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Giles Wilkes

Is all GDP created equal?

Scott Corfe of the Social Market Foundation* has with his team produced an eye-catching report about gambling regulation**. The major…

5 min readMar 10, 2021

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Giles Wilkes

The defeat of the Treasury must not be final

For most advisers toiling within government, the standard daily routine is simple: “wake up/go to work/try to do things/get told you can’t…

5 min readSep 30, 2019

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The defeat of the Treasury must not be final

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Giles Wilkes

Burke, and being against “the coercive authority of such instructions”

When I first heard the words “MPs don’t get to choose which votes to respect” (repeated loyally by the PM and Party Chairman) my first…

4 min readSep 1, 2019

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Burke, and being against “the coercive authority of such instructions”

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Giles Wilkes

Ian Mulheirn says UK housing is not a supply problem. No one can prove him wrong

(sorry, this has been public for a couple of days now on https://freethinkecon.wordpress.com/)

8 min readAug 26, 2019

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Ian Mulheirn says UK housing is not a supply problem. No one can prove him wrong

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Giles Wilkes

Time for macro-economics to get political once more

A former No10 colleague asked me recently: is there a definitive guide out there to how monetary and fiscal policy work together? What…

6 min readAug 21, 2019

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Time for macro-economics to get political once more

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Giles Wilkes

What’s your problem, it’s only two quid!

There are plenty of rubbish jobs, but surely none as daunting as the Treasury official tasked with telling a desperate new government what…

5 min readAug 16, 2019

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What’s your problem, it’s only two quid!

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Giles Wilkes

The voting system is driving our politicians mad

After the first big Brexit Postponement, the Euro elections and all that excitement, the day job in No10 became somewhat dull. There are…

5 min readAug 12, 2019

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The voting system is driving our politicians mad

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Giles Wilkes

Bad in theory, fine in practice: an insider account of the Energy Price Cap

Around midnight one early October I found myself in a Manchester hotel room, facing a furious Chancellor (in black tie) and his aides…

6 min readAug 9, 2019

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Bad in theory, fine in practice: an insider account of the Energy Price Cap

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Giles Wilkes

Who the hell put you in charge? On Spads and management

How to manage the abrupt disconnection of a 45 year commercial relationship? Why not “stick randomly appointed political hacks atop…

4 min readAug 6, 2019

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Who the hell put you in charge? On Spads and management

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Giles Wilkes

Sod the Overton Window

First, if you were wondering why the blogging has been light, a short recap…

5 min readAug 4, 2019

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Sod the Overton Window

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Giles Wilkes

Giles Wilkes

Recently finished thirty months in Downing Street advising on industrial strategy, energy, competition and more. Stints at the FT, the business department,etc

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