Alan White
@aljwhite.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of @politicshome.bsky.social and @thehousemag.bsky.social. Exhausted.
Fascinating @matildamartin.bsky.social read: Could Andy Burnham Be About To Reform The Student Loan System? www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Could Andy Burnham Be About To Reform The Student Loan System?
A Labour government under Andy Burnham could scrap the student loan system and replace it with a graduate tax or stepped repayment system.
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Sometimes you get the timing of a reporting trip just right... www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Has Nigel Farage Won Over The Voters Of Clacton?
Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP, triggering a by-election in Clacton in which he says he will stand. How do the locals feel about him after his ...
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A great piece from us on young people's despair over AI and whether govt is doing enough to help www.politicshome.com/news/article...
'It Is Just Demoralising': Young People's Despair Over AI And What To Do About It
Ministers insist they are tackling youth unemployment, but is AI transforming the world of work too quickly for government to keep up? Zoe Crowther...
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A great piece by Noah Vickers on Reform's plans to get rid of the Equality Act, a move that it seems could have rather amusing unintended consequences for them www.politicshome.com/news/article...
'The Consensus Is Being Challenged': Inside Reform's Plans To Scrap The Equality Act
Reform UK’s promise to scrap the Equality Act has raised questions about what will replace it. At the same time, Labour is under pressure from its ...
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"There is obviously a particular irony that groups producing anti-Muslim content are run by Muslims themselves, but we are seeing these groups being run globally." www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Thousands Join Pro-Restore Britain Facebook Groups Run From Pakistan And Bangladesh
Tens of thousands have joined pro-Restore Britain Facebook groups being run by people who appear to be based in Pakistan and Bangladesh, an investi...
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Exc: A senior Lib Dem has told @matildamartin.bsky.social that they and colleagues are "astonished" & "pissed off" after it emerged that Lord Rennard had the whip restored by the party amid an investigation into claims he sexually harassed female members "I'm incandescent that we have done this"
Lib Dems 'Appalled' After Party Lifts Suspension From Peer Under Investigation For Sexual Harassment Claims
Exclusive: A senior Liberal Democrat has told PoliticsHome that they and their colleagues are 'astonished' and 'pissed off' after news emerged that...
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The inside story of how Reform lost Makerfield www.politicshome.com/news/article...
How Reform Lost Makerfield: 'Restore Is What People Wanted Reform To Be'
Reform entered Makerfield expecting a breakthrough. Instead, a crushing defeat exposed the party’s vulnerabilities. Harriet Symonds reports
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What a piece
PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · last mo.Where did it all go so wrong? And what’s coming next? Sienna Rodgers reports on how Keir Starmer’s premiership was cut short and whether Labour believes Andy Burnham will fare any better 📉 https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/went-wrong-starmer-come-burnham
Fell down an online rabbit hole and learned about a man who in 1983 decided to create a scale to rate the pain of insect stings, I’m dying at how committed to this project he got
![“He also later rated the sting of Synoeca septentrionalis as a 4, describing it as "Torture. You are chained in the flow of an active volcano. Why did I start this list?",[3] saying the pain lasts up to two hours.[3]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2y466m63svxixp56gglbrlm/bafkreifwyakfkgtnfn6tb25wcthqzpkputdjpsqfegkirbffxfv6vxm5wq)
These heatwaves show leadership cannot mean stepping back from climate action - important piece from @alistrathern.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
These heatwaves show leadership cannot mean stepping back from climate action
The UK is in the throes of our second significant heatwave of the year. It is still early summer. That fact alone ought to give us pause.
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There was a remarkably large contingent of freaks like Christopher Booker telling us this wasn’t a thing to sweat when I was growing up. Don’t seem to hear so many of them now
An interesting and thoughtful piece from George Eustice on what Labour should do on Brexit www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Ignore Tony Blair – here's what Labour should do next on Brexit
Labour should ignore Blair and arguments about trade – and rediscover the wisdom of Peter Shore as it seeks its EU reset, argues George Eustice
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Sheer PTSD prevented me from doing very well on this www.politicshome.com/news/article...
How Well Do You Remember Brexit? Take Robert Hutton's Quiz
It’s 10 years since Britain’s momentous decision to, according to your taste, throw off the shackles of European oppression or make it harder to se...
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CB's (excellent) quote makes the Times diary, almost 120 years after his death. He'd appreciate the irony: the Times was very bitchy about him; it once described him as a 'warming-pan', from which neither light nor heat can be expected. "Nevertheless, a 'warming-pan' has its uses".
The Lord Cormack Fellowship, a paid editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliament’s independent and cross-party publication, is back for another year! Apply here: https://totalpoliticsgroup.bamboohr.com/careers/91
The House Magazine's Lord Cormack Fellowship
Lord Cormack Fellowship 2026 Total Politics Group is proud to announce the return of the Lord Cormack Fellowship, a paid editorial and political journalism fellowship with The House magazine, Parliament's independent and cross-party publication. The f...
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Lib Dem deep dive with @zoecrowther.bsky.social 💥strategy "rethink" underway at top of the party 💥acceptance among senior Lib Dems that it is time to look at changing the approach 💥party undergoing policy overhaul- key areas of discussion include the economy, welfare, and a bolder stance on the EU
Inside The Lib Dem Strategy Rethink
The Liberal Democrats are under pressure to remain relevant, with their own MPs publicly admitting there is frustration about the party's lack of p...
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A great piece from Lord Cryer on Makerfield's historical antecedent www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The 1965 Leyton By-election: When Denis Healey Punched A Fascist
Called to clear the return to Parliament of a high-profile Labour figure, the 1965 Leyton by-election prefigured the Makerfield contest, writes Lor...
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NEW: Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to force four people suing it over sexual deepfake images created with Grok to drop their public anonymity. The company asked a judge to overturn a ruling allowing the use of pseudonyms. One person was allegedly depicted as a child in the images, the lawsuit says
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity
Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.
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Here’s our story about the failure of the Soft Power Council, from last week’s House magazine. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Much-Vaunted Soft Power Council Is Drifting Towards Oblivion
Launched with fanfare but sinking without trace, the Soft Power Council appears to be an object lesson in how the UK fails to leverage its cultural...
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Excellent piece: Seven PMs in ten years? How British politics got into this mess www.thetimes.com/article/d140...
Seven PMs in ten years? How British politics got into this mess
The world we live in has forced politicians to become a combination of social worker and circus clown. It’s no wonder the ringmasters keep failing
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There were people getting annoyed last week because we'd reported *the Health Secretary had resigned*. We didn't make 100 MPs come out against the PM; the local election results did. Bored of criticism of political journalists for reporting that politics is happening.
Fionna O’Leary@fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhy do prime ministers keep failing? This is a really useful blog from @samfr.bsky.social Much of what he says resonates with me BUT I do think that a febrile press addicted to drama feeds a trigger happy public making MPs trigger happy in turn carry more weight open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
There is a case that everything that's happened this week in Westminster is, to be frank, displacement activity. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Consequences Of Inaction On AI-Driven Job Loss Are Coming Into View
The scale of the disruption to the labour market from AI is becoming clear; we cannot leave it to big tech or populists to frame the debate about w...
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Hmmmm but then he's not an MP sooooo
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 3mo agoMost 2024 Labour voters have a positive opinion of Burnham (+41 net favourability rating), while also tending to see Rayner (+13), Cooper (+12) and Miliband (+7) favourably Less popular figures among Labour voters include Reeves (-21), Mahmood (-16) and Streeting (-9) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Our team just remembered we don't have a health secretary. Hope no10 haven't forgotten too.
