Oliver Bullough

oliverbullough.bsky.social

14 October 2026 19:26

Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests.

Dan Neidle

danneidle.bsky.social

28 September 2026 11:25

Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:

Jo Michell

jomichell.bsky.social

21 September 2026 17:08

Not sure there are many Kalecki heads on this website but I'm going to give this a try anyway. If this isn't your cup of tea, you might want to hit mute now...

Sam Freedman

samfr.bsky.social

08 September 2026 09:32

Worth noting that England is now also outperforming Northern Ireland with its grammar schools, which use to get similar results. Comprehensive education works!

Jonathan Portes

jdportes.bsky.social

08 September 2026 09:27

What Sam said. Meanwhile, in Denmark, migrants' kids lag 20/30/40 points behind on average -and there are still people here who think *we* should copy *them* on immigration/integration.