Tom Randall
@tomrandall.bsky.social
Political comms officer in the UK | Escaped teacher | Former pro Econ memer | Hampshire & Cornwall | #Politics #Science #EconSky | Not the former MP for Gedling.
Posts do not represent the views of my employer.
Posts do not represent the views of my employer.
That big spike for the Tories is back when govt econ policy was to pay everyone to not go to work and give them discounted meals out. Sometimes you gotta just do some shit and deal with the consequences later.
After Liz Truss's mini-budget, just 15 per cent of people felt the Tories were the best party at handling the economy
Today, the equivalent figure for Labour is 12 per cent
www.thetimes.com/article/470f...
Today, the equivalent figure for Labour is 12 per cent
www.thetimes.com/article/470f...
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
That big spike for the Tories is back when govt econ policy was to pay everyone to not go to work and give them discounted meals out. Sometimes you gotta just do some shit and deal with the consequences later.
British elections until 2029:
Only Plaid can stop Reform here,
Only the Lib Dems can stop Your party here,
Only the Greens can stop Labour here,
Only the Tories can...
Only Plaid can stop Reform here,
Only the Lib Dems can stop Your party here,
Only the Greens can stop Labour here,
Only the Tories can...
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
British elections until 2029:
Only Plaid can stop Reform here,
Only the Lib Dems can stop Your party here,
Only the Greens can stop Labour here,
Only the Tories can...
Only Plaid can stop Reform here,
Only the Lib Dems can stop Your party here,
Only the Greens can stop Labour here,
Only the Tories can...
I thought at some point we were going to have to do War of 1812 II to America but then Trump comes along and just Self-War of 1812 IIs America for us.
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I thought at some point we were going to have to do War of 1812 II to America but then Trump comes along and just Self-War of 1812 IIs America for us.
Rich people can't create or destroy £s. If they want to leave and invest elsewhere they'd have to sell their £s to those who do want to invest here.
Opponents of wealth taxes say that they would end up reducing tax revenue as the super-rich would leave the UK
1) Most Britons don't agree: 2024 YouGov polling found 57% believe you would raise rather than lose money by increasing taxes on the super rich
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
1) Most Britons don't agree: 2024 YouGov polling found 57% believe you would raise rather than lose money by increasing taxes on the super rich
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
October 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Rich people can't create or destroy £s. If they want to leave and invest elsewhere they'd have to sell their £s to those who do want to invest here.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years
"Societies thrive when they reward those who create, not those who capture. And a great challenge of our time is to make the State return to being a partner in productivity, not an instrument of parasitisation."
Mas há outra espécie de rico. Menos produtiva. Mais astuta. É a dos que prosperam não pelo esforço, mas pelo acesso privilegiado ao poder. Em vez de disputar o mercado, disputam favores. São os que transformam conexões políticas em vantagens econômicas
folha.com/exj3cvoy
folha.com/exj3cvoy
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"Societies thrive when they reward those who create, not those who capture. And a great challenge of our time is to make the State return to being a partner in productivity, not an instrument of parasitisation."
"...expectation is that the program will also contribute to containing inflation, reducing the pressure of bus fare adjustments on the consumer price index."
www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/governo-lula...
An underrated economic tool for getting prices down is to just lower the prices of things.
www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/governo-lula...
An underrated economic tool for getting prices down is to just lower the prices of things.
Governo Lula acelera estudos para adoção de tarifa zero no transporte público
Governo prepara proposta de tarifa zero no transporte público como nova bandeira de Lula para 2026 e avalia impacto fiscal e social do projeto.
www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br
October 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"...expectation is that the program will also contribute to containing inflation, reducing the pressure of bus fare adjustments on the consumer price index."
www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/governo-lula...
An underrated economic tool for getting prices down is to just lower the prices of things.
www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/governo-lula...
An underrated economic tool for getting prices down is to just lower the prices of things.
I think perhaps one of the best economic productivity gains for the country would be to tax high-street gambling out of existence entirely. Despite the Chancellor's vow to leave 'no stone unturned', I'm confident this one will remain undisturbed.
Exc: High street slot machine shops pay bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose
Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I think perhaps one of the best economic productivity gains for the country would be to tax high-street gambling out of existence entirely. Despite the Chancellor's vow to leave 'no stone unturned', I'm confident this one will remain undisturbed.
"...politics used to be — persuasion, messaging, negotiation, compromise. Behaving this way will lose against someone donning body armor while calling you an antifa domestic terrorist MS-13 gang member. And the guy in the body armor will always lose to the guy in the inflatable frog suit."
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"...politics used to be — persuasion, messaging, negotiation, compromise. Behaving this way will lose against someone donning body armor while calling you an antifa domestic terrorist MS-13 gang member. And the guy in the body armor will always lose to the guy in the inflatable frog suit."
We don't need billionaires money, we just need for them to not have it.
this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We don't need billionaires money, we just need for them to not have it.
Manufacturers of inflatable frog costumes operating in the Portland area.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Manufacturers of inflatable frog costumes operating in the Portland area.
"15 years of austerity didn't work, so today I am announcing the new Conservative fiscal plan, Mega-austerity..." - Kemi's speech, basically.
October 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"15 years of austerity didn't work, so today I am announcing the new Conservative fiscal plan, Mega-austerity..." - Kemi's speech, basically.
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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
Jesus fuck we've been doing nothing but "tough decisions" for 15 years. Can we not..
Mel Stride with an utterly damning indictment of the Party that was in government for 14 of the last 15 years.
October 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jesus fuck we've been doing nothing but "tough decisions" for 15 years. Can we not..
Are you telling me the cause of Britain's problems wasn't the rampant over-purchasing of ergonomic office chairs?
*gasp*
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Are you telling me the cause of Britain's problems wasn't the rampant over-purchasing of ergonomic office chairs?
For a half-second I got excited that they were actually doing the "mint a $1 trillion coin and deposit it at the Fed" strategy to avoid the debt ceiling crisis.
The assumption that the American body politic would reflexively reject stuff you see in third world dictatorships turned out to be complete bullshit
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For a half-second I got excited that they were actually doing the "mint a $1 trillion coin and deposit it at the Fed" strategy to avoid the debt ceiling crisis.
The three largest parties are so scared of being Liz Trussed if they even mention the BoE, it leaves room for the smaller parties to claim policy space.
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The three largest parties are so scared of being Liz Trussed if they even mention the BoE, it leaves room for the smaller parties to claim policy space.
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You know what would be great? If Democrats came out and said that the next time they’re in power, they’ll change the rules and end shutdowns for good. And then actually did it.
Beyond being dumb and unnecessary, it’s flat-out disrespectful to keep treating federal employees like bargaining chips.
Beyond being dumb and unnecessary, it’s flat-out disrespectful to keep treating federal employees like bargaining chips.
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You know what would be great? If Democrats came out and said that the next time they’re in power, they’ll change the rules and end shutdowns for good. And then actually did it.
Beyond being dumb and unnecessary, it’s flat-out disrespectful to keep treating federal employees like bargaining chips.
Beyond being dumb and unnecessary, it’s flat-out disrespectful to keep treating federal employees like bargaining chips.
Is belief in the capacity for Britain to progress so thoroughly crushed that the most ambitious vision we can put forward has descended from "We'll build 40 new hospitals" to "We can build 1 imaginary one".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New online NHS hospital service by 2027, PM to promise
Patients will get the option of digital support when GPs refer them but only for certain conditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Is belief in the capacity for Britain to progress so thoroughly crushed that the most ambitious vision we can put forward has descended from "We'll build 40 new hospitals" to "We can build 1 imaginary one".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Was it because standard DSGE modelling wasn't accurately forecasting economic futures?
Jemima Kelly on why she joined a witches’ coven: on.ft.com/3IKpxN5
September 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Was it because standard DSGE modelling wasn't accurately forecasting economic futures?
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Freedom is not about saying nice things or agreeing with those in power.
It is not flattering the President of the United States.
It is the right to express your point of view without government interference.
We must not allow anybody to take that freedom away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYTY...
It is not flattering the President of the United States.
It is the right to express your point of view without government interference.
We must not allow anybody to take that freedom away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYTY...
Republicans: Stop Using the Word “Freedom”
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Freedom is not about saying nice things or agreeing with those in power.
It is not flattering the President of the United States.
It is the right to express your point of view without government interference.
We must not allow anybody to take that freedom away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYTY...
It is not flattering the President of the United States.
It is the right to express your point of view without government interference.
We must not allow anybody to take that freedom away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYTY...
Farage out there just ruining half good ideas by surrounding them with insanity.
September 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Farage out there just ruining half good ideas by surrounding them with insanity.
Hm, would these investors happen to be gilt market investors by any chance?
www.ft.com/content/c18f...
www.ft.com/content/c18f...
Andy Burnham’s borrowing plans would spook gilt market, investors warn
Fund managers say fresh borrowing spree would drive up gilt yields and dent the pound
www.ft.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hm, would these investors happen to be gilt market investors by any chance?
www.ft.com/content/c18f...
www.ft.com/content/c18f...
If you don't want people to think you mean "Remove this thing from existence entirely", probably shouldn't use the word "defund". Afterall, every time Republicans used it to attack programs they didn't like... we know they meant 'abolish'.
More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...
Do you support or oppose "defund the police"?
Support - 21%
Oppose - 74%
Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services?
Support - 54%
Oppose - 41%
Do you support or oppose "defund the police"?
Support - 21%
Oppose - 74%
Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services?
Support - 54%
Oppose - 41%
September 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you don't want people to think you mean "Remove this thing from existence entirely", probably shouldn't use the word "defund". Afterall, every time Republicans used it to attack programs they didn't like... we know they meant 'abolish'.