Even the covers are great!

Really? express.co.uk/news/politics/…

Tim Bale ConservativeHome I am always struck how common it is in the UK to say something like „lesser universities“ - absolute no-go in Germany

Good to see at least some pushback to Robert Jenrick from ConservativeHome interviewers on students and migration:

Just arrived!

Revealed: Trump’s think tank paid Liz Truss to give a speech…in Poland open.substack.com/pub/democracyf…

Dealing with admin for my elderly mum today. Update: the people from 'respectable' businesses selling old people products they don't want or need are not going to heaven. Check those direct debits people. Trying to protect her from endless exploitation is doing my head in.

Your periodic reminder that England, a windswept nation with more potential for onshore wind power than almost anywhere else in the world (other than Scotland), banned new onshore wind farms in 2017.

Sorry what moment of the day (so far): According to the Resolution Foundation the most common living arrangement for an adult aged between 18 and 34 in 1997 was being in a couple with children, it is now living with parents. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Loved this (on why parties often have to brief their strategies - such as they are - in order to give them any chance of working) from Tom Hamilton - not least for the phrase 'a frisson of insider knowledginess'! open.substack.com/pub/dividingli…

What's the betting that this will be i newspaper's most viewed article EVER?

Very pleased to have contributed to this excellent & wide-ranging Social Market Foundation publication on Labour's economic agenda, edited by Aveek Bhattacharya & Neil Lee.

My contribution is immmigration (see next tweet).

Others cover labour markets, trade, net zero, etc

smf.co.uk/publications/l…

Are you thinking what we're thinking? The road to Rwanda began back in 2005 with the Tory manifesto of that year: 'Time for Action'.

Nor do Britons think that the government's Rwanda plans represent good value for money. Only 19% think they are good value, compared to 47% who think they are not (Jan 2024)

yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…

Brightening the timeline with a pic of Jonathan Van Tam dressed like a nun for Boston United last away game of the season

Credit to Oliver Atkin

(JVT confirmed to The Telegraph photo is genuine)

'[I]f London’s publicly owned golf courses were a borough, they would be larger than Hammersmith and Fulham. Yet councils get little in return as they lease them to golf clubs on the cheap.' samdumitriu.com/p/homes-or-gol…

Football is essentially becoming post-modern, with every decision being contested, litigated, reviewed and revised.

If I can be allowed to quote my unpublished magnum opus, the only question is whether it will tilt to a right or left wing version of postmodernism.

'[K]nowledge of the culture wars was highest among progressive activists who took part in online debates and were highly politically engaged. Among all other voter segments only one in five people could actually explain what a culture war is.' theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

'[A]ddressing corruption is key to reducing people’s aspirations to migrate. People living in communities where being asked to pay a bribe for a service is a common practice are 36% more likely to have strong wishes to migrate.' theconversation.com/why-many-polic… via The Conversation

New polling evidence from Tax Policy Associates and WeThink shows that half the public doesn’t understand a basic principle of income tax: the way that tax rates apply to income above a threshold.

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