Tom Arnold
Manchester-based policy analyst and researcher writing and thinking about regions, devolution, housing and infrastructure.
- This is a great piece on my old (now neighbouring) constituency.
- New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
- Another consideration for Labour is that the English Devolution Bill isn't law yet, which means a snap mayoral by-election could be under first past the post and not the preferential vote that will soon be reintroduced. That would likely favour Reform, if last May's elections are anything to go by.
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- This promo launching the new Hundred franchise is right up there with The Courteeners and ”we do things differently” for artificially Mancified cringe. youtu.be/CDpGgpbxIVc
- No one asked for it or cares, but here it is anyway - my favourite ten albums of 2025, in no particular order.
- Timeline cleanse: dog + rainbow.
- Very good news that Mayoral Strategic Authorities will be allowed to introduce tourist taxes. I feared government might seek to restrict how funds raised by a visitor levy would be used (e.g. only for transport or public safety), but the proposals are quite flexible. www.gov.uk/government/c...
