James Wilson
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Economist, data analyst, public policy. Formerly @ausgov @govuk š¦šŗš¬š§ Views my own.
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Joined November 2007
#StandWithFiona the wealthy wine mums of Australia deserve representation!!.
I get that committing 7 minutes of your time to a radio interview abt perth local govt beef is a big ask . But I need you all to trust me that this is one of the most fantastic broadcast meltdowns you will ever hear in your life. Clarke & Dawe grade.
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Strict fiscal rules are like wearing a straight jacket but weāre constantly adjusting it, taking it on and off, moving around in it. The real problem is weāre still in the insane asylum.
š¤Possibly my favourite ever @OBR_UK chartš.The green line is what the Government tells us is going to happen to the national debt at each Budget (up a bit then down). The yellow line is what actually happens (up, up, up)
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Huge news. Inspired choice. Didnāt think the Libs had it in them. Gonna be a tough gig but damn, this is a vibe shift. Congrats @SHamiltonian!
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The Elon crowd are rediscovering classical liberalism in real-time. Itās like weāre living through a stupid version of the enlightenment.
@elonmusk Is this the America Party platform?. -reduce debt, responsible spending only .-modernize military with ai/robotics.-pro tech, accelerate to win in ai .-less regulation across board but especially in energy .-free speech .-pro natalist.-centrist policies everywhere else . If so.
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Sub-3 minutes songs are just taking the piss Iām sorry.
Tracks are the shortest they have been since the 1960s. The mentality is: āDonāt bore us, take it to the chorusā
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Thank you @duncanrobinson š¬ļøāļø. āBritain is already a hot country. It should act like it.ā.
A land of long holidays, cool homes and tree-lined streets awaits
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Brits canāt imagine a world where the government isnāt constantly fearful of the bond market. Bottom of the barrel praise. We are no different from developing countries who live with the same fear. Every Brit should be appalled
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We had minimal illicit tobacco until we jacked up tobacco excise so high it became immensely profitable to smuggle tobacco into Australia. Then we chose to ban vapes so those are being smuggled too. Catastrophic public policy failure. No one is learning the lessons.
Big news in the fight against illicit tobacco!. The Federal Government has appointed the first Illicit Tobacco and E-Cigarette Commissioner. This builds on the induction of a tobacco licensing scheme that began on July 1 2025 in NSW.
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Someone forgot to convert Australiaās defence budget to USD.
big beautiful bill passing would make the budget for ice larger than most of the worldās militaries
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Poverty Island mindset undefeated. Air conditioning āfuels social disadvantageā.
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If only a cheap, proven technology existed to cool the air in homes and buildings.
šØ NEW: The Lib Dems have called on the Government to hold a COBRA meeting over the ongoing heatwave.
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āToo big, too fastā and yet Grattanās proposal still has the scheme costing ~$105b a year in 10 yearsā¦.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme has grown too big too fast, and its future is now at stake. Our new report shows how to save the NDIS ā and ensure disabled Australians can get the support they need. #auspol
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Itās painful to watch Liberty Media parade the drivers around at every opportunity they get. Theyāre athletes, not Hollywood celebrities. They donāt want to be there and it shows. Stop forcing this PR stuff onto them!.
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I am once again tapping the sign
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Itās extraordinary that one of the primary arguments against assisted dying is people might choose it because the NHS doesnāt offer quality end-of-life care. What an indictment on the NHS. The health sec admitting people are dying long, painful deaths. This country is broken.
New: statement from @wesstreeting on assisted suicide bill. āāCanāt get past the concernsā of medical bodies and ācharities representing under-privileged groupsā.āBill doesnāt offer real āfreedom to chooseā.āWill take up NHS resources .ā*If* it becomes law will help implement it
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Inheritance tax raises ~Ā£8b a year, less than 1% of government revenues. All this political pain for tiny sums of money. Abolish!.
Treasury Rolls Pitch for Non-Dom Inheritance Tax U-Turn After Huge Exodus
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WiFi on planes is a mistake. I flew Qatar recently with free WiFi and it was awful. Every Arab grandma was on the phone constantly. TikTok reels blaring from every row. People watching YouTube. Nightmare. Qantas, donāt do it.
How does Qantas still not have Wi-Fi on flights?. What decade are we living in hereā¦. Australia apparently one of the āwealthiestā countries on earth, Wi-Fi on flights is too much though. $QAN.AX
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Everything in the Chancellorās Spending Review speech could have been announced by Jeremy Hunt or Philip Hammond or George Osbourne and no one would have questioned it. What does Labour stand for?.
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Most Brits, even in SW1, donāt want to hear this and canāt imagine a world where the CX isnāt announcing money for local parks.
Should the chancellor really be talking about Southport pier and Kirkcaldy high street? These are not decisions that HM Treasury should be involved in. Absurd over centralisation. (At least rhetorically).
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