tessa jowell thought

I believe in theory the pensions dashboard programme will tackle this by giving visibility of all pension pots you have?

indeed, whilst it is common for official communications to state the king makes decisions on the advice of his prime minister, this is merely a hangover from the era before the reintroduction of absolute rule

(quite unhelpful that the largest slice here is ‘other’)

and Sanchez somehow worse every time

yeah, I think there was some of this when the assisted dying bill was initially introduced. I also think there’s something I find tricky? about how writing is usually some mix of political argument, policy detail and comms and actually i don't need to think about the last 2 really.

area man reinvents the essay / blogging / etc etc

a personal reflection is that posting is kinda unhelpful to actually think about things. in that they way to figure what I think is to make a argument from principles, and posts are mostly statements of positions I feel

was EOTHO nothing to you

this ends with drunk girls being your pick

how has your choice of favourite lcd song evolved

/ if locally run it just ends up funding social care

yeah I think I’m broadly fine with this, but think the hotel levy is just logistically easier. this probably also substitutes gift shop sales to an extent.

Ultimately the reason profits go up is someone who was selling their energy to someone in Lahore is now selling it in London.

once got feedback that I have a tendency to start a new sentence halfway through the previous one, which I should maybe try to avoid. and my instinctive (stupid) reaction was, but that’s just my wonderfully idiosyncratic style

spending Valentine’s Day my favourite way: listening to the magnetic fields alone at home

embrace dirk gently thought

oh sure, i think people overemphasise the rates as the issue rather than the cohort they apply to

I do struggle a bit with people saying that middle earners are undertaxed, and then saying look at these crazy marginal rates

beautiful day for an alvvays lp

my proposal to improve this is to massively expand student loans. force everyone to take one out, make every balance infinitely large, and don’t let the debt expire.

0.7 of an ekitike, hmm

the era of politician body doubles is nigh

(a 4k net pay cut on a gross salary of 50k is also actually quite hefty no?)

i would simply force everyone have to have a student loan and then make the loan balances infinitely large. maybe rename it a ‘tax’

surely all bill debates are about language. bills are nothing but language. (surely just saying they’re wrecking / obstructive amendments is an easier way of explaining)

early in his innings, wants to feel bat on ball. I trust in providence, he’ll settle

the old world is dying - don’t worry! the new one was actually born a few years ago

bbc pol eds the last people attempting tabloidese in 2026 (japanese ww2 holdouts etc etc)

people who complain about wind turbines being ugly: not just annoying, but more importantly wrong