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Reform vowed to save "a lot of money" by abolishing "wasteful" spending in Kent. Instead they are going to put our taxes up!
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Reform vowed to save "a lot of money" by abolishing "wasteful" spending in Kent. Instead they are going to put our taxes up!
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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...
labourlist.org/2025/09/debo...
Deborah Mattinson Column: How to get noticed when voters aren’t listening – LabourList
I know exactly how stressed the team who have been preparing for conference feels right now. I’ve been there. Months of work and what you…
labourlist.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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...
labourlist.org/2025/09/debo...
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Incl. great books from @tomchivers.bsky.social @gelliottmorris.com @deborahmattinson.bsky.social and more!
July 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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
May 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Was fun chatting to Iain Dale last week…https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/iain-dale-all-talk/id1475913485?i=1000710198157
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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...
Closing the void: Can we reconnect politics with associational life?
YouTube video by Power to Change
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May 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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...
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this is very awkward for Kemi Badenoch
May 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this is very awkward for Kemi Badenoch
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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.
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📅 Join @joshwesterling.bsky.social, Charlotte Hollins @right-here.org, @deborahmattinson.bsky.social, @mds49.bsky.social & @nickplumb.bsky.social on Thurs.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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.
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📅 Join @joshwesterling.bsky.social, Charlotte Hollins @right-here.org, @deborahmattinson.bsky.social, @mds49.bsky.social & @nickplumb.bsky.social on Thurs.
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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
How can the left get that taste out of their mouths? Asks @deborahmattinson.bsky.social & @claire-ainsley.bsky.social
How populism gives youth wings
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?
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
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
April 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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
December 21, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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...
On wokeness, patriotism and change, Kamala Harris’s defeat has lessons for Starmer | Deborah Mattinson and Claire Ainsley
Two former senior advisers to Labour analyse the clear messages from US voters’ preference for Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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
Keir Starmer must remember his mission
During the election, Labour promised to empower Britain. Now is the time to make that happen.
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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...
The John Prescott I knew: Blair’s ‘beautiful people’ tried to erase him – he had other plans
Once frozen out by the New Labour elite, John Prescott fought his way in from the cold to become a loyal deputy leader. Toby Helm recalls a bruising political career
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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...
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🗽 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...
www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
November 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
🗽 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...
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...
Women With Balls
Politics Podcast · 140 Episodes · Twice monthly
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November 22, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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...
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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...
November 13, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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
Donald Trump is right. There is a “swamp”, but it’s the left that must drain it
The left needs an agenda to reinvent the failing state.
www.newstatesman.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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
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Interesting interview with @deborahmattinson.bsky.social on the US election here open.spotify.com/episode/4Uir...
Can Trump and Starmer have a special relationship?
Electoral Dysfunction · Episode
open.spotify.com
October 25, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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...
What Keir Starmer’s Advisers Told Democrats in Washington
Two advisers to the British Labour Party pushed Kamala Harris allies to focus squarely on immigration and the cost of living.
www.politico.com
September 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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…
September 8, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Can Labour’s hero voter strategy work for Harris? Some thoughts from me and Claire Ainsley…
September 7, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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King’s Cross station
August 25, 2024 at 6:19 PM
King’s Cross station
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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.
Italian burglar caught after sitting down with book
Italian burglar caught after sitting down with book
The would-be thief became distracted after picking up a book about Greek mythology on a bedside table.
www.bbc.com
August 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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.
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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.
August 23, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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.