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Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, @ArguablyMag: the new home of progressive ideas and debate. Subscribe on Substack: George@Arguably.uk

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1Jun 16, '23The problem with this argument is that an interest rate of 10% in the 1970s is equivalent to one of just *2%* today. House prices are 65 times higher now than in 1970, average wage20.2×701k3.4k810144
2Jul 21, '23Since 9 out of 10 cars seen driving in outer London will not be affected by Ulez, I suspect a significant number of voters wrongly *believed* they would be charged.18.2×632k2.7k32926
3Dec 21, '23In England, graduates earning £27,295+ are paying a marginal tax rate of 39% and 7.5% interest on student loans. This still deserves more political attention.16.8×583k3.6k516175
4Jun 29, '24“Don’t forget”. This is Starmer’s most brutal assault on the Conservatives’ record.13.4×464k5.2k1.6k164
5Sep 13, '24The DWP has just published its Equality Analysis of winter fuel payment cuts (yes, on Friday night). Around 71% of pensioners with a disability and 83% of the over-80s will lose th11.8×408k3.5k2.3k277
6Mar 25, '20Coronavirus is a reminder that the welfare state is not “a burden” but a form of collective insurance against life’s hazards: ill-health, disability, the death of a partner, unempl10.6×028k7.9k220
7Sep 5, '23It turns out that they did not, in fact, fix the roof.10×348k3.1k61617
8Apr 5, '24England is the *only* country in the world with a fully privatised water and sewerage system.9.0×313k3.9k735131
9Sep 23, '22A graduate earning £50k will pay a *higher* marginal rate (51%) than someone on £150K (42%) A graduate earning £25k will pay a 40% marginal rate, just 2 points less than top earner6.8×017k4.4k504
10Jul 10, '24Keir Starmer is only one game away from being able to adapt Harold Wilson’s line: “Have you ever noticed how we only win the World Cup under a Labour government?”5.9×205k3.7k11188
11Jan 3, '21The UK’s Covid-19 curve is now almost vertical.5.5×09.3k4.2k174
12Aug 9, '20The number of asylum applications received by European countries in 2019: Germany: 165,615 France: 128,940 Spain: 117,795 Greece: 77,275 UK: 44,8355.5×013k4.4k259
13Sep 7, '21The rise in National Insurance means graduates earning over £27,295 will now pay a marginal tax rate of 42.25% once student loan repayments are included.5.4×013k3.5k307
14Jun 4, '24Sunak going on about the furlough scheme has the air of a friend reminding you about the round they once bought.5.1×176k3.3k27624
15Nov 22, '23The stat to remember isn't that inflation is now 4.7%, it's that prices have risen by 16% in two years and food bills by 28%.5.1×176k3k1.1k57
16Dec 13, '19A truly stunning age divide: 57% of 18-24-year-olds voted Labour, only 18% of over-65s did.4.5×07.3k3.7k283
17Aug 12, '20The UK has achieved the worst of both worlds: the largest recession of any G7 country as well as the highest excess death rate in Europe.3.9×06.3k3.5k125
18Jan 31, '20A reminder: it wasn’t just London that voted Remain, it was Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Scotland.3.8×011k1.5k29
19Jul 5, '21On the same day that it announced the end of compulsory mask-wearing the government introduced a bill for compulsory voter ID. You’d never guess that Covid-19 is still a serious pr3.8×010k2.9k54
20Apr 7, '22Rishi Sunak’s political stock is plummeting almost as fast as living standards.3.6×012k1.3k10
21Aug 9, '21Important to remember today: the wealthiest 1% of the global population account for more than double the carbon emissions of the poorest 50%.3.5×09.1k2.7k83
22Nov 8, '18So the Brexit Secretary didn’t understand importance of Dover-Calais, the Northern Ireland Secretary didn’t understand Unionist/Nationalist differences and the Media Secretary does2.9×06.6k2.5k18
23Jul 30, '25Sadiq Khan tells LBC: “Recognition should not be a bargaining chip. It’s an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.” Most significant Labour criticism of Starmer’s new positio2.9×99k3.3k70063
24Dec 10, '19Boris Johnson is nine points ahead of Labour in his seat. The combined Lib Dem/Green vote is ... nine points.2.7×05.2k2.5k7
25Nov 19, '19Boris Johnson says Labour would raise corporation tax to "the highest in Europe" - a flat-out lie. The rate would be 26%, lower than Germany, France, Portugal, Belgium and Greece t2.6×05.8k2.4k16
26Jan 17, '22"Boris Johnson may be the worst prime minister in living memory, but it is the Conservative Party’s MPs and constituency parties who have promoted, enabled and protected him at eve2.6×07k1.6k58
27Nov 22, '19The median UK wage is £28,677 - political debate would be improved if everyone memorised this fact. #bbcqt2.5×06.9k1.7k46
28Nov 15, '18Fitting that Chris Grayling's resignation is running hours late.2.5×06.7k1.7k6
29Oct 3, '22When Kwarteng says "a little turbulence" he means the *largest* monthly rise in government debt interest since 1957 – something we are literally all paying for.2.4×06.5k1.7k18
30Jun 5, '18A stat which never fails to stun: the UK has seven of the 10 poorest regions in northern Europe.2.4×03.7k2.8k27
31Aug 30, '18Nigel Farage considering London mayoral bid. Fact: from the top of the London Eye he can see all seven of the constituencies that have already rejected him.2.4×06.4k1.6k5
32Jan 9, '21Rishi Sunak bears a lot of the blame for the Covid crisis: he encouraged the rush back to the office, launched Eat Out to Help Out and told people to “live with it and live without2.4×07k1.3k32
33Jan 14, '20Whatever your view of Scottish independence, it's hard to argue that Scotland being pulled out of the EU against its will doesn't represent a "material change of circumstances".2.2×06.4k1.3k15
34May 18, '22The new Northern Ireland Assembly features 53 members who support the protocol and 37 who oppose it. This fact should be a lot better known than it is.2.1×05.1k1.8k26
35May 18, '22We’re about to discover what happens when you have the inflation of the 1970s with the gutted trade unions of the 2020s.2.1×06.5k1.1k43
36Apr 11, '21Whatever your view of Gordon Brown, his personal conduct since leaving No. 10 has been a model to others.2.1×07.3k52611
37Mar 19, '22The reason Boris Johnson made the absurd comparison between the Ukrainian resistance and Brexit is that he thinks recharging the Remain-Leave wars is his best hope of survival.2.1×06.6k92114
38May 21, '22Labor’s election victory in Australia continues the centre left’s advance, it’s now in power in: - New Zealand - Germany - Spain - Portugal - All five Nordic countries2.1×06.3k91353
39Mar 24, '19Did no one tell Boris Johnson that this was followed by 40 years wandering in the wilderness?2.1×05.6k1.3k11
40Oct 8, '22Why interest rates rising in the 2020s is *not* the same as in the 1980s: - UK house prices have increased by over 1,000% since 1980 (so debt is much higher). - Real wages have sta2.0×05.7k1.2k152
41Jul 11, '22The UK is at *full employment* and 40% of those claiming Universal Credit are in work.2.0×05.7k1.2k66
42Jul 18, '20Most statisticians have long recognised that “excess deaths”, not daily death figures, is the key metric and the UK has suffered 65,700 - one of the world’s highest rates. Row over2.0×04.5k1.8k45
43Apr 18, '20Remarkable from senior No 10 adviser: “What you learn about Boris was he didn’t chair any meetings. He liked his country breaks. He didn’t work weekends ... There was a real sense 2.0×03.6k1.9k58
44Feb 15, '19Useful to learn how many conservatives regard children missing a day of school as more of an emergency than climate change.2.0×05.8k1.2k3
45Jun 18, '20The UK now has: - The highest excess death rate of any country. - The worst forecast economic recession. - The joint-lowest government approval rating.1.9×03.6k1.9k66
46Mar 18, '20The UK is the only major country in Europe not to have announced that it will subsidise employees’ wages or make direct cash payments to its citizens. (Via @georgegrylls)1.9×03.2k2.2k60
47Nov 15, '19Given that something as essential as Universal Credit is *entirely online* (not to mention job applications), fast and free broadband is a genuine human need.1.9×05.2k1.4k11
48Dec 5, '21My dad, Michael, died peacefully last night surrounded by his children. He was a talented exhibition organiser, a Leeds supporter and a fan of Bowie and The Jam. I loved him and gr1.9×07.3k7624
49Dec 24, '20This EU document could be called “Pour décourager les autres”.1.9×03.7k1.3k203
50May 22, '20After Neil Ferguson resigned over breaching lockdown rules, No10 said: “The PM agrees with that decision. Social distancing regulations are there for a very clear purpose.”1.9×04.9k1.4k10
51Oct 5, '22A reminder of the results of the Conservatives’ own “anti-growth coalition”.1.9×04.3k1.5k77
52Aug 20, '18In 2018, austerity and dogmatic privatisation have led to: - The emergency state takeover of Birmingham prison. - The emergency renationalisation of the East Coast Mainline. - The 1.8×03.4k2k9
53Jan 15, '19How history will remember Theresa May: she fought the worst election campaign in history and endured the biggest-ever government defeat.1.8×04.4k1.2k5
54Jul 9, '21No mandatory masks, charging people for tests, reducing NHS app sensitivity - it’s beginning to look a lot like herd immunity.1.8×05.1k98215
55Sep 24, '19Gina Miller has twice changed the course of history and defended democracy in the face of immense intimidation - that’s some achievement.1.8×05.4k6977
56Oct 19, '22In Greece, politicians are warning of the danger of becoming “the next Britain”.1.7×05.4k92023
57Feb 1, '22The fact Russia may soon invade Ukraine is an argument for removing Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, not for keeping him.1.7×05.9k5967
58Jul 9, '18And so departs the worst Foreign Secretary in post-war history.1.7×03.8k1.5k8
59Aug 17, '22A remarkable stat: “Around 50% of UK offshore wind is publicly owned right now, but only 0.07% of it is publicly owned by the UK.” (Via @We_OwnIt)1.6×03.1k1.5k109
60Apr 10, '20The UK’s daily death toll (980) has now exceeded Italy’s highest (919) - the tragedy is that we had time to learn from their experience - Italy locked down 9 March, the UK 23 March1.6×04.1k1.1k34
61Jun 14, '21Ministers knew that the Delta variant had entered the UK on 1 April but it took *22 days* for India to be placed on the Red List. This delay was not inevitable but an avoidable pol1.6×03.3k1.4k41
62Sep 3, '19A ready-made election poster for opposition parties: “He’s not worried about a no-deal Brexit but you should be.”1.5×03.9k1.1k15
63Nov 22, '19On income tax, someone earning £80,001 would pay just *5p* more under Labour's plans. Tax rates are marginal: it's 45% on earnings over £80k, but many assume 45% of entire salary.1.5×03.5k1.2k23
64Jul 8, '22The Tories are likely to have the UK’s first non-white PM, just as they had the first female one, and Labour needs to spend more time reflecting on why that’s the case.1.5×03.3k32533
65Jun 30, '22The Tories this year: - David Warburton loses whip over alleged sexual harassment. - Imran Ahmad Khan convicted of child sexual assault. - Neil Parish, tractors and porn. - Tory MP1.5×02.7k1.2k49
66Aug 4, '22The UK is facing a living standards emergency and no party is offering solutions of anything like the scale required.1.4×04.3k63318
67Aug 30, '18Sadiq Khan's classy response to a giant blimp of him: "If people want to spend their Saturday looking at me in a yellow bikini they’re welcome to do so - I don’t really think yello1.4×03.7k9118
68Sep 2, '19A point not made enough: a no-deal Brexit isn’t the end of negotiations but merely the beginning.1.4×03.3k1.1k3
69Jun 20, '17John McDonnell: "The Tories need to sort themselves, because when we get into government we will need an effective opposition."1.4×03k1.1k0
70Jan 15, '21Chris Whitty warns daily deaths will likely surpass this week's record of 1,564. He and Vallance were mocked for warning the second wave could cause 200 daily deaths.1.4×03.9k85616
71Jan 26, '21The avoidable errors that led to 100,000 UK deaths: - Three late lockdowns - Untested patients despatched to care homes - Ordering workers back to offices - Eat Out to Help Out - L1.4×03.2k1.1k66
72Jun 16, '20Things Boris Johnson has recently said he hadn’t heard of: - Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign. - Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham. - “No recourse to public funds” for o1.4×03.8k84513
73Oct 17, '20New Zealand has recorded five Covid-19 deaths to the UK's 43,429. NZ's GDP fell by 12.2% in Q2, the UK's fell by 19.8%. So if Ardern is no hero, what does that make Johnson?1.3×03.6k79630
74Jan 19, '22Omicron would have been far worse if Chris Whitty hadn’t encouraged a voluntary lockdown – something for which he was denounced by Tory MPs.1.3×04.3k45614
75Dec 19, '20If the government truly wanted to “save Christmas” it shouldn’t have spent the summer paying people to eat out and urging them to return to the office.1.3×04k71111
76Jun 20, '22You’d never guess from coverage of the rail strike that the RMT disaffiliated from Labour in *2004*.1.3×03.9k73923
77Feb 21, '22The BBC should not be reporting the invasion of Ukraine as “Putin orders peacekeepers”.1.3×04k49024
78Dec 23, '20A quick reminder that the UK gave up the best deal any EU member state has ever had.1.3×02.8k91256
79Jan 13, '19Further proof that the UK is a banana monarchy: after being appointed a Privy Counsellor by Theresa May, Tory MP Edward Leigh has announced he will vote for her Brexit deal.1.3×02.6k1.2k3
80May 26, '19The Conservatives are on course to win their lowest share of the vote in any nationwide election since 1832. #EP20191.2×02.9k89417
81Jul 2, '21Jo Cox was the first MP to be murdered since 1990. It's truly courageous that her sister's response was to go into politics rather than run away from it.1.2×04.5k2799
82May 6, '22The Greens have gained more seats than Labour in England – this trend deserves as much attention as UKIP’s rise.1.2×03.6k64521
83Oct 27, '21Rishi Sunak is right that "the first 1,001 days of a child’s life are the most important" but: - 1,300 Sure Start centres closed since 2010. - Universal Credit £1,040 uplift ended 1.2×03.2k8999
84Jun 1, '21The Welsh vaccine rollout has been the fastest *in the world* – today's @NewStatesman Chart of the Day on a remarkable achievement.1.2×02.8k79525
85May 30, '20The UK locked down far too late. That three SAGE members have now said it’s easing lockdown too early should trouble us all.1.2×03.3k79812
86Oct 15, '19If Boris Johnson has accepted a Northern Ireland-only backstop, the UK will have wasted almost two years opposing the solution offered by the EU in February 2018.1.2×02.9k88514
87Nov 5, '18One of the reasons Remain lost in 2016 was the arrogance it resonated. The assumption of many that they’d win a second referendum shows they haven’t learned.1.1×02.8k6533
88Aug 15, '21Parliament is the poorer for not having @RoryStewartUK in it. Whether you agree with him or not, few MPs know Afghanistan better. He was also remarkably prescient on Covid/lockdown1.1×03.6k45542
89Aug 6, '22Rishi Sunak is now blaming *the unemployed* for inflation (yes, really). Economic nonsense and disgraceful politics.1.1×02.8k76533
90Sep 25, '22A big increase in Universal Credit would be a more effective stimulus than tax cuts for the rich because those on low incomes spend rather than save any extra income.1.1×03.3k5198
91Apr 19, '21The majority ownership of German football teams by fans means that not a single club is proposing to join the Super League – another example of the truth the UK has too often negle1.1×03.2k58118
92Oct 22, '18A sharp quip from Labour's Peter Dowd on Theresa May's Brexit "95% done" boast: "May I remind the House that 95 per cent of the Titanic's journey was completed successfully."1.0×02.6k8432
93Jan 26, '21It’s not just Boris Johnson who bears responsibility for the UK’s catastrophic performance. Rishi Sunak recklessly encouraged workers back to offices, diners to eat out and lobbied1.0×02.6k79819
94Oct 5, '22Truss won't acknowledge two things that reduced growth: Brexit and public spending cuts.1.0×03k61814
95Jun 18, '21A stat to remember: there are 89 parliamentary seats where the Lib Dems are in second place and 79 of them are held by the Tories.1.0×02.7k65720
96Jan 13, '22Imagining how Gordon Brown would have responded if anyone in No10 threw a party during lockdown and a national crisis.1.0×03.3k2496
97Jul 5, '21Smoking is banned/regulated in public areas to prevent passive smoking among other things. There is a strong case for treating Covid-19 and mask-wearing in the same way at this poi0.9×02.8k46812
98Oct 14, '22The free-marketeers fought the markets and the markets won.0.9×02.8k43414
99Jun 18, '19Dominic Raab's leadership campaign has been prorogued.0.9×02.7k4032
100Apr 22, '20Starmer's style is menacingly polite: "I didn't need correcting", "I put him on notice". #PMQs0.8×02.7k2547

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