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Tom Wainwright
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Tech and media editor @TheEconomist. Previously Britain ed, Mexico correspondent. Author of Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel. On Threads at wainwright.tom
Apr 23, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
New longish read by me on how the BBC may be saved by covid but then killed by demography economist.com/britain/2020/0… BBC execs chipper about how the crisis is showing off all the great stuff it can do, from Bitesize to local radio. One compares the public warmth towards it to that towards the NHS Image
Apr 17, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Small pro-Remain parties and their supporters seem to think that proportional representation will stop the Remain vote being split in the Euro elections. They're wrong. A mini thread: The “superior system” used in EU elections means splitting the vote “does not arise”, says a Change UK MP. PR “means every vote counts and every vote can make a difference,” says a Green spokesman. These are big misunderstandings