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Tom Collinge

@ThomasCollinge

Deputy Director @progbrit

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Tom Collinge
Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
I am a huge fan of the U.S but ultimately this is factually true. Ukrainian assets have become independent on the battlefield. Europe is well positioned to reap the whirlwind. Please god let us.
Phillips P. OBrien@PhillipsPOBrien

The US is not “abandoning” its efforts for “peace” in the Ukraine-Russia war. They were never trying for peace. The Trump administration was trying to get a great deal for Putin, and the Ukrainians refused. Now the Ukrainians have no need of this charade. The war will end when Russia is defeated.

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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
Between this and the holiday announcement the other day... The dividends of growth... Brother, we found them.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer

Football should bring people together, not shut them out. For the first time since the competition began, fans won’t be able to watch the Champions League final for free. That’s not right. This is bigger than wanting to watch Arsenal in this historic final. It’s bigger than one club. Hardworking people shouldn’t have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match. I urge TNT Sports to reconsider and make the final next Saturday free to watch.

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Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer·
Football should bring people together, not shut them out. For the first time since the competition began, fans won’t be able to watch the Champions League final for free. That’s not right. This is bigger than wanting to watch Arsenal in this historic final. It’s bigger than one club. Hardworking people shouldn’t have to fork out for a subscription to watch this match. I urge TNT Sports to reconsider and make the final next Saturday free to watch.
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Adam Langleben
Adam Langleben@adamlangleben·
A little bit of advice for the Greens. This will keep happening until clear red lines are established in public by the leadership. That involves the leadership in detail explaining why this & other behaviours are antisemitic. They wont because they are drunk on the cult right now
Bill Curtis@billcurtis0

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Green by-election candidate Chris Kennedy shared posts on social media describing an attack on Jewish ambulances in north London as a “false flag” When approached by The Times, he apologised for the posts and quit today citing "personal reasons" 1/

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Progress
Progress@progbrit·
HS2 was meant to transform Britain. Instead it became a case study in political interference, spiralling costs and failed long term planning. What can we learn from HS2's mistakes & how do we build smarter in future? New blog from Sally Gimson ⬇️ progressonline.org.uk/hs2-is-a-mess-…
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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
On holiday rn so will say more next week but this has been a really great piece of work and I hope it informs future thinking on the regional role of industrial policy for this government.
Frederick Harry Pitts@fhpitts

New @FEPS_Europe/@progbrit report with Theo Cox, Ed Atkins & @gerardoosterwyk: "Place-Based Industrial Policy: Places, People & Power in European Industrial Policy" feps-europe.eu/publication/pl… Thanks to @LaszloAndorEU @ThomasCollinge @adamlangleben & more for supporting this work

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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
The shadow dancing around what should be a relatively straightforward bit of economic policy is an early indicator it's not worth it.
Martina Bet@martinabettt

Pro-EU Labour figures are actually quite "frustrated" with Wes Streeting as they fear he’s weakened Britain’s negotiating hand if a future government ever did try to take the UK back into the bloc. One says: “He’s undermined his own negotiating position before it's even started. If you’re saying ‘I want back in’ with no caveats, why would Brussels offer favourable terms to him? He could have argued for rejoining on the 2016 terms or from a position of leverage.”

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George Eaton
George Eaton@georgeeaton·
Wes Streeting calls for the UK to rejoin the EU in his speech to the Progress conference. “We need a new special relationship with the EU, because Britain’s future lies with Europe - and one day back in the European Union”.
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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
Incredibly tedious to hear about the cost of nationalisation of a key strategic defence input from the same outlet who clutch pearls about Labour's spending on defence. Broadly, what do you think guns and ships are made of? Why should it be owned by China?
The Telegraph@Telegraph

🇬🇧 'The costs of keeping British Steel's Scunthorpe plant alive are estimated to run to £1.5bn by 2028' | Writes Jeremy Warner Read more about the consequences of renationalisation ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

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Progress
Progress@progbrit·
Boosting supply is the only long-term solution to the housing crisis. But while we are building, renters are suffering. How do we bridge the gap to new supply and end the rent squeeze? Chris Belfield of @jrf_uk shares a new idea on the Progress blog ⬇️ progressonline.org.uk/renters-cant-w…
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Labour Growth Group
Labour Growth Group@LabourGrowth·
This is for the people who do the work. The nurses doing double shifts. The teachers who stay late. The plumbers, the carers, the small builders, the people running shops. The graduates trying to build a life. The founders who chose to build something here. Britain has stopped being a country that backs them. Over 40 years of political choices Britain has built an economy where owning things pays better than building them. Holding scarce land. Holding protected market positions. Holding the right credentials. Holding the right postcode. Gaming process. Capturing public money meant for someone else. These have become safer routes to reward than working, investing, teaching, caring, manufacturing or taking productive risk. This isn't a conspiracy. It's the predictable result of a state that has lost the ability to build, decide, enforce and shape markets in the public interest. The planning system rations land. The energy system rations power. Capital fails to scale British firms. Regulation protects incumbents and crushes challengers. Tax falls hard on work and lightly on position. Government compensates people for the costs this creates. But in rationed markets, that compensation is often captured by the same scarcity that made it necessary. Public money flows through broken systems and strengthens the very interests that broke them. Fiscal space shrinks. The state becomes more cautious, less capable, more dependent on the processes that created the failure. The loop tightens. An Honest Day is a new economic settlement for Britain. The shift required is from a distributive state to a capable one. Support people now. Reform the scarcity that makes support necessary. Reward action, not position. Read it now labourgrowth.co.uk
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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
Just from the exec summary this seems really good. Looking forward to properly getting to grips with it today.
Simon French@Frencheconomics

Today will be dominated by UK political ructions but this economic growth report “An Honest Day” (also out this morning) by @LabourGrowth @MarkMcvitie is a serious piece of work. The current leadership - or any aspirants - should give it a proper read. Easier to co-opt these pro-growth positions whilst in opposition, the second best time is now: static1.squarespace.com/static/66fd981…

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megan kenyon
megan kenyon@meganekenyon·
Unions already responding to Starmer's announcement that the govt will take "full national ownership" of British Steel in Scunthorpe, subject to new legislation & a public interest test. Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, GMB National Secretary said: "British Steel is a nationally strategic asset, it is right the Government does everything in its power to secure its long term future. “GMB welcomes this decisive and timely intervention by the Government which will protect one of the UK’s most important industries.”
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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
Training and work placements - worthy of course but we seem to have devolved into meat and potatoes stuff by the end of a three part list. Notable also that tackling growing youth unemployment is about getting us back to where we were a few years ago - aka the status quo.
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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
Europe - I am sceptical. It is right to stand shoulder to shoulder with our continental allies in the face of war & uncertainty. But a closer trading relationship with Europe is different, & broadly good but not massively dynamic/interesting. It feels like another status quo.
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Tom Collinge@ThomasCollinge·
The speech is good. The diagnosis of the problem for the party, and for the country is correct. But, and its a big but, what are we going to about the status quo? Let's look at Keir's examples.
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