Solar panels and flood barriers: is this how Labour can stop Reform? A think tank close to Sir Keir Starmer warns that failing to tackle the immediate effects of climate change risks losing ground to the right

New paper from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social & me on the political threat and opportunity of climate adaptation

Progressives have ignored the need to protect people from extreme weather - and that leaves an opening for the populist right. 🧵

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This is the kind of overly negative comment I’d rather hoped would be absent from this platform. I completely disagree with Larry Elliott over Brexit but ‘won’t be missed’ is unkind as well as wrong (not to mention other replies on here). Let’s have a more civil discourse please!

I can thoroughly recommend deck.blue for those who, like me, could only tolerate Twitter via Tweetdeck.

Supporting the status quo: How the taxation of wealth in the UK grows regional divides | IPPR This government is starting from a position where the tax system is actively constraining ambition to regionally rebalance the UK. Working people’s incomes

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So it’s 14 years since I joined Twitter. Though it’s always professionally useful I admit to having almost gone to sleep there on my own behalf. Also to disliking how it’s evolved. So am curious to see what comes from a fresh start here - if anything - and keen for any advice on how to enjoy it more