Eamonn Butler

Director, Adam Smith Institute - @ASI

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

As the man said: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

The sad thing is that we were slowly getting there until political activists derailed it.

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@DavidGHFrost @Martin_Durkin Dispiriting.

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@MerrynSW That’s sensational. I recall going to a big post-Brexit FT booze-up in 2016 and they were ALL hanging their heads in dismay and asking “How could the public be so stupid…?” As patrician as it could be.

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@elonmusk Shocking.

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@RoryMaw @PeterStefanovi2 These people in America shouldn’t be commenting on UK issues!

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

@JahProle @ASI Makes it easier to see and understand.

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

@pinkandtweed @ASI @Antisaint13 It isn’t always. But it has become so. And inflation and government debt are two other forms of tax theft.

[Adam Smith Institute @ASI]

But, things are only getting worse... 📉

Based on current Government taxation and spending plans and OBR projections, the ASI predicts that by 2030 Tax Freedom Day will fall on 12th June.

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

@SteveBakerFRSA @danny__kruger @Glintpay It’s a big job, Danny. I hope you can do it.

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

With government debt about to hit £3trn, that’s no surprise.

[John Longworth @john4brexit]

Labour ‘may need IMF’ to rescue the economy https://t.co/o41xXNHx69

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

@MerrynSW Indeed. More demand without more supply means rising prices.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Since this was published Saturday morning it’s been revealed that the Royal Navy’s entire available fleet of hunter-killer submarines is stuck in port unable to sail — all five Astute class subs currently laid up awaiting maintenance and other repair work. Leaves the UK’s sub-sea internet and power cables dangerously vulnerable to sabotage by the Kremlin

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

“Twenty-five years ago, the political class was more willing to engage in open debate.”

Today, there is an attempt to cast legitimate criticism of prevailing orthodoxies — whether on diversity, Islam, immigration, or climate change — as misinformation, disinformation, or hate speech.

At the heart of the free speech crisis is an unwillingness on the part of the promoters of these policies to defend them in public.

Instead of engaging in good-faith debate, they portray critics as beyond the pale.

In this relatively recent phenomenon, people are increasingly realising that if they challenge a certain cluster of prevailing orthodoxies, they are likely to be cancelled.

We must push back against this.

Watch the General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young, speaking at our event in Belfast 👇

[John Redwood @johnredwood]

The government says our energy prices are dictated by a world market oil and gas price. So why is our energy around 4 times the price of US and 3 times China?

[Eamonn Butler @eamonnbutler]

@worstall @rcolvile I always thought that “taking a share” meant you paid money to a business in the hope of earning a future profit. But the government takes money from businesses and makes a loss!

[Adam Smith Institute @ASI]

British taxpayers have worked for a gruelling 156 days this year, the latest since current records began. 🫠

That’s 4 days later than last year, and 14 days later than before the pandemic. In 2009, Tax Freedom Day fell on May 17th - almost a whole month earlier!

[Adam Smith Institute @ASI]

Today is Tax Freedom Day!

Up until June 5th, every penny the average Brit earned went straight to the taxman. From today (June 6th), you are finally earning for yourself!

Under our improved methodology, this is the latest Tax Freedom Day ever recorded. 👇

[Matt Ridley @mattwridley]

she gets better and better

[Luke Johnson @LukeJohnsonRCP]

Just as the job market for younger people gets dramatically worse, Labour make it even less attractive for employers to create the jobs https://t.co/gzxjIX5tZv

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

"It's very important not to politicise a personal tragedy."