Edward Buxton

Invisible by day; charming by night

[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

@matkinsj @lewis_goodall No, the countryside has had enough of townies expecting the countryside to be a monastery of silence and complaining about the noises of tractors, sheep and church bells.

[Jenni Russell @jennirsl]

A young friend went to one three years ago in exactly the same position - not on benefits, naively hoped a Job Centre might, you know, help her with finding a job. They don't even let her do a job search. Told her to leave; their service was only for claimants.

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

I think we should ban MPs and Lords wearing lanyards in either chamber. Looks awful.

[Ed Campbell @edcmpbl]

Tell you what it must have been class if Peter Murrell got your name in the SNP secret Santa

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

One of my favorite data journalists is @jburnmurdoch and he is cooking once again with this piece: “In country after country the birth rate plunged after the introduction of smartphones, no matter what the previous trend was…the modern digital media environment has had profound effects on society that have led to a decline in romantic coupling”. Read here: https://t.co/F5age67LUm

[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

You can already see where this is heading. Three months of discussion about personalities, factions and leadership intrigue, while serious policy debate barely gets a look in.

[Henry Hill @HCH_Hill]

Honestly we need more MPs who are never in their constituencies, the good local MP is a cancer on national politics.

[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

@lewis_goodall Does show that, for all the pearl clutching, many people do not actually want a “good community MP” who holds endless surgeries and turns up at every school fête. They want an MP who will, for better or worse, make an impact and shape the national conversation.

[Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh]

A weird side effect of building a simple business is that people always assume you're hiding the complicated part.

[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

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[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

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[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

Middle East war live: Marco Rubio tells G7 US expects war against Iran to last another 2-4 weeks, via @FT
https://t.co/D4wlPHFJNs

[Sheridan @sherrybucks]

Influencer's fleeing Dubai right now.

[Andre Pagliarini @apagliar]

a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Where is Labour’s vote going? Labour are holding half their 2024 vote & losing support roughly equally left and right. 11% to Reform 8% to the Lib Dem’s, 8% to the Greens, 6% to the Tories and 1% to PC/SNP. However 11% don’t know (and tend to be more disillusioned left leaning)

[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

@danbloom1 Keir Starmer and/or advisers are depressingly rubbish at politics. A big back-to-school speech is what you do.

Or will they realise their error. Plan one for next Thursday. Heavily trail it through leaks. Speech arrives they’ve changed the context and it’s a 3-minute presser?

[James Dreyfus @DreyfusJames]

Living in this country at this moment in time is what I imagine being sectioned is like when you’re perfectly sane.

You can see the insanity all around you, staff included, yet you can’t escape, reason & nor convince those in charge that they are profoundly mistaken.

Grim.

[Embassy of France in the U.S. @franceintheus]

Come on, we've got WAY BETTER spies than China 🕵

[Edward Buxton @EdwardBuxton]

💷 Reeves faces a £20bn black hole.

Think-tank calls for:
🔺 +2% Income Tax
🔻 –2% NI

👉 Pensioners, landlords & self-employed would pay more.
👉 Workers’ take-home unchanged.
👉 #Labour manifesto pledge broken.

OECD: UK to have highest G7 inflation in 2025 (3.5%).