This is a good take on a debate that is growing very silly

Why most people now regret Brexit, my take from the two Richmonds:
economist.com/britain/2024/0… from The Economist

'You can see how a guy like Kennedy might figure that, if a guy like Trump can be president, he can too.'

My profile of a talented, troubled, dangerous candidate, via The Economist The Economist’s 1843 magazine

economist.com/1843/2024/04/1…

Brits will be hugely keen on compulsory ID cards until the precise moment that a sympathetic person is punished for not carrying one, at which point support will collapse. If a government wants to waste money, time and political capital testing this hunch, let's go.

They will learn from this, you know

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Some brand new data and analysis on immigration. I put the numbers of migrants coming to Britain via various routes directly to the public and ask them whether they want to cut each group or not. Only two cases where a majority want cuts - ‘small boats’ arrivals & dependents of…

Counterpoint: no, it won't. The correct analogy is with cars in the mid-20th century. They spread rapidly, were used foolishly, and were associated with much suffering. Then they were regulated, and social norms emerged around their use that made them safer.

Let me address the comments saying I look far right / “right wing Tory” / BNP / UKIP because I have photos or leaflets with 🇬🇧

I am standing for UK elections in a seat in England, I went through the British citizenship process because this is my home and I like living here, and…

I feel confident that Conservative MPs will respond calmly to this finding, after a long period of quiet reflection.

Fun discovery of the day is that there's a nature reserve in Laos using the 2006 British Conservative Party tree logo

I love this, and it represents staggering progress. An ethnically diverse secondary school in a poor part of London churning out sharp-elbowed teenagers who are determined to go to university and break into middle-class jobs: unimaginable 50 years ago.
theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

Easily the best music for editing copy

The ancient deal that saved the Barclays. An Economist investigation

economist.com/interactive/br…

Also: was ChatGPT specifically asked to write like a bored first-year undergraduate, or is that its normal writing style?

You know it's been a dismal winter when these odds start to look attractive

May as well go the whole hog and send Truss out in the Blue Wall.

Great post. In Britain, one of the most successful reforms of the past decade and a half (to schools management) was rolled out in a way that made rigorous academic evaluation almost impossible.

Open call for FREE submissions to our upcoming gallery photography exhibition 'Close to the Hedge'. Entries close on 05 April. Find out all about it at garethgardner.com/portfolio/clos…

In 2022, Conservative voter aged 55+ has views roughly as authoritarian as their older Labour-voting friends had in 2012. One group is moving faster than the other; they are both heading the same way.

A bit on two-speed liberalism:
economist.com/britain/2024/0…