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Tom Clark

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Contributing Editor at Prospect Magazine

Contributing Editor, @prospect_uk. Principal Editor, @ResFoundation. Stints: @jrf_uk; @guardian; @theIFS. BROKE out now: https://t.co/jWSHf4QucE

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Articles

  • The Spending Review was a major political shift

    2 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Tom Clark

    While Rachel Reeves was flashing multi-billion cheques around in the House of Commons this week, voters about 100 miles away in the Severn ward of Stroud were voting in a council byelection, held—most unusually—on a Wednesday. The Labour share there plunged by more than 20 points, splintering in various directions, with the Green candidate coming through to win. This result does more to elucidate the real significance of the Chancellor’s upbeat statement than her blizzard of numbers.

  • The founding fathers of Trumpism

    2 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Tom Clark

    Every news bulletin brings more breathtaking brutishness from the Trump administration. One day it’s “disappearing” immigrants; another, disdaining court orders. On yet another it might be pardoning thugs who stormed Congress, ditching efforts to protect civilians in conflict, or reorientating global trade around foreign leaders “kissing” the presidential “ass”. All protocols are broken, all precedents defied.

  • The Spending Review could still feel a lot like austerity

    3 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Tom Clark

    In the month since Labour lost two-thirds of the seats it was defending at the local elections, as well as the parliamentary seat of Runcorn and Helsby to Reform, a subtle but unmissable transformation has occurred. Keir Starmer has gone from the man who likes to say “no” to spending public money to the man who likes to say “maybe”.

  • Simon Armitage: ‘I went into poetry because it was alternative’

    3 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Tom Clark

    On a sparkling spring evening I drive to the crest of a moorland road, and marvel at the barren beauty of the upper Colne Valley, before descending to Marsden, the Pennine town cradled under its slopes. I’m coming to see its most famous son, Simon Armitage, who now lives a few miles away, but is returning for a night of community performances, poetry and—intriguingly—a “gig”.

  • What Are USB Headers And How Are They Different From USB Ports?

    3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Tom Clark

    6 hours agoHow to Enable Stolen Device Protection on Your iPhone in a Few Easy StepsGive your iPhone data a little more protection in case it falls into the wrong hands. If someone takes your iPhone, you might panic.

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Tom Clark
Tom Clark @prospect_clark
20 Jun 25

The full @StanGreenberg polling I referred to in this column is now available. The public's preference for wealth taxes over "no rise in tax" = evident in this chart https://t.co/O0huv8vHH5 https://t.co/H39WcwUAaE

Tom Clark
Tom Clark @prospect_clark

Spending Review verdict No real economic surprises, but still a big political shift https://t.co/jx3v5DB96F

Tom Clark
Tom Clark @prospect_clark
14 Jun 25

RT @prospect_uk: The Trump shock didn’t come from nowhere. From William F Buckley’s anti-civil rights crusades to neoliberal race science,…

Tom Clark
Tom Clark @prospect_clark
13 Jun 25

Spending Review verdict No real economic surprises, but still a big political shift https://t.co/jx3v5DB96F