Craig
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Parliamentary Researcher. @Durham_Uni and @LSENews Alumnus. Researching #careethics in digital age at @OfficialUOM.
Salford, England
Joined December 2012
The Chancellor’s recently floated "milkshake tax" is health theatre, not policy. It's punishing SMEs, pushing families toward worse food choices and taxing naturally occurring lactose as if it were added sugar. This is what happens when govts chase headlines instead of
linkedin.com
When Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces her much-leaked “milkshake tax” next week, she will frame it as a brave public health intervention. The reality is rather different: this is fiscal scraping at...
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I have one FREE signed copy of Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton to gifted to someone. If you are interested in receiving the book, please repost this post and I will chose someone at random.
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The troubling decline in conscientiousness https://t.co/dQEmKWl5FL
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A critical life skill is fading out — and especially fast among young adults
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One of the greatest stage productions this year that everyone should see: https://t.co/YmvV2zx0be
thelastlaughplay.co.uk
The Last Laugh is a “brilliant” (The Telegraph) smash-hit, West End play which imagines three of Britain's all-time greatest comedy heroes – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse, in a...
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Enjoying a night with three comedy greats at @PalaceAndOpera - Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse! 🎭
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A speech that Bede would have admired
I gave a speech today in an empty chamber. It’s about the need for a Christian restoration.
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Inspiring message from environment secretary Steve Reed at UK Water Reception today "We need water for economic growth." Er yes we also need it to live https://t.co/p4faXLTkAQ
gov.uk
Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs delivered a speech at the Water UK Skills Summit hosted at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre
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We’ve written to the PM about the stark reality of tax increases on hospitality. Last month’s survey showed the effect on business with a third operating at a loss and this is the reality for workers with hours and jobs slashed - we are being #TaxedOut
thetimes.com
Chancellor’s increases in national insurance blamed for job cuts by pubs, restaurants and hotels, amid industry fears that 200,000 people could lose their roles
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Standards in higher education have seriously slipped. What fools we are to have allowed university to become a nihilistic, fruitless party after school
1902 Oxford scholarship exam: tell me, 17-year-old-lad, how and why do nations decline through decadence?
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🔴 Starmer’s deal with Trump spells disaster for farmers, leaked memo warns Read more below ⬇️ https://t.co/hzPeCrpxJ7
telegraph.co.uk
Agreement will slash tariffs on US exports of ethanol, risking loss of the domestic market
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RIP to a music genius 🏄
We are heartbroken to announced that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world. Love & Mercy
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Not sure what happened there... Rachel Reeves used the old "from X to Y" rhetoric, but chose "from Swansea to Bridgend"... which is about a 20 minute drive.
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Cuts to nature friendly farming budget confirmed: Defra claims the fund will "skyrocket" from £800m in 23/24 to £2bn in 28/29. However, the entire farming payments budget including the EU acreage payments which were being phased out was £2.4bn, so looks like £400m a year cut.
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NHS funding boost is “equivalent of the GDP of Portugal…”
NHS Chief Jim Mackey says Govt has "done us a good turn" in NHS spending review saying: "We are always going to be in a world where we want more money but we have got what the country can afford to give us...it is the equivalent of the GDP of Portugal." #NHSconfedexpo
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Very significant stories! #EastEnders
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🚨 NEW: Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is reportedly on “resignation watch” after Keir Starmer forced the Home Office to accept the Treasury offer for Wednesday’s Spending Review [@Telegraph]
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I'm always supportive of transport investment, but: Has anyone noticed that the investment announced today matches exactly the allocations announced by the Conservative government in October 2023, following the cancellation of HS2 phase 2a? https://t.co/u0DLkwgRox
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BREAKING: The UK will be forced to agree this month to increase defence spending to 3.5% of national income by 2035 as part of a NATO push to rearm and keep the US on side, @SkyNews understands
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A Third of Pubs and Restaurants Now on Brink of Failure After Reeves Tax Hikes https://t.co/xhJnfu9HJV
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