Alys Denby
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Opinion & Features Editor @CityAM
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Joined August 2011
Free Thinking is the new opinion newsletter from @CityAM . Every week I'll bring you all the best writing on markets, innovation, entrepreneurship and wealth creation from our opinion pages - including fab columnists like @emmamrevell @ElizaFilby @PMArslanagic @SirSimonClarke 1/2
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RT @CityAM: Why are so many young men falling into the online world of the “manosphere”? . Journalist and author James Bloodworth joins Cit….
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RT @SimonHuntCityAM: New: I had a bit of fun with this story, which in many ways is an homage to one of my favourite podcasts by @Psythor….
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If you needed proof that we do not live in a serious country, this shed could be all the evidence you need.
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Parents have paid £500m in upfront fees to avoid VAT on private schools. You may not like poshos who send their kids to school in breeches and bow ties - but this entirely predictable behaviour shows Labour doesn't understand how tax works.
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PM sure loves tools and fathers who make them.
I will use every tool at my disposal to secure our borders. We are investing in our Border Security Command, extra officers and new technology to smash the gangs putting lives at risk in the Channel. That's my Plan for Change in action.
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RT @JAHeale: If - and it is a big if - Reform can convince business that it best represents their interests, that will be a hammer blow to….
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RT @JeremyVineOn5: "I voted Remain, but now I totally see the advantages of Brexit.". @alysdenby and @BenKentish debate the prospect of a s….
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RT @jackmrankin: Want growth? Build homes. Britain’s housing crisis won’t be solved without backing SME housebuilders 🧱. I’ve joined the….
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Housing was a major cause of the Conservative collapse - particularly with young people. If we want to build the right houses in the right places, SMEs are the answer
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CBF was established in 1282 to collect tolls and maintain London Bridge. But in 1995 its charter was changed to become a charity supporting climate change and EDI goals - with some dubious consequences. read more 👇.
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The City Bridge Foundation is an ancient fund with deep pockets whose specific purpose is to build and maintain London's bridges - so why is it paying for woke charities and indirectly giving money...
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The City Bridge Foundation is an ancient fund with deep pockets whose specific purpose is to build and maintain London’s bridges. It could afford to fix Hammersmith bridge & build the Garden Bridge, So why is it paying for woke charities and Nimbys instead?
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RT @CityAM: Opinion: What did the resident doctors' strikes in England achieve?. Resident doctors are endangering their patients’ lives wit….
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And Polly's here . Not sure "doctors LITERALLY have blood on their hands - that's their job" is much of a slam dunk insult to my piece.
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The BMA’s demand for pay restoration is a slap in the face for the health secretary who gave them a 22% rise – and it’s testing the public’s sympathy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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You can read my full piece here
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Even Labour think the striking doctors' latest demands are beyond the pale
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Unexpected honour of my life to be quoted (however anonymously & disapprovingly) by @pollytoynbee . Even she says the BMA are "damaging sympathy for doctors", who enjoy a "steep annual trajectory" on pay and have lost the backing of the public
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Everyone in politics should read more fiction!. But here's a few things fellow Conservatives might enjoy:.- The Mark & the Void, Paul Murray.- A Month in the Country, JL Carr.- Money, Martin Amis.- Middlemarch, George Eliot.- A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh. What are your faves?.
'. the Waverley novels, which are covered by @cjscalia in his book, [as Kirk put it]“carried Burke’s ideas” to a much wider audience because fiction has a greater market than non-fiction works, such as political pamphlets.' @TheCriticBooks, @TheCriticMag.
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Sport is a mirror reflecting a nation – and what a fine picture of England the Lionesses project. Their camaraderie, determination, diversity & grace – it’s Kipling-worthy stuff. But looking ahead, it’s the words of another poet that come to mind: never such innocence again
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In the private sector, pay is determined by demand, performance and resources within a company. Why should a doctor in 2025 be employed on the exact same terms as one in 2008?. Only a socialist could believe there was centrally determined level of pay an employee is entitled to.
As Britain's 'resident doctors' went on strike, @alysdenby pointed out that not only is the BMA blackmailing the Government, but that the entire concept of pay restoration is flawed .
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RT @CapX: It's not just about air conditioning, it's about freedom. 💯 @alysdenby in the latest episode of The Capitalist👇 .
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