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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"I agree with @MrLeeCain ๐Ÿ‘‡ State reform is becoming a very urgent problem. Theres a noticeable political vibe shift taking place with long-standing establishment voices becoming openly critical of the state and how it operates. @peterhyman21 is the latest to call for serious reform of the Cabinet Office (also see Morgan McSweeneys frustration in Theres a noticeable political vibe shift taking place with long-standing establishment voices becoming openly critical of the state and how it operates. @peterhyman21 is the latest to call for serious reform of the Cabinet Office (also see Morgan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2022441485841371471)  2026-02-13T22:43Z 97.3K followers, 11.8K engagements


"And yet according to the @OECD we spend more on healthcare as a share of GDP than Australia does. Could it be that the problem is not the money but the system My mum broke hip in Australia. Operation in [--] hours. Home in a week. [--] Hospital at Home staff - doctor nurse physio on Day [--]. If shed been in Wales: [--] hour wait for ambulance months for hip. Countries with insurance-based systems work much better than shockingly bad NHS My mum broke hip in Australia. Operation in [--] hours. Home in a week. [--] Hospital at Home staff - doctor nurse physio on Day [--]. If shed been in Wales: [--] hour wait for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2017587526358200590)  2026-01-31T13:15Z 97.3K followers, 30.6K engagements


"No it isn't. What is incompatible with it is governments controlling what voters can see and read. Social media is becoming incompatible with a healthy democratic system. Social media is becoming incompatible with a healthy democratic system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2019087344335282442)  2026-02-04T16:35Z 97.3K followers, 95.5K engagements


""What @NickTorfaen is doing is not improving but gradually reversing Brexit." My letter in the @FT this morning. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/13ef8c50-44a0-4b85-a50a-dc3c0eeafefe https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/13ef8c50-44a0-4b85-a50a-dc3c0eeafefe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2019322261539549542)  2026-02-05T08:08Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


""For the Labour Party Starmer has become dispensable. His job is done.His exit is inevitable." My commentary in @Telegraph tonight on the state of the government. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/18960a41279acc1a https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/18960a41279acc1a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2019490919355928673)  2026-02-05T19:18Z 97.3K followers, 10.9K engagements


"The Commons "dates back [---] years" too. So do many British institutions. It's very revealing that for these people something being old is the same as it being bad. This year zero fanaticism is very dangerous. NEW: The battle over the assisted dying bill is escalating. Now MPs and peers have established an all party parliamentary group to push for Lords reform in part prompted by the assisted dying bills delay in the Lords. Today it is clearer than ever that this institution NEW: The battle over the assisted dying bill is escalating. Now MPs and peers have established an all party"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2020464787289776501)  2026-02-08T11:48Z 97.3K followers, 33.5K engagements


"If we lose another PM it will not be the *cause* of our economic and financial problems. It will be a symptom of the fact that successive PMs have not had the political will to deal with those problems. They have preferred to engage in palliatives & panacea policies rather than make politically possible what they know is necessary for the future of the country. Brexit exposed the fact that our existing establishment had forgotten how to govern the country. That is what needs to change. Until it does we can have as many PMs as we like and it will not solve our problems. I dont personally revel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2020868336544800967)  2026-02-09T14:32Z 97.3K followers, 53.4K engagements


"One of our biggest problems at the moment is the belief that we have been living through a period of "unregulated markets" as Burnham puts it. It's simply nonsense. ๐Ÿงต Burnham adds: Following recent events I think the time has come to call an end to this era in British politics - when politicians got too close to wealth too seduced by the notion that deregulated markets would provide the solution. Not a subtle message there to Starmer Burnham adds: Following recent events I think the time has come to call an end to this era in British politics - when politicians got too close to wealth too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021206483938181434)  2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, 41.8K engagements


"The entire energy sector ia directed by the government on prices set by the government. The terms of business of our utilities are controlled by govt regulators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021206490799907236)  2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"If you're lucky enough to get permission to build a house everything about it including its price is determined by the govt. The housing rental market is slowly being extinguished by regulation. The car industry has its output set by government targets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021206494872543720)  2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Employment law has been gradually re-regulated so that employers are now very reticent to take on staff. And we pour [--] in every ten into our Soviet-style health service"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021206498265923895)  2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"That nomenclature really ought to be changed too and the powers of the regional administrations pared back as well next time there is an opportunity to do so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021343493705318773)  2026-02-10T22:00Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Join us at @iealondon tonight for a discussion of Dr Stephen Davies's book on the livestream below ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”ด IEA LIVESTREAM at 18:30 The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay with Dr Stephen Davies Lord Frost and Callum Price. ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”ด IEA LIVESTREAM at 18:30 The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay with Dr Stephen Davies Lord Frost and Callum Price. ๐Ÿ‘‡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021544761182572972)  2026-02-11T11:20Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"She says the correct path for Britain is around "openness" to all the big economic centres of the world. In principle I agree. But why does she then want to make Britain *less* open to the world by submitting us once again to EU laws and EU tariffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021914226709667864)  2026-02-12T11:48Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"An important reminder that even Britain's ten "best" brutalist buildings are still too horrifically ugly to be allowed to survive: ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d806f4b436b7e3a5 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d806f4b436b7e3a5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021965035988561977)  2026-02-12T15:10Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"So bad at taking decisions they can't even decide who the temporary stand-in should be. Breaking: Chris Wormald standing down as Cabinet Secretary with immediate effect. While a successor is sought his job will be shared between Antonia Romeo (Home Office) Cat Little (Cab Office) and James Bowler (HMT) Breaking: Chris Wormald standing down as Cabinet Secretary with immediate effect. While a successor is sought his job will be shared between Antonia Romeo (Home Office) Cat Little (Cab Office) and James Bowler (HMT)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021993919102554455)  2026-02-12T17:04Z 97.3K followers, 11.5K engagements


"RT @DavidGHFrost: Oh dear ๐Ÿ‘‡ Twee Britannia strikes again. Perhaps the Cabinet Office don't know that most cut flowers in Britain are grow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023003029822411107)  2026-02-15T11:54Z 97.3K followers, [---] engagements


"RT @JakeWSimons: This interview exposes Jeremy Bowen as an activist rather than a journalist someone who is so convinced of his own libera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023025771628155032)  2026-02-15T13:25Z 97.3K followers, [---] engagements


""Extraordinary" is certainly one word for it. If "economic gravity is reality" why have our exports to the EU been falling consistently for [--] years whether we were in or out of the EU whether we were growing slowly or fast ๐Ÿ‘‡ Why does Reeves think she can now change *this* reality Extraordinary talk on EU-UK by Chancellor @RachelReevesMP at LSE @LSEnews last night chaired by @angelo_martelli Reeves: "I start by saying I strongly believe that Britain's future is inextricably bound with that of Europe's and that is for economic reasons that I'm https://t.co/fXsQFlUFNi Extraordinary talk on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2021914223350018253)  2026-02-12T11:48Z 97.3K followers, 22.1K engagements


"Yes I remember this too. And all those Tory MPs who lost their head over the UK Internal Market Act and the NI Protocol were quite happy with steel tariffs that broke WTO rules and international law. It really is undignified to scrap about this. In [----] the Conservative Government introduced steel tariffs via statutory instrument which had basically zero legal justification - I remember ministers quietly admitting they were illegal - but which everyone agreed were needed. https://t.co/GpEeN2ylMx It really is undignified to scrap about this. In [----] the Conservative Government introduced steel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2022735668154109984)  2026-02-14T18:12Z 97.3K followers, 10.2K engagements


"Oh dear ๐Ÿ‘‡ Twee Britannia strikes again. Perhaps the Cabinet Office don't know that most cut flowers in Britain are grown in Kenya Colombia and Ethiopia. We're about to make importing them more difficult again. This #valentinesday we are improving our relationship with the EU to benefit consumers โค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค A new food and plant deal will make it easier and cheaper to buy ๐Ÿ’ for your loved one. https://t.co/qKWPB0wbsH This #valentinesday we are improving our relationship with the EU to benefit consumers โค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค A new food and plant deal will make it easier and cheaper to buy ๐Ÿ’ for your loved one."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2022751660414541939)  2026-02-14T19:15Z 97.3K followers, 22.5K engagements


"RT @defossardf: The Prime Minister wants to give the EU a veto over our energy policy. He is scorching the earth and telling British busine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023002939665924183)  2026-02-15T11:54Z 97.3K followers, [---] engagements


"RT @Fox_Claire: Sensible decision IMO. Libraries should not be politicised partisan playthings for activists but should focus on books & r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023026302828388699)  2026-02-15T13:27Z 97.3K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @afneil: This is pathetic. Youre the Cabinet Office. The elite of the bureaucracy. At the heart of government. This is not just juven"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023112497050640475)  2026-02-15T19:09Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Britain has its first "Weekend at Bernies" Prime Minister. The only thing that matters now is what those around him say - and that is not exactly encouraging. My @Telegraph column tonight. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9a3795896f989842 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9a3795896f989842"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2022027948581433642)  2026-02-12T19:20Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"The TBI is losing its internal controls against thoughtcrime as it is forced to engage with actual energy reality. This is the 'Green Growth Paradox' that I've been banging on about for over a decade. "In the UK energy innovation and industrial policy are being pulled into service of the Clean Power [----] delivery mission. Rather than catalysing innovation this approach risks locking the This is the 'Green Growth Paradox' that I've been banging on about for over a decade. "In the UK energy innovation and industrial policy are being pulled into service of the Clean Power [----] delivery mission."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2022241002912907267)  2026-02-13T09:26Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"An important thread from David Paton @cricketwyvern on Britain's trade performance since Brexit. (Spoiler: none of the predicted disasters have materialised.) UK trade data for [----] published yesterday. We now have [--] years of data since the EU ref & [--] since we left the customs union. Remember the OBR forecast Brexit would reduce UK trade by 15% (hence their forecast of a 4% hit to productivity). Lets see how that is working out https://t.co/ei6Y7yT6vS UK trade data for [----] published yesterday. We now have [--] years of data since the EU ref & [--] since we left the customs union. Remember the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2022400077181129100)  2026-02-13T19:58Z 97.3K followers, 23.2K engagements


"RT @DavidGHFrost: Yes I remember this too. And all those Tory MPs who lost their head over the UK Internal Market Act and the NI Protocol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023003068175208734)  2026-02-15T11:54Z 97.3K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @NotThatBigIan: ๐Ÿ‘€The comments. #StValentinesDayMassacre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2023114495384780992)  2026-02-15T19:17Z 97.3K followers, [--] engagements


"No. This cannot be allowed to happen. Juries are the last bastion of British freedoms. I hope Labour MPs think hard about their own party's tradition of civil liberties and tell their leadership to think again about this. https://www.thetimes.com/article/a1a2142e-1787-446e-99cf-5ef9413c1f78shareToken=2bff72533b44fa90b4b2368e03bcb9a2 https://www.thetimes.com/article/a1a2142e-1787-446e-99cf-5ef9413c1f78shareToken=2bff72533b44fa90b4b2368e03bcb9a2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1993322246606114899)  2025-11-25T14:13Z 96.8K followers, 93.9K engagements


""The country needed the states boot off its neck. Instead it got a kick in the teeth." My verdict in @Telegraph on Reeves' grim budget. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/42e316b10d800cf9 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/42e316b10d800cf9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1993705437645164985)  2025-11-26T15:36Z 96.8K followers, 15K engagements


"Occasional annoying verdicts are the price we must pay for the jury system the last defence against an authoritarian judicial system. My @Telegraph piece tonight with a shout out to Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner for his great work. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2a533b5786e05992 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2a533b5786e05992"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1994151964284998115)  2025-11-27T21:10Z 96.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Hurrah Rishi Sunak finally agrees with what I've been saying over the last [--] years. What a pity he wouldn't do anything much about it when he had the chance. ๐Ÿ‘‡ (via @thetimes)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1995062139644686371)  2025-11-30T09:27Z 96.9K followers, 23.2K engagements


"https://www.thetimes.com/article/cc2850aa-0e64-4a96-9aee-681e6db4b022shareToken=bf4cb012a258663ebe01df77713e46fc https://www.thetimes.com/article/cc2850aa-0e64-4a96-9aee-681e6db4b022shareToken=bf4cb012a258663ebe01df77713e46fc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1995062142769480145)  2025-11-30T09:27Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I will not forget that in [----] David Lammy compared people like me to Nazis and supporters of apartheid - indeed he said those terms were "not strong enough". He colluded with the EU Commission to make British negotiators' lives harder. ๐Ÿ‘‡ 1/2 Justice secretary David Lammy tells Times Radio that Brexit was "hugely mis-sold" to the public by its supporters. Echoes the comments made by Keir Starmer in his Guildhall speech last night. https://t.co/hxJ9GUv4Yy Justice secretary David Lammy tells Times Radio that Brexit was "hugely mis-sold" to the public by its supporters. Echoes the comments made"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1995783359750901882)  2025-12-02T09:13Z 96.8K followers, 43K engagements


"Just another normal day in the EU's institutions. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-police-raid-eu-external-action-service-college-of-europe-in-sweeping-fraud-probe/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-police-raid-eu-external-action-service-college-of-europe-in-sweeping-fraud-probe/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1995798889505370622)  2025-12-02T10:15Z 96.8K followers, [----] engagements


"As I was saying just another day in the EU's institutions. ๐Ÿ‘‡ NEW: We now have two sources confirming that ex EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini was arrested this morning along with top EU official Stefano Sannino in the widening fraud probe into the College of Europe and EEAS @ElisaBraun https://t.co/1EtVUVUP1j NEW: We now have two sources confirming that ex EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini was arrested this morning along with top EU official Stefano Sannino in the widening fraud probe into the College of Europe and EEAS @ElisaBraun https://t.co/1EtVUVUP1j"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1995842015599493625)  2025-12-02T13:06Z 96.8K followers, 37.2K engagements


"I don't know whether to be relieved that the PM's ludicrous announcement today is not a price control after all or depressed that the govt thinks it must tell supermarkets how to display baby milk and parents to use loyalty points. For once truly the nanny state gone mad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1996329428331196456)  2025-12-03T21:23Z 96.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Step by step Keir Starmers Labour is taking us back into the single market whatever his declared policy may say. My @Telegraph column tonight. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6807193e369ecffc https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6807193e369ecffc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1996698593256718544)  2025-12-04T21:50Z 96.9K followers, 39.3K engagements


""Our NHS" at its best. All the money in the world won't resolve problems like this all too familiar to anyone who tries to interact with it. I had a cancer check in August. I never received any results. My GP said they didn't have results and I should call the test centre. The test centre doesn't give out results and told me to phone outpatients. I phoned outpatients and they passed me to the relative clinic but I had a cancer check in August. I never received any results. My GP said they didn't have results and I should call the test centre. The test centre doesn't give out results and told"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1996927329130435019)  2025-12-05T12:59Z 96.9K followers, 34.8K engagements


"There's a surprise. The EU youth mobility scheme isn't going to be capped after all. Awkward for UK Ministers who said a cap had been 'agreed' . EXCLUSIVE from @oliver_wright @BrunoBrussels The European Union is calling on Sir Keir Starmer to accept an uncapped youth mobility scheme as part of the governments reset in relations with Brussels In a move that has divided ministers Brussels does not want to put a maximum EXCLUSIVE from @oliver_wright @BrunoBrussels The European Union is calling on Sir Keir Starmer to accept an uncapped youth mobility scheme as part of the governments reset in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1997032927541317664)  2025-12-05T19:58Z 96.9K followers, 119K engagements


"Well done to the three Labour heroes who voted with their constituents and against today's Lib Dem Bill to rejoin the EU customs union: @JonathanBrash Hartlepool Luke Myer MP Middlesbrough South @JoshNewburyMP Cannock Chase"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1998442246555779206)  2025-12-09T17:18Z 96.9K followers, 55.3K engagements


"An entire train like this on the Bakerloo line just now. @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan's @TfL. London's decline in one image"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1998731215164026997)  2025-12-10T12:27Z 96.9K followers, 571.5K engagements


"My local Sainsbury's tonight. Steaks in a cage. London's decline in another image"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1998868256602591285)  2025-12-10T21:31Z 96.9K followers, 57.3K engagements


"100% agree with Caldwell here. His NYT article is well worth a read. Christopher Caldwell gets the Trump NSS exactly right. Trump doesn't "hate Europe"; he hates the globalist technocratic class ruining it. Michael Anton the chief drafter of the NSS told me that he personally loves Europe -- but not the EU & its mindset. https://t.co/IZuRUEOxrF Christopher Caldwell gets the Trump NSS exactly right. Trump doesn't "hate Europe"; he hates the globalist technocratic class ruining it. Michael Anton the chief drafter of the NSS told me that he personally loves Europe -- but not the EU & its"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1999059441027834247)  2025-12-11T10:11Z 96.9K followers, 12.1K engagements


"Nothing "unexpected" about it sadly. UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October https://t.co/oIwt6HBFJP UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October https://t.co/oIwt6HBFJP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1999377754408546639)  2025-12-12T07:16Z 96.9K followers, 38.7K engagements


"Rochester Cathedral is a beautiful fascinating building and one that will in no way be improved by hanging three fake sperm whales upside down in the nave. Were so excited about our Whales exhibition in February. Why not come along to one of our special events inspired by the sea for an evening you wont forget https://t.co/yGAxWvUsby Simon Newman/Winchester Cathedral https://t.co/FR3zEaJtmi Were so excited about our Whales exhibition in February. Why not come along to one of our special events inspired by the sea for an evening you wont forget https://t.co/yGAxWvUsby Simon Newman/Winchester"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1999794413594382636)  2025-12-13T10:51Z 96.9K followers, 17.9K engagements


"I'm not a member of either party but I did speak on the issue in the Lords this week : https://x.com/i/status/1999469596026556451 Important piece. Only Reform and Blue Labour seem to think this is a public policy priority https://t.co/edWBGyo00r https://x.com/i/status/1999469596026556451 Important piece. Only Reform and Blue Labour seem to think this is a public policy priority https://t.co/edWBGyo00r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2000153356325769638)  2025-12-14T10:38Z 96.9K followers, 17.1K engagements


"It really is incredible how few people are willing to acknowledge this was an attack on the Jewish community at a Chanukah event. Including so far our own Prime Minister. No mention of Chanukah Jews shooting bombs or terrorism. Unless youre prepared to say what the problem is you cant hope to solve it. @AlboMP @chrisluxonmp https://t.co/sJEIqO29Ke No mention of Chanukah Jews shooting bombs or terrorism. Unless youre prepared to say what the problem is you cant hope to solve it. @AlboMP @chrisluxonmp https://t.co/sJEIqO29Ke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2000161465643196865)  2025-12-14T11:10Z 96.9K followers, 38.5K engagements


"Suspended over lack of movement over wider trade issues. Heading for problems over the UK's insistence on signing up to EU food standards (largely excluding the US) while getting no say in them. US suspends technology deal with the UK https://t.co/tJfXVTh3L7 US suspends technology deal with the UK https://t.co/tJfXVTh3L7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2000852007213785245)  2025-12-16T08:54Z 96.9K followers, 35.4K engagements


"My comment in @Telegraph on the government's latest negotiating triumph with the EU this time over Erasmus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2001423613904208068)  2025-12-17T22:45Z 96.9K followers, 25.1K engagements


"Narrator: in 23-24 the Turing scheme funded over [----] British student placements in Italy. In the last full year of Erasmus we sent under a thousand. Studying in Italy was one of the best things I did when I was younger. But under the Tories young people were denied this opportunity when they scrapped the Erasmus scheme. Under Labour the UK is rejoining Erasmus giving students the chance to study or train abroad. https://t.co/foaYDverza Studying in Italy was one of the best things I did when I was younger. But under the Tories young people were denied this opportunity when they scrapped the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2001579695494865293)  2025-12-18T09:06Z 96.9K followers, 36K engagements


""Slowly slowly the line is being reeled in and Britain is on the hook." The Govt's expensive & unnecessary deal on Erasmus is part of a pattern of concessions. We need firmer opposition to this in [----]. My @Telegraph piece tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7e7c3b2e4ed696db https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7e7c3b2e4ed696db"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2001682200857645549)  2025-12-18T15:53Z 96.9K followers, 14.6K engagements


""Dont be surprised by failure thats what our state is good at." Only restricting what the state does is going to limit the scope of state failure. My @Telegraph column tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/883e8906b49419a8 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/883e8906b49419a8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2006810831993057295)  2026-01-01T19:32Z 96.9K followers, 30.4K engagements


""Whats so amazing about the British state getting things wrong Its what they do." My @Telegraph piece this morning. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4441d5be048edb3d https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4441d5be048edb3d"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2007017205343650128)  2026-01-02T09:12Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I write for the IEA @iealondon substack on the various forms of collectivism & statism offered to UK voters: - "fantasy leftism" - "Blue Labourism" - "Establishment economics". None offer the real solution - freedom and free markets. Free to read but do consider subscribing.๐Ÿ‘‡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2009290561874776547)  2026-01-08T15:46Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Britain doesn't have a road safety problem. It has a hectoring and nannying state problem. My @Telegraph column tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a0cdf5eda307851c https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a0cdf5eda307851c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2009337533621285329)  2026-01-08T18:52Z 96.9K followers, 17.5K engagements


"Today we publish a new IEA @iealondon paper by David Turver @7Kiwi on the cost of net zero. It shows that official bodies have constantly produced implausible and muddled figures. But what we can see from all of them is that the cost is very high. ๐Ÿงต"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2010988310773071969)  2026-01-13T08:12Z 96.9K followers, 26K engagements


"The British people deserve better from their experts than these random numbers which make it impossible to have a proper and honest debate about net zero one of the most economically damaging policies in British history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2010988321229459830)  2026-01-13T08:12Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Read the full paper here: https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cost-of-Net-Zero-Turver.pdf https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cost-of-Net-Zero-Turver.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2010988323959898623)  2026-01-13T08:12Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


""Forget about Tory-Reform pacts. This is now a fight to the death." My @Telegraph comment this morning. http://telegraph.co.uk/gift/6f8ea2d92 http://telegraph.co.uk/gift/6f8ea2d92"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2012072110974238830)  2026-01-16T07:59Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Some rather chilling things are being said by Lord Falconer today. Lord Harper gives Lord Falconer a third chance to say that someone driven to end their life by poverty is wrong and not a free choice. Lord Falconer: "It's their choice. can we go on." https://t.co/URe5b6ERcV Lord Harper gives Lord Falconer a third chance to say that someone driven to end their life by poverty is wrong and not a free choice. Lord Falconer: "It's their choice. can we go on." https://t.co/URe5b6ERcV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2012168711168233717)  2026-01-16T14:22Z 97.1K followers, 18.6K engagements


"Join me @mayerandrew and @ReemAmirIbrahim for the IEA @iealondon weekly podcast. We cover: โžก Britain's grim growth figures โžก the self-harming net zero project โžก the government's war on @X and @elonmusk Watch here ๐Ÿ‘‡ or on your podcast provider: https://youtu.be/kl13fcb6gwcsi=bbf6FZFLDbwdyvEz https://youtu.be/kl13fcb6gwcsi=bbf6FZFLDbwdyvEz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2012240005465288909)  2026-01-16T19:06Z 96.9K followers, 15.8K engagements


"All the worst decisions in this country get taken when Govt and Opposition agree and actual debate is squeezed out. There was a time when the Tory party would have considered endorsement of their proposals by Labour and by public sector lobbyists as a red flag not a reason to proceed. But those times seem to be a long time ago. Can't we at least pause and learn from the Australian experience rather than rushing in ourselves to do exactly the same thing Momentum is shifting fast towards a social media ban for u16s. The Government should act. Credit to the Labour MPs calling for action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2013228739195294079)  2026-01-19T12:35Z 96.9K followers, 58.7K engagements


"Enjoyed sitting down with @StephLunch & @RobertPeston on @TheRestIsMoney to talk about why I'm now heading up @iealondon and why the battle of ideas is more important than ever. For too long the case for freedom and free markets has been muted๐Ÿ‘‡ https://youtu.be/0EMs-ILX_kQsi=BmiYtAK-POZKSBAP https://youtu.be/0EMs-ILX_kQsi=BmiYtAK-POZKSBAP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2013241675351511539)  2026-01-19T13:26Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The problem at its heart is simple. The state is too big does too much costs too much and we can't finance it without running up massive debt. That is the backdrop for every Prime Minister's troubles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2013241677268304033)  2026-01-19T13:26Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I had to double check this quote because I found it so hard to believe the Home Secretary could say this. But she did (to the Tony Blair Institute naturally). I find it quite horrifying. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/criminals-stopped-minority-report-style-policing-plans-ai/ A really incredible quote from the Home Secretary in this Telegraph story on AI and face recognition ๐Ÿ˜ฎ https://t.co/PHQhMQN97c https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/criminals-stopped-minority-report-style-policing-plans-ai/ A really incredible quote from the Home Secretary in this Telegraph story on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2013320546272915928)  2026-01-19T18:39Z 97.1K followers, 168K engagements


"Britain needs a new national strategy one that's based in the realities of the world order. My @Telegraph column tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8656c4ce568a540c https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8656c4ce568a540c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2014402161682031020)  2026-01-22T18:17Z 97.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Polly Toynbee has let her frustration get the better of her in this rather dubious article. If the best she can come up with is the nonsense claim that opposition to assisted suicide is driven by the "old Brexit gang" then she really has not been paying attention. There is wide concern about this Bill right across the Lords and in all parties. As in the Commons: does she think the 40% of Labour MPs who voted against are part of the "Brexit gang" As we keep saying proponents of the Bill would do better to engage properly with the criticisms on the floor of the House and try to win the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2014639313753891325)  2026-01-23T10:00Z 97.1K followers, 63.8K engagements


"Well worth a read ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/kq7mAQ8ys5 Im in the daily skeptic writing about how real Thatcherism was tried was enormously successful and then quietly retired. https://t.co/kq7mAQ8ys5 Im in the daily skeptic writing about how real Thatcherism was tried was enormously successful and then quietly retired"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2015507067230937429)  2026-01-25T19:28Z 97.1K followers, [----] engagements


"6 As I set out yesterday to @MarosSefcovic these threats if implemented on [--] November would put the EU in breach of its obligations under our trade agreement. So we are actively considering launching dispute settlement proceedings as set out in Article [---] of the TCA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1454460931937812488)  2021-10-30T14:51Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Another chance to read my thoughts on Brexit economics net zero and how the government works. Via @Telegraph and @LiamHalligan. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/14/lord-frost-boris-johnsons-instincts-strong-hasnt-well-served/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/14/lord-frost-boris-johnsons-instincts-strong-hasnt-well-served/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1482306058114715649)  2022-01-15T10:57Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


""The NHS isnt underfunded" A powerful piece from @KateAndrs in @spectator pointing out just how much we now spend on health in the UK and how little we seem to get for it. 1/2 https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-nhs-isnt-underfunded/ https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-nhs-isnt-underfunded/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1675923174515515392)  2023-07-03T17:43Z 97.3K followers, 92.5K engagements


"If heat pumps were a better product they wouldn't need subsidising to get people to adopt them. @RossjournoClark is right. "How much longer are we prepared to sink public money into propping up an industry whose products struggle to appeal on their own merits" asks @RossjournoClark "How much longer are we prepared to sink public money into propping up an industry whose products struggle to appeal https://t.co/u8DjFpKIJB "How much longer are we prepared to sink public money into propping up an industry whose products struggle to appeal on their own merits" asks @RossjournoClark "How much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1779897711182983459)  2024-04-15T15:40Z 97.3K followers, 79.9K engagements


"It is incredible as @RobertJenrick says that you can be charged with this in modern Britain. Incredible - and disgraceful. In February a man was arrested for allegedly burning a Quran. Now hes been charged with intent to cause distress against the religious institution of Islam. Parliament abolished blasphemy laws in [----]. They mustnt be reintroduced by the back-door. https://t.co/J4XFGJ5SWK In February a man was arrested for allegedly burning a Quran. Now hes been charged with intent to cause distress against the religious institution of Islam. Parliament abolished blasphemy laws in 2008."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1920414258174500914)  2025-05-08T09:43Z 97.3K followers, 115.7K engagements


"". six traffic filters to be placed at major entry points and crossroads across the city where drivers will be photographed and fined if they go through them. The proposal is that Oxford residents will be allowed to go through these filters [---] times per year and residents of Oxfordshire [--] times per year. If youre from out of the county youll never be allowed to drive through them." A reminder via @spectator that the green fanatics want to stop you travelling if they can. Our historic cities (been to Bath recently) are being blighted by these nutters."  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1923280304963281247)  2025-05-16T07:32Z 97.2K followers, 113.5K engagements


"DESNZ and 'Windy' Miliband have finally had to accept reality about how often windmills actually generate power. Andrew Montford @aDissentient and @NetZeroWatch with a bit of help from me have pushed away at this and at last the truth is out. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿงต Well well My long campaign to get DESNZ to tell the truth about renewables may have had an impact. There's a back story here.(Thread) https://t.co/ZPpefNufBV Well well My long campaign to get DESNZ to tell the truth about renewables may have had an impact. There's a back story here.(Thread) https://t.co/ZPpefNufBV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1983446698832920694)  2025-10-29T08:11Z 97.2K followers, 32.7K engagements


"EU students yes. UK taxpayers not so much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2001254173187432713)  2025-12-17T11:32Z 97.3K followers, 68.9K engagements


"If you are in the Greenwich area on the evening of [--] January do come along. Courtesy of Rev Daniel French @holydisrupter the new(ish) Chaplain at Greenwich University. Book a free place below. ๐Ÿ‘‡ This will be in next week at Greenwich ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป Do book your place its free. https://t.co/IKtEj1Z6nQ https://t.co/YAhLEP5sJF This will be in next week at Greenwich ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป Do book your place its free. https://t.co/IKtEj1Z6nQ https://t.co/YAhLEP5sJF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2007055799328338006)  2026-01-02T11:46Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Britain needs to get serious about its choices and define a new national strategy. My @Telegraph column this morning. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d115f75331267917 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d115f75331267917"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2014626494455148679)  2026-01-23T09:09Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Read my IEA @iealondon newsletter this week ๐Ÿ‘‡ Why industrial policy and hence the Andy Burnham vision for Manchester is such a bad idea. The ideas that made Manchester great in the first place are much better ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2015375845116854407)  2026-01-25T10:47Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements


"It was great to campaign with Suella @SuellaBraverman back at the [----] election. ๐Ÿ‘‡ We've always seen things the same way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2015794778323947544)  2026-01-26T14:31Z 97.3K followers, 225.5K engagements


"There is a much longer list in fact. It includes all those British politicians who advised the EU Commission and the Irish government on how to make life more difficult for Britain during the Brexit period. And all those who passed successive laws preventing Britain leaving the EU without a deal if necessary. One has to note that many such names are to be found in the list of supporters of "Prosperity UK" launched yesterday. Two words actually it's 'Philippe Sands'. Two words actually it's 'Philippe Sands'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2016082604424835456)  2026-01-27T09:35Z 97.2K followers, 108.4K engagements


"I reminded the Lords @UKHouseofLords this afternoon why it is such a bad idea to consider going back into the EU Customs Union"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2016923192682553833)  2026-01-29T17:15Z 97.2K followers, 38.4K engagements


""This infantilising government is turning us all into wards of the state." Why something as minor as the scrapping of the Historic Churches VAT refund scheme is so revealing. My @Telegraph column tonight. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/33681cec4bf3de55 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/33681cec4bf3de55"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2016926632120914200)  2026-01-29T17:29Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"I know it's hard to believe we have a law criminalising silent prayer - but we do. Thoughtcrime (literally) has a foothold in British law. BREAKING: UK Christian woman Isabel Vaughan-Spruce plead not guilty in court today after being charged for silently praying. Her criminal trial will take place between [--] to [--] October. The first case under national abortion centre buffer zone legislation. Read more ๐Ÿ”ฝ https://t.co/K9MWYsZNDf BREAKING: UK Christian woman Isabel Vaughan-Spruce plead not guilty in court today after being charged for silently praying. Her criminal trial will take place between"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2016940238061392275)  2026-01-29T18:23Z 97.3K followers, 58.6K engagements


"Join me on our latest podcast at @iealondon: ๐Ÿ‘‡ โžก Is Ambrose Evans-Pritchard right in predicting in @Telegraph that there's about to be a British economic boom โžก Why is Lord Stockwood beginning to muse about a Universal Basic Income (UBI) https://youtu.be/rdh5-ivU29gsi=w577BCgyxOG1aut1 https://youtu.be/rdh5-ivU29gsi=w577BCgyxOG1aut1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2017248798511128868)  2026-01-30T14:49Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Incredibly Starmer doesn't know that NHS spending has gone up by well over a billion a week since the referendum. Or perhaps he does but just says what's convenient. (Personally I would rather we weren't pouring vast sums into the failing NHS but presumably Starmer thinks that's a good thing so should be pleased at what has happened.) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018052900316971011 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018052900316971011"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018052900316971011)  2026-02-01T20:04Z 97.3K followers, 31.3K engagements


"Another project fear campaign seems to be coming. Yes it's sensible to seek to discourage the EU from doing anything so silly (and breaching the TCA too). But no it's not sensible to suggest that such measures would mean we had to rejoin the single market and submit ourselves to laws in which we have no say. That would be much worse in the long run. EXCLUSIVE: The UK has become seriously concerned that more protectionist policies pursued by the EU could exclude British companies from its supply chains in key sectors derailing a reset in post-Brexit relations and costing firms billions of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018396880837714391)  2026-02-02T18:51Z 97.3K followers, 17.9K engagements


"No one is against better relations with the EU. We largely face the same problems after all. But the EU seems to be able to imagine only one way of better relations with European states which is subordination to EU laws without any say in them. The world has changed since the [----] #Brexit vote. In response the UK & EU need to be more willing to change fundamental aspects of their post-Brexit relationship. New @CER_EU/ @KAS_UKIRL policy brief by @CER_IanBond Read here: https://t.co/2s12R7Ebnt https://t.co/Veb08WD747 The world has changed since the [----] #Brexit vote. In response the UK & EU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018617577895874606)  2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, 58.4K engagements


"It's perfectly possible to improve trade in food (to the extent which it is a problem ie barely at all) by the EU changing its paperwork requirements. They will not do so and offer only one option: operating EU laws with no say in them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018617580249137426)  2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"It's perfectly possible for us Europeans to have a strong defence without doing it through new EU institutions and mechanisms. But once again that is the only option the EU offers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018617583633920180)  2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Our Europhile establishment is quite happy to echo this. They are trying to move us closer to the EU bit by bit and want to be able to argue "wouldn't it be better to be back in and get a say again" So repeated and damaging subordination suits them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018617586876043673)  2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, 16.6K engagements


"As a country we really do need to recover some self-confidence and belief in our ability to govern ourselves again. Otherwise we are little by little going to see our national democracy and independence undone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018617590164464006)  2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, 12.3K engagements


"This is 100% correct from @WalkerMarcus. Allowing peers to strip their political opponents of their peerage (and right to vote in the Lords) is so obviously open to abuse I am shocked people are suggesting it. Allowing peers to strip their political opponents of their peerage (and right to vote in the Lords) is so obviously open to abuse I am shocked people are suggesting it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2018684655965241374)  2026-02-03T13:55Z 97.3K followers, 10.2K engagements


"That's right. ๐Ÿ‘‡ This is a shameful statement coming from the head of one of the leading universities in the whole world. Without Twitter it would have been impossible to properly dig the evidence of censorship in academia coalesce the contrarian voices in a field where reputations are a This is a shameful statement coming from the head of one of the leading universities in the whole world. Without Twitter it would have been impossible to properly dig the evidence of censorship in academia coalesce the contrarian voices in a field where reputations are a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2019351516281507958)  2026-02-05T10:04Z 97.3K followers, 14.8K engagements


"Quite. Is this the same Donald Tusk who never stopped lecturing us over Brexit This is ironic. Lecturing people is pretty much the only thing European politicians are good at. This is ironic. Lecturing people is pretty much the only thing European politicians are good at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/2019851170144203228)  2026-02-06T19:10Z 97.3K followers, 18.6K engagements


""As Britains Leftist puritans enforce rationing America lives in abundance" I've written in the @Telegraph tonight about our establishment's refusal to adopt an abundance mentality and their fundamentally disdainful attitude to economic growth. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e8f85378ba421711 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e8f85378ba421711"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1947383646455009532)  2025-07-21T19:50Z 97.3K followers, 47.8K engagements


"Well done @JamesCleverly with this long overdue first step. We should soon go further though. The Foreign Secretary has launched a new crackdown on the SNP promoting independence abroad. James Cleverly has ordered the UKs Ambassadors to tell foreign governments to go through them to arrange SNP meetings to feed back to ministers on proposals and to sit in on talks. https://t.co/evBpsumfpe The Foreign Secretary has launched a new crackdown on the SNP promoting independence abroad. James Cleverly has ordered the UKs Ambassadors to tell foreign governments to go through them to arrange SNP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1646784308936310786)  2023-04-14T07:55Z 97.3K followers, 258.4K engagements


"Reeves is talking nonsense. The EU reset is being pursued for entirely political reasons. The Govt's own figures purport to show that its craven & unnecessary renegotiation will increase GDP growth by 0.02% annually - a 9bn increase in [--] years' time. A rounding error on a rounding error. To be balanced against the losses coming from accepting another party's regulations without any say in them the extra energy costs that come up with a higher carbon tax the direct fiscal cost of paying to be subject to EU rules and much else. Just as the so-called 4% hit to future productivity is nonsense so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1980593919046947029)  2025-10-21T11:16Z 97.3K followers, 32.4K engagements

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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @telegraph @iealondon @cricketwyvern @simonmedhurst @nathansldennis @spectator @kathrynporter26 @ejwwest @nevakissedatory @henryav63694996 @liblabconman @mrleecain @peterhyman21 @oecd @nicktorfaen @ft @jakewsimons @rachelreevesmp @lsenews @angelomartelli

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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"I agree with @MrLeeCain ๐Ÿ‘‡ State reform is becoming a very urgent problem. Theres a noticeable political vibe shift taking place with long-standing establishment voices becoming openly critical of the state and how it operates. @peterhyman21 is the latest to call for serious reform of the Cabinet Office (also see Morgan McSweeneys frustration in Theres a noticeable political vibe shift taking place with long-standing establishment voices becoming openly critical of the state and how it operates. @peterhyman21 is the latest to call for serious reform of the Cabinet Office (also see Morgan"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:43Z 97.3K followers, 11.8K engagements

"And yet according to the @OECD we spend more on healthcare as a share of GDP than Australia does. Could it be that the problem is not the money but the system My mum broke hip in Australia. Operation in [--] hours. Home in a week. [--] Hospital at Home staff - doctor nurse physio on Day [--]. If shed been in Wales: [--] hour wait for ambulance months for hip. Countries with insurance-based systems work much better than shockingly bad NHS My mum broke hip in Australia. Operation in [--] hours. Home in a week. [--] Hospital at Home staff - doctor nurse physio on Day [--]. If shed been in Wales: [--] hour wait for"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:15Z 97.3K followers, 30.6K engagements

"No it isn't. What is incompatible with it is governments controlling what voters can see and read. Social media is becoming incompatible with a healthy democratic system. Social media is becoming incompatible with a healthy democratic system"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:35Z 97.3K followers, 95.5K engagements

""What @NickTorfaen is doing is not improving but gradually reversing Brexit." My letter in the @FT this morning. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/13ef8c50-44a0-4b85-a50a-dc3c0eeafefe https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/13ef8c50-44a0-4b85-a50a-dc3c0eeafefe"
X Link 2026-02-05T08:08Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

""For the Labour Party Starmer has become dispensable. His job is done.His exit is inevitable." My commentary in @Telegraph tonight on the state of the government. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/18960a41279acc1a https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/18960a41279acc1a"
X Link 2026-02-05T19:18Z 97.3K followers, 10.9K engagements

"The Commons "dates back [---] years" too. So do many British institutions. It's very revealing that for these people something being old is the same as it being bad. This year zero fanaticism is very dangerous. NEW: The battle over the assisted dying bill is escalating. Now MPs and peers have established an all party parliamentary group to push for Lords reform in part prompted by the assisted dying bills delay in the Lords. Today it is clearer than ever that this institution NEW: The battle over the assisted dying bill is escalating. Now MPs and peers have established an all party"
X Link 2026-02-08T11:48Z 97.3K followers, 33.5K engagements

"If we lose another PM it will not be the cause of our economic and financial problems. It will be a symptom of the fact that successive PMs have not had the political will to deal with those problems. They have preferred to engage in palliatives & panacea policies rather than make politically possible what they know is necessary for the future of the country. Brexit exposed the fact that our existing establishment had forgotten how to govern the country. That is what needs to change. Until it does we can have as many PMs as we like and it will not solve our problems. I dont personally revel"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:32Z 97.3K followers, 53.4K engagements

"One of our biggest problems at the moment is the belief that we have been living through a period of "unregulated markets" as Burnham puts it. It's simply nonsense. ๐Ÿงต Burnham adds: Following recent events I think the time has come to call an end to this era in British politics - when politicians got too close to wealth too seduced by the notion that deregulated markets would provide the solution. Not a subtle message there to Starmer Burnham adds: Following recent events I think the time has come to call an end to this era in British politics - when politicians got too close to wealth too"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, 41.8K engagements

"The entire energy sector ia directed by the government on prices set by the government. The terms of business of our utilities are controlled by govt regulators"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"If you're lucky enough to get permission to build a house everything about it including its price is determined by the govt. The housing rental market is slowly being extinguished by regulation. The car industry has its output set by government targets"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Employment law has been gradually re-regulated so that employers are now very reticent to take on staff. And we pour [--] in every ten into our Soviet-style health service"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:55Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"That nomenclature really ought to be changed too and the powers of the regional administrations pared back as well next time there is an opportunity to do so"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:00Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Join us at @iealondon tonight for a discussion of Dr Stephen Davies's book on the livestream below ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”ด IEA LIVESTREAM at 18:30 The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay with Dr Stephen Davies Lord Frost and Callum Price. ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”ด IEA LIVESTREAM at 18:30 The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay with Dr Stephen Davies Lord Frost and Callum Price. ๐Ÿ‘‡"
X Link 2026-02-11T11:20Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"She says the correct path for Britain is around "openness" to all the big economic centres of the world. In principle I agree. But why does she then want to make Britain less open to the world by submitting us once again to EU laws and EU tariffs"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:48Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"An important reminder that even Britain's ten "best" brutalist buildings are still too horrifically ugly to be allowed to survive: ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d806f4b436b7e3a5 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d806f4b436b7e3a5"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:10Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"So bad at taking decisions they can't even decide who the temporary stand-in should be. Breaking: Chris Wormald standing down as Cabinet Secretary with immediate effect. While a successor is sought his job will be shared between Antonia Romeo (Home Office) Cat Little (Cab Office) and James Bowler (HMT) Breaking: Chris Wormald standing down as Cabinet Secretary with immediate effect. While a successor is sought his job will be shared between Antonia Romeo (Home Office) Cat Little (Cab Office) and James Bowler (HMT)"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:04Z 97.3K followers, 11.5K engagements

"RT @DavidGHFrost: Oh dear ๐Ÿ‘‡ Twee Britannia strikes again. Perhaps the Cabinet Office don't know that most cut flowers in Britain are grow"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:54Z 97.3K followers, [---] engagements

"RT @JakeWSimons: This interview exposes Jeremy Bowen as an activist rather than a journalist someone who is so convinced of his own libera"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:25Z 97.3K followers, [---] engagements

""Extraordinary" is certainly one word for it. If "economic gravity is reality" why have our exports to the EU been falling consistently for [--] years whether we were in or out of the EU whether we were growing slowly or fast ๐Ÿ‘‡ Why does Reeves think she can now change this reality Extraordinary talk on EU-UK by Chancellor @RachelReevesMP at LSE @LSEnews last night chaired by @angelo_martelli Reeves: "I start by saying I strongly believe that Britain's future is inextricably bound with that of Europe's and that is for economic reasons that I'm https://t.co/fXsQFlUFNi Extraordinary talk on"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:48Z 97.3K followers, 22.1K engagements

"Yes I remember this too. And all those Tory MPs who lost their head over the UK Internal Market Act and the NI Protocol were quite happy with steel tariffs that broke WTO rules and international law. It really is undignified to scrap about this. In [----] the Conservative Government introduced steel tariffs via statutory instrument which had basically zero legal justification - I remember ministers quietly admitting they were illegal - but which everyone agreed were needed. https://t.co/GpEeN2ylMx It really is undignified to scrap about this. In [----] the Conservative Government introduced steel"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:12Z 97.3K followers, 10.2K engagements

"Oh dear ๐Ÿ‘‡ Twee Britannia strikes again. Perhaps the Cabinet Office don't know that most cut flowers in Britain are grown in Kenya Colombia and Ethiopia. We're about to make importing them more difficult again. This #valentinesday we are improving our relationship with the EU to benefit consumers โค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค A new food and plant deal will make it easier and cheaper to buy ๐Ÿ’ for your loved one. https://t.co/qKWPB0wbsH This #valentinesday we are improving our relationship with the EU to benefit consumers โค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค A new food and plant deal will make it easier and cheaper to buy ๐Ÿ’ for your loved one."
X Link 2026-02-14T19:15Z 97.3K followers, 22.5K engagements

"RT @defossardf: The Prime Minister wants to give the EU a veto over our energy policy. He is scorching the earth and telling British busine"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:54Z 97.3K followers, [---] engagements

"RT @Fox_Claire: Sensible decision IMO. Libraries should not be politicised partisan playthings for activists but should focus on books & r"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:27Z 97.3K followers, [--] engagements

"RT @afneil: This is pathetic. Youre the Cabinet Office. The elite of the bureaucracy. At the heart of government. This is not just juven"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:09Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Britain has its first "Weekend at Bernies" Prime Minister. The only thing that matters now is what those around him say - and that is not exactly encouraging. My @Telegraph column tonight. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9a3795896f989842 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/9a3795896f989842"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:20Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"The TBI is losing its internal controls against thoughtcrime as it is forced to engage with actual energy reality. This is the 'Green Growth Paradox' that I've been banging on about for over a decade. "In the UK energy innovation and industrial policy are being pulled into service of the Clean Power [----] delivery mission. Rather than catalysing innovation this approach risks locking the This is the 'Green Growth Paradox' that I've been banging on about for over a decade. "In the UK energy innovation and industrial policy are being pulled into service of the Clean Power [----] delivery mission."
X Link 2026-02-13T09:26Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"An important thread from David Paton @cricketwyvern on Britain's trade performance since Brexit. (Spoiler: none of the predicted disasters have materialised.) UK trade data for [----] published yesterday. We now have [--] years of data since the EU ref & [--] since we left the customs union. Remember the OBR forecast Brexit would reduce UK trade by 15% (hence their forecast of a 4% hit to productivity). Lets see how that is working out https://t.co/ei6Y7yT6vS UK trade data for [----] published yesterday. We now have [--] years of data since the EU ref & [--] since we left the customs union. Remember the"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:58Z 97.3K followers, 23.2K engagements

"RT @DavidGHFrost: Yes I remember this too. And all those Tory MPs who lost their head over the UK Internal Market Act and the NI Protocol"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:54Z 97.3K followers, [--] engagements

"RT @NotThatBigIan: ๐Ÿ‘€The comments. #StValentinesDayMassacre"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:17Z 97.3K followers, [--] engagements

"No. This cannot be allowed to happen. Juries are the last bastion of British freedoms. I hope Labour MPs think hard about their own party's tradition of civil liberties and tell their leadership to think again about this. https://www.thetimes.com/article/a1a2142e-1787-446e-99cf-5ef9413c1f78shareToken=2bff72533b44fa90b4b2368e03bcb9a2 https://www.thetimes.com/article/a1a2142e-1787-446e-99cf-5ef9413c1f78shareToken=2bff72533b44fa90b4b2368e03bcb9a2"
X Link 2025-11-25T14:13Z 96.8K followers, 93.9K engagements

""The country needed the states boot off its neck. Instead it got a kick in the teeth." My verdict in @Telegraph on Reeves' grim budget. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/42e316b10d800cf9 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/42e316b10d800cf9"
X Link 2025-11-26T15:36Z 96.8K followers, 15K engagements

"Occasional annoying verdicts are the price we must pay for the jury system the last defence against an authoritarian judicial system. My @Telegraph piece tonight with a shout out to Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner for his great work. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2a533b5786e05992 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2a533b5786e05992"
X Link 2025-11-27T21:10Z 96.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Hurrah Rishi Sunak finally agrees with what I've been saying over the last [--] years. What a pity he wouldn't do anything much about it when he had the chance. ๐Ÿ‘‡ (via @thetimes)"
X Link 2025-11-30T09:27Z 96.9K followers, 23.2K engagements

"https://www.thetimes.com/article/cc2850aa-0e64-4a96-9aee-681e6db4b022shareToken=bf4cb012a258663ebe01df77713e46fc https://www.thetimes.com/article/cc2850aa-0e64-4a96-9aee-681e6db4b022shareToken=bf4cb012a258663ebe01df77713e46fc"
X Link 2025-11-30T09:27Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"I will not forget that in [----] David Lammy compared people like me to Nazis and supporters of apartheid - indeed he said those terms were "not strong enough". He colluded with the EU Commission to make British negotiators' lives harder. ๐Ÿ‘‡ 1/2 Justice secretary David Lammy tells Times Radio that Brexit was "hugely mis-sold" to the public by its supporters. Echoes the comments made by Keir Starmer in his Guildhall speech last night. https://t.co/hxJ9GUv4Yy Justice secretary David Lammy tells Times Radio that Brexit was "hugely mis-sold" to the public by its supporters. Echoes the comments made"
X Link 2025-12-02T09:13Z 96.8K followers, 43K engagements

"Just another normal day in the EU's institutions. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-police-raid-eu-external-action-service-college-of-europe-in-sweeping-fraud-probe/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/exclusive-police-raid-eu-external-action-service-college-of-europe-in-sweeping-fraud-probe/"
X Link 2025-12-02T10:15Z 96.8K followers, [----] engagements

"As I was saying just another day in the EU's institutions. ๐Ÿ‘‡ NEW: We now have two sources confirming that ex EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini was arrested this morning along with top EU official Stefano Sannino in the widening fraud probe into the College of Europe and EEAS @ElisaBraun https://t.co/1EtVUVUP1j NEW: We now have two sources confirming that ex EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini was arrested this morning along with top EU official Stefano Sannino in the widening fraud probe into the College of Europe and EEAS @ElisaBraun https://t.co/1EtVUVUP1j"
X Link 2025-12-02T13:06Z 96.8K followers, 37.2K engagements

"I don't know whether to be relieved that the PM's ludicrous announcement today is not a price control after all or depressed that the govt thinks it must tell supermarkets how to display baby milk and parents to use loyalty points. For once truly the nanny state gone mad"
X Link 2025-12-03T21:23Z 96.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Step by step Keir Starmers Labour is taking us back into the single market whatever his declared policy may say. My @Telegraph column tonight. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6807193e369ecffc https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6807193e369ecffc"
X Link 2025-12-04T21:50Z 96.9K followers, 39.3K engagements

""Our NHS" at its best. All the money in the world won't resolve problems like this all too familiar to anyone who tries to interact with it. I had a cancer check in August. I never received any results. My GP said they didn't have results and I should call the test centre. The test centre doesn't give out results and told me to phone outpatients. I phoned outpatients and they passed me to the relative clinic but I had a cancer check in August. I never received any results. My GP said they didn't have results and I should call the test centre. The test centre doesn't give out results and told"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:59Z 96.9K followers, 34.8K engagements

"There's a surprise. The EU youth mobility scheme isn't going to be capped after all. Awkward for UK Ministers who said a cap had been 'agreed' . EXCLUSIVE from @oliver_wright @BrunoBrussels The European Union is calling on Sir Keir Starmer to accept an uncapped youth mobility scheme as part of the governments reset in relations with Brussels In a move that has divided ministers Brussels does not want to put a maximum EXCLUSIVE from @oliver_wright @BrunoBrussels The European Union is calling on Sir Keir Starmer to accept an uncapped youth mobility scheme as part of the governments reset in"
X Link 2025-12-05T19:58Z 96.9K followers, 119K engagements

"Well done to the three Labour heroes who voted with their constituents and against today's Lib Dem Bill to rejoin the EU customs union: @JonathanBrash Hartlepool Luke Myer MP Middlesbrough South @JoshNewburyMP Cannock Chase"
X Link 2025-12-09T17:18Z 96.9K followers, 55.3K engagements

"An entire train like this on the Bakerloo line just now. @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan's @TfL. London's decline in one image"
X Link 2025-12-10T12:27Z 96.9K followers, 571.5K engagements

"My local Sainsbury's tonight. Steaks in a cage. London's decline in another image"
X Link 2025-12-10T21:31Z 96.9K followers, 57.3K engagements

"100% agree with Caldwell here. His NYT article is well worth a read. Christopher Caldwell gets the Trump NSS exactly right. Trump doesn't "hate Europe"; he hates the globalist technocratic class ruining it. Michael Anton the chief drafter of the NSS told me that he personally loves Europe -- but not the EU & its mindset. https://t.co/IZuRUEOxrF Christopher Caldwell gets the Trump NSS exactly right. Trump doesn't "hate Europe"; he hates the globalist technocratic class ruining it. Michael Anton the chief drafter of the NSS told me that he personally loves Europe -- but not the EU & its"
X Link 2025-12-11T10:11Z 96.9K followers, 12.1K engagements

"Nothing "unexpected" about it sadly. UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October https://t.co/oIwt6HBFJP UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October https://t.co/oIwt6HBFJP"
X Link 2025-12-12T07:16Z 96.9K followers, 38.7K engagements

"Rochester Cathedral is a beautiful fascinating building and one that will in no way be improved by hanging three fake sperm whales upside down in the nave. Were so excited about our Whales exhibition in February. Why not come along to one of our special events inspired by the sea for an evening you wont forget https://t.co/yGAxWvUsby Simon Newman/Winchester Cathedral https://t.co/FR3zEaJtmi Were so excited about our Whales exhibition in February. Why not come along to one of our special events inspired by the sea for an evening you wont forget https://t.co/yGAxWvUsby Simon Newman/Winchester"
X Link 2025-12-13T10:51Z 96.9K followers, 17.9K engagements

"I'm not a member of either party but I did speak on the issue in the Lords this week : https://x.com/i/status/1999469596026556451 Important piece. Only Reform and Blue Labour seem to think this is a public policy priority https://t.co/edWBGyo00r https://x.com/i/status/1999469596026556451 Important piece. Only Reform and Blue Labour seem to think this is a public policy priority https://t.co/edWBGyo00r"
X Link 2025-12-14T10:38Z 96.9K followers, 17.1K engagements

"It really is incredible how few people are willing to acknowledge this was an attack on the Jewish community at a Chanukah event. Including so far our own Prime Minister. No mention of Chanukah Jews shooting bombs or terrorism. Unless youre prepared to say what the problem is you cant hope to solve it. @AlboMP @chrisluxonmp https://t.co/sJEIqO29Ke No mention of Chanukah Jews shooting bombs or terrorism. Unless youre prepared to say what the problem is you cant hope to solve it. @AlboMP @chrisluxonmp https://t.co/sJEIqO29Ke"
X Link 2025-12-14T11:10Z 96.9K followers, 38.5K engagements

"Suspended over lack of movement over wider trade issues. Heading for problems over the UK's insistence on signing up to EU food standards (largely excluding the US) while getting no say in them. US suspends technology deal with the UK https://t.co/tJfXVTh3L7 US suspends technology deal with the UK https://t.co/tJfXVTh3L7"
X Link 2025-12-16T08:54Z 96.9K followers, 35.4K engagements

"My comment in @Telegraph on the government's latest negotiating triumph with the EU this time over Erasmus"
X Link 2025-12-17T22:45Z 96.9K followers, 25.1K engagements

"Narrator: in 23-24 the Turing scheme funded over [----] British student placements in Italy. In the last full year of Erasmus we sent under a thousand. Studying in Italy was one of the best things I did when I was younger. But under the Tories young people were denied this opportunity when they scrapped the Erasmus scheme. Under Labour the UK is rejoining Erasmus giving students the chance to study or train abroad. https://t.co/foaYDverza Studying in Italy was one of the best things I did when I was younger. But under the Tories young people were denied this opportunity when they scrapped the"
X Link 2025-12-18T09:06Z 96.9K followers, 36K engagements

""Slowly slowly the line is being reeled in and Britain is on the hook." The Govt's expensive & unnecessary deal on Erasmus is part of a pattern of concessions. We need firmer opposition to this in [----]. My @Telegraph piece tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7e7c3b2e4ed696db https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7e7c3b2e4ed696db"
X Link 2025-12-18T15:53Z 96.9K followers, 14.6K engagements

""Dont be surprised by failure thats what our state is good at." Only restricting what the state does is going to limit the scope of state failure. My @Telegraph column tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/883e8906b49419a8 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/883e8906b49419a8"
X Link 2026-01-01T19:32Z 96.9K followers, 30.4K engagements

""Whats so amazing about the British state getting things wrong Its what they do." My @Telegraph piece this morning. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4441d5be048edb3d https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4441d5be048edb3d"
X Link 2026-01-02T09:12Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"I write for the IEA @iealondon substack on the various forms of collectivism & statism offered to UK voters: - "fantasy leftism" - "Blue Labourism" - "Establishment economics". None offer the real solution - freedom and free markets. Free to read but do consider subscribing.๐Ÿ‘‡"
X Link 2026-01-08T15:46Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Britain doesn't have a road safety problem. It has a hectoring and nannying state problem. My @Telegraph column tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a0cdf5eda307851c https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a0cdf5eda307851c"
X Link 2026-01-08T18:52Z 96.9K followers, 17.5K engagements

"Today we publish a new IEA @iealondon paper by David Turver @7Kiwi on the cost of net zero. It shows that official bodies have constantly produced implausible and muddled figures. But what we can see from all of them is that the cost is very high. ๐Ÿงต"
X Link 2026-01-13T08:12Z 96.9K followers, 26K engagements

"The British people deserve better from their experts than these random numbers which make it impossible to have a proper and honest debate about net zero one of the most economically damaging policies in British history"
X Link 2026-01-13T08:12Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Read the full paper here: https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cost-of-Net-Zero-Turver.pdf https://iea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cost-of-Net-Zero-Turver.pdf"
X Link 2026-01-13T08:12Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

""Forget about Tory-Reform pacts. This is now a fight to the death." My @Telegraph comment this morning. http://telegraph.co.uk/gift/6f8ea2d92 http://telegraph.co.uk/gift/6f8ea2d92"
X Link 2026-01-16T07:59Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"Some rather chilling things are being said by Lord Falconer today. Lord Harper gives Lord Falconer a third chance to say that someone driven to end their life by poverty is wrong and not a free choice. Lord Falconer: "It's their choice. can we go on." https://t.co/URe5b6ERcV Lord Harper gives Lord Falconer a third chance to say that someone driven to end their life by poverty is wrong and not a free choice. Lord Falconer: "It's their choice. can we go on." https://t.co/URe5b6ERcV"
X Link 2026-01-16T14:22Z 97.1K followers, 18.6K engagements

"Join me @mayerandrew and @ReemAmirIbrahim for the IEA @iealondon weekly podcast. We cover: โžก Britain's grim growth figures โžก the self-harming net zero project โžก the government's war on @X and @elonmusk Watch here ๐Ÿ‘‡ or on your podcast provider: https://youtu.be/kl13fcb6gwcsi=bbf6FZFLDbwdyvEz https://youtu.be/kl13fcb6gwcsi=bbf6FZFLDbwdyvEz"
X Link 2026-01-16T19:06Z 96.9K followers, 15.8K engagements

"All the worst decisions in this country get taken when Govt and Opposition agree and actual debate is squeezed out. There was a time when the Tory party would have considered endorsement of their proposals by Labour and by public sector lobbyists as a red flag not a reason to proceed. But those times seem to be a long time ago. Can't we at least pause and learn from the Australian experience rather than rushing in ourselves to do exactly the same thing Momentum is shifting fast towards a social media ban for u16s. The Government should act. Credit to the Labour MPs calling for action"
X Link 2026-01-19T12:35Z 96.9K followers, 58.7K engagements

"Enjoyed sitting down with @StephLunch & @RobertPeston on @TheRestIsMoney to talk about why I'm now heading up @iealondon and why the battle of ideas is more important than ever. For too long the case for freedom and free markets has been muted๐Ÿ‘‡ https://youtu.be/0EMs-ILX_kQsi=BmiYtAK-POZKSBAP https://youtu.be/0EMs-ILX_kQsi=BmiYtAK-POZKSBAP"
X Link 2026-01-19T13:26Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"The problem at its heart is simple. The state is too big does too much costs too much and we can't finance it without running up massive debt. That is the backdrop for every Prime Minister's troubles"
X Link 2026-01-19T13:26Z 96.9K followers, [----] engagements

"I had to double check this quote because I found it so hard to believe the Home Secretary could say this. But she did (to the Tony Blair Institute naturally). I find it quite horrifying. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/criminals-stopped-minority-report-style-policing-plans-ai/ A really incredible quote from the Home Secretary in this Telegraph story on AI and face recognition ๐Ÿ˜ฎ https://t.co/PHQhMQN97c https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/18/criminals-stopped-minority-report-style-policing-plans-ai/ A really incredible quote from the Home Secretary in this Telegraph story on"
X Link 2026-01-19T18:39Z 97.1K followers, 168K engagements

"Britain needs a new national strategy one that's based in the realities of the world order. My @Telegraph column tonight. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8656c4ce568a540c https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8656c4ce568a540c"
X Link 2026-01-22T18:17Z 97.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Polly Toynbee has let her frustration get the better of her in this rather dubious article. If the best she can come up with is the nonsense claim that opposition to assisted suicide is driven by the "old Brexit gang" then she really has not been paying attention. There is wide concern about this Bill right across the Lords and in all parties. As in the Commons: does she think the 40% of Labour MPs who voted against are part of the "Brexit gang" As we keep saying proponents of the Bill would do better to engage properly with the criticisms on the floor of the House and try to win the"
X Link 2026-01-23T10:00Z 97.1K followers, 63.8K engagements

"Well worth a read ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/kq7mAQ8ys5 Im in the daily skeptic writing about how real Thatcherism was tried was enormously successful and then quietly retired. https://t.co/kq7mAQ8ys5 Im in the daily skeptic writing about how real Thatcherism was tried was enormously successful and then quietly retired"
X Link 2026-01-25T19:28Z 97.1K followers, [----] engagements

"6 As I set out yesterday to @MarosSefcovic these threats if implemented on [--] November would put the EU in breach of its obligations under our trade agreement. So we are actively considering launching dispute settlement proceedings as set out in Article [---] of the TCA"
X Link 2021-10-30T14:51Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Another chance to read my thoughts on Brexit economics net zero and how the government works. Via @Telegraph and @LiamHalligan. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/14/lord-frost-boris-johnsons-instincts-strong-hasnt-well-served/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/14/lord-frost-boris-johnsons-instincts-strong-hasnt-well-served/"
X Link 2022-01-15T10:57Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

""The NHS isnt underfunded" A powerful piece from @KateAndrs in @spectator pointing out just how much we now spend on health in the UK and how little we seem to get for it. 1/2 https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-nhs-isnt-underfunded/ https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-nhs-isnt-underfunded/"
X Link 2023-07-03T17:43Z 97.3K followers, 92.5K engagements

"If heat pumps were a better product they wouldn't need subsidising to get people to adopt them. @RossjournoClark is right. "How much longer are we prepared to sink public money into propping up an industry whose products struggle to appeal on their own merits" asks @RossjournoClark "How much longer are we prepared to sink public money into propping up an industry whose products struggle to appeal https://t.co/u8DjFpKIJB "How much longer are we prepared to sink public money into propping up an industry whose products struggle to appeal on their own merits" asks @RossjournoClark "How much"
X Link 2024-04-15T15:40Z 97.3K followers, 79.9K engagements

"It is incredible as @RobertJenrick says that you can be charged with this in modern Britain. Incredible - and disgraceful. In February a man was arrested for allegedly burning a Quran. Now hes been charged with intent to cause distress against the religious institution of Islam. Parliament abolished blasphemy laws in [----]. They mustnt be reintroduced by the back-door. https://t.co/J4XFGJ5SWK In February a man was arrested for allegedly burning a Quran. Now hes been charged with intent to cause distress against the religious institution of Islam. Parliament abolished blasphemy laws in 2008."
X Link 2025-05-08T09:43Z 97.3K followers, 115.7K engagements

"". six traffic filters to be placed at major entry points and crossroads across the city where drivers will be photographed and fined if they go through them. The proposal is that Oxford residents will be allowed to go through these filters [---] times per year and residents of Oxfordshire [--] times per year. If youre from out of the county youll never be allowed to drive through them." A reminder via @spectator that the green fanatics want to stop you travelling if they can. Our historic cities (been to Bath recently) are being blighted by these nutters."
X Link 2025-05-16T07:32Z 97.2K followers, 113.5K engagements

"DESNZ and 'Windy' Miliband have finally had to accept reality about how often windmills actually generate power. Andrew Montford @aDissentient and @NetZeroWatch with a bit of help from me have pushed away at this and at last the truth is out. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿงต Well well My long campaign to get DESNZ to tell the truth about renewables may have had an impact. There's a back story here.(Thread) https://t.co/ZPpefNufBV Well well My long campaign to get DESNZ to tell the truth about renewables may have had an impact. There's a back story here.(Thread) https://t.co/ZPpefNufBV"
X Link 2025-10-29T08:11Z 97.2K followers, 32.7K engagements

"EU students yes. UK taxpayers not so much"
X Link 2025-12-17T11:32Z 97.3K followers, 68.9K engagements

"If you are in the Greenwich area on the evening of [--] January do come along. Courtesy of Rev Daniel French @holydisrupter the new(ish) Chaplain at Greenwich University. Book a free place below. ๐Ÿ‘‡ This will be in next week at Greenwich ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป Do book your place its free. https://t.co/IKtEj1Z6nQ https://t.co/YAhLEP5sJF This will be in next week at Greenwich ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป Do book your place its free. https://t.co/IKtEj1Z6nQ https://t.co/YAhLEP5sJF"
X Link 2026-01-02T11:46Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Britain needs to get serious about its choices and define a new national strategy. My @Telegraph column this morning. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d115f75331267917 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d115f75331267917"
X Link 2026-01-23T09:09Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Read my IEA @iealondon newsletter this week ๐Ÿ‘‡ Why industrial policy and hence the Andy Burnham vision for Manchester is such a bad idea. The ideas that made Manchester great in the first place are much better ones"
X Link 2026-01-25T10:47Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements

"It was great to campaign with Suella @SuellaBraverman back at the [----] election. ๐Ÿ‘‡ We've always seen things the same way"
X Link 2026-01-26T14:31Z 97.3K followers, 225.5K engagements

"There is a much longer list in fact. It includes all those British politicians who advised the EU Commission and the Irish government on how to make life more difficult for Britain during the Brexit period. And all those who passed successive laws preventing Britain leaving the EU without a deal if necessary. One has to note that many such names are to be found in the list of supporters of "Prosperity UK" launched yesterday. Two words actually it's 'Philippe Sands'. Two words actually it's 'Philippe Sands'"
X Link 2026-01-27T09:35Z 97.2K followers, 108.4K engagements

"I reminded the Lords @UKHouseofLords this afternoon why it is such a bad idea to consider going back into the EU Customs Union"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:15Z 97.2K followers, 38.4K engagements

""This infantilising government is turning us all into wards of the state." Why something as minor as the scrapping of the Historic Churches VAT refund scheme is so revealing. My @Telegraph column tonight. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/33681cec4bf3de55 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/33681cec4bf3de55"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:29Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"I know it's hard to believe we have a law criminalising silent prayer - but we do. Thoughtcrime (literally) has a foothold in British law. BREAKING: UK Christian woman Isabel Vaughan-Spruce plead not guilty in court today after being charged for silently praying. Her criminal trial will take place between [--] to [--] October. The first case under national abortion centre buffer zone legislation. Read more ๐Ÿ”ฝ https://t.co/K9MWYsZNDf BREAKING: UK Christian woman Isabel Vaughan-Spruce plead not guilty in court today after being charged for silently praying. Her criminal trial will take place between"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:23Z 97.3K followers, 58.6K engagements

"Join me on our latest podcast at @iealondon: ๐Ÿ‘‡ โžก Is Ambrose Evans-Pritchard right in predicting in @Telegraph that there's about to be a British economic boom โžก Why is Lord Stockwood beginning to muse about a Universal Basic Income (UBI) https://youtu.be/rdh5-ivU29gsi=w577BCgyxOG1aut1 https://youtu.be/rdh5-ivU29gsi=w577BCgyxOG1aut1"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:49Z 97.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Incredibly Starmer doesn't know that NHS spending has gone up by well over a billion a week since the referendum. Or perhaps he does but just says what's convenient. (Personally I would rather we weren't pouring vast sums into the failing NHS but presumably Starmer thinks that's a good thing so should be pleased at what has happened.) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018052900316971011 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018052900316971011"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:04Z 97.3K followers, 31.3K engagements

"Another project fear campaign seems to be coming. Yes it's sensible to seek to discourage the EU from doing anything so silly (and breaching the TCA too). But no it's not sensible to suggest that such measures would mean we had to rejoin the single market and submit ourselves to laws in which we have no say. That would be much worse in the long run. EXCLUSIVE: The UK has become seriously concerned that more protectionist policies pursued by the EU could exclude British companies from its supply chains in key sectors derailing a reset in post-Brexit relations and costing firms billions of"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:51Z 97.3K followers, 17.9K engagements

"No one is against better relations with the EU. We largely face the same problems after all. But the EU seems to be able to imagine only one way of better relations with European states which is subordination to EU laws without any say in them. The world has changed since the [----] #Brexit vote. In response the UK & EU need to be more willing to change fundamental aspects of their post-Brexit relationship. New @CER_EU/ @KAS_UKIRL policy brief by @CER_IanBond Read here: https://t.co/2s12R7Ebnt https://t.co/Veb08WD747 The world has changed since the [----] #Brexit vote. In response the UK & EU"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, 58.4K engagements

"It's perfectly possible to improve trade in food (to the extent which it is a problem ie barely at all) by the EU changing its paperwork requirements. They will not do so and offer only one option: operating EU laws with no say in them"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"It's perfectly possible for us Europeans to have a strong defence without doing it through new EU institutions and mechanisms. But once again that is the only option the EU offers"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Our Europhile establishment is quite happy to echo this. They are trying to move us closer to the EU bit by bit and want to be able to argue "wouldn't it be better to be back in and get a say again" So repeated and damaging subordination suits them"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, 16.6K engagements

"As a country we really do need to recover some self-confidence and belief in our ability to govern ourselves again. Otherwise we are little by little going to see our national democracy and independence undone"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:28Z 97.3K followers, 12.3K engagements

"This is 100% correct from @WalkerMarcus. Allowing peers to strip their political opponents of their peerage (and right to vote in the Lords) is so obviously open to abuse I am shocked people are suggesting it. Allowing peers to strip their political opponents of their peerage (and right to vote in the Lords) is so obviously open to abuse I am shocked people are suggesting it"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:55Z 97.3K followers, 10.2K engagements

"That's right. ๐Ÿ‘‡ This is a shameful statement coming from the head of one of the leading universities in the whole world. Without Twitter it would have been impossible to properly dig the evidence of censorship in academia coalesce the contrarian voices in a field where reputations are a This is a shameful statement coming from the head of one of the leading universities in the whole world. Without Twitter it would have been impossible to properly dig the evidence of censorship in academia coalesce the contrarian voices in a field where reputations are a"
X Link 2026-02-05T10:04Z 97.3K followers, 14.8K engagements

"Quite. Is this the same Donald Tusk who never stopped lecturing us over Brexit This is ironic. Lecturing people is pretty much the only thing European politicians are good at. This is ironic. Lecturing people is pretty much the only thing European politicians are good at"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:10Z 97.3K followers, 18.6K engagements

""As Britains Leftist puritans enforce rationing America lives in abundance" I've written in the @Telegraph tonight about our establishment's refusal to adopt an abundance mentality and their fundamentally disdainful attitude to economic growth. ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e8f85378ba421711 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e8f85378ba421711"
X Link 2025-07-21T19:50Z 97.3K followers, 47.8K engagements

"Well done @JamesCleverly with this long overdue first step. We should soon go further though. The Foreign Secretary has launched a new crackdown on the SNP promoting independence abroad. James Cleverly has ordered the UKs Ambassadors to tell foreign governments to go through them to arrange SNP meetings to feed back to ministers on proposals and to sit in on talks. https://t.co/evBpsumfpe The Foreign Secretary has launched a new crackdown on the SNP promoting independence abroad. James Cleverly has ordered the UKs Ambassadors to tell foreign governments to go through them to arrange SNP"
X Link 2023-04-14T07:55Z 97.3K followers, 258.4K engagements

"Reeves is talking nonsense. The EU reset is being pursued for entirely political reasons. The Govt's own figures purport to show that its craven & unnecessary renegotiation will increase GDP growth by 0.02% annually - a 9bn increase in [--] years' time. A rounding error on a rounding error. To be balanced against the losses coming from accepting another party's regulations without any say in them the extra energy costs that come up with a higher carbon tax the direct fiscal cost of paying to be subject to EU rules and much else. Just as the so-called 4% hit to future productivity is nonsense so"
X Link 2025-10-21T11:16Z 97.3K followers, 32.4K engagements

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