Tom Levitt

As Trump says ‘Hello Elon!’ I say ‘Goodbye X’

@paullewismoney Surely this omits two obvious ways forward? Transfer farm to offspring now and live 7 more years, pay no IHT. Create a company and transfer/sell the farm to it. Why don’t they work?

The Government defence against farmers' claims.

@bmay A fascinating response! Badenoch 2, Jenrick 15 and the no longer running Cleverly about 15,000. Not Cleverly odd not clever for the Tories

WHOOPS 😅

@CharlieJGardner @adrianoldman …and CCS will serve no purpose in 20 years when the technology will be otiose!

Imagine if the £22bn was invested instead in a nationwide programme to upgrade housing with insulation & heatpumps - demonstrable, proven emissions reductions - reduced reliance on gas - more jobs, nationwide - lower fuel bills - warmer homes, less pressure on NHS

@HughSykes It’s not Mikardo. I think it’s the Scottish guy from TGWU who went on to chair conference a bit later and got presented with a bunch of flowers to mark his sexism!

@sector4focus Top left Mikardo? Definitely Lena Jeger. 44 years ago. Feels like yesterday. Comrades & Composites. Michael Foot lunching alone in a corner of Roberts Oyster Bar. Glorious Blackpool, infectiously cheerful families there for The Lights. The Pleasure Beach : The Wild Mouse ride.

#LabourConference24 Some memories. Photos I took at the Labour conference in #Blackpool in 1980. James Callaghan, Michael Foot, Tony Benn, Dennis Skinner....and....?

@SangitaMyska @iainoverton Plus the CEO of every major Council

@iainoverton Yeah. Well over hundred, no?

I’m inviting trouble with this question but it’s been a few days now and I still can’t figure out why some people are so angry that Sue Gray ( once a very senior civil servant) earns £3k more than PM Starmer, and why on earth it’s even a big-ish news story. Explanations,pls?

Spot on Jackie!

@ChrisMasonBBC @georgeeaton @hzeffman Just shows how little we pay our PM - less than a Council chief executive

BBC Exclusive from me and @hzeffman: Row in government as PM's Chief of Staff is paid more than him: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@SpaJw Good spot!

Nigel Farage earns more in two months than Sue Gray gets in a year.

@MartinSLewis Allow inflation rise in short term (to stop universities failing), cut in long term after thorough review

Today's Twitter Poll: Would you support or oppose Universities being allowed to increase Tuition Fees with inflation? The tuition fee cap was set at £9,000 in 2012 and rose to £9,250 in 2017 it has been frozen since meaning substantial real term cuts to universities income from home undergrad students, which has left some struggling. Which is closest to your view?

@MerrynSW Or in other words, about the same as she was earning as a civil servant. Real question is, why do we pay our PM less than a Council chief executive?

Salary just the start. Think of the pension....Keir Starmer's top aide Sue Gray paid more than the PM - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@williamnhutton Ahhh… yes. The Blind Faith album, 1969…

Love this song - and this is Eric Clapton at his best.

@ruskin147 I think I see a future in media for you, Rory!

youtube.com/watch?v=QU6BG1… Huge news - as they launch the new series of their hit podcast about Parkinson's the Movers & Shakers unveil We Will Survive, a pop video promoting their Parky Charter

@DavidWooding It was a good game. Let me know if you’re coming to the reverse fixture, David - we’ll make it one win each! #BrentfordFC

My first football match of the new season. First of many. Good to be back. #lfc #LIVBRE #ynwa

@georgeeaton Spot on! @MayorofLondon We helped create the European single market, we should be reaping the benefit of it, it won’t happen quickly but we should avoid moving even further away

Sadiq Khan tells me that “in the medium to long term" the UK will need to discuss rejoining the EU. newstatesman.com/encounter/2024…

@Wonkypolicywonk @TorstenBell This is so absolutely right. Think of the Winter Fuel Allowance as a sort of UBI: it is neither adequate nor effective in achieving what it sets out to do. Targeting help works!

@QuentinGiven My thought entirely! What a relief. But then I’ve been away for 4 weeks

And everyone at @FairforYouCIC and @FairCreditChty has been proud to work with you on creating positive social impact. Defeating poverty one loan at a time

@DrFrancesRyan @adrianoldman So single sex education, cramming, caning, deprived of family and community, with short cuts to uni and privilege is ‘the finest education’, is it?? Or is this irony? An alternative to education, more like. The louts (is that term ok?) she refers to are deprived sociopaths

It may be tempting to call rioters “morons” etc but it’s also classist and ableist. Many of the politicians and pundits who stoked this violence are privileged with the finest education. Meanwhile, it’s the working class who’ve long stood up to fascists. Racism has no price tag.