Will Dunn
@willdunn.bsky.social
Business editor, New Statesman
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Will Dunn
@willdunn.bsky.social
· Oct 13
🚨Some personal news: I'm honoured and humbled to have been asked to take over running the Jumbo Profiterole and XXL Eclair Factory. It's a dream job, but I've got some big choux to fill
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Massive rise in incapacity benefits forecast
25% higher in four years, during a time of recovering economic growth? It is hard to see how this will not be an attack line from the opposition.
25% higher in four years, during a time of recovering economic growth? It is hard to see how this will not be an attack line from the opposition.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Massive rise in incapacity benefits forecast
25% higher in four years, during a time of recovering economic growth? It is hard to see how this will not be an attack line from the opposition.
25% higher in four years, during a time of recovering economic growth? It is hard to see how this will not be an attack line from the opposition.
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
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oh you'll find out soon enough my child www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
oh you'll find out soon enough my child www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
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Quite the look at how the gilt market intersects with politics from @willdunn.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Quite the look at how the gilt market intersects with politics from @willdunn.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
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Excellent cover story by @willdunn.bsky.social who has the inside track on the bond markets influencing the Budget -
feat. the incredible bit of an analysis by one investor who found each welfare rebel MP equals a *£1bn* debt premium over the Parliament...
feat. the incredible bit of an analysis by one investor who found each welfare rebel MP equals a *£1bn* debt premium over the Parliament...
Meet the bond market vigilantes
Governments are now at the mercy of unseen investors
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November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Excellent cover story by @willdunn.bsky.social who has the inside track on the bond markets influencing the Budget -
feat. the incredible bit of an analysis by one investor who found each welfare rebel MP equals a *£1bn* debt premium over the Parliament...
feat. the incredible bit of an analysis by one investor who found each welfare rebel MP equals a *£1bn* debt premium over the Parliament...
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New investigation: how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of tax planning is often reported as "clever, but perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New investigation: how Sky Bet relocated to Malta to avoid £55m of tax/year This kind of tax planning is often reported as "clever, but perfectly proper, and there's no suggestion that any laws were broken".
But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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But here it looks improper. Laws may have been broken.
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Roblox was released to the public in 2006
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers
One of the world's most popular gaming platforms has faced criticism for its child safety record.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Roblox was released to the public in 2006
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This wasn't being mean for no reason btw - it's part of an argument about how the global media ignored Sanna Marin's politics and treated her as a celebrity
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This wasn't being mean for no reason btw - it's part of an argument about how the global media ignored Sanna Marin's politics and treated her as a celebrity
It doesn't look like I'll be getting a job at the Spectator www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It doesn't look like I'll be getting a job at the Spectator www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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If I had to describe the fairly modest moves in the gilt market today, I would say it is a bit like the feeling of slightly needing the toilet after half an hour in the swimming pool.
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
If I had to describe the fairly modest moves in the gilt market today, I would say it is a bit like the feeling of slightly needing the toilet after half an hour in the swimming pool.
The only compensation the Waspi women should receive is an apology from the bullshitters who have strung them along for years on the promise of extra cash to which they have never been entitled. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
The Waspi women were lied to
Their campaign became the tool of cynical politicians.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The only compensation the Waspi women should receive is an apology from the bullshitters who have strung them along for years on the promise of extra cash to which they have never been entitled. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Among the revelations in this interviewis that Wandsworth was so short staffed, they asked someone doing 5yrs for fraud to keep track of where the prisoners were
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Among the revelations in this interviewis that Wandsworth was so short staffed, they asked someone doing 5yrs for fraud to keep track of where the prisoners were
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Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Tice was introduced as “a local man” and a “self-made entrepreneur”, which is certainly one way to describe a man who spent 14 years as the CEO of his grandfather’s property company.
@willdunn.bsky.social's sketch: Richard Tice’s pitch to Tory Middle England
@willdunn.bsky.social's sketch: Richard Tice’s pitch to Tory Middle England
Richard Tice’s pitch to Tory Middle England
At Guildford Rugby Club, Nigel Farage’s number two goes into salesman mode to entice Reform-curious Conservatives
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Tice was introduced as “a local man” and a “self-made entrepreneur”, which is certainly one way to describe a man who spent 14 years as the CEO of his grandfather’s property company.
@willdunn.bsky.social's sketch: Richard Tice’s pitch to Tory Middle England
@willdunn.bsky.social's sketch: Richard Tice’s pitch to Tory Middle England
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In another brilliant sketch @willdunn.bsky.social nails the weird folk-public-school vernacular of Reform and the Reform-curious:
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In another brilliant sketch @willdunn.bsky.social nails the weird folk-public-school vernacular of Reform and the Reform-curious:
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I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I asked Jimmy Wales why the reporting of the Daily Mail isn't linked to on Wikipedia. Fair play for a frank answer: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
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Jimmy Wales: “Elon Musk is very pleasant to me in private”
🗣️ @willdunn.bsky.social meets Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales
🗣️ @willdunn.bsky.social meets Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales: “Elon Musk is very pleasant to me in private”
Mr Wikipedia on Donald Trump, AI and trust on the internet
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October 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Jimmy Wales: “Elon Musk is very pleasant to me in private”
🗣️ @willdunn.bsky.social meets Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales
🗣️ @willdunn.bsky.social meets Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales
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The oil market has turned against Putin
New sanctions are not the result of political courage – they are an opportunity presented by the price of crude
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New sanctions are not the result of political courage – they are an opportunity presented by the price of crude
🌎 @willdunn.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/busine...
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The oil market has turned against Putin
New sanctions are not the result of political courage – they are an opportunity presented by the price of crude
🌎 @willdunn.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/busine...
New sanctions are not the result of political courage – they are an opportunity presented by the price of crude
🌎 @willdunn.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/busine...
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Can Mary Barton save Britain’s badgers?
Parliament’s longest-standing protester is fighting to end the culls – but Labour’s Steve Reed is biting back
🖼️ The sketch with @willdunn.bsky.social
Parliament’s longest-standing protester is fighting to end the culls – but Labour’s Steve Reed is biting back
🖼️ The sketch with @willdunn.bsky.social
Can Mary Barton save Britain’s badgers?
Parliament’s longest-standing protester is fighting to end the culls – but Labour’s Steve Reed is biting back
www.newstatesman.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Can Mary Barton save Britain’s badgers?
Parliament’s longest-standing protester is fighting to end the culls – but Labour’s Steve Reed is biting back
🖼️ The sketch with @willdunn.bsky.social
Parliament’s longest-standing protester is fighting to end the culls – but Labour’s Steve Reed is biting back
🖼️ The sketch with @willdunn.bsky.social
If you work in Westminster you probably know the DEFRA Badger (aka Betty). I asked her: has Labour betrayed Brock? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Can Mary Barton save Britain’s badgers?
Parliament’s longest-standing protester is fighting to end the culls – but Labour’s Steve Reed is biting back
www.newstatesman.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If you work in Westminster you probably know the DEFRA Badger (aka Betty). I asked her: has Labour betrayed Brock? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Spolier: it's cement
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Spolier: it's cement
Say what you like about Specsavers, at least they're not shaking your head over some burning henbane in the hope that worms will fall out of your eyes
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Say what you like about Specsavers, at least they're not shaking your head over some burning henbane in the hope that worms will fall out of your eyes
A trip to the optician in pre-Norman England
October 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A trip to the optician in pre-Norman England