Rent control basically never helps. Don't try it.

Far too many people: "GDP is bad. I prefer [thing correlated at 0.9 with GDP]."

The British state raised more revenue in 2023 from corporation tax paid by OnlyFans' parent company (£118m) than it did from North Sea oil royalties and license fees (£69m)

Yesterday government refused to publish the number of people losing Winter Fuel Payment in each constituency. But they did answer about one specific constituency (North Cornwall). They clearly have the data, but don't want to publish. Shows contempt not just to MPs but to voters

PSA: ignore all polls like this unless they follow up with “how much more tax?” We did, and the answers were pretty amazing.

Good piece from Tom McTague on where Starmer's instincts lie unherd.com/2024/09/starme…

Why Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn split up (from the Guardian).

Book rec - my nine-year-old is greatly enjoying ‘A Riddle for a King’ by my friend Mark Forsyth, which is also The Times and The Sunday Times children’s book of the week thetimes.com/culture/books/…

My mother sets a new personal best by assuming her 44-year-old son needs detailed instructions on how to sign and post a cheque. Literally included the words ‘then you stamp and address the envelope’.

Southgate’s decisions looking even worse in hindsight… #IREENG

Gareth Southgate sitting at home watching this, shaking his head. "What are they doing scoring again? You go one-nil up, you sit back deep and defend it! All my hard work ruined."

Looks like Miliband’s nuking nukes. Not clever. telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Damn, they laid their honeytrap perfectly.

Excellent piece from Christopher Snowdon 🇺🇦 on the actual facts of the Letby case snowdon.substack.com/p/lucy-letby-a…

Labour wants to build on the grey belt. But what is the grey belt? Why does it want to build on it? And is any of it near you? Big piece by me for The Times and The Sunday Times on the green belt and grey belt, featuring some absolutely lovely interactive/searchable maps thetimes.com/article/labour…