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Chris Giles
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Financial Times Economics Commentator; Honorary Professor of Practice, UCL Policy Lab Sign up to my newsletter in the link below
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    Chris Giles
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    May 28, 2020
    Sufficient data worldwide now exists to conclude that, to date, the UK has the highest rate of excess deaths in the Coronavirus pandemic in the world Free to read article with @jburnmurdoch 1/
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    UK suffers second-highest death rate from coronavirus | Free to read
    From ft.com
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    Chris Giles
    @ChrisGiles_
    Sep 28, 2022
    This is......bad
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    Chris Giles
    @ChrisGiles_
    Apr 22, 2020
    NEW: The excess UK deaths linked to coronavirus are likely to be around 41,000 as of yesterday, not the 17,337 of the hospital deaths announcements Here is the explanation for that estimate, which I will update daily 1/
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    Chris Giles
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    Aug 18, 2022
    Guess which type of school most fiddled A-level grades when they graded themselves? Hint: the colour in the chart A* edition 1/
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    Chris Giles
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    Aug 31, 2022
    Welcome to the UK Border Force just detained my 17-yr old daughter at the Gard du Nord because she was travelling on her German passport (she's a dual national) I am furious
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    Chris Giles
    @ChrisGiles_
    May 26, 2024
    Reader suggestion to expand the national service idea
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    Chris Giles
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    Oct 3, 2022
    One thing @KwasiKwarteng said on the radio this morning "No chancellor has trailed their Budget with the OBR before announcing it..." This is false - chancellors always do this so OBR can produce a forecast Ask @George_Osborne @PhilipHammondUK @sajidjavid @RishiSunak
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    Chris Giles
    @ChrisGiles_
    Sep 24, 2019
    The @FinancialTimes never* calls for heads to roll in editorials. It is a policy* ft.com/content/2b2176… * broken today
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    Chris Giles
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    Jul 17, 2022
    Some maths A 5% public sector wage increase would cost about £7bn more than in the public sector plans The candidates worried this was inflationary It is a fraction of their tax cuts, which they think aren’t inflationary (Excluding Sunak) The maths doesn’t work #itvdebate
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    Chris Giles
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    Sep 29, 2017
    Thanks #Brexit
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    Chris Giles
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    Sep 6, 2019
    Extraordinary nonsense
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    Sep 6, 2019
    Boris Johnson thinks a free trade deal with the USA could allow us to keep their beef out of our markets while enabling us to sell into theirs. 🤷‍♂️
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    Chris Giles
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    Aug 31, 2022
    Replying to @ChrisGiles_
    Update: She is now through... UK border force said she should have both passports (never happened before) and asked why she was travelling on her German one "Because of Brexit" was the obvious and correct reply Honestly - we don't help ourselves sometimes
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    Chris Giles
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    Sep 30, 2022
    This meeting between @trussliz, @KwasiKwarteng and @OBR_UK is not remotely normal Normal is one face-to-face meeting just before the Budget (otherwise email exchanges) This looks like ministers wielding the thumbscrews to an independent economic institution Not a good look
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    Chris Giles
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    Dec 18, 2017
    Before the UK leaves the EU... After 15 months of data... Brexit has cost Britain roughly... £350m a week ft.com/content/e3b292… via @FT
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    The real price of Brexit begins to emerge
    From ft.com
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