Britain is governed by a divided and unleadable party. Political instability and elevated gilt yields will persist until that central fact is changed at a general election.

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Britain is governed by a divided and unleadable party. Political instability and elevated gilt yields will persist until that central fact is changed at a general election.

spectator.co.uk/article/britai… via The Spectator

‘Bring Back Boris’ means the Conservatives are unleadable - whoever the next PM is, they will not control their party.

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Buffoon premium

Gilt yields shd be positively correlated with # Tory MPs pledging support for Boris Johnson - regardless of whether he stands/wins. More Boris pledges = the more unleadable the party becomes = ⬇️ chance of fiscal sustainability.

The next PM needs a growth plan to restore the public finances, convince the OBR and settle the markets.

That means more immigration, and therefore yet another internal Conservative battle.

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Just going to leave this here 👀 #LizTruss

Looking forward to years of Twitter about how the Russians hacked the online Conservative leadership ballot and chose a British PM. #discourse

In 2017, Suella Braverman was part of a cross-party Social Market Foundation commission (w/ Nick Clegg + Stephen Kinnock + Sam Freedman) that studied educational inequality & came up with useful ideas to help kids in poor areas get on in life. No-one is 100% bad or good. smf.co.uk/publications/c…

👇'...if the Government can create a more stable and predictable funding landscape, with the right incentives and support, agriculture can play its part in delivering some of that much-needed economic growth.' ~ Aveek Bhattacharya in Red Box
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Lots of good sense here⬇️

'Sometimes the hole is so deep it doesn't really matter if you keep shovelling or not.'

✍️ James Kirkup (James Kirkup)

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In anxious times, we want leaders to tell us things will be OK.

We don’t want to look at our PM and think: “Is she OK?”

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Conservatives have lost the country.
To renew, they must
- be honest about the limits to UK sovereignty outside the EU.
- accept that ageing Britain will only need more migrant workers.
- see rising house prices as a problem to solve, not a blessing.

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Be ye never so high, the bond market is above ye.

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'Britannia unchained neither rules the waves nor makes the rules. Until Conservatives face that fact about Britain’s place in the world of the 21st century, they are lost.' ☑️ James Kirkup thetimes.co.uk/article/three-…

📢👇SMF responds to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget

💸a genuine plan for growth still needed
⏰5 months enough to work out how to prevent drastic cliff edges if energy support is removed?
🏦 it's time for independent fiscal policy!
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