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Kane Emerson
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Kane Emerson
@KaneEmerson
London
Joined April 2011
Going on holiday in Europe is just realising that all the things British bureaucrats blame on ‘EU laws’ were actually loose directives. Turns out the UK just loves turning guidance into strict rules & bureaucracy.- Mo Mowlam on the quiet kindness of Betty Boothroyd while she was undergoing cancer treatment.
- On holiday in a country with working 5G, punctual trains and no phone snatching
- My jaw dropped at this
NEW important article from @AishaKDown and @Robert_Booth: could the new AI-powered Objector service slow delivery of homes still further? theguardian.com/politics/2025/… - You may have heard of Queen of the NIMBYs but have you heard of Princess of the YIMBYs?
- What's the big lesson from the Elizabeth Line? Make property development pay for public infrastructure! 🧵
- Proud comms moment where my love of Wes Anderson became usefulLabour is campaigning for every vote on 4th May
00:00 - 🚨NEW: the Government has just announced a Growth Commission for Oxford, one of Britain's most unaffordable cities. Our new @UKDayOne paper today explains how a growing Oxford as part of the Ox-Cam corridor could be an engine of national economic growth...
- A horrible attack on British democratic values to burn down a constituency office - often the place of last resort for many consituents needing help and guidance. Sending best wishes to @SharonHodgsonMP and her team.
- Imagine saying this about central heating in a very cold winter.
- We know this is true because economists have tracked every person and building in Sweden from 1990 - 2017. It found that building new homes, even “posh” flats, frees up cheaper homes for working-class people.Here's something fascinating happening in the apartment market right now. The cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are getting crushed right now. But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments. Let me show you the numbers: Denver: Class C rents down 13.9%
- Are British taxpayers really paying for FOUR bodyguards to fly to the USA for a 40 day Prime Minister???I asked Liz Truss if she was comfortable sharing a stage with Steve Bannon after the “salute” incident. Also if she thought her premiership would have been better if she’d had a chainsaw.
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