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Jun 30, 2020, 5 tweets

Will we get the equivalent of the Federal Arts Project to employ writers and artists?
thetimes.co.uk/article/new-de…

Guardian reports on Johnson’s “Rooseveltian” speech: theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

Anand Menon in The Guardian: ‘The notion that he’s going to turn himself into FDR seems absolutely fanciful....FDR surrounded himself with experts, and drew on what they had to say, in a way that Boris Johnson so far has not.’ #economicsfest

Robert Shrimsley points to the challenge Johnson’s FDR speech poses to Labour (and also the ‘huge chutzpah’ of the PM) and asks whether the oratory will trump delivery: on.ft.com/2VvVTiI #economicsfest

Gavin Kelly - @GavinJKelly1 - has an excellent piece today on whether the pandemic will be the trigger for fundamental change gavinkellyblog.com/talking-about-…:

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