Chris Curtis MP
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
Proud Milton Keynesian and Labour MP for MK North. Can't spell, views my own.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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It was wonderful to spend time with Hospice UK, Willen Hospice and their Chief Executive Kate Broadhurst in Parliament this week alongside fellow Milton Keynes MPs @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and @callumandersonmp.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It was wonderful to spend time with Hospice UK, Willen Hospice and their Chief Executive Kate Broadhurst in Parliament this week alongside fellow Milton Keynes MPs @chriscurtis94.bsky.social and @callumandersonmp.bsky.social
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If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe
cst.org.uk/donate-now
cst.org.uk/donate-now
Donate Online Now – CST – Protecting Our Jewish Community
cst.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe
cst.org.uk/donate-now
cst.org.uk/donate-now
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Showing off MK’s robots to Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson with @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @callumandersonmp.bsky.social and Pete Marland at Great Linford Local Centre in MK while chatting pro-growth tax reform for small businesses
Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...
Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...
September 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Showing off MK’s robots to Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson with @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @callumandersonmp.bsky.social and Pete Marland at Great Linford Local Centre in MK while chatting pro-growth tax reform for small businesses
Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...
Read about it: www.mkfm.com/news/local-n...
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Great to see my analysis below featured in @chriscurtis94.bsky.social article for @newstatesman.com
Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Greater Manchester has been the fastest growing part of the country in the past decade – measured either by total growth or by productivity growth. I’ve had a look into the data to try to work out what is growing and why.
Below are some of the things I have found.
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Below are some of the things I have found.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Great to see my analysis below featured in @chriscurtis94.bsky.social article for @newstatesman.com
Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Article: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Of course
A Tory MP is hiring a "red tape researcher" to fight "sclerotic regulations" obstructing "wealth creation".
Two clicks away from that ad, on his website, he boasts about his repeated objection to building houses on a field in his constituency.
Two clicks away from that ad, on his website, he boasts about his repeated objection to building houses on a field in his constituency.
August 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Of course
When I read articles like this I remember when I popped into the local cafe in Stewartby the day after the announcement for a coffee.
The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project...
www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...
The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project...
www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...
First glimpse of Universal Studios Bedford revealed
New pictures have been revealed of work starting on the UK's first Universal Studios theme park. Universal Bedford is set to open in 2031.
www.dailymail.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When I read articles like this I remember when I popped into the local cafe in Stewartby the day after the announcement for a coffee.
The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project...
www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...
The owner said they had a journalist vox-popping in there the day before, trying to find someone who opposed the project...
www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...
Given the current debate, sharing my favourite cartoon from
@stephencollins.bsky.social
The Optimist Mouse
@stephencollins.bsky.social
The Optimist Mouse
August 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Given the current debate, sharing my favourite cartoon from
@stephencollins.bsky.social
The Optimist Mouse
@stephencollins.bsky.social
The Optimist Mouse
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A day after the allotment society itself stepped forward to almost entirely debunk it. Is there a single NIMBY cause they won’t attach themselves to? We’ve yet to find it!
The Greens are now heavily pushing this allotment story
August 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A day after the allotment society itself stepped forward to almost entirely debunk it. Is there a single NIMBY cause they won’t attach themselves to? We’ve yet to find it!
It's giving strong "my little brother stole my last KitKat" energy.
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's giving strong "my little brother stole my last KitKat" energy.
Looking for Edinburgh Fringe recommendations, if anyone has any thoughts for what I shouldn't miss.
July 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Looking for Edinburgh Fringe recommendations, if anyone has any thoughts for what I shouldn't miss.
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Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Who is accountable in privatised Britain?
From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.
www.newstatesman.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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"I think a lot of things are shit. We need to un-shitafy it as quickly and as radically as possible."
Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"I think a lot of things are shit. We need to un-shitafy it as quickly and as radically as possible."
Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Labour MP Chris Curtis says Farage "could be running this country" if the gov't don't urgently address the public's concerns.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
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@chriscurtis94.bsky.social - Many thanks for helping my student Eleanor have an amazing day in Parliament!
June 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social - Many thanks for helping my student Eleanor have an amazing day in Parliament!
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@chriscurtis94.bsky.social is absolutely right - this is urgent.
It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.
It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.
June 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social is absolutely right - this is urgent.
It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.
It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.
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Reform DOGE is a very good thing tbh. It should be encouraged. Let them see where the money is actually going and then still pretend there are billions to cut on woke.
June 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reform DOGE is a very good thing tbh. It should be encouraged. Let them see where the money is actually going and then still pretend there are billions to cut on woke.
Good
Mighty Hoopla, Field Day, etc, will 100% be going ahead as planned from this weekend insist the festival organisers...despite a court finding they don't have the appropriate planning permission. They have applied to Lambeth council to get the required permission.
May 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Good
Perfect example of why monorails are just dumb.
You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch.
x.com/HowThingsWor...
You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch.
x.com/HowThingsWor...
HOW THINGS WORK on X: "Impressive engineering that goes unnoticed for smooth switch. 🤌🏼 https://t.co/Gucsyek5my" / X
Impressive engineering that goes unnoticed for smooth switch. 🤌🏼 https://t.co/Gucsyek5my
x.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Perfect example of why monorails are just dumb.
You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch.
x.com/HowThingsWor...
You shouldn't need this much infrastructure at ever switch.
x.com/HowThingsWor...
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Dan is right (and it’s why Gary S frustrates me so much - it’s very much “try this simple trick to fix society that only impacts people you hate”). Ultimately we are probably not at the revenue maximising top rate of tax, but there v likely is a rate where the revenue sign is negative.
Here's Gary Stevenson calling for a return to the 1970s, when the top rate of tax was 98%. But did the rich ever pay it?
We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.
A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
We spoke to 1970s tax dodgers and ex-HMRC staff & and crunched the data.
A 🧵, but here's a spoiler: the rich pay more tax *now*.
May 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Dan is right (and it’s why Gary S frustrates me so much - it’s very much “try this simple trick to fix society that only impacts people you hate”). Ultimately we are probably not at the revenue maximising top rate of tax, but there v likely is a rate where the revenue sign is negative.
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Britain’s economic decline is an emergency – like war or a pandemic. If we don’t put an end to it, Nigel Farage will be Prime Minister.
The system is addicted to inertia. It needs shock therapy, now.
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social and others tell @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
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The system is addicted to inertia. It needs shock therapy, now.
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social and others tell @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
1/2
May 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Britain’s economic decline is an emergency – like war or a pandemic. If we don’t put an end to it, Nigel Farage will be Prime Minister.
The system is addicted to inertia. It needs shock therapy, now.
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social and others tell @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
1/2
The system is addicted to inertia. It needs shock therapy, now.
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social and others tell @jessicaelgot.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
1/2
I don't know if I am going mad, but it won't let me skip this.
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I don't know if I am going mad, but it won't let me skip this.
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It's happened again: the Conservatives have spun a number that would be a disaster for their party to lose (this time, 542) and they've managed to beat it.
May 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's happened again: the Conservatives have spun a number that would be a disaster for their party to lose (this time, 542) and they've managed to beat it.
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11) Ending the long term employment disputes with nurses, teachers, junior doctors, Heathrow security staff, criminal barristers, Arriva bus drivers, and BT workers.
12) Handling the Farage riots in an exemplary way
13) The statesmanship of Starmer when handling Trump and the EU.
etc. etc. etc.
12) Handling the Farage riots in an exemplary way
13) The statesmanship of Starmer when handling Trump and the EU.
etc. etc. etc.
May 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
11) Ending the long term employment disputes with nurses, teachers, junior doctors, Heathrow security staff, criminal barristers, Arriva bus drivers, and BT workers.
12) Handling the Farage riots in an exemplary way
13) The statesmanship of Starmer when handling Trump and the EU.
etc. etc. etc.
12) Handling the Farage riots in an exemplary way
13) The statesmanship of Starmer when handling Trump and the EU.
etc. etc. etc.
1) Renters right bill
2) Biggest employment rights package in a generation
3) Billions of pounds extra into our NHS, with waiting lists falling month on month
4) Punishing water company bosses who dump sewage in our rivers
5) Bold planning reforms so we can get Britain building again
2) Biggest employment rights package in a generation
3) Billions of pounds extra into our NHS, with waiting lists falling month on month
4) Punishing water company bosses who dump sewage in our rivers
5) Bold planning reforms so we can get Britain building again
Told Labour canvasser the other day I was going to vote Green again and he said he understood you have to vote with your heart "but it's either us or Reform". Tried to ask if he had any positive reasons to vote Labour but he was already walking away.
May 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
1) Renters right bill
2) Biggest employment rights package in a generation
3) Billions of pounds extra into our NHS, with waiting lists falling month on month
4) Punishing water company bosses who dump sewage in our rivers
5) Bold planning reforms so we can get Britain building again
2) Biggest employment rights package in a generation
3) Billions of pounds extra into our NHS, with waiting lists falling month on month
4) Punishing water company bosses who dump sewage in our rivers
5) Bold planning reforms so we can get Britain building again
Tragic but true
The old pollster "👀 MRP Out Tonight" has become the new pollster "👀Can't Believe What This Focus Group Said".
April 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tragic but true