David Gauke

David Gauke @DavidGauke

RT @DavidGauke: My piece for @NewStatesman on why Boris Johnson might think there is a route back to Number 10 before the next election. ht… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnRentoul: @TheStaggers @DavidGauke Cleverest of this kind of intro (there may be a German word for it) I've seen for a long time htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheStaggers: It’s late 2023. Things are looking bleak. The Tory party turns to its proven vote-winner. @DavidGauke on how Boris Johnso… — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

My piece for @NewStatesman on why Boris Johnson might think there is a route back to Number 10 before the next election. https://t.co/XOIgHqOu6k — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

RT @redhistorian: Judicial Review is back in the news, so here's a podcast I hosted for the @MileEndInst in 2020, asking "What is Judicial… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewStatesman: Telling people to reduce their energy use? Too nannyish. Expanding renewables? Too faddish. Labour’s freeze proposal ma… — PolitiTweet.org

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Harsh but fair. — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomnutt78 Now’s quite a good time to encourage people to think about home insulation. And, politically, mentioning this for the first time in November will sound like the Government has been caught unawares. — PolitiTweet.org

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The fear of blackouts and the need to incentivise lower consumption is a reason why price freezes (as opposed to direct financial support) is the wrong policy response. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are some difficult things that need to be said about energy consumption this winter and the Government has ducked this for months. — PolitiTweet.org

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@christiancalgie I'm not. Remarkably, someone else must have written in my name.🤷‍♂️ — PolitiTweet.org

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Now too late for this winter but we may face similar challenges for the next winter. But the action needed isn’t consistent with a small State view of government. https://t.co/o1fGb6qoVk — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Trying to accelerate solar is one of a number of things the Government should’ve been doing for the last 5 or 6 months (not being wise after the event, made the point in March). https://t.co/nUSmulcftG — PolitiTweet.org

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Good thread. The Government should’ve been vigorously pushing more solar panels (certainly since the invasion of Ukraine). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: If the new prime minister cannot make proper use of the powers of the state to help people through the coming emergency, it… — PolitiTweet.org

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Well that is nice to hear! — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

If the new prime minister cannot make proper use of the powers of the state to help people through the coming emergency, it is going to be a long, miserable winter for both the British public and the Conservatives. Me for @NewStatesman. https://t.co/o1fGb6pR5M — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

RT @NewStatesman: If the new prime minister relies only on tax cuts, it will be a long, miserable winter – for both the public and the Cons… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewStatesman: Telling people to reduce their energy use? Too nannyish. Expanding renewables? Too faddish. Providing home insulation t… — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

RT @DavidGauke: Me for @newstatesman on why Labour's energy price freeze is good politics but not a good policy & why Liz Truss would be mi… — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

@patrick_kidd They're all greats when judged over their careers but you could argue that some were past their best in 1953 (Compton, Edrich) & some were still to peak (Graveney, May, Trueman, even Laker pre-1956). Wasn't a particularly settled side over the series. — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrisdeerin Many thanks, Chris. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Me for @newstatesman on why Labour's energy price freeze is good politics but not a good policy & why Liz Truss would be mistaken to take a small state approach to the surge in energy costs. https://t.co/o1fGb6HrXk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chrisgreybrexit: What Rees-Mogg is actually admitting here is that it is more efficient not to implement Brexit wherever possible. http… — PolitiTweet.org

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This thread set out three objections to relying on tax cuts to help people with higher energy costs (badly targeted, hard to reverse &, in the case of a VAT cut, weakens the incentive to reduce consumption). The 1st & 3rd objections also apply to a price freeze. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdportes: Doesn't make much sense: - badly targeted. Almost by definition, more than half the benefit goes to those above average inco… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @instituteforgov: "You've got to have an environment where people are prepared to speak so that you're not in a kind of groupthink envir… — PolitiTweet.org

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This was fun to do. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @s8mb: Here's one reason we're in trouble. By the end of 2021, other developed countries' exports had risen above pre-Covid levels, whi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lewis_baston: Self-refutations are seldom as unintentionally elegant as this rejoinder to @DavidGauke https://t.co/s5r4UsU1m9 — PolitiTweet.org