Tom Sasse
@tomsasse.bsky.social
Public policy editor at The Economist
This is good, on the bus fare cap and Labour's half-hearted devolution
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Labour is reluctant to get off the bus
A national bus-fare cap exposes the government’s fondness of central control
www.economist.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is good, on the bus fare cap and Labour's half-hearted devolution
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
A new disruptive transport technology is rapidly changing cities across the rich world. It is not the self-driving electric car, but the humble bicycle, writes @dlknowles.bsky.social www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A new disruptive transport technology is rapidly changing cities across the rich world. It is not the self-driving electric car, but the humble bicycle, writes @dlknowles.bsky.social www.economist.com/internationa...
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India wants to be a developed country by 2047, the 100th anniversary of its independence from Britain. But what does that actually mean? I have a go at crunching the numbers.
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Narendra Modi’s paltry target for India’s growth
The prime minister wants a $10trn economy by 2047. He should be bolder
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
India wants to be a developed country by 2047, the 100th anniversary of its independence from Britain. But what does that actually mean? I have a go at crunching the numbers.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office
Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration
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October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
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There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
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Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
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October 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...
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London exclusive: Competition between big money e-bike operators has hit the point where Hackney residents will now get flat fare £1.75 journeys within the borough, with Lime and Voi winning a contract that predicts *up to £93m* in revenue from one borough. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-bike-...
E-bike fares capped at £1.75 in Hackney — could the rest of London be next?
Exclusive: Lime and Voi win the battle for control of the £93m Hackney rental e-bike market, amid a fierce London-wide battle between deep-pocketed companies vying for control of a booming industry
www.londoncentric.media
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
London exclusive: Competition between big money e-bike operators has hit the point where Hackney residents will now get flat fare £1.75 journeys within the borough, with Lime and Voi winning a contract that predicts *up to £93m* in revenue from one borough. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-bike-...
"the stronger the vision of Palestinian statehood grows on the outside, the more it fades within" - www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Palestine is unrecognisable on the ground
The UN stands up a state that is disappearing from view
www.economist.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"the stronger the vision of Palestinian statehood grows on the outside, the more it fades within" - www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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Non-zero chance that Your Party never polls above Change UK
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Non-zero chance that Your Party never polls above Change UK
Wrote about why it will be hard for the government to turn things around when food prices keep going up: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s rising food prices are a political headache
Voters hate inflation. They notice it most at the supermarket
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September 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wrote about why it will be hard for the government to turn things around when food prices keep going up: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
"The insinuation of those who see population decline as a disaster is that human societies cannot flourish without expanding. The evidence for that is flimsy" www.economist.com/briefing/202...
A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
The economics of a shrinking world
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September 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The insinuation of those who see population decline as a disaster is that human societies cannot flourish without expanding. The evidence for that is flimsy" www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
The Economist is hiring an Asia correspondent
Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
econ.st
September 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
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My column in tomorrow's paper:
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
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September 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My column in tomorrow's paper:
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Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
The new battle for Britain
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
econ.st
September 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
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www.economist.com/science-and-... come work with me
The Economist is hiring a science and technology correspondent
We’re looking for a writer to join us in London for 12 months
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September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
www.economist.com/science-and-... come work with me
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Impressive enlargement of his vote.
Pretty extraordinary victory for Zack Polanski, as he becomes the new leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Polanski: 84.6%
Chowns & Ramsay: 15.4%
Turnout: 24,265 (37.6%)
Polanski: 84.6%
Chowns & Ramsay: 15.4%
Turnout: 24,265 (37.6%)
September 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Impressive enlargement of his vote.
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keyless ignition is one of the all time worst technological trade-offs ever
Today I learned, through an unfortunate chain of events, that it’s possible to start a car with the keys on the roof, have the keys stay on the roof for five miles, ask “what’s that clunk” as they fall off, continue for a further 20 miles, then find you can’t lock your car and it won’t restart.
August 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
keyless ignition is one of the all time worst technological trade-offs ever
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Superb piece on the rapidly changing British countryside.
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from The Economist
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from The Economist
August 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Superb piece on the rapidly changing British countryside.
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
economist.com/britain/2025...
from The Economist
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"look beyond AI and much of the economy appears sluggish. Real consumption has flatlined since December. Jobs growth is weak. Housebuilding has slumped, as has business investment in non-ai parts of the economy"
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From The Economist
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From The Economist
How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy
Beware the data-centre takeover
www.economist.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"look beyond AI and much of the economy appears sluggish. Real consumption has flatlined since December. Jobs growth is weak. Housebuilding has slumped, as has business investment in non-ai parts of the economy"
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From The Economist
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From The Economist
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Wrote about the deficit-populism doom loop. Imagine you are the finance minister of a European country. You lie awake at night worrying about bondholders. Your colleagues fret about the electoral success of the hard right. What are your options? www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Fear the deficit-populism doom loop
Politicians, particularly in Europe, are in a terrible bind
www.economist.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Wrote about the deficit-populism doom loop. Imagine you are the finance minister of a European country. You lie awake at night worrying about bondholders. Your colleagues fret about the electoral success of the hard right. What are your options? www.economist.com/finance-and-...
I have 3 pieces in this week's magazine looking at the global criminal business behind the rise in car and phone theft
1. On the new geography of stolen goods -- why Britain has become world leader & why the model is likely to spread
www.economist.com/interactive/...
1. On the new geography of stolen goods -- why Britain has become world leader & why the model is likely to spread
www.economist.com/interactive/...
The new geography of stolen goods
Cars, phones, tractors: how high-end products are increasingly stolen to serve distant markets
www.economist.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have 3 pieces in this week's magazine looking at the global criminal business behind the rise in car and phone theft
1. On the new geography of stolen goods -- why Britain has become world leader & why the model is likely to spread
www.economist.com/interactive/...
1. On the new geography of stolen goods -- why Britain has become world leader & why the model is likely to spread
www.economist.com/interactive/...