Tim Leunig

The key points from @timleunig.bsky.social:

So long as we are willing to pay a market price, we will not be short of either oil or gas. But that can be expensive.

Clearly explained position. And as Tim points out, a lot of people you might expect to come out against the policy have taken a look and realised it’s a lot of real world pain in return for what appears to be a tenuous at best benefit of ‘climate leadership’ that no one else is paying attention to.

Energy security rests not with the US but in the North Sea We must be able to keep the lights on and our houses warm without relying on the goodwill of Donald Trump

What does the new crisis in the Middle East mean for UK energy policy, particularly the North Sea? Me in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Is "deliverism" dead? Lawrence gave his first take on Iran at the weekend and will return to it later this week.

What is "deliverism"? Is it dead? And what would its death mean for progressive politics?

This essay (kindly published by @samfr.bsky.social) is my attempt to trace five years of trans-Atlantic debates, to set out what I see as the stakes, and to analyse where these arguments have now gotten to:

It’s time to end Britain’s first-past-the-post election lottery The Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become

I think there is a vg case for the Alternative Vote (pluralist majoritarianism) UK's evolving party system - not least as of balanced use for voters on different sides of political spectrum. It allows sincere voting by every voter + strategic choices by those who care
www.ft.com/content/38d8...

Really interesting: @jonathansimons.bsky.social new polling on student loans finds people who are paying back (aged 25-44) are much **less** likely to "be concerned" with the system than people not of the age to be paying back www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @nickhillman.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted to announce that after 20 years, Openreach are cabled my road, and I have left @virginmedianews.bsky.social, whose prices were shockingly high, and service at best erratic. (See Which? for evidence). Hoping @vodafonegroup.bsky.social will be better all round!

Read the @theobserveruk.bsky.social on Sunday! Or at least my column therein!!

Meet the chair: Prof @timleunig.bsky.social, Chief Economist at @nestauk.bsky.social, will be chairing our webinar on 29 April exploring what social science research can tell us about the relationship between happiness, wellbeing & economic growth. Register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

Scotland becomes first UK country to allow water cremations The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

Good to see water cremations being introduced in Scotland. Hope England follows suit - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What to do about Judicial Review I think I have a sensible idea

What should the UK do to make our system of Judicial Review work better? I outline my ideas on my substack today - timleunig.substack.com/p/what-to-do... (£/free trial)

Yet another lie from the Reform party and Nigel Farage. Reform says that there are 1 million non-english speakers in the UK. The last UK census says 161,000. Reform have refused to explain or justify their number.

Help fight Reform by sharing this video - we need to call out their lies.

📢now forthcoming in ECMA!

The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia

Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations.

Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵

The Your Party committee election was chaos. Why break the habit of a lifetime? | John Crace As the results livestream was delayed, voters lamented: ‘Is it too much to ask for competence as well as democracy?’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And that story proved to be wrong. Hence we need more office space!

Microsoft hunts for new London HQ on Elizabeth Line Sites from Paddington to Canary Wharf under consideration amid dearth of top-quality office space in UK capital

Lack of hire quality office space in good locations in London is making UK poorer. Here is an idea - maybe we could build more? www.ft.com/content/9c49...

The validity of first past the post in election like this is hard to justify

Obsessions can be good things in journalists. The UK is stronger for having @pickardje.bsky.social and everyone at the @financialtimes.com

⭐New webinar⭐ Are you interested in how increasing wellbeing & happiness can lead to economic growth? Join Prof @timleunig.bsky.social, Lara Fleischer, Prof Nigel O'Leary, Gary Gillespie & Prof Sabina Alkire on 29 April to discuss just that. Register now💻️➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

One of the the things that really make the British Isles unusual in Europe and the OECD, is that thanks to housing, we have prevented regional depopulation. Our high regional inequality because we have successfully pushed people into poor regions better than anybody else.

Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive ASCL policy chief 'hugely privileged' to take over as CEO of think tank EPI

Julie McCulloch has been appointed as the new chief executive of The Education Policy Institute (EPI)

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/julie-mcculloch-to-join-epi-as-new-chief-executive/

Yes it does, which is bad for the country in many ways

Love London!!

Liberal Democrats have fought tooth and nail to stop this stitch-up and the Government has been forced into a humiliating U-turn.

Labour are terrified of Reform. We are the only party willing to stand up to Farage and beat him, as we do week after week in council by-elections.

Want to know what I think the government should do about the "plan 2" student loans? It is your lucky day! >>>

The Victorians could do this, we should too Just sometimes my economic history knowledge comes in useful.

This week my substack shows how we could run a lot more commuter trains timleunig.substack.com/p/the-victor...

My letter in today's FT, showing that serious reforming governments, like Labour 1945-51 ran big budget surpluses, contrary to claims from @unitetheunion.bsky.social leader Sharon Graham. No conflict between reform and fiscal probity.

A graduate tax could fix Britain’s broken student loan sy... Tuition fees were meant to ease the burden on taxpayers and buoy universties. They have failed. A fairer alternative has been staring us in the face for two decades

In which Peter Hain says that the problems of unhappy graduates can be solved my making them pay about 3x as much per month, and for all of their life, rather than thirty years - observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Good to see @hmtreasury appoint @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Busines School Professor Brian Bell, a serious economic heavyweight, as Government Chief Economic advisor.