Grateful for the chance to discuss private members' bills (usage, reform, etc) today at the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk - alongside @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social, @paulbrand.bsky.social, @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & Luke Norbury.
Recording here:
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/assist...
Around three-quarters of those who can vote in any contest on who succeeds Starmer are not Labour Party members
Focusing on centrism as a purported set of ideas ā a centre beyond left and right ā @karlpike.bsky.social offers a new theory of centrism as a structure for political action: a politics which oscillates between left and right. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/r8Nq38r
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polisky
And in this piece from @philipjcowley.bsky.social in the FT: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
There is a good summary of some of the work so far in this post from @mbarnfield.bsky.social
drmatthewbarnfield.substack.com/p/testing-th...
A write-up of the key findings and points made in this thread on my Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/drmatthe...
The way I see it, the argument that the publicās irrational impatience makes it ungovernable canāt be defended rigorously because it simply hasnāt been put to the test.
Philip Cowley
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Going to be a lot of talk about who in the coming days. True labour values compel us to ask what and why first. This is my piece for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on how we can again show our values lead our vision of the country Britain can be with Labour. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Karl Pike
Daniel Gover
Karl Pike
Even if the electorate is short-termist, it's hard to argue irrational public impatience is to blame for the prime minister's woes
Breaking: Jess Phillips resigns as safeguarding minister just ahead of the 1pm news bulletins
Stella Creasy MP
Matthew Barnfield
Is impatience killing the government? Some data and some thoughts.
@karlpike.bsky.social @philipjcowley.bsky.social and I found a year ago that people expected noticeable improvements in the NHS, schools, housing well within Labour's first parliament.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Jim Pickard
Matthew Barnfield
As an economist, former FT journalist and now Labour MP, l donāt think the bond markets have to fear a change of Labour leadership.
The biggest problem for gilt investors and MPs alike is inflation ā & it remains our common enemy. My @financialtimes.com op-ed š (1/5)
www.ft.com/content/2a64...
Mutual misunderstanding and panicky commentary mask a joint desire to see the UK economy doing better
Discussed ongoing research with @mbarnfield.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social on the BBCās Moral Maze yesterday evening - about what the āshort termā and the ālong termā mean in politics and policymaking.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
British voters have high expectations of politicians, who are afforded virtually no time to fix problems that have been decades in the making.
š New piece on the perils of chronic impatience šš»
Yuan Yang
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
