Stephen Bush @stephenkb
Associate editor and columnist @FinancialTimes. Tweet about politics, policy, culture, nerd stuff. Tongue mostly in cheek. Get my newsletter here 👇 Ft.com/tryinsidepolit… London Joined May 2010-
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Terrific piece on whether the UK has a sick note culture: ft.com/content/931940…
I should add... Inside Politics and the Political Fix pod are hosting a post-locals live webinar on British politics on May 8 You can submit your hardest questions on politics/policy to @stephenkb @GeorgeWParker @CamCavendish and me Sign up here ✅ uk-election.live.ft.com
Starmer faces a tough decision on defence - either to match Sunak's spending pledge & box himself in if Labour wins election... Or hold firm, but create a helpful dividing line for the Tories... My Inside Politics newsletter, in @stephenkb's absence 👇 ft.com/content/645534…
⚡️Latest Political Fix episode has just dropped!⚡️ This week we’re talking prime ministers’ legacies: Sunak, Truss & Brown Plus, is it right to allow MPs a free vote on public health measures? Stellar @FT pod line-up: @stephenkb @greenmiranda @henrymance & @GeorgeWParker 📻🎧
Terrific Lunch with the FT by @GeorgeWParker this week: ft.com/content/8e0046…
This is really rather good from @stephenkb on incompetence. ft.com/content/12ef8c…
Some brief thoughts on what this means for the policy effectiveness and political durability of Sunak’s phased smoking ban: ft.com/content/bf31dd…
Some brief thoughts on what this means for the policy effectiveness and political durability of Sunak’s phased smoking ban: ft.com/content/bf31dd…
Now not all that much difference between the proportion of adults who tell the ONS they smoke (12.9 per cent) and the proportion who admit they take some form of illegal substance (9.5 per cent). More on this in tomorrow's newsletter, try free at ft.com/tryinsidepolit…
Eye-popping story from @billykenber this: thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
Dividing Lines by @thhamilton is always worth your time: dividinglines.substack.com/p/agent-truss
Really enjoying @NotThatBigIan’s “Screwed” - a great account of UK prisons - out 25 April from @BitebackPub and really worth your time.
Terrific piece on the BJP’s election machine by @b_parkyn, @JohnReedwrites and @jyots43: ft.com/content/d5a1df…
Think the stuff about the scale of the rebellion against Rishi Sunak is overstated (not least as it was a free vote) and misses how much the Conservative party has shifted towards anti-smoking positions: ft.com/content/38abc3…
Think some of the coverage of tonight’s vote is a bit too mired in the (IMO correct) “Rishi Sunak, limited prime minister who is heading to defeat” meta-take. Tonight’s rebellion isn’t that large, comparatively speaking. More tomorrow: ft.com/tryinsidepolit…
This is really good by @stephenkb See also NHS poor communication. Not a bug but a feature of rationing in some cases at least. on.ft.com/4cQFThk
This is true and it strikes me far too close to home
This is true and it strikes me far too close to home https://t.co/ctiAx9vC6O
Typically thought-provoking piece by @stephenkb on governmental incompetence as 'a backdoor mechanism for cost control' ft.com/content/12ef8c… via @FT
Incompetence is understudied. My column in today’s FT on why that’s a problem: ft.com/content/12ef8c…
The growing sense of horror that there is no real alternative but to write about the UK's Rwanda policy again in today's newsletter. Sign up now to try me at my most irritable and jaundiced, for free: ft.com/tryinsidepolit…
Terrific piece on Iran's attack and what Tehran is thinking: ft.com/content/0f2a35…
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@stephenkb @brendannickg You can be sure the outer london white elderly range rover driving gammonati will turn out in their droves, but there is little to motivate centre left voters, as Khan is not popular and has been there for 8 years, but Susan is the Trump candidate, a normal Tory could have won
Nervous @stephenkb ?
London Mayoral Voting Intention: Khan (LAB): 46% (-3) Hall (CON): 27% (+3) Garbett (GRN): 9% (=) Blackie (LRM): 8% (=) Cox (RFM): 6% (-1) Others: 4% (=) Via @YouGov, 9-17 Apr. Changes w/ 12-19 Feb.
@stephenkb @brendannickg I think you will be proved correct. Shaun Bailey final result was very close indeed with low turnout amongst Labour voters. Same thing will happen as Khan is not popular, but this poll may help him as the prospect of a racist thicko as Mayor will motivate the base to turnout
@stephenkb We both know the real test is if either of his daughters ever smokes…
@stephenkb @DavidDPaxton @twlldun would sir care for a feeble Fleetwood Mac joke?
@twlldun Also, ‘hearing rumours’. On Twitter that’s an instant ‘I made it up’.
(The average age of a Glastonbury festival goer is 39)
Hearing rumours that a GE may be called in late June to coincide with Glastonbury week. Potentially, 300,000, mainly young voters, might not get to vote. Another Tory ploy?
@stephenkb @BitebackPub Ah yes - pull up a sandbag. 😂
@stephenkb god yeah just seen the 2006 act was too. clown country
@stephenkb That pro-smoking meeting at Tory Conference used to be right in the middle of the poshest venue , with Joe Jackson or Hockney puffing away. Last time I went it was a long way from Conference centre. However, pro-Vaping Conference meetings (giving out free Vapes) are now common.
@stephenkb I think the bigger story re: the rebellion was the fact that he had to have a free vote at all. That's usually for things like abortion or religion, true matters of conscience, not your landmark health policy
@stephenkb Meant it. Been thinking about it all day.
@resourcefulco @stephenkb But as Stephen points out there is little to no incentive for NHS managers to address this incompetence- quite the opposite.
@elliottengage @stephenkb It does to seem to be part of their KPIs, so let’s make it so. Eg if you have a test, often you don’t get informed of the result if it’s normal - but you don’t know how long to wait, or whether it’s slipped through. So just give the results anyway - no cost if done digitally.
@stephenkb I wondered if you’d seen it yet. I watched it on Saturday and came away thinking “I never thought I’d feel so sad about a story about a robot and a dog.”
@stephenkb I’ve not looked at prudence in ages. It is very pleasing to see the advice is still hilariously bad. Someone is an arsehole to an animal and is happy to do this in front of people there is no greater red flag.
@stephenkb Not least because this is not fear, this is active malice.
@JonnElledge @stephenkb I'm so pleased that other people find Slate's advice column borderline unhinged
@stephenkb you years'-long fury towards this column remains one of my favourite things on twitter
@stephenkb Yep. Cat is suddenly going to be hurt and that guy will then go on to hurt one or both of the flatmates.
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