Jack Calland
@jackcalland.bsky.social
Our goal lies far in the distance, clearly visible. DPhil in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government & Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Working on employment & social protection. 🇿🇦 🇬🇧
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
Poor old Nick just wants real wage increases... Yeah, post-2019 Tory policies have just completely hamstrung the new govt in so many ways. There's a reason it's been 50 years since the last basic income rate rise.
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Poor old Nick just wants real wage increases... Yeah, post-2019 Tory policies have just completely hamstrung the new govt in so many ways. There's a reason it's been 50 years since the last basic income rate rise.
I take your point that the left's strongest voices focus on wealth, maybe too optimistically, and could make a stronger case for a more broadly felt "higher costs, higher benefits" welfare state. But this is (understandably) tactical!
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I take your point that the left's strongest voices focus on wealth, maybe too optimistically, and could make a stronger case for a more broadly felt "higher costs, higher benefits" welfare state. But this is (understandably) tactical!
The guy I meant is the "left wing voter" who doesn't want to pay more tax, not Gary or Zack. ("Nick, 30" is literally made up by the right, as you say.) That view is more nuanced: if tax must be raised, it must be raised fairly, which means starting with the wealthiest (as IPPR show here).
Taxing choices: Taking the public’s temperature ahead of the budget | IPPR
Only history will reveal what the current chancellor, Rachel Reeves’, pre-budget routine looks like. But whatever it is, it will now be in full flow. With
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The guy I meant is the "left wing voter" who doesn't want to pay more tax, not Gary or Zack. ("Nick, 30" is literally made up by the right, as you say.) That view is more nuanced: if tax must be raised, it must be raised fairly, which means starting with the wealthiest (as IPPR show here).
That said, I enjoyed this pithy summary of the problem of governing by bond market: "Voters might not like her but the gilt market does. Vote Labour!"
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
That said, I enjoyed this pithy summary of the problem of governing by bond market: "Voters might not like her but the gilt market does. Vote Labour!"
For instance, you could tax wealth or luxury purchases more instead of raising VAT for everyone (i.e. tax the Aston Martin but not groceries).
The idea that the left hates tax more than the right is fiction. Labour is appealing to the tax-hating majority, who voted for it.
The idea that the left hates tax more than the right is fiction. Labour is appealing to the tax-hating majority, who voted for it.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
For instance, you could tax wealth or luxury purchases more instead of raising VAT for everyone (i.e. tax the Aston Martin but not groceries).
The idea that the left hates tax more than the right is fiction. Labour is appealing to the tax-hating majority, who voted for it.
The idea that the left hates tax more than the right is fiction. Labour is appealing to the tax-hating majority, who voted for it.