Alan Murray
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Is Gary Stevenson a “populist rabble rouser”? On Novara Live, @AyoCaesar says she agreed with @Garyseconomics when he proposed a 2% wealth tax on people who own assets worth more than £10m. She also points out that Dan Neidle – who said the idea was “absolute populist claptrap” – comes with his own political origin story.






.@DanielJHannan: “There is a line in Count Binface’s manifesto that encapsulates why Britain is in such a mess. “I’ll cut your taxes,” pledges the Clacton by-election candidate, “and raise everyone else’s.”


Reported while female. Didn’t work for a right-wing newspaper. Dismissed & ridiculed by men who did. Gaslit for a decade. Sued through the courts. But I’m not the loser here. This decade of denial has caused Britain irreparable harm.



Just walked past Edward Jenner’s house. Sign says ‘saved more lives than any other human’. Interesting thought and probably correct. @DrNeilStone jennermuseum.com/visit/


















