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Nick Faith

@nickfaith82

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Co-founder of WPI Strategy, Advisory Board Member of Onward. Formerly Director of Comms at Policy Exchange

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@nickfaith82
Nick Faith
2 years
Tweeting a letter of no confidence while at the liaison committee.
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Huw Merriman MP
2 years
My statement on the Prime Minister:
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Nick Faith
2 years
It’s been a privilege working for @TomTugendhat on such a great campaign with an unbelievable team. Good luck to the remaining candidates. And this isn’t the last you’ve seen of Tom at the top end of British politics I wager.
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Nick Faith
5 years
Are the majority of Conservative members actually conservative? I can't see how willfully pursuing a policy which they know might break up the Union, damage the economy and destroy their party is in anyway consistent with the definition of conservatism...
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2 years
Looks like we’ve got ITV’s vote… @TomTugendhat #acleanstart
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Nick Faith
4 years
YouGov’s MRP now showing Workington will not go blue. Those 8% of Brexit party voters critical.
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2 years
Just a thought but perhaps, just maybe replacements for the 4 most senior roles would have been lined up in advance of the ‘planned shake up of the team’ to make it seem, well you know, organised.
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Nick Faith
3 months
The tipping age at which someone is more likely to vote conservative v Labour is 66 - new @YouGov data of 4,000 people for @WPI_Strategy . Not directly comparable as sample size was much larger but similar YouGov poll in 2019 had it at 39.
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Nick Faith
3 years
PR tip number 1 - don’t send your boss to a school. Never works out the way you envisioned.
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Jason Groves
3 years
Decent recovery from the Chancellor after admitting: 'I'm a total Coke addict...'
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Nick Faith
2 years
Tom is consistently showing he can reach out to the general public more than other candidates. MPs should take note given there’ll be an election in 2 years.
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Guido Fawkes
2 years
Consolation prize for @TomTugendhat - he tops the survey of Mumsnet users as their choice for PM.
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Nick Faith
4 months
Sounds comms by No 10. 1) Ends speculation on May election 2) Knocks Starmer speech from being first item on the news
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Sky News
4 months
"My working assumption is we'll have a general election in the second half of this year" Speaking in the East Midlands, Rishi Sunak was asked if he knew when Britons will head to the polls - but didn't rule out a May election. Politics latest: 📺Sky 501
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2 years
Very smart move by Rishi to appoint @Will_Tanner as his deputy chief of staff. He’s led @ukonward superbly well - including helping to focus minds on where the 2019 election might be won - and has experience, policy clout and political smarts. He’s also a really good guy.
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4 years
I doth my cap to the headline writer at the i.
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3 months
Today @WPI_Strategy has published new polling of over 4,000 people put together by @YouGov . Key highlights in this thread. Labour (45%) maintains significant headline voting intention lead over the Cons (22%) with Reform U.K. at 12%.
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6 years
Blimey - big scoop in tomorrow’s @Telegraph by @NickJTimothy on a supposed plan by Lord Malloch Brown and George Soros among others to “topple the govt” and prevent Brexit by getting MPs to vote against the final deal regardless of the content.
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Nick Faith
8 months
I would have thought stamp duty would have been head and shoulders above IHT. And council tax for that matter.
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Jim Pickard 🐋
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no idea who calls IHT “the most hated tax in Britain”: I would much rather pay tax when I’m dead than when I’m alive
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2 years
Penny may not have wanted the job, but she was excellent this morning.
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5 years
If the Tory party pursues a no deal Brexit it will potentially make itself unelectable for a generation - poll shows how little support there is for no deal among anyone under 50. h/t @JamesKanag
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2 years
So if reports are true, No 10 will be recruiting for - Chief of Staff (?) - Director of Comms (?) - Perm Sec for Office of No 10 - Head of Policy Unit Memo to the headhunters - leave this brief well alone.
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2 years
Usually a front page splash. Page 32 nib tomorrow…
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Pippa Crerar
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Boris Johnson admits he "probably did" meet ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev *without* officials when he was Foreign Secretary on a 2018 trip to Italy.
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7 years
@faisalislam So basically we'd like to stay in the customs union to give us time to agree non EU trade deals. Sure EU will be happy with that.
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2 years
Last I heard Ch4 - lest we forget founded in 1982 by one Margaret Thatcher - was doing very nicely taking no taxpayer money whatsoever. Oh and its commissioning model is unique and has led to the creation of thousands of U.K. independent production companies.
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1 year
Major coup for @ukonward as the great @SebastianEPayne is announced as the new Director. Alongside @ahawksbee and the team, Onward is going from strength to strength.
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Nick Faith
6 months
Sending a message to some in the party that if you try and take the PM down we’ll trigger an election in May.
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Beth Rigby
6 months
Told by another senior Tory source plugged into CCHQ that Levido move planned for while. Have to get going Jan & they planning for Nov but want to be ready for May. Why? In case AS lands brilliantly well and polls close, they go early or if things going badly and a confidence…
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2 years
Anyone remember 2008?
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5 years
Options narrowing for Boris. Only way i can see that he delivers Brexit pre 31 Oct seems to be bringing back a tweaked version of the May deal and basically saying to ERG vote for this or you may not get Brexit but you'll likely get Corbyn.
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2 years
Agree with every word of this by ⁦ @Dannythefink ⁩. The time has come to end this farce. < Now others must follow and do the right thing | Comment | The Times
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Nick Faith
6 years
Each Sec of State should follow Gove’s lead. Identify 2/3 strategic goals in their department - one has to be focused on delivering Brexit in their specific brief and all have to be media friendly - and focus attention on delivering those at all costs.
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4 years
@NJ_Timothy Give me strength. She clearly fails to see her own inherent prejudices.
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@SamCoatesTimes Would love to see a seat by seat break down showing how they got to this.
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Nick Faith
1 year
I cannot see the justification for removing the 5 year mandatory housing targets on local authorities - what other mechanism can enforce the delivery of new homes. Someone pls explain?
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Robert Colvile
1 year
Up to 46 signatories now on the Destroy the Planning System and Make the Recession Worse Amendment 2022
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Nick Faith
6 years
Boris’ latest column in summary - scrap HS2 and use proceeds to commit to no tax rises. Watch his popularity rating increase in the next @ConHome leader poll.
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Nick Faith
4 years
Will the Govt shift its position and seek an extension to trade talks with the EU as a result of Coronavirus? Twice as many Brits think they should extend indefinitely until crisis is over compared to those who back leaving by end of Dec.
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Nick Faith
4 years
@charlotteahenry Ludicrous. Why couldn't they have come out for the Libs rather than the racist, marxist who is clearly intellectually defunct? cc @rafaelbehr
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Nick Faith
5 years
Tory activists in Brum starting to heckle @IainDale who is quite rightly asking the next potential PM about the police being called to his home. Not a good look - are we in Trump Land?
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Nick Faith
8 years
Cameron is a class act.
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Nick Faith
7 months
@GoodwinMJ Have you a breakdown on how many of the 18-24 yr olds are undergraduates or graduates?
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Nick Faith
5 years
Good to see @trussliz prioritise the establishment of free ports. In a WPI paper for Mace we set out how ports located in enterprise zones - ‘supercharged free ports’ - could generate over 150,000 jobs and add over £9bn a year to the economy.
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Nick Faith
3 years
Was there an option “don’t give a sh*t either way”?
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Matt Goodwin
3 years
58% of Brits approve of Union Jack being flown over gvt buildings Only 19% disapprove <- Twitter
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Nick Faith
6 years
@MrHarryCole Potential plotters should take a deep breath, count to ten and have a think about what their actions could mean for the country.
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Nick Faith
4 years
Levelling up in action. Hugely important Teesside-London City route opens today. Will help the North East attract more investment and tourism.
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Ben Houchen
4 years
✈️FIRST LONDON CITY FLIGHT TAKES OFF FROM TEESSIDE ✈️ The first flight to London from Teesside in more than 10 years took to the sky this morning. It was great to celebrate what is a significant moment for our airport Our ties with the capital are stronger than ever 💪
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Nick Faith
3 years
Quick suggestion re flights saga. Ditch “amber”. Either you can fly to certain countries or you can’t. Full stop.
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Nick Faith
3 years
Get this man a job in broadcasting! One of the best interviews I’ve ever seen...
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Erron Gordon
3 years
All rise for Alfredo Rivera 👏🏼
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Nick Faith
4 years
Fantastic to hear that @claire_ainsley will be taking on the role of director of policy for the Labour Party. One of the most thoughtful and lovely people I’ve had the pleasure to work with over the past few years. Good luck in the new role.
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Nick Faith
4 years
Move over Mary Berry, first attempt at baking and boshed out this cheeky lemon drizzle number.
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Nick Faith
5 years
Very astute piece by @jameskirkup . Before Cameron kept feeding the EU narrative with promises of change that never materialised, the majority of voters didn’t give two hoots about the issue.
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Nick Faith
4 years
Stats reveal that the Cons are now officially the party for the working class with 52% C2 voters v 32% Labour and 41% DE voters v 39% Labour.
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Nick Faith
6 years
@ianbirrell I cannot see a Conservative PM asking Brussels for an extension to stay in the EU for a little longer. Career ender
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Nick Faith
3 years
A truly excellent piece by @JamesKanag on why “cake-ism” voters are a recipe for the success of populist politicians.
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Nick Faith
4 years
For what it's worth the Labour leadership contender i wager the Tories are most concerned about is Lisa Nandy.
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Nick Faith
7 years
To be fair to the PM mental health is one of the core social justice issues contained within the manifesto. #bbcqt
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5 years
Ok everyone’s had their fun. Time to vote for May’s deal and crack on with agreeing a new trading relationship. Simples.
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5 years
Cracking scoop @alexwickham on Tory WhatsApp spat with multiple MPs giving it to the chairman over press reports of a potential June election. Let’s just say there’s not a huge amount of excitement for the idea...
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7 years
@SamCoatesTimes There are 80 seats where Lab majority is under 10,000 + over 50% leavers. Tories won't win all but would be amazed if serious gains not made
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2 years
Wife just sent me this. Not sure if I’m proud or embarrassed! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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Nick Faith
4 years
@DanielKorski @michaelgove Cracking speech - so much in it. Speaking to colleagues of mine who moved out of Whitehall into the private sector one of their biggest gripes was the constant merry go round of jobs. system creates too many generalists, not enough specialists.
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2 years
Top piece @SebastianEPayne on why Raab is got a helluva battle on his hands holding on to Esher at the next election, and how the Tory campaign machine is going to have to fight the Libs in the affluent SE commuter towns as well as Labour in the red wall.
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Nick Faith
5 years
Loving @Jeremy_Hunt ’s twitter stream right now. Good strategy to be the candidate who is open, serious and self deprecating in 280 characters.
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Jeremy Hunt
5 years
Time's nearly up - 15 more minutes! #BoJoNoShow
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Nick Faith
4 years
@alexwickham It's ok CBeebies can pool the information
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2 years
@julianHjessop But didn’t you suggest this wasn’t how the markets would react?
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Nick Faith
3 years
If confirmed, @NeilDotObrien heading up the No 10 policy board is a significant and very smart move. Having worked with him for over a decade Neil at @Policy_Exchange and @ukonward he is one of smartest thinkers in centre right politics. Also a very good bloke.
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5 years
Might be an idea to shelve the September book launch Dave. Now doesn’t feel quite the right time...
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Nick Faith
3 years
Gove, Badenoch and O’Brien all in MHCLG. Levelling up has just been given rocket boosters.
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Harry Cole
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2017 rising stars Lee Rowley and Neil O'Brien have been made junior ministers.
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Nick Faith
6 years
NEW POLL: The public would rather Theresa May remains as Prime Minister than steps down and let someone else takeover. 69% of Tory voters from 2017 back the PM - @YouGov poll of 1669 people for @WPI_Strategy .
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1 year
Labour starting to show some leg on planning. @lisanandy right to differentiate between greenfield and green belt land. Why not designate parts of the green belt (eg disused car parks, petrol stations) as orange belt land to help get over comms problem.
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Lisa Nandy
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The taboo that surrounds debates about the green belt has to end. There is no path to growing the economy or solving the housing crisis without getting Britain building. Labour will not shy away from taking the tough choices for the future of our country.
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3 years
Possibly the best opinion poll I’ve ever seen. Not sure what stat tickled me the most. The fact nearly 1 in 4 blokes think they can beat a king cobra in a fight or that 26% of men don’t like their chances against a cat...
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Nick Faith
4 years
This is literally insane. People abusing network engineers who are trying to keep the country connected should be dealt with severely by the police.
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5 years
Almost impossible for Matt to back Boris based on the interview he just gave to @BethRigby in which he said he was vehemently anti proruguing parliament.
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Nick Faith
4 years
Definitely going to get my 5 yr old to tea me up some long hops this afternoon. The wife’s reaction is classic. Cc @ShippersUnbound @EdPHJ11 @nickphking @Jack_Blanchard_
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Nick Faith
3 years
The site appears to have crashed. It's like queuing for Glasto tickets...
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Sophy Ridge
3 years
Birmingham & Manchester are in Tier 3 Liverpool moves down from Tier 3 to Tier 2 London remains in Tier 2 You can find out what tier your area is in here 👇
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Nick Faith
4 years
You know it ain’t just an SW1 story when the Aussie rugby leagueys are taking the proverbial. Hat tip @sydneyroosters
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3 years
Different start to the week - not sure the neighbours appreciated the 7:45 sledging.
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4 years
Home school ready. Wife has nailed the numerical tasks. I’m prepping PE and political theory.
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5 years
Brexit, Churchill...god if only our elected representatives could get themselves this worked up over things like, well you know...education, crime, housing, how to care for an ageing population, keeping the lights on, the cost of childcare.
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1 year
Superb piece of research by @ukonward showing the challenge the Conservatives have in appealing to anyone under 40. 1/3
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8 months
Most pressing policy is leasehold reform to take on the “private equity gangsters.” @michaelgove tells @ukonward panel. #CPC23
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1 year
Christmas sorted.
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4 years
@johnestevens Labour are rightly worried about how good he is. That’s what I read into this
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3 years
Voters are slightly to the left on economic issues and slightly to the right on cultural and social issues. @ukonward
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4 years
@tnewtondunn Smart. Nothing to be gained by getting in a tit for tat on Brexit for Labour. Just reminds electorate they don’t really have a position.
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Nick Faith
5 years
Hats off to @rosskempsell for keeping a straight face.
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Tom Copley
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He sounds exactly like the “I was very, very drunk” bloke from the Fast Show here. Utterly incoherent
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All change at @ukonward as three former advisory board members are promoted to govt positions. Great to have @ab4scambs @ClaireCoutinho @Siobhan_Baillie @rbrharrison and Richard Harrington on board.
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Nick Faith
4 years
Bang on @katyballs - a return to 2008 austerity to pay off the UK's debts is for the birds. Politically impossible for Boris. More likely is an investment based recovery with doubling down on capital spending + limited tax rises (possibly on wealth).
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4 years
A lot of hard work has gone in to creating the Covid Recovery Commission. Thanks to all the businesses committed to working up bold and practical ideas over the next 8 months to create a stronger and fairer economy. Now the real hard work begins.
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1 year
Sober reading for Tory election (and policy) strategists < Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics | Financial Times
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8 years
Extremely thought provoking long read by former No 10 policy chief @paul1kirby . Some great ideas especially housing.
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2 years
Public loving @TomTugendhat . 1st in the debate on Friday, 2nd today. MPs should pay a lot of attention to this given they are picking the person who has to appeal most to the country, not just the party.
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ITV News
2 years
A snap Opinium poll of 1,001 people who watched the debate shows Rishi Sunak won, with 24% of those surveyed thinking he performed best, followed by Tom Tugendhat (19%) Penny Mordaunt got 17%, followed by Liz Truss (15%) and Kemi Badenoch (12%)
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1 year
John Glen nearly high fived the PM when the Chx announced the UK’s own Solvency II reforms.
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2 years
@MattChorley “You go into the garden, have a glass or two of wine with your mates…oh hold on”
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2 years
The libertarian experiment was short lived and fundamentally rejected by the public. A new form of national conservatism is required under the next Prime Minister. Excellent piece @Will_Tanner .
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4 years
Do away with the glossy snaps of the chair and the CEO on annual reports. Business leaders can learn from the team ethos created at Mercedes or Liverpool. Fascinating piece by @matthewsyed .
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Nick Faith
5 years
Top number crunching.
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Robert Peston
5 years
So @CiceroGlobal have crunched the numbers and have @NickBoles 's Common Market 2.0 motion winning by 307 to 253, now that Labour are whipping in favour of it. As the least Brexity of all the Brexit options, that would put an enormous predatory cat among the Tory pigeons...
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Nick Faith
3 years
Council tax hikes = another unwelcome hit to peoples’ pockets. The burden also falls harder on those in lower value homes. Don’t underestimate impact on Red Wall voters’ view of the Govt. reform required @John4Carlisle @AaronBell4NUL @kevinhollinrake
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Nick Faith
2 years
@alexwickham Shezza lives on. The one constant in life. Thank god
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Nick Faith
2 years
This is an excellent article @Will_Tanner in which he argues the levelling up white paper should include plans that incentivise business leaders, sports stars, artists and others to give back to their home towns.
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