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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yep. The big issue with IHT is that the very rich avoid it easily. Leaving the only mildly rich feeling quite pissed off. It's basically mostly now a tax on middle class Londoners whose houses are worth more than £1m.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you leave to your spouse and then kids the tax free allowance is actually £1m. Already pretty generous!

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Batteries are great, but the way the grid-scale ones are currently owned and operated makes absolutely no sense and is basically a cash machine for investors. See our latest report prospect.org.uk/news/governm...

prospect.org.uk

Government must end battery rip-off and take control to lower bills, says Prospect

The government needs to play a much greater role in the roll-out of clean energy infrastructure in order to keep...

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just pedantically, how can she 'shield your home from Labour'? This pledge only works if she wins, and then surely she would be shielding it from... Herself? (Also IHT existed under the government she served in, so not a 'Labour' tax etc etc)

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Interest rates supposed to be at 3% and falling by now...

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Step 1: make it very clear that if you do not hold certain right wing opinions our party despises you. Step 2: promise tax cuts Step 3: centrist voters flock to our banner

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's a perfectly sensible strategy apart from the fact that it relies on those people completely ignoring everything that has happened since 2024

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You need the people affected by this to hear that message. You really don't need everyone else to. Feels more like a technical comms handling question than a political strategy question.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not just the losses that need to be taken into account- they are also basically funding the political careers of their 'presenters'

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But what if there isn't a centre right?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Are they angry about positioning? Or are they just angry that everyone else is getting more attention than them?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Maybe. I'm just saying it's not unreasonable halfway through a parliament to say that you will develop a plan on a massive issue and put it to people in a general election.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

To be fair there's a big difference between 'long grass after the election' and planning to put an actual funded plan in the manifesto. And this seems more like the latter.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Half the lobby seemed to simultaneously believe that a) the budget is going to be unfathomably grim and b) a December election is something we should take seriously.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These awful, corrupt people, who I wish hadn't defected from my party.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Maybe the real drag on productivity was everyone spending a decade thinking about the productivity puzzle?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are we a different ethnicity to white Danish people? At what point after the Danish invasions and mass settling of Danes here did we become a different ethnicity?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For the last time, getting rid of public sector DB pension schemes actually COSTS billions in the short to medium term. Because you go from a situation where we are currently paying the pensions of retired workers, to one where we are paying both retired and working people's pensions.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interesting. Meta has reached its first UK trade union access agreement after being approached by Prospect, allowing the union to speak to employees directly about joining. Under the agreement, Prospect (with ~160,000 UK members inc. tech workers) will have access to Meta’s 5,000 staff in the UK.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

'made Camden Town home 20yrs ago' is a masterclass in constructive vagueness. Fair play.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Maybe MFP on the wing and Wissa up front?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Come on guys, Eddie Howe deserves more of a holiday than this. Disrespectful.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026

"Europe is about jobs, trade, peace, and rights. It is about solidarity and voice. It is a trade union issue through and through," writes Mike Clancy, General Secretary @prospectunion.bsky.social.

bestforbritain.substack.com

The trade union case for closer UK-EU ties

By Mike Clancy

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

MFP was a ghost in this game. But I don't understand what the plan was? What channels was he supposed to be running into against a back 3? Who was meant to be playing the pass to slip him in behind? Felt like Wissa was playing 2 positions.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Starting Barnes and Murphy is not ideal. Neither is ever going to beat a man and get us up the pitch. One only shoots, the other only crosses. Forced us into the centre where we were outfought by Leeds.

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Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has joined Prospect’s calls for the Government to pause damaging science cuts, backing calls for a proper assessment of their impact. The proposed STFC cuts put hundreds of science jobs and world-leading facilities at risk. prospect.org.uk/news/key-bur...

prospect.org.uk

Key Burnham ally joins Prospect calls to pause science cuts

Steve Rotheram, Liverpool Metro Mayor, has today called on the Prime Minister to pause controversial science cuts...

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

All a bit Starmery still though isn't it? Initial response very weak and sets the narrative. Then ministers and MPs come out with better lines in the following days but too late to change anyone's mind. PM himself nowhere.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Also a lot of these people... Just like money? And like associating with people who have a lot of it.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Feels like Jaissle is pretty open to making adjustments based on opponent. So may be that he starts certain fixtures. But yeah he can't offer what Dedic does going forward.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Maybe they mean the product fees? But that wouldn't have a recurring benefit. Also mortgage costs are a key transmission mechanism for monetary policy...

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Sounds like something in the medical has meant they are trying to shift some of the fixed fee into add-ons (presumably based on his availability) as insurance in case the medical thing blows up. Would think it probably gets done.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

He's also not good enough on the ball to be a CB in this system

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Barry and Richarlison? And sounds like Balogun may still happen

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Jaissle continues Howe's legacy by reinventing Joelinton as a centre back... Would love to see if!

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yeah it's hard from the outside to assess how real that stuff is. If Jaissle really wants him then fine.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I understand it's last-minute and he's a good leader etc... but over £15m for a 31 yr old with a year left on his deal and who is not first choice is surely extremely tempting!

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A 1yr extension to be the rotation option in the 10 is fine. Wage won't be mad. Interesting what this means for Ramsey's game time this season. Him and Bamba the 2nd choice midfield? (Keep forgetting Joelinton is still here too!)

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I refuse to believe this is not a clone of Sven Botman

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

£100m for Tonali. £85m for Gakpo. £100m asking price for Pedro Neto... Make it make sense?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We could bury everyone under a solar panel with their name on as a way of persuading people solar farms are good.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Talking of the Netherlands... Wtf is happening with Kees Smit? Is he really doing another year at Alkmaar? Wouldn't be surprised if he just gets stockpiled by Chelsea on deadline day for £50m.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We should do this. Good for the club and the player.

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Would he play wide for us do you think? Or centrally?

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oh and Grace on Football's excellent newsletter

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Three go to producers of good content are: Transfer Flow- for smart analysis around transfers Double Pivot podcast- good stats-based analysis/discussion with some stuff about football finance/politics thrown in Scouted- the bible for emerging talent

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Surely it is a while since the right actually cared about unionism? See for example the Brexit Irish border issue and the post IndyRef debate

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Tom Railton @tomrailton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And he might not even be the best Miley! Starting with a midfield of Miley and Steur is just so exciting. Yes there were some ropey moments, but the ceiling there is ridiculously high.

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