So… if your year on the dole involves lots of casual sex, do you get your benefits axed and front page coverage for your book?

3/ EU/UK proposed youth mobility treaty - text of proposed Council decision and explanatory memo

Note it would also include family reunion (not further detailed at this point). Dispute settlement system of the Brexit deal would apply (not the CJEU)
commission.europa.eu/publications/c…

Link here:

Jonathan Wilson, “Can Thomas Piketty Save Football?” Jonathan Wilson

unherd.com/2024/04/can-th…

Good thread here 👇. And, of course, it’s true not just of defence spending, but all elements of the tax and spend ‘offer’. We need to know what parties’ priorities are - not that they would do desirable things ‘when conditions allow’.

Latest from me: if the dishevelled, unhinged Conservative Party was someone you knew, you'd be worried about them
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Everyone connected with Wimbledon was deeply saddened to hear the news that our former manager, Joe Kinnear, has passed away.

A true legend of the Club, Joe gave us some amazing memories that we treasure.

Our deepest condolences go to his family at this difficult time 🕊️

Today's Times contains some very important, and illuminating, quotes on Rishi Sunak. I'm not always a huge fan of Tim Shipman's columns - they focus too much on the Westminster 'games' rather than policy - but this week's has some really useful nuggets. 🧵

Very dangerous Israeli escalation

Happy Easter! ✝️

Big news day for NZ Higher Ed. The research quality exercise (PBRF) 2026 cancelled, and an advisory group established to undertake wide ranging review of university and research effectiveness. tec.govt.nz/news-and-consu…

Conor Crummey : The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and the Judicial ‘Disapplication’ of Statutes ukconstitutionallaw.org/?p=15944

🔴Outsourcing and Our Hollowed-Out State: A Story of Dependency Without Delivery

Scratch the surface of just about any public service failure of recent years and outsourcing features as a key cause, writes Chris Grey 🇺🇦

bylinetimes.com/2024/03/27/out…

How long til Gullis joins his predecessor Lee Anderson in using the Deputy Chairmanship as a stepping stone to Reform?

I’d say a month.

Another widely respected Conservative MP announces they're leaving Parliament.

Halfon is the 63rd Tory MP to announce that they are stepping down at the election.

✍️ 'Last week’s Stormont vote was an important moment in the implementation of the Protocol/Windsor Framework.'

🚨 NEW: David Phinnemore unpacks the first test for one of the processes that gives the Northern Ireland Assembly a say on the Windsor Framework.

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-windsor-fr…

I like how ‘small-state’ Conservatives and the ‘small-state’ Labour Party don’t even hesitate before sounding off on the England kit.

Brexit Britain's ailing state. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The widespread sense that 'nothing works' in Britain has many causes, but Brexit has contributed by the ways it has overloaded the political and administrative capacity of the state: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/brexit…

The Commons rejected all Lords amendments on the Rwanda bill last night. This is actually relatively surprising. There was an expectation that the government would accept at least some of them.

'I want my country back': what's in a phrase? New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. A deep dive into what lies beneath what Lee Anderson says he and millions of others want, and how it relates to debates about extremism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/i-want…