Matthew Lesh ✓
@matthewlesh · London · joined 16 Jul 2008
Director, Freshwater Strategy. Public Policy Fellow, @iealondon. Columnist, @CityAM. Fellow, @ASI. Author, https://t.co/r9rMd4nOy1.
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@matthewlesh @CityAM @tweetfreshwater Wait for the budget tax rises also the bond markets are about to go on strike.
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@CityAM @tweetfreshwater The results are written up in today's @CityAM by @MauricioFCA_:
https://t.co/NRIAvij7Lr
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@CityAM @tweetfreshwater Poll trends show Labour enjoying a Burnham honeymoon, while Reform's vote has shrunk since its high six months ago; the Tory recovery has been limited; the Green Party has struggled, while the Liberal Democrats have been in slower decline. https://t.co/3s
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🚨| NEW: Labour overtakes Reform in latest @CityAM / @tweetfreshwater Poll:
Labour: 26% (+3)
Reform: 25% (-1)
Conservatives: 20% (-3)
Liberal Democrats: 11% (+2)
Green Party: 11% (+1)
SNP: 2% (-)
Other: 4% (-)
n=1,249, 4-6 Sep, changes w/ 7-10 Aug
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This is awesome, we are living in the future.
In the not too distant future driverless taxis will be considered entirely normal and mundane. But, for now at least, they’re magical.
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You can feel that when he’s saying “I could reel off many” he’s struggling to remember a single one to name
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Ever wondered what Andy Burnham's favourite London pub is?
In an exclusive interview with The Standard's Nic Cecil and Luke Reevey, the Prime Minister admits the capital's establishments may 'be better than the North'.
#andyburnham #ukpolitics #london #londonpubs #londonlife ht
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For all the social media razzle dazzle, the soaring rhetoric, and a ‘vibe shift’ among the public, there’s not yet been much of a policy shift under Burnham.
“Apart from him playing the guitar, where’s the change of direction?” one Starmerite quipped to The Times this weekend. h
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Andy Burnham is, at least to date, proving to be a more moderate prime minister than anticipated. Not too long ago, he promised to end ‘40 years of neoliberalism’.
On his first full day in office, he cut VAT on electricity bills to zero, saving households £45 annually. On his
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*Inflation has been 80% (or prices have risen by 80%)
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@matthewlesh usual nonsense .the red bits are all services and/ or controlled by the government or should be. the green bits are mainly crap made in china. If power is highly regulated how have they increased their profits so much. the fact is they should be regulated more.
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Learn more by checking out my @iealondon briefing paper out today: https://t.co/D9msqXyRXf
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Other factors have contributed to price changes – such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the difference between tradable and non-tradeable goods – but these cannot fully explain the scale of price increases across the economy.
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Studies have found that a 10% increase in regulation is associated with a 0.7% increase in prices, 2.5% increase in the poverty rate and 0.5% increase in income inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient. https://t.co/ApfpW7u76i
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Housing, childcare, and energy production have been restricted through measures like planning regulations, mandatory staff-child ratios, and decarbonisation policies. https://t.co/2mgvFXim4u
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Regulation is often created with the best intentions and can be entirely justified when it tackles specific harms, such as correcting negative externalities.
Overregulation, however, can increase prices by erecting barriers to new competitors and innovative ideas.
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🚨📈📉 NEW GRAPH: Inflation has risen by 80% since 2000.
Highly regulated products like 💡 electricity, 🏘️ housing, and 👪 childcare have had rapid price increases.
But... competitive and innovative markets like 📷cameras,👗 clothing, 🐻 toys have had price decreases. https://t.co/wsw
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Im Vergleich zu Konten gleicher Größe
9 Beiträge aus den letzten 90 Tagen, verglichen mit der Größenklasse 10K–100K Follower. wird weit gezeigt, aber nur wenige dieser Zuschauer reagieren.
Medianaufrufe1 018dieses Konto956Median für 10K–100K
Reichweite, %7.33%dieses Konto3.36%Median für 10K–100K
Interaktion, %0.69%dieses Konto1.90%Median für 10K–100K
| Kennzahl | Dieses Konto | Median für 10K–100K | Verhältnis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medianaufrufe pro Beitrag | 1 018 | 956 | 1.06× |
| Reichweite (Aufrufe ÷ Follower) | 7.33% | 3.36% | 2.18× |
| Interaktionsrate | 0.69% | 1.90% | 0.36× |
Weitere Konten dieser Größe → Mit einem anderen Konto vergleichen → Wie diese Vergleichswerte entstehen →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
5.5K22 Feb
4.9K
5.3K
2.1K
4.2K
1K30 Aug
458
406.1K3 Sep
1.6K
3.2K4 Sep
17.8K8 Sep
887
646
228
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.09%22 Feb
0.62%
0.56%
2.32%
0.57%
1.08%30 Aug
0.44%
0.10%3 Sep
0.69%
0.76%4 Sep
1.95%8 Sep
0.56%
0.31%
2.19%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.90%.
What the audience does
Likes54.2%1 681 in total
Reposts14.8%459 in total
Replies14.5%451 in total
Quotes7.4%228 in total
Bookmarks9.1%282 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
Followers by day
6 Sep
Daily snapshots since 06 Sep 2026; the dashed line is the starting count.
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