My issue is more that she consistently says escalatory things. Clearly, she is not even willing to engage with criticisms.

Which cities have the most energy-intensive industries? - Centre for Cities Which cities are most exposed to the energy price shock? Derby and Sunderland top the list for energy-intensive jobs.

The place element of the energy price shock is really important.

The share of jobs in energy-intensive industries is almost 20 times bigger in places like Sunderland and Derby than in London/Cambridge.

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Great analysis by my colleague @yz18.bsky.social

Can she maybe not do this two weeks before said “white liberals” r gonna vote?

Looks to be a big day for energy policy today.

But it started last week with the expansion of industrial electricity subsidies to more energy-intensive sectors.

I wrote a short analysis on which UK cities had more of these industries, and thus more exposed to energy shocks/government measures.

And that ward she was in is suddenly competitive in a few weeks (still cannot believe that).

Was just thinking about the nice timing. Probably winning some grassroots points on this.

“…You eat each other’s cuisines and learn new techniques, new spice combinations, trade for new ingredients; you grow stronger. You wear each other’s fashions and learn new patterns to apply to your lives, and because of it you grow stronger…”

-N.K. Jemisin; The City We Became

Case in point, i don’t think I had heard the term “fiscal headroom” or “fiscal rules” until I started engaging with UK politics.

There r lots of concerns about debts in America, but never a firm constraint like that.

In the U.S., a lot of problems r an issue of will/special interest capture.

The UK is much more constrained by material reality. Adopting the U.S. mindset is completely unhelpful (e.g. thinking supermarkets r price gauging). Our problems require actual sacrifices, not just rules on big donors.

Wild to me that a government who saw their own origin story in “fixing potholes in Lambeth/Barking” chose to 1). Not pursue social care reform and 2). Not increase local government funding.

I don’t like the “everything is about fixing pothole” narrative, but we r not even fixing potholes.

The return of Londonophobia Reflections on an ancient prejudice

“The anti-foreign impulse and the anti-commercial impulse are related. Left and right end up hating the same thing, liberalism, because both movements have at their core a desire to control. To those who think systematically, the city must be offensive.” Super stuff

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Yes! Of course they were! The people very confidently arguing that we didn’t in Daniel’s mentions are just wrong!

P.S., if anyone finds the concept of “meat raffles” odd, may I introduce u to the butter princes* at the state fair?

*butter sculptures of pageant princesses

It has been my great regret for a while that I never went to a meat raffle when I was in Minnesota.

Anecdotally, I think the right has become more homogenous on social and value issues, meaning that “right-wing” stances correlate more.

A person’s choice of presidents or foreign policy can potentially tell u more about their views on gender than before. So people read them as signals.

Good.

I can see how someone goes from “the successful regeneration of an area is too corporate” to “we can talk greedy supermarkets into lower prices.”

Think we can maybe have a conversation about “I prefer a different type of growth” if we have the growth rate of the U.S.

But at the moment, we r not in a position to be picky.

I feel like they have a utopian and unworkable version of “inclusive growth” that combines economic and social policy: magically have more growth and have it come mostly from disadvantaged groups.

Hence why they r against free market, broad taxation and generous welfare all at the same time.

Really aiming for the grandest of grand coalitions here

I get some of it is ideological commitments or misunderstanding.

But it also feels lazy. Many parties have to deal with internal tensions along multiple ideological axises. It is not easy to manage. But some seem to think “that is too hard. Let’s just pick one battle and ignore the rest.”

It echos some parts of the party’s strategy in England: trying to create a coalition on economics while ignoring social attitudes. The pursuit of very conservative unionists seem, from afar, similar to that of the red wall.

I feel like even if they thought about it, they would be smart enough to know something like this could happen and would decide against attempting so.

Moved here after his many adventures, and didn’t know who he was.

Started reading UK politics books, and half of them started with something like “Christ Grayling’s many failures had implications till today.”

I can be confident that, even under a Reform government, I would have more rights than most of my primary school classmates do today.

Doesn’t mean I am not concerned. It just means that I have the responsibility to use the tools available now and in the future to do my part for democracy.

Think it is the right balance to see their win as an erosion rather than an end of democracy.

I’m abhorred by what is happing in the U.S., but equally, it is just wrong to say it is an authoritarian state. People in dictatorships have political lives that most of us cannot begin to understand.

Reform gets a lot more traction on some diaspora platforms than most would think.

Nadia Whittome MP speaking into a microphone at a lectern

Image from last night’s Parliamentary reception

Attendees of the Parliamentary reception last night

Georgia Meadows, LGBT+ Labour Trans Officer, speaking into microphone at lectern

Thank you to everybody who joined us for our Trans Day of Visibility Parliamentary reception last night.

Trans people will always be visible in our movement 🌹🏳️‍⚧️

Really, nothing can compare to the breathtaking beauty of a birth of democracy (or in this specific case, the rebirth/regeneration).

U really just don’t see hope radiating like that in any other case

So happy for Hungarians - a chance to stop the erosion of democracy, corruption, and economic malaise. And such an unqualified middle finger to Trump, Vance and Putin - and all the politicians in Europe who endorsed Orban, like Meloni, Wilders, Weidel, Le Pen. All losers tonight

Exactly! The admin will have to understand it’s defeat eventually, but the human and economic damage that would take to get there could be unthinkable.