Martin Heneghan
@martinheneghan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Public and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham
If the BBC switched to a fee paying model proposed by Reform, it would be older voters who lost out as they disproportionately watch the BBC and don’t pay the licence fee. They are also far more likely to vote Reform.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If the BBC switched to a fee paying model proposed by Reform, it would be older voters who lost out as they disproportionately watch the BBC and don’t pay the licence fee. They are also far more likely to vote Reform.
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NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
The irony is that Nigel Farage would be a nobody were it not for the BBC.
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The irony is that Nigel Farage would be a nobody were it not for the BBC.
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Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
More fearless reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social. If you live in Sheffield I highly recommend subscribing. High quality journalism at the local level.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
More fearless reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social. If you live in Sheffield I highly recommend subscribing. High quality journalism at the local level.
Strong argument from @oilsheppard.bsky.social that, despite all the speculation and pitch rolling, Reeves will not raise income tax.
on.ft.com/3LvQRzA Why Rachel Reeves won’t raise income tax
on.ft.com/3LvQRzA Why Rachel Reeves won’t raise income tax
Why Rachel Reeves won’t raise income tax
An unpopular government cannot afford to be branded dishonest by the public
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Strong argument from @oilsheppard.bsky.social that, despite all the speculation and pitch rolling, Reeves will not raise income tax.
on.ft.com/3LvQRzA Why Rachel Reeves won’t raise income tax
on.ft.com/3LvQRzA Why Rachel Reeves won’t raise income tax
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For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.
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Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
Ed Miliband was largely seen as a media dud ten years ago, but to my mind he’s the only senior Labour politician doing political comms right in 2025. He’s moved with the digital age in ways the others haven’t.
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ed Miliband was largely seen as a media dud ten years ago, but to my mind he’s the only senior Labour politician doing political comms right in 2025. He’s moved with the digital age in ways the others haven’t.
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Good from Martin Wolf, as usual, in today’s FT. But I have a couple of quibbles on.ft.com/47nYFvX
The UK tax system is a mess — these are priorities for Reeves to reform
The list of inconsistencies goes on and on. Nobody should have designed such an absurdity
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Good from Martin Wolf, as usual, in today’s FT. But I have a couple of quibbles on.ft.com/47nYFvX
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The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
www.wsj.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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If you’re a methods teacher who tells students that they can’t say anything about a result with a p-value of >.05, then you’re part of the problem so there’s no point looking all scandalised at this.
Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you’re a methods teacher who tells students that they can’t say anything about a result with a p-value of >.05, then you’re part of the problem so there’s no point looking all scandalised at this.
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Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
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Dan is right. This is extremely good from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Dan is right. This is extremely good from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social
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open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
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Substantial speeches help you communicate on TikTok and also in fragmented media environment more broadly because they tell people, including your own comms and activists, what you’re about and that helps them. But the problem is her speeches are not substantial.
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Substantial speeches help you communicate on TikTok and also in fragmented media environment more broadly because they tell people, including your own comms and activists, what you’re about and that helps them. But the problem is her speeches are not substantial.
Reeves should have made this speech 18 months ago. Labour's majority might have been smaller but the government would have had much more room for manoeuvre. There would already be a year's worth of tax rises on 'working peoople' in the fiscal coffers for starters.
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Reeves should have made this speech 18 months ago. Labour's majority might have been smaller but the government would have had much more room for manoeuvre. There would already be a year's worth of tax rises on 'working peoople' in the fiscal coffers for starters.
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I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X
The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place
inews.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
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I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
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I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
My column www.ft.com/content/f086...
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About time...
Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”
Absolutely. Please get on with it.
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
About time...
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As inane and ill-informed on the issue as her colleague Corbyn. The arrogance of thinking you can tell working-class Ukrainians what is in their interest. The idiocy of equating aggressor and victim. Putrid.
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As inane and ill-informed on the issue as her colleague Corbyn. The arrogance of thinking you can tell working-class Ukrainians what is in their interest. The idiocy of equating aggressor and victim. Putrid.
More evidence that universities falling under the remit of the education secretary just get treated like naughty secondary schools.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
Risk of ‘standardisation’ as ministers mull progression measures
Universities would look to ‘game’ new metric for testing learning gain, critics warn, with external examination defended as ‘best we’ve got’
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
More evidence that universities falling under the remit of the education secretary just get treated like naughty secondary schools.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/risk-st...
Great stuff from @stephenkb.bsky.social. Reminds me of Jim Bulpitt’s statecraft theory. Its dimensions are:
- Party management
- A winning electoral strategy
- Political argument hegemony
- A governing competence
- Another winning electoral strategy
Starmer has poor statecraft.
on.ft.com/47ipCBj
- Party management
- A winning electoral strategy
- Political argument hegemony
- A governing competence
- Another winning electoral strategy
Starmer has poor statecraft.
on.ft.com/47ipCBj
Starmer needs to get serious about governing — and quick
The prime minister has to change or his party will seek a change of its own
on.ft.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Great stuff from @stephenkb.bsky.social. Reminds me of Jim Bulpitt’s statecraft theory. Its dimensions are:
- Party management
- A winning electoral strategy
- Political argument hegemony
- A governing competence
- Another winning electoral strategy
Starmer has poor statecraft.
on.ft.com/47ipCBj
- Party management
- A winning electoral strategy
- Political argument hegemony
- A governing competence
- Another winning electoral strategy
Starmer has poor statecraft.
on.ft.com/47ipCBj