Will Dunn
@willdunn.bsky.social
Political sketch writer at the New Statesman.
As a crossword fan I'll just note that "Cris Tolomia" is an anagram of "I, Mr Lo-Cost AI"
Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 2d agoThe Quartz website now mainly produced by one reporter writing 50+ stories per day. Digital marketing expert Cris Tolomia appears to be making heavy use of AI. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
The story that Britain's 2nd-richest person “recently” fled UK taxes for Monaco -- which this week we showed is incorrect -- seems have been repeated everywhere. Including by a website whose offshore tax advice we scrutinised in a recent report: tinyurl.com/4wh78u8t 🧵
Do the voters of Holborn & St Pancras not understand the courage it takes to stand up (and then sit down again) and say, with trembling voice: "I abstain"? www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
credit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written
I wrote about why our politicians are obsessed with 1986 www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
Was Britain really better off in the 1980s?
Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage are obsessed with the decade for different reasons
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Kemi Badenoch in her speech yesterday claimed "“we spend more on benefits than we do in income tax”. This isn't true for the current financial year, or indeed for any of the years forecast by the OBR. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Kemi Badenoch wants to exempt the family home from inheritance tax. But that creates a perverse incentive for elderly people to *upsize* to save IHT. That could double the cost of the policy, and push £100bn+ from savings into housing. A 🧵 on bad tax cuts.
Still believe that HMRC getting inspectors to ensure the super rich are actually paying the taxes that they should will have a far more chilling effect on the billionaires than flag-flying about potential tax changes www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Billionaires Push Back After HMRC Seeks Tax Information
Some billionaires with UK tax obligations are pushing back against sweeping requests for information from local authorities seeking to map out their wealth and financial structures.
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Page 203 of Green Party's 2026 conference agenda describes the "forces aligned against our vision": "a global network" of collaborators in politics, business and the media, working on a "multi-decade strategy" to re-run the fascism of the 20th century.
Some tips on writing political slogans (Currently FREE to read!) www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
“Hope again” can be read as an imperative – quick, muster some more hope! – but it does also have the unfortunate ring of a party sighing to itself: “Hope, again?” @willdunn.bsky.social's sketch:
In Liverpool, the Labour party hopes for hope
Why can't we just swerve between rage and indifference?
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Great sketch from @willdunn.bsky.social as always, but I particularly enjoyed the observation that Healey looks like a butcher. He really, really does!
In Liverpool, the Labour Party hopes for hope
Why can't we just swerve between rage and indifference again?
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Nice to see a policy (the triple lock change) that doesn't involve punting the political cost down the road www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
Politics demands our chancellors take the blame for things they cannot control, writes @willdunn.bsky.social
Everyone is blaming John Healey for the stink in the room
Politics demands our chancellors take the blame for things they cannot control
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I went to Lib Dem conference and spaffed a month's pay on backbencher promotional merchandise www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Andy Burnham no longer suffers from imposter syndrome. A revealing moment from Tom McTague's in-depth interview with the PM, this week's New Statesman cover story: www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
Kemi Badenoch's claim here is bullshit. Either she doesn't understand the figure she's using, or she knows it's wrong, and is citing it anyway. Neither option looks great. Here's more detail on the claim: www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
Kemi Badenoch claimed at PMQs that a billionaire's departure meant that "every year, £330 million" in taxes would be lost. How does she know that? She doesn't: it was a claim made up from reading a couple of headlines and misinterpreting them. In more detail: www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
Kemi Badenoch's billionaire baloney
The Tory leader's claims about a fleeing billionaire don't stand up to the most basic scrutiny
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My family's claim to fame is that my uncle, who was a painter, did artwork for Iron Maiden. (Mostly stage sets I think; he also did sets for the Chippendales, and was told off for dancing along to their music during rehearsals.) Anyway, I think he would have liked this cover.
Are the doom-laden prophecies of AI experts sincere? Or are they a helpful distraction from the bad things AI companies are doing now? If AI companies believe in this risk, why can't they stop? Thank you to the 20+ people who helped me explore these questions for this week's New Statesman
The New Statesman@newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 4w agoWILL AI KILL US ALL? by @willdunn.bsky.social There has never been so much money in the apocalypse business. Read the cover story: www.newstatesman.com/busine...
WILL AI KILL US ALL? by @willdunn.bsky.social There has never been so much money in the apocalypse business. Read the cover story: www.newstatesman.com/busine...
ACTUally, it's a fiscal positive because it'll motivate dead people to work harder #economics
Ian Smith@iankmsmith.ft.com · 4w agowhat's another £9bn i guess www.dailymail.com/news/article...?
Lectures, finger-pointing and claiming the moral high ground: that's the true meaning of PMQs www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
