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Tomorrow, Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister – and walks straight into a trap. On The Capitalist this week, @andrew_lilico tells @marcsidwell the bare minimum in spending cuts the country needs is £180bn. That's the easy bit.

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@ShankerASingham @jamespriceglos @BenRamanauskas @lfg_uk @jackmrankin @alysdenby @JDVance @doktor_val @SWDevonRebecca Britain's batty rules on who gets to live – @JohnPenroseNews on why Natural England prices a spider's life higher than a human one, and what the Dartmoor ponies saga reveals.
https://t.co/qdU8LtuYJ9

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📖 Need some Sunday reading?
Here are CapX's favourite articles from the last week 👇

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@ShankerASingham @jamespriceglos @BenRamanauskas @lfg_uk @jackmrankin @alysdenby @JDVance @doktor_val @SWDevonRebecca Over a million young people are not in work, education or training. Dan Moynihan on why good careers advice can cut that risk by a fifth – but only if the economy is growing enough to hire them.
https://t.co/RAuHnkK7cO

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Will Burnham try to change the voting system before he goes to the country? @andrew_lilico says if the polls are looking bad for Labour in 2028, Burnham could gamble on electoral reform – and an early election.

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@andrew_lilico Watch the full episode of The Capitalist on the prospects for Andy Burnham – and the fiscal trap he faces: https://t.co/ztTlegf9Iq

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Will Burnham try to change the voting system before he goes to the country? @andrew_lilico says if the polls are looking bad for Labour in 2028, Burnham could gamble on electoral reform – and an early election.

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@andrew_lilico 'You can't magic away the need for returns on investment and just charge less. It doesn't work like that.' @andrew_lilico says public control isn't a free lunch – whatever Andy Burnham thinks.
Full episode of The Capitalist: https://t.co/ztTlegf9Iq

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Can nationalising water, energy and transport bring bills down? @andrew_lilico on why Burnham's plan is 'very confused economically'.

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@andrew_lilico Watch the full episode of The Capitalist on the prospects for Andy Burnham – and the fiscal trap he faces: https://t.co/ztTlegf9Iq

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'He thought his superior integrity and virtue would just by itself make everything work better.' @andrew_lilico on why Keir Starmer failed – and what that means for the man who inherits his mess.

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@ShankerASingham Read the full (imaginary) speech on CapX: https://t.co/vgg6h7xdaQ

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Editor's Pick of the Week: 'Advocates for a magic money tree are actually advocating for the impoverishment of the young.' @ShankerASingham writes the speech Andy Burnham should give on day one as PM – he won't say a word of it.