Richard Steeden
@richardsteeden.bsky.social
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
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The Labour Chancellor has delivered a Budget whose headroom is still small, and is based on a series of optimistic assumptions and tax rises in an election year, and your story is...litigating which one of the chess competitions in the 90s was the *real* under-14 champion? Really?
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Labour Chancellor has delivered a Budget whose headroom is still small, and is based on a series of optimistic assumptions and tax rises in an election year, and your story is...litigating which one of the chess competitions in the 90s was the *real* under-14 champion? Really?
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Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Doubt doesn't have to be a foe. It can be a friend."
Blind trust in a failed method highlights Brendon McCullum's greatest flaw | ✍ @georgedobell.bsky.social
Blind trust in a failed method highlights Brendon McCullum's greatest flaw | ✍ @georgedobell.bsky.social
Blind trust in a failed method highlights Brendon McCullum's greatest flaw | The Cricketer
After England collapsed from a position of strength to hand Australia a crushing eight-wicket victory in the first Ashes Test, Brendon McCullum doubled down on his selections and game plan
www.thecricketer.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Doubt doesn't have to be a foe. It can be a friend."
Blind trust in a failed method highlights Brendon McCullum's greatest flaw | ✍ @georgedobell.bsky.social
Blind trust in a failed method highlights Brendon McCullum's greatest flaw | ✍ @georgedobell.bsky.social
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If I asked you which country has the most progressive tax system in the developed world — where high earners hand over an especially large share of their income relative to the average worker — what would your answer be?
The answer is in fact Britain. on.ft.com/4a5jIFc
The answer is in fact Britain. on.ft.com/4a5jIFc
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
If I asked you which country has the most progressive tax system in the developed world — where high earners hand over an especially large share of their income relative to the average worker — what would your answer be?
The answer is in fact Britain. on.ft.com/4a5jIFc
The answer is in fact Britain. on.ft.com/4a5jIFc
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Looking the financial indices out of the UK and apologies if this has ever come up before, but have they considered reviving the economy by joining a large economic and political consortium of countries nearby, say in Europe?
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Looking the financial indices out of the UK and apologies if this has ever come up before, but have they considered reviving the economy by joining a large economic and political consortium of countries nearby, say in Europe?
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This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This research is important because it corroborates what we already knew - that when comparing the UK to peer economies, it has had a big slowdown since 2016. It does so with firm-level data and finds more EU-connected firms have sizeable shortfalls in productivity and investment compared to less.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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A thing I got completely wrong is I thought Tony Blair's "the reason for defeat is nearly always because progressives don't 'own the future" was just him going 'let's have a hopey-changey bit for the base', but this government has made me realise it is 100 per cent true.
I hate the ‘more money in your pocket’. It’s so outdated and sounds like we’re still in 1987 with pay packets from the factory!
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A thing I got completely wrong is I thought Tony Blair's "the reason for defeat is nearly always because progressives don't 'own the future" was just him going 'let's have a hopey-changey bit for the base', but this government has made me realise it is 100 per cent true.
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Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe there are loads of votes in “the Ed Miliband agenda, but we tell anyone who liked Ed Miliband they are dirty liberals who should be ashamed”.
i: Reeves privately tells Labour MPs: I’ll hit wealthy with a mansion tax in Budget #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe there are loads of votes in “the Ed Miliband agenda, but we tell anyone who liked Ed Miliband they are dirty liberals who should be ashamed”.
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But my gut is: the problem with the government’s agenda is they are hitting the winners from economic liberalism on their most important thing (their livelihood and their businesses) and hitting the winners of social liberalism on their most important thing (their lives).
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
But my gut is: the problem with the government’s agenda is they are hitting the winners from economic liberalism on their most important thing (their livelihood and their businesses) and hitting the winners of social liberalism on their most important thing (their lives).
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We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to grant asylum, we should welcome and integrate, not create perpetual limbo and alienation.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to grant asylum, we should welcome and integrate, not create perpetual limbo and alienation.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
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Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
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Ladies and gentlemen...the future of British politics
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ladies and gentlemen...the future of British politics
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itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... It's good to hear that Rachel Reeves is beginning to see the error of her ways, but when you've messed up as badly as she has, there's no coming back
It Could Be Said #76 Rachel Reeves Must Resign
Will argues that Rachel Reeves must be held accountable if Labour is to relaunch itself
itcouldbesaid.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... It's good to hear that Rachel Reeves is beginning to see the error of her ways, but when you've messed up as badly as she has, there's no coming back
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Thank-you, Stella. You are speaking for the Labour party, even if the government won’t.
He caused havoc with Brexit. Don’t let him do it again - here’s five red flags about what Farage said today. Hit share to show him we see through him.
August 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Thank-you, Stella. You are speaking for the Labour party, even if the government won’t.
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Marc Stears was one of the intellectual founders of Blue Labour. In this brilliant essay, he explains why, in its current MAGA-stained form, Blue Labour offers no answers to either the government or the country. @mds49.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/703...
What’s wrong with the new Blue Labour?
How the delusions of Brexit and Maga have alienated the ideological movement from ordinary people
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Marc Stears was one of the intellectual founders of Blue Labour. In this brilliant essay, he explains why, in its current MAGA-stained form, Blue Labour offers no answers to either the government or the country. @mds49.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/703...
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Canada is everything.
March 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Canada is everything.
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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’
Hi @stellacreasy.bsky.social, I trust supposedly pro European Labour MPs will be unequivocal that giving a tax break to US tech billionaires will be a humiliating surrender. And another self inflicted Brexit related disaster, politically, economically and morally www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK considers big tech tax changes to appease Donald Trump - BBC News
Rachel Reeves says talks are "ongoing" about the Digital Services Tax, paid by giants like Amazon.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hi @stellacreasy.bsky.social, I trust supposedly pro European Labour MPs will be unequivocal that giving a tax break to US tech billionaires will be a humiliating surrender. And another self inflicted Brexit related disaster, politically, economically and morally www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hi @labour4europe.bsky.social I trust you guys aren’t going to allow your government to do this? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Considers Cutting Tech Tax for Carve-Out From Trump Tariffs
The UK government is weighing plans to reduce or even abolish its digital services tax before April 2 in an effort to avoid the worst of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hi @labour4europe.bsky.social I trust you guys aren’t going to allow your government to do this? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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* Higher standard of living
* Longer life expectancy
* Higher productivity
* Shorter working week
* More holidays
* Better public services
* Better infrastructure
If Labour succeeds in turning the UK into France, it will be the most successful five years of government in British history
* Longer life expectancy
* Higher productivity
* Shorter working week
* More holidays
* Better public services
* Better infrastructure
If Labour succeeds in turning the UK into France, it will be the most successful five years of government in British history
March 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
* Higher standard of living
* Longer life expectancy
* Higher productivity
* Shorter working week
* More holidays
* Better public services
* Better infrastructure
If Labour succeeds in turning the UK into France, it will be the most successful five years of government in British history
* Longer life expectancy
* Higher productivity
* Shorter working week
* More holidays
* Better public services
* Better infrastructure
If Labour succeeds in turning the UK into France, it will be the most successful five years of government in British history
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I and others have long been calling for an EU-funded public service media - not just to combat Russian disinformation but also to combat the 🇺🇸🇬🇧dominance of the international news media.
That's why the EU should take over #RadioFreeEurope
That's why the EU should take over #RadioFreeEurope
The time for EU public service media is now
Trump is shutting down the pro-democracy US news outlets Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, set up during the Cold War to combat Russian disinformation. The EU should take them over and expand.
davekeating.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I and others have long been calling for an EU-funded public service media - not just to combat Russian disinformation but also to combat the 🇺🇸🇬🇧dominance of the international news media.
That's why the EU should take over #RadioFreeEurope
That's why the EU should take over #RadioFreeEurope