Mark Yoxon

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

I built the Wainwright wrangler as a bit of fun and to learn basic R shiny. #RStats https://t.co/fCKR6srpop

[Alastair Wright @Pott_Shrigley_]

The Peak District boundary at Ringinglow.
My own photo for once.

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

@rcolvile I honestly don’t really get the Lee Dixon thing. I quite like him!

[Simon French @Frencheconomics]

Announce the end of the triple lock, approval of new N Sea oil and gas licences, and bridge the inevitable financing gap until these savings/ revenues come in with IHT-exempt War Bond issuance (which would probably be hugely oversubscribed and push down the average cost of borrowing). To govern is to choose.

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

@MrHarryCole With all due fondness, Harry, Vance can go fuck himself.
(Also: that is not how a civilisation dies.)

[Danny Shaw @DannyShawNews]

On the murder of Henry Nowak by Vickrum Singh Digwa, it is worth reading this paragraph, below, of Judge William Mousley KC's sentencing remarks.

While we await the investigation, the judge probably has the most complete view of what happened - and the impact of Digwa's lies:

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But…

[Julian Jessop @julianHjessop]

⚠️ chart crime ⚠️

This chart is being shared by all the usual suspects.

It's rubbish, because you can't just extrapolate the period of relatively rapid but unsustainable growth in investment as the UK economy recovered from the post-GFC low... 🧵

[James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt]

🚨NEW POST BY ME🚨

Greater Manchester’s growth success is real, but didn't happened by accident. The country should be studying it closely.

Long-term strategy that is aggressively pro-growth, pro-development & pro-FDI works if given time and consistency

https://t.co/aVG1iwe8lQ

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

@DavidPGCSE Love Patrick O’Brien, really didn’t like Flashman :/

[ben moores @benmoores2]

A thread on the 50 best fortifications to go and visit in the world according to me. They are all fun for at least one in the family. They are listed in reverse rank order as determined by how much fun, unique and awesome they are.

[YouGov @YouGov]

50% of Britons now have an unfavourable opinion of Zack Polanski (12-13 May 2026), up 16 points since last month

Favourable: 23% (-3 from 20-21 Apr)
Unfavourable: 50% (+16)
Net: -27 (-19)

https://t.co/1QYSuh7f0Z

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

The challenge for political broadcasting is enormous, and rather satisfying to watch. After years of personality-driven and chaotic, shallow politics coverage across much of the media, which was largely about instability, gossip and leadership crises we now have a govt with massive majority, widespread internal agreement and no likelihood of massive instability anytime soon. A great environment for a programme like #c4news full of policy nerds and people who prefer to argue about what ideas work than who should be the front person.

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

@jburnmurdoch @toegrimes @Noahpinion It’s incredibly tiresome. He’s an otherwise thoughtful guy. If only I could mute everything he says about Britain.

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

@nmdacosta @RajivShah90 Incredible work, Nikki. Thank you very much.

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

🔥NEW - buried in the bundle of documents from the Humble Address

Keir Starmer was advised by the cabinet secretary Simon Case to do security clearance BEFORE appointment but ignored the suggestion.

Case said (If you want a political appointment) "you should give us the name of the person you would like to appoint and we will develop a plan for them to acquire the necessary security clearances and do due diligence on any potential Conflicts of Interest or other issues of which you should be aware *before* confirming you choice"

Which feels quite material .....

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

@mrianleslie And finally, even if (like me) you accept that AI is a powerful and potentially paradigm-shifting tech, and we really naive enough to take all of this at face value without a degree of scepticism? What’s the likelihood that there’s no salesmanship, no PR here?

[Mark Yoxon @MarkYoxon]

@mrianleslie And the consistency of the messaging is important. No-one is going to take you seriously if you start out measured and reasonable and then ramp it up when you’ve got something new to sell.