Joe Randall

Rarely tweeting policy person. Views my own, RTs = interest, not agreement.

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@GavinFreeguard @StuartHoddinott @cath_haddon @aliceolilly @peterlee7395 @Jess_Sargeant @LotteHargrave @instituteforgov It makes me glad that while there’s so much turmoil elsewhere in Whitehall, there’s one little corner that *never* changes

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@GavinFreeguard Also, I *love* to quibble

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@GavinFreeguard Gavin I don’t like to quibble, but you’re on the *top* of a bus. You may say that the ‘top’ is just another ‘side’, but that would be a betrayal of the type of rational thinking that #IfGWhitehallMonitor has taught us to trust

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@nicolevIFG @nic_hughes @aliceolilly @euanmccarthy @GavinFreeguard @Emilyishness /giphy tumbleweed

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@nic_hughes @aliceolilly @nicolevIFG @euanmccarthy @GavinFreeguard @Emilyishness 16 Dec. But matinee..

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@nic_hughes @aliceolilly @nicolevIFG @euanmccarthy @GavinFreeguard @Emilyishness all happy at IFG towers?

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@aliceolilly @nicolevIFG @nic_hughes @euanmccarthy @GavinFreeguard @Emilyishness jeez that was stressful

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@nicolevIFG @GavinFreeguard @Oliver_ilott @nic_hughes @instituteforgov harsh reaction to a lovely bit of business

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@Oliver_ilott it's tweets like these that make me wonder if you spend too much time thinking about the EU

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@Oliver_ilott So when are you going to feature this? https://t.co/haTMWGHONR

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@Oliver_ilott Oliver Ilott: exploding another Sunday night FACT BOMB

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker well I'm glad we can agree on something! I'll take that as an end-of-week win.

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker again - we agree on this. But I think we part company over whether depts being clear about their position = 'standardisation'

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker ...but these aren't arguments against pushing the boundaries of 'red lines' - whether explicit or implicit

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker we agree there - interesting definitions of 'devolution' will undoubtedly continue...

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker If I was feeling uncharitable, I'd say that attitude's the one without ambition...

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker red lines =/= 'menu' surely? And since when have local govt not tested what government claims are the limits?

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker ..tough to believe depts would be allowed publicly to set out clear anti-devo positions.

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker Positions that are defensible in private cld be less tenable if made explicit..

[Joe Randall @joerandall]

@SimonFParker (2) If feet-dragging depts had to make rationale public, might not mean unchangeable policy - could make it more contestable