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Aug 22, 2019 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
New from the SMF: Seaside towns are falling further behind: average wages there are now £4,700 lower than the rest of the UK. In 32 coastal areas, the economy is still smaller than before the 2007 crisis. #coastal
A new report, "Falling off a cliff" by @ScottCorfe shows how coastal areas are falling further behind, in terms of wealth and health: people in coastal areas die earlier than those elsewhere. smf.co.uk/publications/f… Image
In the early 2000s there was no significant life expectancy gap for men born in coastal communities. But those born today can now expect to live half a year less than those in other parts of the country.
Non-coastal women have a life-expectancy at birth of 83 years. For coastal community women, it is 82.6 years, a difference of almost five months. Life expectancy among coastal women is *falling*.
Brexit: of the 32 coastal areas that still haven't recovered from the 2007/8 crisis, 24 had a majority of Leave voters in 2016. Full list here: Image
A big issue for coastal communities is access to good jobs. Simply, most coastal people are too far away from good work. Some of that is because the jobs aren't there, some of it down to poor transport links. Image
Coastal people also have to go much further to access public services. Image
What can policymakers do to help? 1) More devolution: after the Northern Powerhouse, time for a Coastal Colossus? 2) Tax incentives for employers to set up by the sea 3) The HS2 review should have particular focus on coastal connections.
For the full report, see here: smf.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

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Jun 28, 2022
Britain is running out of babies. That means trouble ahead for schools (get ready for closures), labour markets (UK will need ⬆️ immigration) + maybe social cohesion.
= We need to talk about why people are having fewer/no children. 1/
@SMFthinktank 's @ScottCorfe + @aveek18 have written thoughtfully about policy on birthrates here: smf.co.uk/wp-content/upl… 2/
+ here's a column from me:
thetimes.co.uk/article/britai… 3/
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Dec 1, 2021
Self-referential thread. ⬇️ Several women asked me good questions about this tweet. Those Qs made me think, and deserve answers. My attempt to do that is below.⬇️
1 What surprised me? The reported age range. For experience of abusive behaviour to be so commonplace at 8, 9, 10 (and younger) is an even grimmer picture than I’d expected.
2 (that’s not to say that abuse of girls older than that is any less awful. I’m just describing the reports that surprised me.)
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Aug 27, 2021
Am I wrong about this? Would you like to write about why - and have me publish it? Get in touch. I’d like to publish a collection of essays at @smfthinktank on the state and future of general practice. Details in next tweet:

thetimes.co.uk/article/f154c4…
Essays can be as rude as you like about me as long as they’re interesting and no more than 1050w. Ideally they’d explain how to 1 increase full-time working 2 get more GPs to deprived areas. /...
But I’m not prescriptive: if you just want to write about the reality of the job, that’s great.
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If you’d like to discuss, email me on james(@)smf.co.uk. Though I’m away for a few days so might reply slowly.
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Aug 10, 2021
230,000 students got Btec results today, though you’d barely know it from the BBC. Vocational qualifications get fewer than 100 words of coverage in the top 4 A-level fixated stories here. Contemptuous, and revealing. /.... ImageImage
No time to write my annual column pleading for more attention for Btec students. So here’s the 2019 edition:

spectator.co.uk/article/a-leve…
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Jul 19, 2021
Ever find yourself thinkIng “Hmm, this trans debate is so complicated - I just don’t know who’s right”?
Well here’s a tip: the people sending death threats to a women who survived domestic abuse because she *said something* they didn’t like - those aren’t the good guys.
+ Never doubt that this abuse comes because JKR is female. Every man who enters this debate can tell the same story: we get a tiny fraction of the hostility and threats directed at women who make the same points.

thetimes.co.uk/article/dabeb9…
++ No, this isn’t a “right-wing” thing. JKR, like many women who question transgenderism, is on the left.
What’s more likely?
1) left-wing women made a secret pact with the US Christian Right
2) these women are just genuinely concerned for their rights
spectator.co.uk/article/jk-row…
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Dec 7, 2020
I disagree very strongly with Owen Jones about several issues. But it seems we largely agree about part of the Brexit debate. I think this is worth highlighting because it shows something important that we often seem to forget these days... 1/
It is possible for two people to agree about some things and disagree about others. We don't have to seek the total defeat and discredit of those who disagree with us about something. We don't have to divide the world into our side and their side. 2/
Owen Jones and I have exchanged harsh words about sex and gender. I think he's wrong on that topic and has written things that are extremely regrettable. No doubt he'd say the same about me. But I don't think he's a bad person; if I did, how could I agree with him on Brexit? 3/
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