechan

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3 years

Sir Kevan Collins right to resign. The package today woeful. There is inadequate funding, but also insufficient urgency; the catch-up teaching needs to happen *this* academic year, not over several years

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

Thoughtful piece by @toadmeister in The Spectator on the important role of parents in educating children

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6 years

Providing extra funding for grammar schools to expand is a mistake by @DamianHinds . This will harm, not help, social mobility. The evidence is quite clear:

Grammar schools don’t add any value. So let’s ditch them | Ryan Shorthouse

Latest analysis shows that grammar schools have a negative effect on social mobility and are no more effective than comprehensives, says thinktank director Ryan Shorthouse

www.theguardian.com

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1 year

These possible childcare policies from @Jeremy_Hunt look very positive 👍 - Upfront & upgraded payment of childcare element of UC - Extension of Early Years Free Entitlement - Relaxation of staff-to-child ratios - Sign-up bonus to work in childcare

Young parents and over-50s will be beneficiaries of Hunt’s billions

The chancellor is expected to deliver a multibillion-pound “cradle-to-grave giveaway”, using his budget on Wednesday to announce childcare and pension reforms.Jeremy Hunt is to relax the rules on the...

www.thetimes.com

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@RyanShorthouse

7 years

She is a nice person, but honestly, it is a significant mistake for the Conservatives to keep Theresa May as their leader #GE2017

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

8 years

A load of tosh from newspapers thoughtlessly undermining institutions that keep this society fair & functioning

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

5 years

Tory MPs are voting for someone for the task in hand: not extensive renegotiation with the EU, but winning an election. Because that’s where we’re heading. And sooner then people think. If Boris wins, likely to be an election very quickly

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

6 years

If EEA/EFTA had been starting point nearly 2yrs ago, that time could have been spent negotiating freedom of movement, & reforming immigration system. If the UK went for it now after parliamentary votes, still desirable, but less room & time for FoM reform

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@RyanShorthouse

1 year

We have too many minsters in this country who have zero to minimal interest in or experience of meaningful organisational management, just media management. The consequences are increasingly and profoundly problematic.

Whitehall ‘blob’ thwarts bonfire of Brexit laws

Kemi Badenoch promises new approach as critics such as Jacob Rees-Mogg rail against ‘administrative failure’

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

3 years

Today, @WeAreBrightBlue launches new cross-party, cross-sector commission to guide thinking on what our social security system should look like after #COVID19 Covered in The Guardian: Read more here:

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@RyanShorthouse

2 months

The Tory defeat has little to do with their political positioning or philosophy. It is to do with not delivering on the primary issues the public care about.

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@RyanShorthouse

6 months

There are 4 main things people can do to improve their lives *and* contribute to the greater good: - Work more - Raise children - Help out in their local community - Build up assets A Conservative Government’s Budget should be focussed on supporting people to do them

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

2 years

This graph says it all: overall, very welcome and impressive progressive package of measures from @RishiSunak to support households with the rising cost of living. Finally turning to cash transfers to help. The pragmatic Chancellor we need 👏

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

9 months

UK Govt is now willing to essentially ignore our rule of law & international reputation to enable some asylum seekers to be immediately deported to Rwanda, without evidence this exceptional policy will be effective as a deterrent. A grave mistake.

Rwanda to be given extra £15m to seal migration deal

Sunak agrees to pour in more cash to save policy but must convince MPs

www.thetimes.com

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

4 years

How about adapting a scheme Gov already has to support both employers & employees with temporary absence of labour? Statutory Maternity Pay 90% of salary paid for 6 wks, followed by a flat rate of c£150 weekly, all subsidised by state Time for Coronavirus Pay for some sectors?

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

2 months

One of the biggest lessons for Starmer from the Tory defeat is that he needs to deliver, quickly. That means appointing people to government who have created and run organisations, rather than those who are good at PR. The Tories did too much of the latter.

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Ryan Shorthouse

@RyanShorthouse

8 years

Inspiring stuff from @RuthDavidsonMSP at our annual reception. We have to defend liberal, open,democratic,meritocratic values & institutions

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