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[James @James_hld]

It's striking that only the lib dem panellist was willing to defend the concept of investment to drive growth.

Doesn't bode well for labour's plans to manifest economic growth, and highlights how far the tories are from any semblance of economic sense.

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

“We are facing a climate and ecological emergency, and tackling that should be above party politics”

Liberal Democrats’ Daisy Cooper calls for "investment in our future" and says her party’s manifesto will include commitments on climate issues

#bbcqt https://t.co/mrhkWcrGIX

[James @James_hld]

Absolutely ludicrous to have 3 different authorities responsible for transport across Abingdon, Oxford and Bicester.

Madness

[Calum Miller @CalumMillerLD]

Labour has torn up its own rules to rip Kidlington and nearby villages out of Cherwell and swallow them into a Greater Oxford authority they did not choose.

This is not reform for residents. It is blatant political gerrymandering, and local taxpayers will pay the price.

https://t.co/09KkPBYWnJ

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Yesterday the Telegraph reported on my comments about air conditioning.

The comment section is quite something. I have apparently become a hero of the anti net zero crowd by saying something what I think is sensible about air con.

Allow me to point out three ironies in this 🧵

[James @James_hld]

@BroadhurstJosh But the point of this is to encourage investing S&S ISA holdings and not use them as a backdoor cash ISA?

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

There it is. Vote Tory get Farage. Vote Lib Dem to stop them both.

[James @James_hld]

House prices suddenly jump £12,500!

Just. Build. More. Homes!

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Young people could swap a year's state pension for £12,500 cash to get on property ladder under new proposal https://t.co/X4HBPfyhEj

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

I am horrified by the disorder and racist violence in Belfast last night.

Far too often now, we see extremists exploiting people’s anger and grief to spread hatred and violence – with the help of divisive algorithms on social media.

This has to stop.

[Purav Menon @profavi_]

Zack Polanski in April 2016 citing San Francisco as a prime example of why rent controls don’t work and stifle housing supply 🕊️

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance, it does not do enough to protect everyone from discrimination and harassment and it is not compatible with longstanding British values.

@EdwardJDavey and Marie Goldman have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️

[James @James_hld]

Pointless nimbyism strangling businesses, hospitality jobs and the enjoyment of Londoner and Britain at large - a pertinent example of what is going so wrong

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

The Soho Society is objecting to *every* new bar/restaurant licence in what is supposed to be the centre of London’s nightlife. More planning/licensing insanity.

I asked them to come on my Sunday LBC show: "We will absolutely not be taking questions from journalists". Of course not.

https://t.co/0UfHJs9Klg

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Reform UK wants to abolish income tax on overtime.

It sounds like a tax cut for hard work. Actually a tax cut for the word “overtime”.

So little GDP impact & huge cost - we reckon £14bn not Reform's £5bn

If you want to spent £5bn on tax cuts, we have ten better ways:

🧵

[James @James_hld]

Hang on, the general election *after next* is silly - that isnt worth the paper it was written on??? Needs to be done in this parliament.

[Daisy Eastlake @daisyeastlake]

🟢 EXCL: Senior Green Party figures have urged Zack Polanski to consider stepping aside for Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election if the Greater Manchester mayor commits to introducing proportional representation

Green councillors, activists and former party leaders have signed a joint statement warning that the party should approach the contest with “trepidation”

The letter, whose signatories include Jonathan Bartley, who led the party between 2016 and 2018, and Rupert Read, a former Green councillor and author, says that Burnham’s election presents a “unique opportunity” to secure reform

“In all reality this is not a seat Greens can win. It will be a straight fight between Labour and Reform. But it’s no ordinary by-election. Labour’s candidate, Andy Burnham, is looking to return to Westminster to lead in parliament.”

“If Burnham will commit to backing proportional representation for the next general Labour election manifesto so that it is in place by the election after next, then on this unique occasion we don’t think Greens should run a full campaign against him,” the letter says

Full read in @thetimes 👇

https://t.co/t2YQqeBxcO

[James @James_hld]

@windminimal Juries putting Czechia through is exactly why they should be there

[James @James_hld]

Thank god, bless bulgaria, bangaranga supremacy! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[James @James_hld]

Funniest outcome is LD leading a minority administration as all other parties are ruled out by too many others

[Max Kendix @MaxKendix]

Ungovernable Birmingham is coming true
- Labour and Reform rule out any coalitions
- Tories won't work with Greens, nobody wants to work with Independents
- Leaving Green/LD as the best option, and they only have 31 seats between them
- Government intervention feels inevitable

[James @James_hld]

Ffs just build the damn thing 😭

[RAIL Magazine @RAIL]

HS2 bill repurposed and renamed for Northern Powerhouse Rail in King's Speech
https://t.co/ozIB26IYCR

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

Welcome to "free" university places.

[James @James_hld]

And tomorrow Kier will be back to dither, delay and 3 years of national decline - handing reform a 2029 majority on a platter. Someone, anyone, needs to remove him.

[Jack Elsom @JackElsom]

EXCL: Keir Starmer told ministers tonight that Wes can't win because it would "destroy our party and country".

He invited all ministers into his study in the Commons.

Ministers of state in one batch, followed by parliamentary under secretarties.

One tells me the response was overwhelmingly positive re backing Starmer.

"He was there doing the hard yards. There was something in his eyes I haven't seen before. And I liked it."

[James @James_hld]

🚨 Man of the People Alert 🚨

Newest Zack CV addition: avoided council tax repayment expert

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Zack Polanski has tonight admitted that he failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a houseboat in London

[James @James_hld]

Isn't Isle of Wight meant to be a green target??

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

Isle of Wight Council By-Election Result #LE2026:

RFM: 19 (+19)
Oth: 11 (-6)
LDM: 4 (+3)
CON: 2 (-16)
GRN: 2 (=)
LAB: 1 (=)

No Overall Controll.
Changes w/ 2021.

[Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist]

Yep. As I conclude. If government actually, as in genuinely, cared about growth and the cost of living they’d change the law. But as with so many things this govt and the last have done they take the easy political route rather than doing what is needed.