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Tom McTague

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Tom McTague

@TomMcTague

Editor in Chief of the New Statesman — Subscribe for just £2 for 2 months! secure.newstatesman.com/W5OXMAGN

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Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Feb 17
Quick, run! The paperback edition of my book — Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution — is available to pre-order for 25% off at Waterstones, now! The offer runs until midnight on Friday so BUY NOW! All you need to do is enter “FEB26” at the
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Aug 17, 2020
Did I imagine it or did a Russian oligarch’s son buy a British newspaper, make friends with the entire Conservative Party establishment, hand the editorship to a former chancellor and then a former PM’s sister in law, get enobled and then sack a third of its staff? Nah.
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Dec 20, 2021
Boris Johnson: I can announce we won’t hesitate to take action, but right now we are hesitating to take action.
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Sep 27, 2021
2012: Army called in: Olympics 2019: Army called in: Floods 2020: Army called in: COVID 2021: Army called in: Fuel crisis Calling the army is becoming a govt reflex, because it's one of the last tools of the state that reliably works. This isn't a good thing.
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Dec 23, 2020
In 2015, eurosceptics were a minority in parliament, Brexiteers an even smaller rump. In 5yrs they won a referendum, blocked soft Brexit, toppled a government, took over the Tory party, won a majority and negotiated a very hard Brexit (after paying an Ulster price). They won.
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Jan 15, 2021
Still don’t understand why we don’t force travellers into COVID quarantine hotels, like New Zealand and other countries. Wouldn’t it help struggling hotels as well as making enforcement easier and the country safer?
Harry Cole
@MrHarryCole
Jan 15, 2021
NEW: Boris Johnson closes all travel corridors from 0400 Monday.
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Jul 7, 2022
Britain needs a prime minister who understands the scale of the problem they face. He or she will take over a relatively poor country, in comparative decline, divided in international law, and without an obvious strategy to get rich again. More weapons to Ukraine won’t cut it.
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Oct 14, 2022
Britain was once a rich country, seemingly well governed. Today it is very clearly not. It is a poor country, badly governed. In trying to reverse this reality, Truss has made it visible for all to see—because her premiership is a symptom of this very fact
The Liz Truss Travesty Becomes Britain’s Humiliation
From theatlantic.com
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Feb 15, 2021
Steve Baker tells Radio 4 important national decisions should only be made after careful, Treasury led, cost-benefit analyses that are made public 🧐
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Jun 30, 2022
Replying to @TomMcTague
And all because he parked in the wrong place. I don’t know the man, or the full story, but for some reason found it gutting—as well as appallingly revealing, somehow capturing the cold corporatist world we have created where everyone is empowered but no one has any power. 3/3
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Mar 12, 2020
Clearly the experts advising the govt might be getting this wrong, I have no idea, but it still amazes me to watch people who know *nothing* about coronavirus, public health, pandemics or anything else relevant so absolutely sure they know best, that X or Y must be done
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Jun 7, 2021
NEW: I’ve spent the last few months in and out of No.10 speaking to the PM and his team, trying to get a grip on who he is and what he’s trying to do for this month’s @TheAtlantic cover. Read my profile of this most elusive and formidable storytellers👇1/
The Minister of Chaos
From theatlantic.com
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Apr 13, 2023
This stuff is just wrong. Biden has already been to Britain 3 times. He didn’t put a foot wrong in NI, has always been diplomatic on the protocol—& created Aukus! He’s Irish American & is entitled to celebrate it. In policy terms, he’s been a solid UK ally
Joe Biden has gravely insulted Britain
From telegraph.co.uk
Tom McTague
@TomMcTague
Dec 23, 2020
BREAKING: SOURCES V FAR FROM UK PM TELL ME THE FRENCHIES HAVE FOLDED ON ALL THE SECRETLY IMPORTANT STUFF AND IT’S A BLOODY FANTABULOUS DEAL FOR OL’ BULLDOG BLIGHTY.