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Tom Sasse
@tomsasse.bsky.social
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Public policy editor at The Economist
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20h
One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office
Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration
www.ft.com
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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 6d
There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences

Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 13d
London exclusive: Competition between big money e-bike operators has hit the point where Hackney residents will now get flat fare £1.75 journeys within the borough, with Lime and Voi winning a contract that predicts *up to £93m* in revenue from one borough. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-bike-...
E-bike fares capped at £1.75 in Hackney — could the rest of London be next?
Exclusive: Lime and Voi win the battle for control of the £93m Hackney rental e-bike market, amid a fierce London-wide battle between deep-pocketed companies vying for control of a booming industry
www.londoncentric.media
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 16d
www.economist.com/business/202...
The perverse consequence of America’s $100,000 visa fees
Offshoring to India and other countries could accelerate
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 17d
"the stronger the vision of Palestinian statehood grows on the outside, the more it fades within" - www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Palestine is unrecognisable on the ground
The UN stands up a state that is disappearing from view
www.economist.com
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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 19d
Non-zero chance that Your Party never polls above Change UK
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 20d
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s attempts to stop asylum-seekers have failed so far
A new scheme might change that
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 21d
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
What Elon Musk gets wrong about Europe’s hard right
He imagines a continental revolt against Islam and elites
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 21d
Wrote about why it will be hard for the government to turn things around when food prices keep going up: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s rising food prices are a political headache
Voters hate inflation. They notice it most at the supermarket
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 21d
"The insinuation of those who see population decline as a disaster is that human societies cannot flourish without expanding. The evidence for that is flimsy" www.economist.com/briefing/202...
A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
The economics of a shrinking world
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The Economist @economist.com · 21d
Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
The Economist is hiring an Asia correspondent
Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23d
My column in tomorrow's paper:
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 24d
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
America’s choice after the assassination of Charlie Kirk
Political violence could become routine. But it doesn’t have to
www.economist.com
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The Economist @economist.com · 27d
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
The new battle for Britain
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · Sep 3
www.economist.com/science-and-... come work with me
The Economist is hiring a science and technology correspondent
We’re looking for a writer to join us in London for 12 months
www.economist.com
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · Sep 2
Impressive enlargement of his vote.
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · Sep 2
Pretty extraordinary victory for Zack Polanski, as he becomes the new leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.

Polanski: 84.6%
Chowns & Ramsay: 15.4%

Turnout: 24,265 (37.6%)
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · Aug 29
keyless ignition is one of the all time worst technological trade-offs ever
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Aug 29
Today I learned, through an unfortunate chain of events, that it’s possible to start a car with the keys on the roof, have the keys stay on the roof for five miles, ask “what’s that clunk” as they fall off, continue for a further 20 miles, then find you can’t lock your car and it won’t restart.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · Aug 25
Superb piece on the rapidly changing British countryside.

economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · Aug 28
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Humiliation, vindication—and a giant test for India
Trump has triggered a trade and defence crisis: how should Modi respond?
www.economist.com
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · Aug 26
"look beyond AI and much of the economy appears sluggish. Real consumption has flatlined since December. Jobs growth is weak. Housebuilding has slumped, as has business investment in non-ai parts of the economy"
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy
Beware the data-centre takeover
www.economist.com
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · Aug 24
Wrote about the deficit-populism doom loop. Imagine you are the finance minister of a European country. You lie awake at night worrying about bondholders. Your colleagues fret about the electoral success of the hard right. What are your options? www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Fear the deficit-populism doom loop
Politicians, particularly in Europe, are in a terrible bind
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · Aug 23
3. A leader on what countries could do to tackle this, arguing that above all it comes down to policing www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Britain leads the world in a new global business—a criminal one
What to do about its rampant steal-and-export industry
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · Aug 23
2. The battle between manufacturers and thieves, and why MPs are wrong to think Apple is dragging its feat on an easy fix www.economist.com/britain/2025...
How thieves could break into your car
Gangs hack into electronic systems with increasingly sophisticated kit
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · Aug 23
I have 3 pieces in this week's magazine looking at the global criminal business behind the rise in car and phone theft

1. On the new geography of stolen goods -- why Britain has become world leader & why the model is likely to spread
www.economist.com/interactive/...
The new geography of stolen goods
Cars, phones, tractors: how high-end products are increasingly stolen to serve distant markets
www.economist.com
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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · Aug 23
Sunder is right - the way this story is being reported is bizarre. See also "PM returns from holiday to a country at breaking point", per Times news-wrap today.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Aug 23
The story of the weekend looks like about 3000+ people protesting asylum, 2000+ counterprotestors while 210k people do parkrun
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