Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government
Alex Thomas
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Policy changes create winners and losers
It’s a truism that losers complain more than winners are grateful
But we’re on a ludicrous path if those who lose out from policy decisions demand and then get compensation
That’s a recipe for nothing being decided ever
Burnham said they deserve “some” recompense, fairly leaving a politician’s wiggle room
Would suggest the recompense is a series of free open meetings about balancing trade-offs in a resource constrained environment
Only a few months since we tapped into Alex’s wisdom on our podcast
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This is such sad news
He was a good man, kind and generous to all of us in sometimes difficult times
And even more importantly for the country, an outstanding & skilled public servant, as we all saw after he left MI6
Rest In Peace
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PODCAST 🎙️Protests, politics and the killing of Henry Nowak
@dannyshaw.bsky.social joins us on Inside Briefing to discuss a fraught week for the police and for politics.
PLUS: The Mandelson files and the use of WhatsApp in Westminster www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
A new piece from @hannahkeenan.bsky.social and me on Danny Kruger’s plans for the centre of government under Reform UK
Some useful proposals, some mistakes, but based on a fundamental misdiagnosis
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/dann...
PODCAST 🎙️ The way you Makerfield
@luketryl.bsky.social joins @alexgathomas.bsky.social @hannahkeenan.bsky.social ahead of the Makerfield by-election.
PLUS: Burnham/Starmer transition of power. And @cassiarowland.bsky.social on Badenoch's IfG speech
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