James

[James @James81787242]

@JAHeale Wendy Morton?

[Dominic Grieve @dominicgrieve_]

Ten years ago this month that David Cameron dispensed with my services as AG. I had told him that his plans to scrap the HRA and threaten to leave the ECHR if it proved incompatible with his British Bill of Rights were unworkable and would not help solve our security or immigration challenges one bit. So it proved. When published, his plans were quickly shown to be flawed and never implemented.
Ten years on, despite the repeated huffing and puffing, we still have both the HRA and the ECHR. This despite having had Suella Braverman as both Home Secretary and as a parody AG.

One might have hoped that the penny would have dropped that the policy serves no useful purpose, as any minor benefit will be entirely outweighed by the downsides. We must be thankful that Rishi Sunak seems to have realised this as did the last AG Victoria Prentis.

So it is depressing to see candidates for the Conservative leadership such as Tom Tugendhat return yet again to this theme. It has become a kind of ritual, without which no candidate feels they could be acceptable to the membership. And that I am afraid also shows how the Conservative Party continues to be mired in ideological fantasies that lead directly to its wipe out this year. For a Party whose members used to laugh at the inanity of Labour supporters singing the Red Flag at the end of their conferences, it is a sad reflection on where common sense has gone.

[Victoria Atkins @VictoriaAtkins]

🚨 Labour have quietly u-turned on their pledge to build 42 GP hubs. 🚨

❌ In December, Wes announced the policy.

❌ Last night, Labour briefed that isn’t the case.

🌳 In contrast, we have a clear plan to build or modernise 250 GP surgeries.

[Stephen @RedStephen76]

@tomhfh https://t.co/RQfA7Q87kj

[Robert Jenrick @RobertJenrick]

1/ The clearance of the legacy asylum backlog is a promise kept.

But ultimately this is just managing the symptoms of the problem, not solving it.

The only thing that matters is stopping illegal arrivals. The government must do more.

Some myth-busting👇

[James @James81787242]

@polcurrency Hi, please could you answer how WhatsApp has changed Westminsiter politics?

@edballs @George_Osborne

[Radley Physics @RadleyPhysics]

Formula sheets should be made available in GCSE Physics exams every year (as they were in 2022 and 2023 exams)

RT if you agree

- Makes Physics seem ‘friendlier’
- Formulas are learnt through regular use of formula sheets

@EducationGovUK @OfQual @AQA @PearsonEdexcel @OCRexams

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Why Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint presentations at Amazon:

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

Useless brand ideas

(running thread b/c i want to put them somewhere - please ignore - i will just add stuff here from time to time ;) )

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Or, instead of creating elaborate new taxes from scratch, we could close the well-known loopholes in our existing taxation of wealth. It's less glamorous, but far easier - and much more likely to succeed.

[Chris Mullin @chrismullinexmp]

Politics is becoming a game of Gotcha. I am, to put it mildly, no fan of Suella Braverman, but for the life of my I cannot get excited about this latest piece of nonsense. It is certainly not a resigning matter.

[Iron Economist @IronEconomist]

on 30k a grad worker pays:
3484 income tax
2091 NI
£900 student loans for a take home pay of £23600 roughly.

On a private pension at 30k you pay
3464 income tax, 0 NI, 0 loan payment and additionally receive ~£8100 in state pension payments. For £34657 take home.

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

Just 3½ years ago, Keir Starmer campaigned to make Diane Abbott home sec

[Joanna Williams @jowilliams293]

By me: The truth about Britain’s entitled strikers https://t.co/FNhKHus1uK via @spectator

[Richard Eden @richardaeden]

Interesting point about calls for #slavery apologies and reparations by a former #royal correspondent in @thetimes

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

one of the most informative maps you'll see

the ‘true size’ of countries when not distorted on a sphere

[Gavin Rice @gavinantonyrice]

🚨Personal news🚨

After a fantastic 2 and a half years at @csjthinktank I am moving to a new role as Project Director of @ukonward's venture on the Future of Conservatism, alongside @NJ_Timothy. Very excited for this new chapter!

@ShippersUnbound has the story.👇

[Matt Forde @mattforde]

The latest Political Party is a cracker with @MrHarryCole, Political Editor of @TheSun. Hilarious, entertaining and fascinating, you’ll be completely engrossed.

https://t.co/CjJN8Tyo4U

[Lars Windhorst @LarsWindhorst]

Good morning London! 🇬🇧 Ready to tackle another busy day in this amazing city. Let's make it count! #london #londonlife