I live in EN10 which is one of the areas @MattHancock has identified for door-to-door testing. Will provide daily updates on how this is going!
Andrew Sentance Mon 01 Feb 2021 17:46

If ?@RishiSunak? is interested in tax reform, this might be a good starting point ... Link
Andrew Sentance Mon 01 Feb 2021 15:11

Problems in Northern Ireland with vaccine delivery and other supply chain issues highlight the inadequacies of the #Brexit agreement. Seems unlikely to be sustainable over the long-term. So what happens next? A united Ireland perhaps.
Andrew Sentance Sat 30 Jan 2021 09:49

Quick verdict on pandemic response - UK vs other EU countries. Germany, Scandinavia, etc have done better on controlling the virus. Otherwise, UK on a par with Fra,Spa, Ita, etc. UK has been good at protecting jobs and delivering vaccine - better than EU,
Andrew Sentance Fri 29 Jan 2021 18:43

The Spanish Flu (1918-2020) - which was the most recent global pandemic - lasted 2 years. We may cut 6 months or so off the duration of the #Covid pandemic with vaccines, but I expect it to run until the autumn before it blows itself out.
Andrew Sentance Fri 29 Jan 2021 17:58

Incredible how many vaccines are coming forward now. Even if their effectiveness varies, it will help protect us into the future.
Andrew Sentance Fri 29 Jan 2021 17:48

RT @richard_lewney: I was glad to contribute a chapter on 'Economic Policies to Save the Planet' in this book just published. https://t.co/…
Andrew Sentance Thu 28 Jan 2021 21:37

Candles are lit in our window to remember Holocaust Memorial Day. Let’s remember the victims of the WW2 Holocaust and all the families affected. And vow to prevent any future atrocities. https://t.co/aExZ3loICa
Andrew Sentance Wed 27 Jan 2021 18:34

Little known fact. Jonathan Van Tam - who appears frequently at gov’t #Coronavirus press briefings (eg today) - is the grandson of a former Prime Minister of Vietnam!
Andrew Sentance Wed 27 Jan 2021 17:29

RT @RAIL: @asentance @julianHjessop ‘State-contingent’ ?! FFS. Even that’s poorly expressed. The word ‘state’ in a ministers mouth immedi…
Andrew Sentance Tue 26 Jan 2021 09:08

RT @notayesmansecon: A better guide to unemployment in the UK comes from hours worked which rose by 10% to 980 million hours. However this…
Andrew Sentance Tue 26 Jan 2021 08:58

Can @ONS clarify UK labour market situation. LFS data shows a 550k drop in employment, whereas workforce jobs data shows a fall of nearly 1m. Payrolls down by over 800k but that excludes self-emp - down by around 500k. That means total employment down 1.3m. Which source is right?
Andrew Sentance Tue 26 Jan 2021 08:58

Matt Hancock is “Teflon Man” at #Coronavirus press conferences. He deflects and avoids questions - almost as badly as #Boris,
Andrew Sentance Mon 25 Jan 2021 17:37

Matt Hancock says at today’s press conference that he is looking for a “state-contingent rather than a time-contingent solution”. Most of the British public will@not have a clue what he is talking about!
Andrew Sentance Mon 25 Jan 2021 17:27

Snow continues to fall here in #Broxbourne Herts. If this continues we can build a snowman! https://t.co/RAnvXZBctv
Andrew Sentance Sun 24 Jan 2021 12:36

Snow arrives here in #Broxbourne, Herts https://t.co/KmJq3QmHw4
Andrew Sentance Sun 24 Jan 2021 11:26

RT @summerton_econ: One of the stars of our team in Hungary talks about her experiences in economics and working with us for the past few y…
Andrew Sentance Thu 21 Jan 2021 09:58

RT @CambridgeEcon: Senior Adviser @asentance shares some encouraging news for UK economic resilience coming out of the latest GDP and infla…
Andrew Sentance Wed 20 Jan 2021 17:32

England chasing 74 to win vs Sri Lanka in the first Test. Root should have opened with Bairstow and Buttler and tried to knock off 50 or so in the first 6-7 overs. Not greatly surprised that Sibley and Crawley were out cheaply. @bbctms @DMcWilliams_UK @PaddyBriggs
Andrew Sentance Sun 17 Jan 2021 11:44

RT @thevandykeparks: Martin Luther King was born Jan. 15, 1929, to reintroduce America to democratic principles. We do well to reconfirm th…
Andrew Sentance Fri 15 Jan 2021 16:57

RT @BBCHughPym: ONS weekly Covid infection survey will not be published today because of “delays getting test results back” - unfortunate g…
Andrew Sentance Fri 15 Jan 2021 16:37

RT @rboyle: Norwegian is shutting down its long-haul operations and will now focus only on short-haul. At the peak, they flew more seats to…
Andrew Sentance Fri 15 Jan 2021 16:22

RT @samueltombs: A reassuringly small 2.6% m/m drop in GDP in November (consensus was -4.6%, Pantheon -3.5%) shows that many businesses are…
Andrew Sentance Fri 15 Jan 2021 08:57

RT @rboyle: @asentance @bbc5live 33 minutes in, I think
Andrew Sentance Fri 15 Jan 2021 08:52

Learned something about the laws of cricket this morning watching ENGvSRI test match. If the batsman hits the ball and it subsequently hits the ground, he can’t be out even if the ball subsequently hits bat/glove and is caught.
Andrew Sentance Fri 15 Jan 2021 08:37