ceri
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ceri
@ceritheviking
history, sport, science & politics! green side but more about outcomes than party rosettes. works policy+pub affairs. Also podcasting, theatre & ancient glass!




🚨 NEW: The proposed names the Government is considering calling its new towns - Elizabethtown (after the Queen) - Pankhurst (after suffragette Emmeline) - Attleeton (after ex-PM) - Athelstan (first King of England) - Seacole (after nurse Mary) [@thetimes]



NEW: We often hear that Scotland’s more progressive income tax is “driving people out the country.” New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it. Let’s look at the data 🧵

🗳️ Senedd estimate (March): - Votes - 🟩Plaid: 30.4% (+9.7) ➡️Ref: 26.7% (+25.7) 🔴Lab: 15.3% (-21.0) 🔵Con: 10.4% (-14.3) 🟢Grn: 9.6% (+5.1) 🟠Lib: 6.0% (+1.6) - Seats - 🟩Plaid: 37 (+15) ➡️Ref: 34 (+34) 🔴Lab: 13 (-31) 🔵Con: 6 (-24) 🟢Grn: 4 (+4) 🟠Lib: 2 (+2) +/- vs 2021

















