Tom Willetts

Trustee @Become1992 | Mentor | Financial Services | Previously @FT @BBC @prudentialplc

[Tom Willetts @WillettsTJ]

Janan Ganesh’s argument is bleak and hard to rebut: rich democracies don’t reform pre-emptively, they wait for the crisis that forces their hand. The question is whether Britain can move before it is forced to, or whether it never does. https://t.co/aHuUMIdGOx

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

And so it begins

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Every single person who still cringes at the memory of trying to bullshit their way through an interview or exam question: today, the slate is wiped clean. Set down your burden of shame. Nothing - nothing, I say - could touch this.

[Tom Willetts @WillettsTJ]

Jane McDonald #Eurovisión2026

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Here's VE Day in Whitehall - notice anything?
Yes we should always put Britain first - but it's not against our "national interest" to help & support those fighting tyranny.

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Turns out Labour can do psychodrama too

[Laura Trott MP @LauraTrottMP]

Again, this is due to a Conservative policy that you rubbished in opposition…

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

You can bet private school kids will still be taught and expected to memorise equations. This dumbing down - by ministerial diktat - will only deepen inequality: a case study in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

[Archie Hall @ArchieHall]

Martin Wolf takes on the British energy price question. Key passage:

[Iain Martin @iainmartin1]

Given what is actually happening in the world, the idea that 3% of UK GDP on defence is sufficient is fanciful. As it stands - thanks to the current Chancellor - Britain is still inching towards only 2.5% next year. An incredible situation.

[Gillian Keegan @GillianKeegan]

This is a terrible, spiteful decision. We should be looking to expand these innovative approaches to improve children’s life chances in places similar to where I went to school which have had lagging educational outcomes for decades. This is the best way to reduce poverty.

[Tom Willetts @WillettsTJ]

Stop talking about wealth taxes — make these reforms instead via @FT
https://t.co/USuqCHieiD

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

GCSE results are OUT!

First time we have achieved this!

Congratulations to everyone!

Social mobility at its best! 🥰

[girly&wordly @Brieyonce]

If I was waken up by a pony playing a keyboard after surgery I would assume I passed away

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

We made it an academy - and thanks to my friend Phil Harris it’s now outstanding…

[Gillian Keegan @GillianKeegan]

You’re welcome…..🙌🏼

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

Times today. "Labour's tax plans trigger exodus of millionaires." Net 10,800 gone in 2024. 78 of those centi millionaires (worth £100m plus). 12 billionaires. On gone every 45 mins...Reminder: it takes 39 people on £40k to replace just the income tax paid by one person on £500k.

[Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell]

Few things more depressing about British politics at the moment than this Government unpicking one of the few big cross-party public policy successes of recent years

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

😂

[Obadiah Mbatang @residentadviser]

A lot of narratives are going to have to be shattered. Some of us have been saying this for ages.