Luca Tiratelli
@lucatiratelli.bsky.social
Research & policy @ The King's Fund
| Own views | Health, devolution, climate change | He/him | All this from a slice of gabagool?
| Own views | Health, devolution, climate change | He/him | All this from a slice of gabagool?
An astute post I saw on the other place
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
An astute post I saw on the other place
Worth remembering as ever that within the life time of most of our political class, the 'whacky' idea of abolishing landlordism was cross party consensus
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Worth remembering as ever that within the life time of most of our political class, the 'whacky' idea of abolishing landlordism was cross party consensus
Surely there are some better arguments on the pro landlordism side of the debate than implying that if a landlord doesn't own the house, the house ceases to exist??
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Surely there are some better arguments on the pro landlordism side of the debate than implying that if a landlord doesn't own the house, the house ceases to exist??
November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The great thing about local government is that if local people don't like this, they can vote out their councillors.
There is no need for this kind of central government over reach.
There is no need for this kind of central government over reach.
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The great thing about local government is that if local people don't like this, they can vote out their councillors.
There is no need for this kind of central government over reach.
There is no need for this kind of central government over reach.
YIMBYs need to police their membership
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
YIMBYs need to police their membership
Is "we're going to start making erotica" what you'd announce if, in your heart of hearts, you believed you were running a company that was just about to invent super intelligence capable of solving any problem?
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Is "we're going to start making erotica" what you'd announce if, in your heart of hearts, you believed you were running a company that was just about to invent super intelligence capable of solving any problem?
It's striking how no one even defends the idea that this is a good way for societies to allocate resources anymore... and yet the system is under no threat whatsoever.
October 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It's striking how no one even defends the idea that this is a good way for societies to allocate resources anymore... and yet the system is under no threat whatsoever.
A little out of date now, but the numbers of people who will self describe as racist has always been quite high
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October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A little out of date now, but the numbers of people who will self describe as racist has always been quite high
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Thought this summed it up well
September 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thought this summed it up well
The only evidence that "Britons under 25 are being squeezed out of the workforce by mass migration" that the report from the CSJ actually presents is one quote from one person in one focus group.
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/wast...
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/wast...
August 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The only evidence that "Britons under 25 are being squeezed out of the workforce by mass migration" that the report from the CSJ actually presents is one quote from one person in one focus group.
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/wast...
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/wast...
If we taxed inheritance at 100% and split the proceeds between every adult in the UK as a sort of annual national inheritance payment, we'd each get about 2k a year.
Easiest way to get us on the road to UBI!
Easiest way to get us on the road to UBI!
August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If we taxed inheritance at 100% and split the proceeds between every adult in the UK as a sort of annual national inheritance payment, we'd each get about 2k a year.
Easiest way to get us on the road to UBI!
Easiest way to get us on the road to UBI!
The growth in the waiting list for autism diagnosis is pretty astonishing. The are now more than 211,000 people who have been waiting for over 13 weeks since referral.
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
August 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The growth in the waiting list for autism diagnosis is pretty astonishing. The are now more than 211,000 people who have been waiting for over 13 weeks since referral.
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...
We’ve had a decade of media discourse now that’s essentially been asking: what if we moved ourselves down this incredibly well established line?
August 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We’ve had a decade of media discourse now that’s essentially been asking: what if we moved ourselves down this incredibly well established line?
Can somebody please ask a politician what the public are supposed to *do* with this information? I, a responsible citizen, am told the ethnicity of a suspect. Now what? If nothing, then why do I need to know?
August 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Can somebody please ask a politician what the public are supposed to *do* with this information? I, a responsible citizen, am told the ethnicity of a suspect. Now what? If nothing, then why do I need to know?
A relatively good news story in NHS land is the declining workforce vacancy rate, and the decline in geographic inequalities in that rate.
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A relatively good news story in NHS land is the declining workforce vacancy rate, and the decline in geographic inequalities in that rate.
can’t help but think of this when I hear the abundance guys make their case. Okay so you’re in favour of there being more good things. Who are you arguing with here?
July 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
can’t help but think of this when I hear the abundance guys make their case. Okay so you’re in favour of there being more good things. Who are you arguing with here?
Because most people agree with the basic premise that “there are harms that can come with internet use” no one really is in the habit of pushing back against governments talking about regulation … but that might need to change!
July 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Because most people agree with the basic premise that “there are harms that can come with internet use” no one really is in the habit of pushing back against governments talking about regulation … but that might need to change!
It is correct that we only have an economy in order to provide human welfare
July 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It is correct that we only have an economy in order to provide human welfare