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...
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 public’s irrational impatience makes it ungovernable can’t be defended rigorously because it simply hasn’t been put to the test.
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...
Latest piece for the @financialtimes.com, on who gets to vote for a new Labour Prime Minister
www.ft.com/content/d2d9...
Focusing on centrism as a purported set of ideas – a centre beyond left and right – @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
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
Stephen Bush
Daniel Gover
Matthew Barnfield
Stella Creasy MP
Great article here from @yuanfenyang.bsky.social
Philip Cowley
Political Studies
Karl Pike
And in this piece from @philipjcowley.bsky.social in the FT: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Discussed ongoing research with @mbarnfield.bsky.social and @philipjcowley.bsky.social on the BBC’s Moral Maze yesterday evening - about what the ‘short term’ and the ‘long term’ mean in politics and policymaking.
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Karl Pike
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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Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
An expert panel drew on lessons from the recent assisted dying bill and other PMBs to consider how backbench MPs should approach complex issues.
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British voters have high expectations of politicians, who are afforded virtually no time to fix problems that have been decades in the making.
📝 New piece on the perils of chronic impatience 👇🏻
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As an economist, former FT journalist and now Labour MP, l don’t think the bond markets have to fear a change of Labour leadership.
The biggest problem for gilt investors and MPs alike is inflation – & it remains our common enemy. My @financialtimes.com op-ed 👇 (1/5)
www.ft.com/content/2a64...
Mutual misunderstanding and panicky commentary mask a joint desire to see the UK economy doing better
