Tom Sasse
@tomsasse.bsky.social
Public policy editor at The Economist
If you're wondering who Reform's latest defector is, this 2011 profile by @chriscook.news is the one you need: www.ft.com/content/34bf...
August 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If you're wondering who Reform's latest defector is, this 2011 profile by @chriscook.news is the one you need: www.ft.com/content/34bf...
Wrote about why crime has become harder to solve:
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Wrote about why crime has become harder to solve:
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
By far the most enthusiastic feedback I've had from Economist colleagues to a single source quote:
July 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
By far the most enthusiastic feedback I've had from Economist colleagues to a single source quote:
Why short-changing London doesn't make sense www.economist.com/britain/2025...
June 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why short-changing London doesn't make sense www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Key point on yesterday's spending review -- the big increase in capital spending was not targeted where it would most raise growth: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
June 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Key point on yesterday's spending review -- the big increase in capital spending was not targeted where it would most raise growth: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
A smart assessment of Kohli’s legacy from @jnbpage.bsky.social in our Essential India newsletter
May 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A smart assessment of Kohli’s legacy from @jnbpage.bsky.social in our Essential India newsletter
My piece is on the cover this week. Europeans are right to point out that J.D. Vance is a breathtaking hypocrite. But they should also look at their muddled speech laws, which are giving wide discretion to the police to restrict speech in harmful ways.
May 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My piece is on the cover this week. Europeans are right to point out that J.D. Vance is a breathtaking hypocrite. But they should also look at their muddled speech laws, which are giving wide discretion to the police to restrict speech in harmful ways.
My favourite example of this is landlords charging councils hotel rates for often grotty rooms for those in need of temporary accommodations -- see this from Shelter
May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My favourite example of this is landlords charging councils hotel rates for often grotty rooms for those in need of temporary accommodations -- see this from Shelter
Good piece by Neil O'Brien on super-dazzling headlights, yet another careless consequence of obese cars www.neilobrien.co.uk/p/blinded-by...
May 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Good piece by Neil O'Brien on super-dazzling headlights, yet another careless consequence of obese cars www.neilobrien.co.uk/p/blinded-by...
Just read the speech. Don't remember Enoch Powell saying this bit? (Not that Labour will mind it being written up as the "Island of Strangers" speech.)
May 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Just read the speech. Don't remember Enoch Powell saying this bit? (Not that Labour will mind it being written up as the "Island of Strangers" speech.)
London still has lots of brownfield land, but hardly any sites are being taken on. Latest piece looks at why:
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
May 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
London still has lots of brownfield land, but hardly any sites are being taken on. Latest piece looks at why:
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
A good question. To which the answer seems to be: the rider and the driver. More cycling means more people learning to cycle safely. Not a reason for regulation that kills the (very large) benefits.
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April 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A good question. To which the answer seems to be: the rider and the driver. More cycling means more people learning to cycle safely. Not a reason for regulation that kills the (very large) benefits.
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
One of first interviews Timpson has done, and quite revealing. It's been "traumatic". And there aren't, actually, too many people in UK prisons.
Just an odd appointment if you are unwilling to give prison reform any cover...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Just an odd appointment if you are unwilling to give prison reform any cover...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
April 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One of first interviews Timpson has done, and quite revealing. It's been "traumatic". And there aren't, actually, too many people in UK prisons.
Just an odd appointment if you are unwilling to give prison reform any cover...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Just an odd appointment if you are unwilling to give prison reform any cover...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
"Sir Keir’s party has haemorrhaged support among voters of all kinds" www.economist.com/britain/2025...
April 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Sir Keir’s party has haemorrhaged support among voters of all kinds" www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Striking that in the debate on Saturday no MP challenged the national-security case for nationalising a steel plant: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Striking that in the debate on Saturday no MP challenged the national-security case for nationalising a steel plant: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
"in 2023 found that gas sets the price of electricity 98% of the time in Britain, compared with a European average of 58%" --good summary of why electricity is so expensive in Britain and the problems that causes @economist.com
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
March 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"in 2023 found that gas sets the price of electricity 98% of the time in Britain, compared with a European average of 58%" --good summary of why electricity is so expensive in Britain and the problems that causes @economist.com
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
My favourite of the regular Economist ads. That’s the thing with Mayfair Pied-à-Terres, just such a pain…
March 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My favourite of the regular Economist ads. That’s the thing with Mayfair Pied-à-Terres, just such a pain…
Naturally, most of the people I spoke to for this piece also had their own idea for a better name. Pleased that we have published the silliest:
February 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Naturally, most of the people I spoke to for this piece also had their own idea for a better name. Pleased that we have published the silliest:
Excellent post by @matthewholehouse.bsky.social on Kemi Badenoch -- in your inbox if you subscribe to Blighty www.economist.com/newsletters/...
February 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Excellent post by @matthewholehouse.bsky.social on Kemi Badenoch -- in your inbox if you subscribe to Blighty www.economist.com/newsletters/...
Commiserations to @duncanweldon.bsky.social and all others concerned www.economist.com/britain/2024...
December 12, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Commiserations to @duncanweldon.bsky.social and all others concerned www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Who does Greg Jackson remind you of? I've profiled him for this week's @economist.com:
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
December 10, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Who does Greg Jackson remind you of? I've profiled him for this week's @economist.com:
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Read my @economist.com colleagues for peerless analysis of what is happening in the Middle East. This from Anshel Pfeffer today www.economist.com/middle-east-...
December 10, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Read my @economist.com colleagues for peerless analysis of what is happening in the Middle East. This from Anshel Pfeffer today www.economist.com/middle-east-...
For the government “restricting the earnings of MPs who may be critical of the government on right-wing media outlets may have some political attraction too”, says @drhannahwhite.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2024...
December 5, 2024 at 4:46 PM
For the government “restricting the earnings of MPs who may be critical of the government on right-wing media outlets may have some political attraction too”, says @drhannahwhite.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2024...
say "deliver" one more time...
December 2, 2024 at 1:41 PM
say "deliver" one more time...
The government's efforts to "smash the gangs" may not make much difference, but channel crossings in small boats are likely to fall anyway because Europe's borders are tightening www.economist.com/britain/2024...
November 27, 2024 at 11:01 AM
The government's efforts to "smash the gangs" may not make much difference, but channel crossings in small boats are likely to fall anyway because Europe's borders are tightening www.economist.com/britain/2024...