Sascha O'Sullivan
@saschaosullivan.bsky.social
I go through other big tax raising budgets & fiscal statements and pull out some golden rules to political surviving hiking taxes
Brown’s 2002 hike to national insurance
Sunak’s health and social care levy
Hunt’s freeze to income tax thresholds
Brown’s 2002 hike to national insurance
Sunak’s health and social care levy
Hunt’s freeze to income tax thresholds
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I go through other big tax raising budgets & fiscal statements and pull out some golden rules to political surviving hiking taxes
Brown’s 2002 hike to national insurance
Sunak’s health and social care levy
Hunt’s freeze to income tax thresholds
Brown’s 2002 hike to national insurance
Sunak’s health and social care levy
Hunt’s freeze to income tax thresholds
bonus content: Pat’s war with mice (for good reason)
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
bonus content: Pat’s war with mice (for good reason)
If you want to listen to more on the legal problems behind fixing Britain's migration ⬇️
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
Inside the fight to stop migrants crossing the Channel
Just this week, Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, has made a fresh effort to remove migrants arriving from the English Channel with the Government’s one-in-one-out agreement with France. S…
www.politico.eu
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you want to listen to more on the legal problems behind fixing Britain's migration ⬇️
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
There is lots to be looked at in terms of family reunification etc but the actual process of asylum claims in Denmark could be source of real inspiration. Keeping these decisions out of an (already stretched) court system
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is lots to be looked at in terms of family reunification etc but the actual process of asylum claims in Denmark could be source of real inspiration. Keeping these decisions out of an (already stretched) court system
Decisions are made by the Danish Immigration Service in the first instance, any appeals go onto the Danish Immigration Board.
And, according to the Board's own website: "Board decisions are not subject to judicial review". In other words - rarely do they end up in courts.
And, according to the Board's own website: "Board decisions are not subject to judicial review". In other words - rarely do they end up in courts.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Decisions are made by the Danish Immigration Service in the first instance, any appeals go onto the Danish Immigration Board.
And, according to the Board's own website: "Board decisions are not subject to judicial review". In other words - rarely do they end up in courts.
And, according to the Board's own website: "Board decisions are not subject to judicial review". In other words - rarely do they end up in courts.
Have a listen to my pod from earlier this year, esp about Greens Organise, the internal momentum-style group helping up membership numbers
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
Can Britain have a proper Green Party?
Zack Polanski, the self-confessed eco-populist, won the leadership of the Green Party in a landslide this week. So Westminster Insider Host Sascha O’Sullivan finds out why the Green Party hav…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Have a listen to my pod from earlier this year, esp about Greens Organise, the internal momentum-style group helping up membership numbers
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
www.politico.eu/podcast/west...
So obsessed with men listening to a robot more than any other woman in their life
October 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So obsessed with men listening to a robot more than any other woman in their life