Stephen Webb
@stephenfhwebb
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Head of Government Reform and Home Affairs, Policy Exchange. Former senior civil servant. All views personal. https://t.co/WSXhL3lTwG
Joined January 2024
RT @NeilDotObrien: In Bill Committee this morning Labour MPs AGAIN voted against a national inquiry into the grooming gangs. One said the g…
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Incredible thread from @lara_e_brown
We urgently need reform - of the tribunal system, the ECHR, and how we process these claims. @stephenfhwebb's paper 'Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down?' for Policy Exchange sets out how we could resolve many of these problems.
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RT @ioannisekolovos: “The benefits of immigration tend to be privatised, enjoyed by businesses, universities and the NHS/social care employ…
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Great to see the PX report 'Why is it so hard getting immigration numbers down' extensively quoted in David Goodhart's Times article
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"An Englishman is self assured on the grounds that he is a citizen of the best organised state in the world". (Tolstoy, War and Peace) Sad.
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Great thread by @hmgillow . As he says, the Executive in the UK has largely chosen to give power away, and could take it back. For all that some in politics envy the power of US president, he is in reality much more constrained
This piece by @stephenfhwebb is fascinating. Interesting to think about the implications of two branches of government effectively allying to stymie the powers of a third (eg with the impoundment and the powers of Congress here) in a system of balances. 1/
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RT @epkaufm: Trump's shock and awe strategy of acting fast and provoking legal challenges may prove effective in getting things done, argue…
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@SAshworthHayes @robfordmancs worth noting the 20% figure only covers those who will be personally worse off from studying. Combine those with individuals whose study is fiscally negative and you get net almost 50% of students
@SAshworthHayes Sam: quite happy to debate such questions but the use of QTs is bad etiquette so I won’t be engaging further if that’s the manner in which you want to discuss
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@TheCriticMag 'senior source' eh? Do the people so addicted to scheming think more of it is going to impress the public?
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@davidpgoldman Moving the people is surely less important than having a trustworthy government over them? The double standards on refugees given twentieth century precedents is striking tho
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Not a robust poll, but interestingly AfD lead among German gay men with 28%, 35% of 18-24
Bei homosexuellen Männer liegt die AfD in der Wählergunst deutlich vor allen anderen Parteien. Das zeigt eine Befragung der größten LGBT-Dating-Plattform, an der jetzt 60.500 Schwule teilnahmen.
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@BarryPCotter well two declining powers should probably help eachother out! Our regulations are identical to the EU's which is obviously very different to the position with the US
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Trump actually only commuted the sentences of the main organisers - they are still felons, but their sentences have been reduced to time served. In many cases this is 4 years already served. Plenty of rapists in the UK serve less, and loads of violent offenders.
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Lots of posts about 'a judge' blocking N Sea drilling. Don't blame the judges, but (conservative) politicians who put policy objectives in law for performative reasons or to bind their successors. Repeal the Climate Change Act, then decide on policy grounds how far to go.
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