Robert Colvile @rcolvile
Director of @CPSThinkTank, EIC of @CapX, Sunday columnist for @thetimes, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting. London Joined December 2008-
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Some thoughts on the latest events in UK public equity markets after another week of bids - most notably for Darktrace & Anglo American. There are many more in the pipeline. A long🧵(1/15),,,,
We cover new research from @rcolvile & Tom Clougherty of @CPSThinkTank on the high cost of government regulation in the UK: cps.org.uk/wp-content/upl… (3/x)
If anyone wants some pure retro vibes, here's @David_Cameron speaking at @CPSThinkTank in 2005 on his modernising vision of conservatism (part of our 50th anniversary series...) capx.co/creating-wealt…
The thing about both water and rail is that the companies running both are effectively now contractors, delivering according to the diktat of regulators/departments. It's still not a great idea to undo privatisation, but the scope for innovation is incredibly restricted anyway...
I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵
I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵
This is one of the genuine tensions/disagreements within the YIMBY coalition. (Of course even if you do keep strategic industrial land, you can/must make it massively denser rather than have single-storey warehouses/factories right next to Tube stations...)
This is one of the genuine tensions/disagreements within the YIMBY coalition. (Of course even if you do keep strategic industrial land, you can/must make it massively denser rather than have single-storey warehouses/factories right next to Tube stations...)
📈 A new report from @CPSThinkTank shows the cost of regulation increased significantly during the 2010s – despite promises to cut the burden. x.com/rcolvile/statu…
📈 A new report from @CPSThinkTank shows the cost of regulation increased significantly during the 2010s – despite promises to cut the burden. x.com/rcolvile/statu…
Good article. I think the CMA has bad incentives – here, the desire for professional prestige that comes from being the first to intervene in a hot new industry. That is increasingly at odds with the need for the UK, as a small open economy, to attract investment from overseas.
Good article. I think the CMA has bad incentives – here, the desire for professional prestige that comes from being the first to intervene in a hot new industry. That is increasingly at odds with the need for the UK, as a small open economy, to attract investment from overseas.
Time to finish the job.
Time to finish the job. https://t.co/fLupj0Oz9j
Railway passenger numbers in the UK, 1829–2016.
Another nice chart here: modal share (% of total passenger miles done via rail). Chart starts just after nationalisation.
Another nice chart here: modal share (% of total passenger miles done via rail). Chart starts just after nationalisation. https://t.co/575HMfJzcG
Is Soho dead? To find out, I decided to replicate Tom Baker’s famous Sunday Times Life In A Day, in which he engages in a 15 (ish) hour pub and restaurant crawl through golden era Soho. Could it still be done? More pertinently, could I hack it? 👇
Is Soho dead? To find out, I decided to replicate Tom Baker’s famous Sunday Times Life In A Day, in which he engages in a 15 (ish) hour pub and restaurant crawl through golden era Soho. Could it still be done? More pertinently, could I hack it? 👇
'ID cards, but only for chickens' is just the most perfect British policy nfuonline.com/updates-and-in…
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@rcolvile Ok. Thanks. So 28 days to see if the SNP can cobble together an agreement with Greens again or anyone else. If not, then elections. Just been thinking about the chances of Holyrood & Westminster elections overlapping!
Is there any misery in the world to compare to that of an elite cricketer who’s spent months training and honing his body to an absolute pinnacle of physical perfection, only to discover that the day’s cricket match has been RAINED OFF? ☔️☔️☔️☹️☹️☹️
Some thoughts on the latest events in UK public equity markets after another week of bids - most notably for Darktrace & Anglo American. There are many more in the pipeline. A long🧵(1/15),,,,
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I have just learned the genuinely delightful fact that the Welsh transport minister is named Ken Skates
This week's most important poll finding.
With Angela Rayner calling Rishi Sunak a "pint-sized loser", do Britons think it is acceptable to tease someone for being short? Acceptable: 26% Unacceptable: 67% yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
@rcolvile Yeah weird to see people saying this is the end for independence. A lot of people in Scotland have been converted to it. If this is the lowest ebb won’t take huge amount to get very close again
@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank Tip of the hat, btw, to @ceidotorg's @ismurray for flagging (and blogging about) the new @CPSThinkTank report on UK regulation: cei.org/blog/new-uk-re… (4/x)
We cover new research from @rcolvile & Tom Clougherty of @CPSThinkTank on the high cost of government regulation in the UK: cps.org.uk/wp-content/upl… (3/x)
A huge thanks to @GarethSouthgate for being an absolute gent last night at the Brighton v City match, taking the time to chat to my kids (and me!).
@LoftusSteve @rcolvile Not to mention even the most financially illiterate observer would know that investment is always higher after privatisation because private countries understand investment increases profit which investors understand increases dividends. When nationalised there is no incentive.
@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @sullydish Thank you very much, Robert.
This is true. And as the problems worsen, the patchwork solutions come to submerge all that was good with the original model. Even Michelangelo’s David would look like Frankenstein’s monster by this route.
The thing about both water and rail is that the companies running both are effectively now contractors, delivering according to the diktat of regulators/departments. It's still not a great idea to undo privatisation, but the scope for innovation is incredibly restricted anyway...
He was the future once
If anyone wants some pure retro vibes, here's @David_Cameron speaking at @CPSThinkTank in 2005 on his modernising vision of conservatism (part of our 50th anniversary series...) capx.co/creating-wealt…
@rcolvile @David_Cameron @CPSThinkTank So much of what Cameron said in the mid 00s remains so prescient. The coalition had some very radical and noble intentions when it came to social mobility, the size of government and advancing Britain. Sadly mistakes were made while other ideas didn't get followed through.
From @CapX writer to Prime Miniter to the House of Lords. This is the trajectory I want for my life!
If anyone wants some pure retro vibes, here's @David_Cameron speaking at @CPSThinkTank in 2005 on his modernising vision of conservatism (part of our 50th anniversary series...) capx.co/creating-wealt…
I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵
My rebuttal of the idea that privatisation boosted rail usage
📈 A new report from @CPSThinkTank shows the cost of regulation increased significantly during the 2010s – despite promises to cut the burden. x.com/rcolvile/statu…
Over the 2010s, the Govt raised taxes by £6bn a year - but no one noticed, because they did it via regulation. Really, really important new @CPSThinkTank report out today by me and Tom Clougherty, setting out how it happened, and why it matters. (1/?) cps.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
Good article. I think the CMA has bad incentives – here, the desire for professional prestige that comes from being the first to intervene in a hot new industry. That is increasingly at odds with the need for the UK, as a small open economy, to attract investment from overseas.
The UK's CMA is suddenly treating Big Tech like monopolies in AI, despite acknowledging it's a hyper competitive industry. My latest for @TimesBusiness thetimes.co.uk/article/back-o…
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