Reform vowed to save "a lot of money" by abolishing "wasteful" spending in Kent. Instead they are going to put our taxes up!

With turnout at its lowest in two decades and public disengagement from politics deepening, Labour faces a critical challenge: how to reconnect with voters who are switching off. labourlist.org/2025/09/debo...

Incl. great books from @tomchivers.bsky.social @gelliottmorris.com @deborahmattinson.bsky.social and more!

Was fun chatting to Iain Dale last week…https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/iain-dale-all-talk/id1475913485?i=1000710198157

We @powertochange.org.uk had a fruitful discussion w/ @deborahmattinson.bsky.social, @mds49.bsky.social and Charlotte Hollins as we launched a new paper 'Closing the void' looking at the gap that's opened up between citizens and politics, and how we can rectify that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=deC2...

this is very awkward for Kemi Badenoch

Are you interested in how we can close the gap between people & power to restore trust in democracy? 📅 Join @joshwesterling.bsky.social, Charlotte Hollins @right-here.org, @deborahmattinson.bsky.social, @mds49.bsky.social & @nickplumb.bsky.social on Thurs. Sign up 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Bitter at the old politics, young Germans saw the far-right AfD as a revitalising tonic. How can the left get that taste out of their mouths? Asks @deborahmattinson.bsky.social & @claire-ainsley.bsky.social

A glimpse behind the scenes at the election that never was back in 2007…https://tr.ee/rNZwf7RQQQ

I’m thrilled and honoured to be asked by the Prime Minister to serve in the House of Lords. I’m very much looking forward to supporting the Government to bring his Plan for Change to life and work towards a fairer, more prosperous Britain

Some thoughts from our projecf for PPI on why the Dems lost and lessons for Labour from me and Claire Ainsley www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Interesting read by Peter Hyman on the need for urgent, decentralising reform to achieve Labour’s missions…https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-essay/2024/11/keir-starmer-must-remember-his-mission

Whenever Philip Gould or I - or better still both - joined a meeting, JP would say ‘eh up -here come the beautiful people!’ It was never more than friendly teasing. He was fun to work with, mission critical to Labour, his legacy is immense - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🗽 In London Playbook PM tonight ... how Kamala Harris lost the 2024 U.S. election to Donald Trump ... via @deborahmattinson.bsky.social and PPI www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...

This is a great listen - Claire Ainsley talking about what drove her work with Labour and now on the PPI’s centre left renewal project podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Hi there - a first post on this platform. Do please repost this message just in case anyone should want to find me here -- thank you...

This interesting take on what we can learn from the US election from my former colleague Peter Hyman is well worth your time thehttps://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/11/donald-trump-is-right-there-is-a-swamp-but-its-the-left-that-must-drain-it

Interesting interview with @deborahmattinson.bsky.social on the US election here open.spotify.com/episode/4Uir...

More here on PPI and my US trip www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Can Labour’s hero voter strategy work for Harris? Some thoughts from me and Claire Ainsley…

King’s Cross station

Surely this is an elaborate joke? Burglar sits down to read a book of Greek mythology. Full of stories about people ruined by their arrogance, complacency or being distracted at a crucial moment. And is thereby caught.

The latest polling on the UK riots from @yougov.bsky.social demonstrates how out of touch with public opinion many commentators (not to mention a lot of online discourse) are. There is little support for the view that sentences have been too harsh... quite the reverse, in fact.

Very rare opportunity - the Barrow Cadbury Trust are looking for a new CEO. A social justice charity and funder. (I have threaded to my earlier Birmingham tweets as their local funding has particularly focused on Birmingham) micro.green-park.co.uk/barrowcadbury/

Just giving this a try…