Matthew Holehouse

Fascinating on Louis Vuitton arbitrage and how VAT rebates for tourists backfire

Conrad Quilty-Harper @Coneee

Our story reveals that Louis Vuitton, and perhaps other LVMH brands are not immune to this Read the full story on Dark Luxury: https://t.co/EVbd8otLlK

Sometimes by neglect or distraction but also by design. Block on SE airport expansion was a 2010 manifesto commitment; icing Ox-Cam development was a policy choice.

Andrew Neil @afneil

Almost everything chancellor Reeves announced in her speech today – Backing a third runway at Heathrow. Relaxing planning constraints. Building Britain’s very own golden research triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge. Unlocking money from pension schemes — could and should

RT @ArchieHall: Our editor-in-chief @zannymb interviewed Rachel Reeves at Davos on Wednesday. I helped pull together a piece on what we le…

Odd conclusion, given the bill - to a greater or lesser extent - mirrors this government's most high-profile economic policy.

Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson

These guys seem to have the right idea. So they’ll be ignored.

The most important biographical difference between PM and LOTO is that he came of age politically before social media transformed politics, and her after. A note on Homo interneticus. https://t.co/ZsGJ91jaRg

But given how extensively the CJEU already features in the Johnson withdrawal agreement of 2019 and the Sunak windsor framework, it wouldn't be surprising if it were not a great priority for the new govt either...

David Frost @DavidGHFrost

Unless HMG rule out the European Court of Justice (as we did in 2020) we must assume they are open to the possibility. Anyone who thinks the solution to this country's problems is giving foreign courts *more* powers over us is truly deluded.

RT @AntBreach: Quick thread on the biggest planning reform the Government has announced so far. Removing councillor vetoes from projects th…

True but not new https://t.co/pPbTOkcMgY

The Telegraph @Telegraph

✍️ "Buffeted by poor polling and a series of structural crises, Labour seems to have ditched securonomics," writes Simon Finkelstein. Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/FhEvKvLNex https://t.co/ZVsh1AneMI

pretty sure Labour was using Sunak’s “seven bins ban” as a butt of jokes up until the election. Yet now: “Today we end the fiasco that would force households across the country to have seven bins.”

Robert Colvile @rcolvile

Councils: well, we may be the most centralised country in the Western world, with every aspect of our budgets dictated by Whitehall, but at least we get to choose our own bins. Whitehall: yeah about that https://t.co/hL8zNbhGmN

RT @ArchieHall: Wild and fascinating interview with Javier Milei from my colleagues: "Sometimes familiarity breeds fondness. Not so for Ja…

Ban it harder! https://t.co/jUuAaIPL28

Harry Cole @MrHarryCole

No10 stand by this misleading tweet despite fact gov dot uk clearly already stating: “Spiking is a crime in any form – those found to have spiked can face tough sentences.” Yet PM says: “Spiking will be made a criminal offence.” Doesn’t mention caveat of new specific offence

RT @mattholehouse: The debate on assisted dying is hard because it has become a battle between two concepts of liberty. Isaiah Berlin might…