Max Fletcher

"It is possible to mean well, to be caring and kind, loving one's neighbour as oneself, yet to be complicit in the corruption and violence of social institutions." My article for the @NewStatesman on Gillian Rose, Auschwitz, and morality. newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/12/…

Gillian Rose passed away on this day 30 years ago, at age 48. "[Rose] showed that philosophy could combine a search for the truth with the quest for a meaningful life" - Martin Jay versobooks.com/blogs/authors/…

I pitched this article just so I could read Sarah J Maas: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is sublime

If anyone was ever curious about what I wrote in my personal statement, this article won't enlighten you. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Thank you to @vittlesmagazine @demarionunn @Max123fletcher for this. Please read.

Great piece. Have a read #CutVat

This is a fantastic report. Bang-on accurate. @Porkyaskew did you read this?

@csljohnkirby @andyjlennox @wonky_table @UKHospKate @simonrim @Sacha_Lord @TonyRoddUK I mention VAT cuts for construction and fuel. Agreed about the NHS and social care, but this is an article with a limited focus. Thanks for reading and engaging.

Well then, before we treat #Hospitality as a particular case, what about #Construction, whereas a sector, more businesses have shut. They will allow builders to stay in business and create much-needed homes. Many other sectors (in fact the majority) of them have faced increased wage costs, increased rents/mortgages & increased energy costs, so all have these pressures. I support wealth tax, but I would like that money to be spent on the health of the nation and social care first rather than supporting discretionary spending.

@andyjlennox @wonky_table @UKHospKate @simonrim @Sacha_Lord @TonyRoddUK - you might be interested in this deep dive into hospitality VAT reform: vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-fiscal-t…

@csljohnkirby @andyjlennox @wonky_table @UKHospKate @simonrim @Sacha_Lord @TonyRoddUK @csljohnkirby Targeted VAT cuts could be paid for by wealth taxes. Costs will continue to increase but a cut would help buisnesses absorb them and limit price rises for consumers. It's about allowing chefs to stay in buisness and continue adding value.

But @Max123fletcher if #VAT is cut on hospitality, is that an admission that the talented chefs in the industry are not adding value? So @Max123fletcher, you say it is not an individual tax, yet businesses DO not pay it; individuals do; it is a consumer (consumption) tax. So @Max123fletcher if it is cut for the #Hospitality sector are prices for consumers going to reduce, or are they going to stay the same to hide a price increase. So @Max123fletcher what happens next year when restaurants face increased wages, and increased rents, will they be asking for another cut in #vatechwabag And finally, @Max123fletcher if #VAT is cut in this sector, so the revenue to #HMRC @HMRC reduces, where is that shortfall going to be made up, more tax burden on those that can not afford to eat, let alone eat out

This is another terrific @vittlesmagazine read and once again proves that almost everything shit in this country can be traced back to M*rgaret Th*tcher

Huge thanks to Sharanya, Jonathan and Rebecca at Vittles for their help putting this together: vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-fiscal-t… @demarionunn @SharanyaDeepak @rebeccamjohnson @ms_macaroon @chef_chantelle @NataliaRibbe @josh_eggleton

today's newsletter is about Britain's food fiscal theme park and the ways in which VAT affects how and what we eat vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-fiscal-t…

Dumphone nostalgia theguardian.com/commentisfree/…