Jeremy Driver
@jdriver89.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns at Britain Remade
I don't really know what to do instead (just not my area), and obviously it just wouldn't be the problem it is if we'd returned to pre financial crisis growth,
but it feels really bad juju that people in 5 yrs younger in my exact financial and educational situation will be ~8-9% worse off than I am
but it feels really bad juju that people in 5 yrs younger in my exact financial and educational situation will be ~8-9% worse off than I am
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I don't really know what to do instead (just not my area), and obviously it just wouldn't be the problem it is if we'd returned to pre financial crisis growth,
but it feels really bad juju that people in 5 yrs younger in my exact financial and educational situation will be ~8-9% worse off than I am
but it feels really bad juju that people in 5 yrs younger in my exact financial and educational situation will be ~8-9% worse off than I am
Very funny that Kemi's video had the vibe and video quality of a despotic leader at risk of being deposed:
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Very funny that Kemi's video had the vibe and video quality of a despotic leader at risk of being deposed:
To be fair, I 100% dont think people's voting patterns or views are monocausal. I just think this is underrated in the wider "cost of living discussion" and discussion of young people
January 15, 2026 at 10:22 AM
To be fair, I 100% dont think people's voting patterns or views are monocausal. I just think this is underrated in the wider "cost of living discussion" and discussion of young people
I think this misses the point of my tweet
January 15, 2026 at 9:36 AM
I think this misses the point of my tweet
I meant see the conversation happen
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I meant see the conversation happen
This is exactly what I mean by radicalising
January 15, 2026 at 8:39 AM
This is exactly what I mean by radicalising
I reckon we'll see it happen in the next decade
January 15, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I reckon we'll see it happen in the next decade
I think that is the correct way to do it, yes
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I think that is the correct way to do it, yes
Reposted by Jeremy Driver
That 15 years of stagnation? Interacts poorly with this quasi-tax structure. Wouldn't have done that.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
That 15 years of stagnation? Interacts poorly with this quasi-tax structure. Wouldn't have done that.
Posted all this forgetting you're charged 3pp more interest if you earn over £50k!
January 15, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Posted all this forgetting you're charged 3pp more interest if you earn over £50k!
Couple all that with credentialism for jobs that didn't need it 20 years ago and it's a heady mix
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Couple all that with credentialism for jobs that didn't need it 20 years ago and it's a heady mix
It's psychologically painful to make payments and not have debt go down.
And the worse the interest rate gets the better the deal those few that had parents pay their fees gets. Radicalising!
And the worse the interest rate gets the better the deal those few that had parents pay their fees gets. Radicalising!
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
It's psychologically painful to make payments and not have debt go down.
And the worse the interest rate gets the better the deal those few that had parents pay their fees gets. Radicalising!
And the worse the interest rate gets the better the deal those few that had parents pay their fees gets. Radicalising!
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
Reposted by Jeremy Driver
It is more expensive to build on previously-developed land than greenfield. A new tax on housebuilding (Building Safety Levy) was meant to have a lower rate for it.
One problem: the discount is defined in a way that rules out almost all brownfield sites.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-buildi...
One problem: the discount is defined in a way that rules out almost all brownfield sites.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-buildi...
The Building Safety Levy is broken
Badly drafted regulations will make building on brownfield much harder
www.samdumitriu.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
It is more expensive to build on previously-developed land than greenfield. A new tax on housebuilding (Building Safety Levy) was meant to have a lower rate for it.
One problem: the discount is defined in a way that rules out almost all brownfield sites.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-buildi...
One problem: the discount is defined in a way that rules out almost all brownfield sites.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-buildi...
The Government have come up with another new tax proposal that will make it harder to build where they most need to.
Are supermarkets, industrial estates, and railway sidings 'brownfield land'?
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The Government have come up with another new tax proposal that will make it harder to build where they most need to.
Reposted by Jeremy Driver
Are supermarkets, industrial estates, and railway sidings 'brownfield land'?
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
January 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Are supermarkets, industrial estates, and railway sidings 'brownfield land'?
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
5) Human Acts- Han Kang (🇰🇷 South Korea)
My second of hers. Harrowing. There's so much pain and brutality in the world
My second of hers. Harrowing. There's so much pain and brutality in the world
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
5) Human Acts- Han Kang (🇰🇷 South Korea)
My second of hers. Harrowing. There's so much pain and brutality in the world
My second of hers. Harrowing. There's so much pain and brutality in the world
Sure you might toy with bands like Animal Collective in the interim years between teenagedom and growing up, but when did you last listen to Animal Collective?
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Sure you might toy with bands like Animal Collective in the interim years between teenagedom and growing up, but when did you last listen to Animal Collective?
Growing up is accepting that 15 year old you was right and Foo Fighters rule.
January 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Growing up is accepting that 15 year old you was right and Foo Fighters rule.
4) Disgrace - JM Coetzee (🇿🇦 South Africa)
Incredible book. Shades of houellebecq and Bonfire of the Vanities in depicting decay of a society. V politically ambiguous. Love that it starts out a very typical male literary novel (a lecturer has slept with a student?!) and becomes soooo much more
Incredible book. Shades of houellebecq and Bonfire of the Vanities in depicting decay of a society. V politically ambiguous. Love that it starts out a very typical male literary novel (a lecturer has slept with a student?!) and becomes soooo much more
January 11, 2026 at 10:37 AM
4) Disgrace - JM Coetzee (🇿🇦 South Africa)
Incredible book. Shades of houellebecq and Bonfire of the Vanities in depicting decay of a society. V politically ambiguous. Love that it starts out a very typical male literary novel (a lecturer has slept with a student?!) and becomes soooo much more
Incredible book. Shades of houellebecq and Bonfire of the Vanities in depicting decay of a society. V politically ambiguous. Love that it starts out a very typical male literary novel (a lecturer has slept with a student?!) and becomes soooo much more
3) Going Nuclear - Tim Gregory
Come for the expected chat about nuclear power, stay fit true fascinating chapters on medicine and space
Come for the expected chat about nuclear power, stay fit true fascinating chapters on medicine and space
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
3) Going Nuclear - Tim Gregory
Come for the expected chat about nuclear power, stay fit true fascinating chapters on medicine and space
Come for the expected chat about nuclear power, stay fit true fascinating chapters on medicine and space
2) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe- CS Lewis
So much discourse about this in recent years (especially Edmund and the Turkish Delight), but the real test of children's literature is if it captures the mind of a child. My 5 year old was rapt, especially during Aslans sacrifice and rebirth
So much discourse about this in recent years (especially Edmund and the Turkish Delight), but the real test of children's literature is if it captures the mind of a child. My 5 year old was rapt, especially during Aslans sacrifice and rebirth
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 AM
2) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe- CS Lewis
So much discourse about this in recent years (especially Edmund and the Turkish Delight), but the real test of children's literature is if it captures the mind of a child. My 5 year old was rapt, especially during Aslans sacrifice and rebirth
So much discourse about this in recent years (especially Edmund and the Turkish Delight), but the real test of children's literature is if it captures the mind of a child. My 5 year old was rapt, especially during Aslans sacrifice and rebirth