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Robert Colvile

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Robert Colvile

@rcolvile

Director of @CPSThinkTank, EIC of @CapX, Sunday columnist for @thetimes, author of 'The Great Acceleration'. Politics, policy and parenting.

London

Joined December 2008

Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Mar 4, 2022
Still early stages but I think I know who Time’s Person of the Year is going to be. Just a hunch.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Jun 17, 2025
That he has basic manners?
Conservatives
@Conservatives
Jun 17, 2025
Nothing summarises Keir Starmer on the world stage better than this image.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Jul 5, 2024
US: Stop the steal! March on the capitol! UK: Thank you to all my fellow candidates for the civilised fashion in which we fought the election, and to everyone here at Borsetshire Leisure Centre.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Dec 31, 2023
Absolutely peak Telegraph content, no notes
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Mar 29, 2025
Being anti-Heathrow but pro-Mirpur is quite the flex.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Sep 20, 2019
Today is climate strike day. Millions of people across the world, according to the organisers, will be marching to save the planet. But having dug into what they're actually marching for, I'm profoundly uneasy. So uneasy, in fact, that it's time for a THREAD.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Dec 4, 2019
I have now been sent the Labour dossier on their claim to save the average household £6,700. Even by the standards of modern politics, it is impossible to stress how bloody shoddy these numbers are and how quickly they fall apart. Thread follows, with occasional swearing.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Apr 4, 2025
Why is the BBC using 'reverts' rather than 'converts' here? I know the theological concept involved is that everyone is born Muslim, but they wouldn't use 'apostates' or 'heretics' in a story about Christianity...
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews
Apr 4, 2025
'Eid celebration can be lonely for Muslim reverts' bbc.in/43GwEyk
Readers added context
Use of the term "revert" instead of "convert" is controversial, since it implies someone is returning to a natural belief system (claimed by some Muslims to be Islam), rather than adopting one they have freely chosen. wikihow.com/Revert-Muslim#….
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Sep 16, 2025
GDP up: 1.2% Triple lock up: 4.7% Someone help me budget this my public finances are dying.
Martin Lewis
@MartinSLewis
Sep 16, 2025
NEWS. The State Pension is set to rise 4.7% next April. We know this as it is 'triple locked', ie rises by the higher of 2.5% or inflation or average earnings rise. The final figure has just come in, for earnings up to July and it's the highest of the three, at 4.7%. So based on
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Aug 19, 2022
I see Rishi has joined Liz in highlighting the scourge of solar panels on our precious farmland. We have 23 million acres of farmland. Even if we quintuple solar output (the govt's target), it would take up roughly 1/200th of it. Also you can usually still farm on the land!
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Jan 27, 2025
I know this is not a new point but the distribution of bank holidays in this country is insane.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Dec 11, 2018
Dear London taxi drivers, if you want to win your war with the 21st century, maybe stop using the phrase ‘Oh, you’re paying by card, are you?’ as though you’re being presented with mysterious spices from the East.
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Sep 27, 2025
This really is jaw-dropping (via @NeilDotObrien)
Robert Colvile
@rcolvile
Mar 13, 2025
It's very weird watching Labour just actually do so many of the things Tories whined privately that they couldn't.