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Emily Darlington MP @emily4mk.bsky.social · 4d

It was wonderful to spend time with Hospice UK, Willen Hospice and their Chief Executive Kate Broadhurst in Parliament this week alongside fellow Milton Keynes MPs @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and @callumandersonmp.bsky.social

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 19d

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe

cst.org.uk/donate-now

Donate Online Now – CST – Protecting Our Jewish Community

cst.org.uk

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Emily Darlington MP @emily4mk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Showing off MK’s robots to Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson with @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @callumandersonmp.bsky.social and Pete Marland at Great Linford Local Centre in MK while chatting pro-growth tax reform for small businesses

Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great to see my analysis below featured in @chriscurtis94.bsky.social article for @newstatesman.com

Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Greater Manchester has been the fastest growing part of the country in the past decade – measured either by total growth or by productivity growth. I’ve had a look into the data to try to work out what is growing and why.

Below are some of the things I have found.

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Top 10 areas for productivity growth in England. Greater Manchester is top in recent years.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 28

Of course

Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.me · Aug 28

A Tory MP is hiring a "red tape researcher" to fight "sclerotic regulations" obstructing "wealth creation".

Two clicks away from that ad, on his website, he boasts about his repeated objection to building houses on a field in his constituency.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 21

Anyway, I was there to do an interview in a field about why theme parks are actually great.

A broken planning system and constantly giving in to NIMBYs is why we don't have better ones in the UK.

youtu.be/EEZFkDPQ5S4?...

EXCLUSIVE Universal Studios Great Britain News & Interview!!

YouTube video by DigitalDan

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 21

Consultations aren't representative and we should always take them with a massive pinch of salt.

But usually those that oppose a project are far more likely to respond than those that support (like, 5 to 6 times more likely).

So getting a response like this really is quite something.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 21

...after working their way around most of the room and everyone in support, they saw an elderly woman in the corner. They wandered over, assuming they must be on to a winner, only for her to reply "it's great, loads of jobs and my grandchildren will love it".

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 21

When I read articles like this I remember when I popped into the local cafe in Stewartby the day after the announcement for a coffee.

The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project...

www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

First glimpse of Universal Studios Bedford revealed

New pictures have been revealed of work starting on the UK's first Universal Studios theme park. Universal Bedford is set to open in 2031.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 11

Massive congrats Joe!

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 10

I was more referring to Andrew Neil's (and I suppose also Ganesh's) take that the economy is fine actually.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Aug 10

Given the current debate, sharing my favourite cartoon from
@stephencollins.bsky.social

The Optimist Mouse

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Aug 5

A day after the allotment society itself stepped forward to almost entirely debunk it. Is there a single NIMBY cause they won’t attach themselves to? We’ve yet to find it!

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Aug 5

The Greens are now heavily pushing this allotment story

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's giving strong "my little brother stole my last KitKat" energy.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · Jul 24

Looking for Edinburgh Fringe recommendations, if anyone has any thoughts for what I shouldn't miss.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · Jul 23

Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.

Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Who is accountable in privatised Britain?

From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.

www.newstatesman.com

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Jul 1

"I think a lot of things are shit. We need to un-shitafy it as quickly and as radically as possible."

Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns.

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social

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BMSPoltics @bmspolitics.bsky.social · Jun 26

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social - Many thanks for helping my student Eleanor have an amazing day in Parliament!

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Jun 10

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social is absolutely right - this is urgent.

It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jun 2

Reform DOGE is a very good thing tbh. It should be encouraged. Let them see where the money is actually going and then still pretend there are billions to cut on woke.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · May 19

Good

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · May 19

Mighty Hoopla, Field Day, etc, will 100% be going ahead as planned from this weekend insist the festival organisers...despite a court finding they don't have the appropriate planning permission. They have applied to Lambeth council to get the required permission.

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · May 11

Perfect example of why monorails are just dumb.

You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch.

x.com/HowThingsWor...

HOW THINGS WORK on X: "Impressive engineering that goes unnoticed for smooth switch. 🤌🏼 https://t.co/Gucsyek5my" / X

Impressive engineering that goes unnoticed for smooth switch. 🤌🏼 https://t.co/Gucsyek5my

x.com

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · May 8

Dan is right (and it’s why Gary S frustrates me so much - it’s very much “try this simple trick to fix society that only impacts people you hate”). Ultimately we are probably not at the revenue maximising top rate of tax, but there v likely is a rate where the revenue sign is negative.

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · May 8

Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it?

We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.

A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.

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Labour Growth Group @labourgrowth.bsky.social · May 7

Britain’s economic decline is an emergency – like war or a pandemic. If we don’t put an end to it, Nigel Farage will be Prime Minister.

The system is addicted to inertia. It needs shock therapy, now.

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social and others tell @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · May 3

Have tried that, didn't work

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