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    Mar 19, 2025
    This is what we believe.
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Jul 29, 2025
    For years, the Adam Smith Institute has called out how terrible the Online Safety Act is. With Peter Kyle’s shortsighted comments today, we think the government should go further and REPEAL the Online Safety Act. Why? It does not keep children safe, and endangers everyone
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Sep 18, 2025
    Did you know that the CEO of Motability is paid a total pay package of £748,000? 💸 That’s for running a service that wastes taxpayer money buying brand-new luxury vehicles. If we’re serious about fixing public finances, we need serious welfare reform.
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    May 28, 2020
    Hong Kong’s freedom is being extinguished. The UK must not turn her back on British nationals in need. We are reiterating our decades-long call that Hong Kongers be given residency rights in the UK. RT & tag your MP to show support.
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Apr 1, 2025
    We are delighted to welcome @garyseconomics as a Senior Fellow!
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Jul 14, 2018
    | ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. |____________| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || /   づ
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Jun 15, 2018
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Sep 11, 2025
    Last year, Motability cost more than the entire school maintenance and repairs budget. How did Motability, a government-backed scheme to improve the mobility of disabled people, become so expensive? A 🧵.
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Jun 24, 2020
    "It is not an exaggeration to say that today might be my last chance to speak in public as a free man... Hong Kong is now again at a crossroad." @joshuawongcf on the ASI's Hong Kong webinar.
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    Aug 4, 2023
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    Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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    Aug 3, 2023
    I’m calling for rent controls in London so that private tenants won’t have to live with the fear of their rents rising by unpredictable amounts, at a time of their landlord’s choosing.
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Sep 15, 2021
    ...and everybody else too, far too much. The tax burden is higher than it has been since 1995! adamsmith.org/news/happy-tax…
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Nov 25, 2020
    "(1) The right of any person, and of the people, to freedom of speech shall not be violated by the state." - ASI Legal Fellow @prestonjbyrne's draft UK Free Speech Act. Read more: adamsmith.org/blog/draft-tex…
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    Adam Smith Institute
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    Jul 9, 2025
    Roses are red, Violets are blue, Abolish the triple lock, And Motability too!
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