Thomas Wilson
@thomaswilsonuk.bsky.social
Senior Policy Officer (Financial Hardship) at the Greater London Authority - currently re-deployed to work on Devolution, Funding, and Reform | #Acton born and bred | #Arsenal | personal account, all views my own
You took an oath!
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
You took an oath!
I mean this is pretty extraordinary right, even for the Times? Papers trying to softsoap someone a few months after a big scandal - very normal british press stuff. But trying to rehabilitate someone WHILE the scandal is breaking and seemingly getting worse every day? What is going on at the Times?
February 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I mean this is pretty extraordinary right, even for the Times? Papers trying to softsoap someone a few months after a big scandal - very normal british press stuff. But trying to rehabilitate someone WHILE the scandal is breaking and seemingly getting worse every day? What is going on at the Times?
Sorry, deepcut joke, that's how Luke would reply to anyone on twitter who even mildly criticised him and he suspected may be a Labour member!
January 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Sorry, deepcut joke, that's how Luke would reply to anyone on twitter who even mildly criticised him and he suspected may be a Labour member!
Nice 'shot, chaser' to be had with Ovenden's article on frustrations on how government has become beholden and outsourced to regulators and then this where the moment the government is under pressure to do something politically difficult they go 'uh, well, that's the regulator's job'.
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Nice 'shot, chaser' to be had with Ovenden's article on frustrations on how government has become beholden and outsourced to regulators and then this where the moment the government is under pressure to do something politically difficult they go 'uh, well, that's the regulator's job'.
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lovely little logic loop here. the left have accurately described reality, but i still think they're wrong, so what if it was somehow in fact the left's describing of reality that perverted history to make them right. quantum politics. no fair, you changed the outcome by measuring it!
I was wondering how this might all turn out to have been my fault
January 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
lovely little logic loop here. the left have accurately described reality, but i still think they're wrong, so what if it was somehow in fact the left's describing of reality that perverted history to make them right. quantum politics. no fair, you changed the outcome by measuring it!
It's also just extremely lazy. This is the exact same response that radical centrist democrats made to Harris losing. It's not even an original (wrong) argument!
January 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM
It's also just extremely lazy. This is the exact same response that radical centrist democrats made to Harris losing. It's not even an original (wrong) argument!
Unfollowed, unsubbed, internet history wiped.
December 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Unfollowed, unsubbed, internet history wiped.
It's certainly reassuring that we can confidently say, without a shadow of a doubt, that this kind of thing definitely does not happen anymore!
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It's certainly reassuring that we can confidently say, without a shadow of a doubt, that this kind of thing definitely does not happen anymore!
It's also funny because this is very similar to what happened to Biden, who apparently they were studying very closely. So they have managed to walk into almost every rake that both the Sunak and Biden governments managed to walk into, at the same time. Which is impressive!
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's also funny because this is very similar to what happened to Biden, who apparently they were studying very closely. So they have managed to walk into almost every rake that both the Sunak and Biden governments managed to walk into, at the same time. Which is impressive!
I am so glad that Chaminda is repeatedly saying this because listening to political podcasts and reading the British press can make you think you are going insane sometimes. When you cut spending, the need that spending was previously servicing does not, surprisingly, evaporate into thin air!
so if you increase poverty in the name of keeping the middle classes eating out four times a week - as these measures would - then you'd end up with more need and more spending.
which is what we learned - or maybe not - all of ten years ago
which is what we learned - or maybe not - all of ten years ago
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I am so glad that Chaminda is repeatedly saying this because listening to political podcasts and reading the British press can make you think you are going insane sometimes. When you cut spending, the need that spending was previously servicing does not, surprisingly, evaporate into thin air!
This is what is so maddening about this stuff. It's been tried! Very recently! The results were extremely bad and extensively researched! But there is zero interrogation of that either by the think tanks that produce these policies or the journalists writing them up.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This is what is so maddening about this stuff. It's been tried! Very recently! The results were extremely bad and extensively researched! But there is zero interrogation of that either by the think tanks that produce these policies or the journalists writing them up.
You may be thinking of Child Benefit (which does have a high income threshold incidentally). The Two Child Limit restricts support for children through Universal Credit, which is income based.
September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
You may be thinking of Child Benefit (which does have a high income threshold incidentally). The Two Child Limit restricts support for children through Universal Credit, which is income based.
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What’s happening in Gaza is a genocide.
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What’s happening in Gaza is a genocide.
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The Far-right aim to stoke fear & divide our diverse communities by spreading hate but they will fail.
By standing together & celebrating diversity we send a clear message of unity. Leaders must recognise this & use their words, positions & platforms to pull communities together not apart
By standing together & celebrating diversity we send a clear message of unity. Leaders must recognise this & use their words, positions & platforms to pull communities together not apart
We must unite against those who seek to divide us.
September 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Far-right aim to stoke fear & divide our diverse communities by spreading hate but they will fail.
By standing together & celebrating diversity we send a clear message of unity. Leaders must recognise this & use their words, positions & platforms to pull communities together not apart
By standing together & celebrating diversity we send a clear message of unity. Leaders must recognise this & use their words, positions & platforms to pull communities together not apart
Love the suggestion that this guy will never work in politics again and his career is effectively over. Let's see how that prediction works out eh.
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Love the suggestion that this guy will never work in politics again and his career is effectively over. Let's see how that prediction works out eh.
This is like saying 'I miss Bill Hicks. There are those on the left who think American imperialism is ultimately to blame for conflicts in the Middle East'. Has he ever watched Norm Macdonald?
September 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is like saying 'I miss Bill Hicks. There are those on the left who think American imperialism is ultimately to blame for conflicts in the Middle East'. Has he ever watched Norm Macdonald?
I'm always really happy to see you're on, it's always a great ep
August 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm always really happy to see you're on, it's always a great ep
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Some politicians and political commentators try to talk down and denigrate our capital. I wrote for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on why the false image they peddle is not the London I know and millions love:
‘These People Can’t Stand What London Represents… It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview’
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, addresses the increasing number of claims by those in the media and politics of the capital city’s apparent decline
bylinetimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Some politicians and political commentators try to talk down and denigrate our capital. I wrote for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on why the false image they peddle is not the London I know and millions love:
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Who could possibly have seen this coming?
It's akin to the M&S 'trans' employee complaint, entirely predicated on the complainant's belief that because the employee was tall they must be trans.
It's akin to the M&S 'trans' employee complaint, entirely predicated on the complainant's belief that because the employee was tall they must be trans.
‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Who could possibly have seen this coming?
It's akin to the M&S 'trans' employee complaint, entirely predicated on the complainant's belief that because the employee was tall they must be trans.
It's akin to the M&S 'trans' employee complaint, entirely predicated on the complainant's belief that because the employee was tall they must be trans.
Feels like with the UK's response to the genocide in Gaza we are moving into stage 3 of the 4 stage strategy.
Yes, Prime Minister - Foreign Office Crisis Management - the four stages
YouTube video by John Doe
www.youtube.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Feels like with the UK's response to the genocide in Gaza we are moving into stage 3 of the 4 stage strategy.
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I welcome the Deputy Prime Minister ushering in a new era of devolution ⬇️
Landmark Devolution Bill brings new dawn of regional power
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill delivers on manifesto commitment to de-centralise power and ignite regional growth with powers for mayors.
www.gov.uk
July 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I welcome the Deputy Prime Minister ushering in a new era of devolution ⬇️
I think any evaluation of them as a programme would be tricky as boroughs all use them in very different ways, even within London there's a lot of variation. Would probably have to be borough by borough, or looking at different 'models' of how to use them.
July 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I think any evaluation of them as a programme would be tricky as boroughs all use them in very different ways, even within London there's a lot of variation. Would probably have to be borough by borough, or looking at different 'models' of how to use them.
Always nice to see an article which has started with the Principal Skinner 'am I out of touch?' meme as a first draft and just gone from there.
June 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Always nice to see an article which has started with the Principal Skinner 'am I out of touch?' meme as a first draft and just gone from there.