Sam Juthani
@samjuthani.bsky.social
Labour and Co-op Councillor for Caversham Heights, Reading. Work at Flint Global, formerly Bank of England, World Bank, HM Teasury, Labour parliamentary candidate. All views are my own.
Not sure how many Reading residents follow me here, but the Reading Community Safety Survey is open! We want to hear about how safe you feel and the crime issues facing you.
September 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Not sure how many Reading residents follow me here, but the Reading Community Safety Survey is open! We want to hear about how safe you feel and the crime issues facing you.
Delighted for Meg, who was a brilliant PAC chair. She came to visit my ward when I was first elected a councillor last year, and her advice continues to constantly rattle around my head for all the best reasons. Knows the policy and politics inside out, and will be formidable.
Treasury: Meg Hillier, a very effective public accounts committee chair, Labour MP since 2005, elected unopposed.
September 9, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Delighted for Meg, who was a brilliant PAC chair. She came to visit my ward when I was first elected a councillor last year, and her advice continues to constantly rattle around my head for all the best reasons. Knows the policy and politics inside out, and will be formidable.
Just a little shout into the BlueSky void:
If a councillor offers their assistance with an issue, don’t be rude.
Don’t be rude to council officers.
Don’t be rude to MPs’ casework assistants.
We’ll work hard to assist. But no matter how legitimate the issue, being an arse won’t help.
If a councillor offers their assistance with an issue, don’t be rude.
Don’t be rude to council officers.
Don’t be rude to MPs’ casework assistants.
We’ll work hard to assist. But no matter how legitimate the issue, being an arse won’t help.
September 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Just a little shout into the BlueSky void:
If a councillor offers their assistance with an issue, don’t be rude.
Don’t be rude to council officers.
Don’t be rude to MPs’ casework assistants.
We’ll work hard to assist. But no matter how legitimate the issue, being an arse won’t help.
If a councillor offers their assistance with an issue, don’t be rude.
Don’t be rude to council officers.
Don’t be rude to MPs’ casework assistants.
We’ll work hard to assist. But no matter how legitimate the issue, being an arse won’t help.
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Bonkers fact that William Hague is the second longest serving Conservative leader of the past 25 years.
Length of Conservative party leadership in 21st century
Rishi Sunak 2 years (inc 4 months as caretaker)
Liz Truss 2 months
Boris Johnson 3 years
Theresa May 3 years
David Cameron 10.5 years (4.5 in opposition, 6 in govt)
Michael Howard 2 years
Iain Duncan Smith 2 years
William Hague 4 years
Rishi Sunak 2 years (inc 4 months as caretaker)
Liz Truss 2 months
Boris Johnson 3 years
Theresa May 3 years
David Cameron 10.5 years (4.5 in opposition, 6 in govt)
Michael Howard 2 years
Iain Duncan Smith 2 years
William Hague 4 years
September 4, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Bonkers fact that William Hague is the second longest serving Conservative leader of the past 25 years.
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A truly damning line in the Grenfell report: “The government’s deregulatory agenda… dominated the department’s thinking to such an extent that even matters affecting the safety of life were ignored, delayed or disregarded”.
September 4, 2024 at 12:35 PM
A truly damning line in the Grenfell report: “The government’s deregulatory agenda… dominated the department’s thinking to such an extent that even matters affecting the safety of life were ignored, delayed or disregarded”.
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Somebody should invent a white noise machine that’s just the sound of the background hum at a day of Test cricket
August 29, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Somebody should invent a white noise machine that’s just the sound of the background hum at a day of Test cricket
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Everyone seems to be forgetting the 18 months of Tory briefings in the Sundays about how they were boxing Labour in, setting up difficult choices for their first year etc etc.
"There is a budget in October, and it's going to be painful," says Keir Starmer.
"We have no other choice given the situation that we're in."
"We have no other choice given the situation that we're in."
August 28, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Everyone seems to be forgetting the 18 months of Tory briefings in the Sundays about how they were boxing Labour in, setting up difficult choices for their first year etc etc.
There’s a clear division within the group that who opposed austerity in 2010:
- those who took an analytical approach to demand destruction which hurt trend growth, but acknowledged the need to rebalance spending given lower-than-expected GDP
- those who wrung their hands to say “isn’t it terrible?”
- those who took an analytical approach to demand destruction which hurt trend growth, but acknowledged the need to rebalance spending given lower-than-expected GDP
- those who wrung their hands to say “isn’t it terrible?”
August 27, 2024 at 10:31 AM
There’s a clear division within the group that who opposed austerity in 2010:
- those who took an analytical approach to demand destruction which hurt trend growth, but acknowledged the need to rebalance spending given lower-than-expected GDP
- those who wrung their hands to say “isn’t it terrible?”
- those who took an analytical approach to demand destruction which hurt trend growth, but acknowledged the need to rebalance spending given lower-than-expected GDP
- those who wrung their hands to say “isn’t it terrible?”
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you know I really do think we need a bit of a moratorium on how political parties engage with the press - see this story [cont.] www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Labour could strip members of vote in future leadership contests
Allies of Sir Keir Starmer want to change the way the party elects its leader if it is in power, in a move being called the ‘Liz Truss lock’
www.thetimes.com
August 26, 2024 at 1:33 PM
you know I really do think we need a bit of a moratorium on how political parties engage with the press - see this story [cont.] www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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that final sentence
August 24, 2024 at 9:10 AM
that final sentence
Didn’t his running mate basically pay millions of dollars to be on the ticket?
Robert Kennedy Jr drops long-shot bid for presidency and backs Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/56a7e5a8-41d2-475a-99cf-1d2f3f969f0c
https://www.ft.com/content/56a7e5a8-41d2-475a-99cf-1d2f3f969f0c
Robert Kennedy Jr drops long-shot bid for presidency and backs Donald Trump
Scion of storied US Democratic dynasty claims party conspired to halt his White House run
www.ft.com
August 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Didn’t his running mate basically pay millions of dollars to be on the ticket?
This is astonishingly good advice from Tim Leung and is almost certain to be ignored by the next Tory leader.
The party won’t accept it, and they have a responsibility to keep the party together- but it demonstrates how detached from the real country they have become.
on.ft.com/4dTTCnd
The party won’t accept it, and they have a responsibility to keep the party together- but it demonstrates how detached from the real country they have become.
on.ft.com/4dTTCnd
Tory leadership hopefuls must face some hard truths
From green energy to building, easy populism must be swapped for stark realities
on.ft.com
August 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
This is astonishingly good advice from Tim Leung and is almost certain to be ignored by the next Tory leader.
The party won’t accept it, and they have a responsibility to keep the party together- but it demonstrates how detached from the real country they have become.
on.ft.com/4dTTCnd
The party won’t accept it, and they have a responsibility to keep the party together- but it demonstrates how detached from the real country they have become.
on.ft.com/4dTTCnd
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Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda warns global markets are ‘unstable’
https://www.ft.com/content/b168bb8d-227d-479a-81a4-93d07d6bf4f1
https://www.ft.com/content/b168bb8d-227d-479a-81a4-93d07d6bf4f1
Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda warns global markets are ‘unstable’
No change to central bank’s basic stance on monetary easing, Ueda tells parliament
www.ft.com
August 23, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda warns global markets are ‘unstable’
https://www.ft.com/content/b168bb8d-227d-479a-81a4-93d07d6bf4f1
https://www.ft.com/content/b168bb8d-227d-479a-81a4-93d07d6bf4f1
This is a great point (in a thread of great points). Many political problems come from MPs only having 2-3 staff members, not 12-15.
Do constituency stuff properly. Do policy research properly. As de facto community leaders, do comms properly. Allow MPs to take a strategic look at the world
Do constituency stuff properly. Do policy research properly. As de facto community leaders, do comms properly. Allow MPs to take a strategic look at the world
We honk on and on about MPs' pay and frankly the thing which makes it such a bad job is their staff budgets are tiny, they are not competitive with the voluntary sector on the political side and not competitive with anyone on the admin side.
August 22, 2024 at 3:29 PM
This is a great point (in a thread of great points). Many political problems come from MPs only having 2-3 staff members, not 12-15.
Do constituency stuff properly. Do policy research properly. As de facto community leaders, do comms properly. Allow MPs to take a strategic look at the world
Do constituency stuff properly. Do policy research properly. As de facto community leaders, do comms properly. Allow MPs to take a strategic look at the world
Hugely enjoying my BlueSky experience so far- suspect that’s actually because I’ve been able to start with a fresh
slate of who to follow, rather than legacy people who seemed interesting in 2014, and now are a bit 😬😬
slate of who to follow, rather than legacy people who seemed interesting in 2014, and now are a bit 😬😬
August 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Hugely enjoying my BlueSky experience so far- suspect that’s actually because I’ve been able to start with a fresh
slate of who to follow, rather than legacy people who seemed interesting in 2014, and now are a bit 😬😬
slate of who to follow, rather than legacy people who seemed interesting in 2014, and now are a bit 😬😬
My first post, and I’m very glad to be here. Much nicer than the old place!
Follow for tweets about all things Caversham Heights, Reading Borough Council, UK politics, policy, economics, and occasional cricket. Plus some other stuff.
Follow for tweets about all things Caversham Heights, Reading Borough Council, UK politics, policy, economics, and occasional cricket. Plus some other stuff.
August 21, 2024 at 9:42 AM
My first post, and I’m very glad to be here. Much nicer than the old place!
Follow for tweets about all things Caversham Heights, Reading Borough Council, UK politics, policy, economics, and occasional cricket. Plus some other stuff.
Follow for tweets about all things Caversham Heights, Reading Borough Council, UK politics, policy, economics, and occasional cricket. Plus some other stuff.