Peter Douglas

[Peter Douglas @omdyt5]

@samwetherell This is a very good book, and I've spoken to many people about it, in and out of 'the Pool'.

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@spectator I thought she was shadowing energy not education

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@Deb_236 What a plonker!

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@JacobsBen He's shite. Soz.

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@LFC He wanted £300k to stay allegedly

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@AdamPollock I agree. Though if you asked an average Londoner which period they'd prefer to live in, they'd go for the one with a NHS, education and welfare safety net. That's were the £ goes.

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@PJTheEconomist 💯

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@bungarsargon Some think China is actually the first goal.

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@JohnHCochrane High taxes here in the UK is one thing. The terrible approach to spending it all is the other. NHS spending at record levels but productivity is so poor that we get less return for every additional £ spent.

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@simonmontefiore Very game of thrones

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@eddiegibbs Fair assessment

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@beth_lindop Sack him

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@CindyXiaodanYu Spot on

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@resfoundation Should someone who lives in a mansion pay more for a mars bar than a terraced house dweller in Sunderland? The council service are much the same

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@DanNeidle I think it causes unnecessary stress and anxiety

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@JamesPearceLFC They've given up

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@DanNeidle Is this also instead of council tax?

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@tnewtondunn Back bench labour MPs

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@YouGov The 'don't knows' among younger cohorts looks significant to me.

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@KevinASchofield additional revenues (Income tax and VAT) from increased economic activity that would result from removal of a tax that kills transactions. ???