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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Dec 5

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social · 3h

Nandy, whom I used to like listening to, has been very much off the boil since she's had a government job, but yes, she handled this well.

Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 9h

#Bbcpoliticslive Richard Holden MP denies shouting, madly like a bloke in a pub - whilst shouting madly like a bloke in a pub ..Lisa Nandy cool as a cucumber

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9h

Lib Dem's Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses to UK democracy after Tommy Robinson said Musk is paying for his legal fees

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Rob Massam 🔸 @rmassam.bsky.social · 9h

open.substack.com/pub/iratusur... yet again Rachel Reeves wants cut services but as the bear says those services have been cut to the bone already. Labour must realise this but will not do the inevitable. Join the SM & CU

The Ceaseless Snip-Snip-Snip of a Dying State

Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse - and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well.

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Tim Farron @timfarron.bsky.social · 5h

Creating local energy markets would make it easier for households and businesses to buy power from local, renewable sources.

This would make new community renewable energy businesses viable, helping to cut carbon emissions and potentially lower energy bills too.

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Rachel5742 @rachel4742.bsky.social · 5h

Interesting that it was the Libs, not the Greens, who majored on climate & green energy during their conference, along with Social Care.

#DumpTrump Foil #Farage Exit #Brexit

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 5h

There are two futures for UK energy:

Farage’s Trump-style Britain of high bills & climate chaos — or the Liberal Democrats plan, investing in the cheapest, cleanest sources of energy.

Let’s choose progress.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 9h

Elon Musk is stoking far-right extremism on our streets.

The Prime Minister should order a security assessment of the threat Musk poses to our democracy.

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social

#PMQs

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 5h

Really concerned to see Tommy Robinson launching a vile personal attack on the brilliant Daisy Cooper for asking about an important national security issue at PMQs. Very low.

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Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social · 4h

Mm, but why now? We've known all of this for quite a few years. In partitular why is Labour finally pointing to Brexit as a economic failure when they've been, at best, reluctant to do so previously? Have they woken up and smelled the coffee? It's as though they've been in a time warp...........

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12h

Brexit has been destructive to our economy, and has cost us £140 BILLIONS already.

Rachel Reeves: "The impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting."

Check out our Brexit cost tracker: https://www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 1d

There are 6,000 children trapped in illegal schools in England – many hidden behind claims of ‘part-time’ education. In reality, they’re confined to cramped rooms, forced to study scripture for hours each day. Donate today to stop this.

'Every child deserves the chance to explore the world through evidence and reason, not to be confined by dogma. Education should open minds, not close them.

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Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social · 13h

Labour has always been careful not to blame economic troubles on Brexit even though they clearly are. So why start to back off now? Are they finally accepting their former voters who have shipped out to Reform & who delivered Brexit for Johnson aren't coming back?

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Pete @countzerorepeat.bsky.social · 13h

Can't upset Farage's big money backers. The UK's media is largely made up of vain right-wing blowhards. Unfortunately, there are enough people with a serf like mindset to keep doffing caps and consuming whatever crap the media puts out.

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 14h

It’s time for the @libdems.org.uk to stop being timid about Brexit and start saying what they really believe. Millions are waiting for their lead.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 14h

“Does doing more trade with China outweigh bringing two alleged spies to justice?”

Did the UK government tank its own spy trial to protect China relations?

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-...

Did the government willingly collapse the China spy trial? | The News Agents

A spy case against two men accused of working for China has collapsed amid claims the government failed to provide crucial evidence. Now politicians are pointing fingers at each other - and questions…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social · 1d

No wonder Reform fight each other like ferrets in a sack. Working class former Labour & Tory supporters who used to utterly despise each other's politics and a party run by upper class wealthy former Conservatives. Who'd have thought they'd end up kicking lumps out of each other on local councils?

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 1d

It's going to take direct action to defeat what's happening.

Thank god the US/UK have people prepared to take to the streets.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social · 1d

Wringing of Labour's hands over Brexit will only be meaningful if it takes significant steps towards rejoining the EU. Anying else is yet more Starmer era window dressing.

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 1d

What took you so long?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2d

Nick Cohen's guest on the latest edition of his podcast The Lowdown is the novelist and historian James Hawes, who reminds us that history has shown that there are no lengths the Conservative Party will not go to in pursuit of power.

This is well worth a listen, and it's embedded in this blog post.

The Conservative Party: A warning from history

Nick Cohen's guest on the latest edition of his podcast The Lowdown is the novelist and historian James Hawes, who reminds us that history h...

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Tony Robertson @socialliberaltony.bsky.social · 2d

My latest blog posting - How Starmer's Labour Party 'Clegged' itself - socialliberaltonyrobertson.blogspot.com

Sefton Focus

Liberal, environmental, railways, cricket, politics and things you may not have heard about

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 2d

Don't believe the doubters who say the EU wouldn't want us back.
Not that the process would be easy or quick, but rejoining is a very real option that both sides would welcome & hugely benefit from.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed it ...
Barnier has said many times over the years that the door is always open for us to rejoin the EU. We'd lose the rebate we used to have, of course. But anything would be better than continuing our isolation and decline with Brexit.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 3d

Still cheesed off with the state of the UK after 15 years? Voting for angry people promising vague changes means you ARE the problem. #populism

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

That this isn’t self-evident is beyond me. Sections of the country seem caught up in Farage’s anti-incumbency snake oil and are ignoring the fact he helped create lasting damage then walked away from it before coming back to say what a mess everything is.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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