Robert Colvile @rcolvile
Director of @CPSThinkTank, EIC of @CapX, Sunday columnist for @thetimes, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting. London Joined December 2008-
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This is an underappreciated point about Keir, and indeed Rachel Reeves. They are both the kind of proper political obsessives who were actually into it at university. (As opposed to Cameron, Blair….)
This is an underappreciated point about Keir, and indeed Rachel Reeves. They are both the kind of proper political obsessives who were actually into it at university. (As opposed to Cameron, Blair….)
Agriculture will always have good and bad years. That is why trade is the best way to ensure consistent supply and good prices for consumers.
Agriculture will always have good and bad years. That is why trade is the best way to ensure consistent supply and good prices for consumers.
Humza Yousaf. Remember the name, because it'll get you a zero on Pointless.
When I worked there the Telegraph style guide insisted that it should be 'disfranchised' than 'disenfranchised' and I can never read the word without remembering how vehemently I disagreed.
When I worked there the Telegraph style guide insisted that it should be 'disfranchised' than 'disenfranchised' and I can never read the word without remembering how vehemently I disagreed.
Some bloke in Bristol would like to build a house. Also the neighbours don't want to lose their shortcut to Tescos so get it reclassed as a village green. New Nimby watch capx.co/nimby-watch-th…
This is obviously brilliant. I also can't fathom the skill to be able to just do it and make it work.
This is obviously brilliant. I also can't fathom the skill to be able to just do it and make it work.
"iconic listed cranes"
1. Build 2. Houses 3. Scrap 4. Triple 5. Lock
Entertainer has put on Olivia Rodrigo album as backing track while the five-year-olds have their tea. Brave choice.
@rcolvile The CCHQ pre-election briefing in 2010 including the immortal line - "no one has ever heard of any of you but if any of you do or say something stupid you will immediately become a 'top Tory'"
During coalition, every mid ranking Lib Dem councillor that defected to Labour became a ‘senior Lib Dem’ whose defection ‘was a further blow to Nick Clegg’s authority’ We in the press office often had to Google them.
During coalition, every mid ranking Lib Dem councillor that defected to Labour became a ‘senior Lib Dem’ whose defection ‘was a further blow to Nick Clegg’s authority’ We in the press office often had to Google them.
Written for @thetimes on our new project with @RobertJenrick & @NeilDotObrien - how to build an immigration system that's more selective, higher quality and less open to abuse. (Key suggestion: cap both overall numbers and individual migration routes.) thetimes.co.uk/article/camero…
Did you catch @RobertJenrick on @bbclaurak's show this morning talking about his upcoming CPS report 'Taking Back Control'? We'll be looking at the impact of migration and how Britain can build a better immigration system
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Unfortunately, I feel the only thing that could turn me against planning reform is associating it with William Gladstone's premierships.
@TorstenBell (I mean as we've pointed out, if you returned London planning rules to the 1894 system you could generate the largest increase in wealth in Western history, which is technically down to NIMBYism in a wider sense...)
@rcolvile That is a great poster. Is it all right to love John Major yet?
@rcolvile Me neither. 😂😂 (I like the grey. Wish more folk did.)
@rcolvile Scottish answers are always handy on Pointless - especially on Towns and Trainstation questions - although we always lose on poor knowledge of the London Underground stops 😎
@rcolvile To be fair Jim Callaghan was the previous PM but one to Major. Admittedly not from Brixton.
Agriculture will always have good and bad years. That is why trade is the best way to ensure consistent supply and good prices for consumers.
UK farmers are battling endless rain— with many crops not yet planted. This isn't just about wet fields; it's a threat to our entire food system because of our changing climate. Farmers need @DefraGovUK help to adapt and to farm in a climate of change🌧️🌞 theguardian.com/environment/20…
Some bloke in Bristol would like to build a house. Also the neighbours don't want to lose their shortcut to Tescos so get it reclassed as a village green. New Nimby watch capx.co/nimby-watch-th…
This is obviously brilliant. I also can't fathom the skill to be able to just do it and make it work.
Rick Astley and the Foo Fighters performing Never Gonna Give You Up in the style of Smells Like Teen Spirit because Dave Grohl spotted Rick on the side of the stage since they were performing the same event and just pulled him in to do the song. Completely unrehearsed.
@rcolvile @NeilDotObrien We've got a couple of jobs currently advertised. 75% of the applicants are foreign students, most of who are doing a Masters which started in January of this year. It's hard to conclude anything other than abuse of the student visa system.
@rcolvile A culture of blocking growth is abundant throughout British politics. These three applications alone could have generated billions of pounds for the UK economy.
@DAaronovitch @rcolvile @NeilDotObrien The 15% in itself constitutes over 90,000 - hardly trivial, unlike the previous 1%. And the emerging ONS data suggests this rising trend has not yet topped out.
@DAaronovitch @rcolvile @NeilDotObrien Does a problem have to be 'the biggest' to qualify as worthy of discussion and reform? Why on earth would a discussion of an issue most of the country is deeply unhappy about, and rightly so - it's a mess by any metric and reform is needed - be 'a dead end'? Odd to jump on and…
@rcolvile The chilling effect is impossible to calculate. How many more solar farms, data centres, interconnectors, start-up accelerators etc would we have if current projects were approved? If entrepreneurs believed they'd win planning permission? Most ideas are throttled ab initio
So, err, why don't we do that then? Sounds like a plan and all that....
@TorstenBell (I mean as we've pointed out, if you returned London planning rules to the 1894 system you could generate the largest increase in wealth in Western history, which is technically down to NIMBYism in a wider sense...)
@rcolvile @TorstenBell How many other things might benefit from being returned to the 1894 system? one has to wonder.