Matthew Holehouse
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British politics correspondent at The Economist
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Joined January 2009
RT @ArchieHall: Another fun one from Reform griping about us costing their policies— starts with blaming The Economist for not calling the….
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RT @TheEconomist: He’s always been the outsider. But now Nigel Farage is drawing crowds, dictating tone, and reshaping the right. On “The W….
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There’s a common trope that Nigel Farage’s followers are angry. But his campaign events run on another emotion: not fury, but euphoria.
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"People want leadership. People want someone to look up to.". Nigel Farage leads a movement that is hungrier and better organised.
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Nigel Farage’s return means a new, more volatile era in British politics. Economist leader.
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Ban It Harder .
Playing music is already against UK railway bylaws and subject to fines of up to £1000 if causing a nuisance. We keep creating new laws despite poorly enforcing the rules that we already have.
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RT @LukeTryl: This in @TheEconomist is right on lingering damage of covid, but i think it goes beyond the state. One of the most sobering t….
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Most critically wrt bat tunnels, the non-regression clause binds the uk to an overall level of protection inc in nature and biodiversity; it does not preserve the Habitats Directive in aspic. (Not being bound to specific EU law was ofc the 1st objective of the Frost negotiation)
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Art 1 affirms UK's broad discretion over environmental policy post Brexit. Art 2 stipulates that non-regression applies "in a manner affecting trade or investment between the parties". A high bar to clear - and not an obstacle to ending the bat tunnel.
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You keep hearing the idea that reform of domestic planning rules is point-blank incompatible with UK's EU obligations. Seems a pretty maximalist interpretation of the TCA.
📈The Battle For Growth🏗️. Can Keir Starmer actually stop future bat tunnels? It’s not yet clear. With exclusive TV footage of the “bat tunnel” itself . Film by @tomlarkinsky
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RT @BrowneGareth: On Friday evening, @TheEconomist sat down with Ahmed al-Sharaa for his first interview since he assumed the Syrian presid….
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Fascinating on Louis Vuitton arbitrage and how VAT rebates for tourists backfire.
Our story reveals that Louis Vuitton, and perhaps other LVMH brands are not immune to this . Read the full story on Dark Luxury:.
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Sometimes by neglect or distraction but also by design. Block on SE airport expansion was a 2010 manifesto commitment; icing Ox-Cam development was a policy choice.
Almost everything chancellor Reeves announced in her speech today – Backing a third runway at Heathrow. Relaxing planning constraints. Building Britain’s very own golden research triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge. Unlocking money from pension schemes — could and should.
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RT @ArchieHall: Our editor-in-chief @zannymb interviewed Rachel Reeves at Davos on Wednesday. I helped pull together a piece on what we le….
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Odd conclusion, given the bill - to a greater or lesser extent - mirrors this government's most high-profile economic policy.
These guys seem to have the right idea. So they’ll be ignored.
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The most important biographical difference between PM and LOTO is that he came of age politically before social media transformed politics, and her after. A note on Homo interneticus.
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This was Waspi’s verdict on Labour manifesto. Hard to make a claim of “betrayal” or broken promises six months later if there was no expectation of compensation in the first instance…
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“In Labour’s 2019 manifesto…” errrm ok, but in the 2024 campaign and manifesto Labour made no such commitment, to Waspi’s anger at the time.
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But given how extensively the CJEU already features in the Johnson withdrawal agreement of 2019 and the Sunak windsor framework, it wouldn't be surprising if it were not a great priority for the new govt either. .
Unless HMG rule out the European Court of Justice (as we did in 2020) we must assume they are open to the possibility. Anyone who thinks the solution to this country's problems is giving foreign courts *more* powers over us is truly deluded.
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