Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

Former @HouseofCommons Researcher + @LSEnews. Something to do with housing and insurance. @BuildForBritain instagram.com/lukearch3r/ London and Leeds Joined November 2011

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

6 days ago

Extraordinary that if a couple moves in together to save money on rent/get some privacy from housemates, the government wants to treat them more like a married couple. A straightforward marriage is a cheap and easy thing to do. Don’t know what problem they think they’re solving.

David Lammy @DavidLammy

7 days ago

3.5 million unmarried couples living together in the UK stand to gain stronger protections under Labour. Too many couples have limited rights if their relationship ends or their partner dies - even after years together or raising children. Labour is consulting on reforms to

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Dr Lawrence Newport @lawrencenewport

2 weeks ago

Done! Join the LFG: SOHO SOCIETY Let's fight the war on fun! lfgsohosociety.uk

Ben Judah @b_judah

2 weeks ago

Please can someone found the Living Soho Society to fight these people in the panning trenches. Ready to pay membership dues!

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Jardine Matheson Internationalist @emergenteffects

2 weeks ago

The Soho Society is a registered charity and receives £10k/year from government grants. Why is taxpayer money being funnelled to groups who make places worse? This just goes to show that the third sector intervenes in every possible walk of life you can think of. Break the Blob!

Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall

2 weeks ago

The Soho Society is objecting to *every* new bar/restaurant licence in what is supposed to be the centre of London’s nightlife. More planning/licensing insanity. I asked them to come on my Sunday LBC show: "We will absolutely not be taking questions from journalists". Of course

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Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall

2 weeks ago

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

3 weeks ago

@jhallwood Secure funding for ‘blaster bins’ in the slums of Tatooine

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Adam Wren @aswren

3 weeks ago

Once again pointing out that the public have been told for decades that we have a ‘points based system’ & only accept the best and brightest. So when they encounter someone that can’t speak English, or driving on the wrong side of the road, they presume they must be illegal

British Future @britishfuture

3 weeks ago

People also massively overestimate the proportion of UK immigration that is for asylum: • The public estimates that asylum accounts for 33% of immigration — when the true figure is around 9%. One in five (21%) believe asylum makes up half or more of all UK immigration.

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

3 weeks ago

@MrJCrouch

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Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus

3 weeks ago

“Argentina was once as rich as Germany and richer than France. It isn’t anymore.” In a generally excellent essay this is the most important line. Everybody expects Britain to muddle through no matter how poor our leaders are. There is no - zero - reason to believe this is true.

Chris Bayliss @baylissbaghdad

3 weeks ago

This is a highly original, brilliantly written and disturbingly persuasive piece by @PMarlowe1939 about bond markets, and how nations 'in hock' to them have to navigate fiscal policy differently. Highly recommended reading. thecritic.co.uk/im-worried-abo…

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James @jhallwood

3 weeks ago

Something I was very aware of in 2016

Henry von Blumenthal @PaulinusOfTrier

3 weeks ago

Many people are unaware that the stars on the EU flag are the twelve stars that crown the Blessed Virgin Mary, alluded to in Revelation 12:1. I learned this by chance when I was working for an EU institution. Every Wednesday there was a Mass held in an office. It was, frankly,

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Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus

4 weeks ago

Explain to me why you should be able to inherit a £3 million tenancy without paying inheritance tax but not a £3 million house your parents actually bought and paid for.

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Tom Harwood @tomhfh

4 weeks ago

Good on David Lammy for wearing the wig and walking backwards from the King after handing him the speech. Two Kings Speech traditions that haven’t always been upheld in recent years.

UK Parliament @UKParliament

4 weeks ago

The King's Speech is handed over by the Lord Chancellor, @DavidLammy MP. It is written by the government and outlines plans for the next Parliamentary session.

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

a month ago

Conservatives took the West End Ward in Westminster

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Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu

a month ago

Not usually a fan of Banksy, but this is v. clever.

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Richard Johnson @richardmarcj

a month ago

'80% of Labour voters want a “customs union” with the EU. However polling for Queen Mary University London has found only 9% of Labour voters think UK tariff policy should be decided by someone other than the UK govt...exactly what a customs union with the EU would entail.'

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James @jhallwood

a month ago

Look into his eyes, he knows he’s a fraud. No noble countenance, no strength or certainty. He looks oddly scared. An upstart really needs to convey something more impressive.

G R I F T Y @GriftReport

a month ago

Self-declared King of Switzerland Jonas Lauwiner, 31, is living his best medieval fantasy by claiming 148 scraps of "ownerless" land and building himself a 117,000 square metre empire, the IT specialist has been quietly snapping up abandoned plots and even stretches of road that

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

a month ago

@bswud @flotron84 It wouldn’t be unprecedented if they had made it go to the tenant: not sending the prescribed information pack in 28 days (I think) already entitles tenants to up to 3x value of the deposit, not having an HMO license entitles tents to up to 12 months rent repayment order.

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Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47

a month ago

.@POTUS: "Honoring the British King might seem an ironic beginning to our celebration of 250 years of American independence — but in fact, no tribute could be more appropriate. Long before Americans had a nation or Constitution, we first had a culture, a character, and a creed. Before we ever proclaimed our independence, Americans carried within us the rarest of gifts: moral courage, and it came from a small but mighty kingdom from across the sea."

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Henry Hill @HCH_Hill

2 months ago

Reminder that two decades of increasingly puritan attitudes towards workplace drinking have been the longest period of stagnation in modern times.

Ginger Tucci @Ginger_Tucci

2 months ago

I work in alcohol. My living is from people drinking. Even in booze - you would never, ever, turn up to your next meeting having been drinking. How on earth is that acceptable for people that make decisions for the whole country?

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

2 months ago

@deepseatedurban @TypeForVictory The downward mobility started when they decided to do a fine art degree 15-20 years ago

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Luke Archer @Luke_Arch3r

2 months ago

Missed this last week; an entirely uncritical piece of advocacy from the BBC for comedians to receive handouts. It would generate endless articles calling for funding to be withdrawn from edgy comedians. We could try not taxing booze into oblivion.