Will Hutton
@williamnhutton
Political economist, author, Observer columnist, President of the Academy of Social Sciences and host of the We Society podcast. All views are my own!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/willhutton 24-11-2009 23:44:01
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If elected, Keir Starmer would be the first PM since the War to have completed his first degree at an English university other than Oxford (Leeds). The son of a toolmaker and nurse, he's unusual in having strong working-class credentials.Ā Analysis of PMs: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2ā¦
This is one of the slightest, daffiest columns Matthew Parris has ever written. He puts aside the last 14 years, including the fiasco of the last 72 hours, to fall back on tribal loyalty. Itās beneath him. Itās marginal, but I know who Iām voting for
thetimes.co.uk/article/f3d29aā¦
Hereās ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and I going head to head. You can listen to our full conversation for free when you download the audiobook of This Time No Mistakes. LINK: shorturl.at/goUOa
Brilliant article on how so much contemporary work is useless non-work - especially the impositions forced on any benefit claimant. What a waste of time ā the real productivity crisis via Financial Times
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After a decade at the top, the Ed Miliband sandwich shot has finally been dethroned. #generalelection
4 influences on Sunakās election call . It will pre-empt Farage and Reform who are not ready. Pre-empts campaign alerting voters to need for voter ID. No scope for more tax cuts without risking Truss effect. The party canāt hold together longer. Iām sceptical- but there is a case
Looking back to 1996/7 John Major and Ken Clarke could have been partisan shits in the run-up to the election. They left that to their successors - Sunak and Hunt - who have no fiscal morals. IMF tells UK not to cut taxes as it warns over Ā£30bn fiscal hole theguardian.com/business/articā¦