Peter Hyman
@peterhyman.bsky.social
Substack - Changing the Story. Former advisor to Tony Blair and Keir Starmer. Former headteacher.
Great opportunity here to work on policy and politics and make a real difference. @labourtogether.bsky.social
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Labour Together on X: "We're hiring for our Policy Unit. If you love rigorous policy work, political strategy and making the case for how to build a better Britain, we want to hear from you. Roles are at Senior Adviser and Director level. Apply here: https://t.co/Zw7vVWFSaS Closing date: 14th Jan" / X
We're hiring for our Policy Unit. If you love rigorous policy work, political strategy and making the case for how to build a better Britain, we want to hear from you. Roles are at Senior Adviser and Director level. Apply here: https://t.co/Zw7vVWFSaS Closing date: 14th Jan
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January 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Great opportunity here to work on policy and politics and make a real difference. @labourtogether.bsky.social
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Young people get a triple lock too: locked out of safe public spaces, then locked out of the job market, then locked out of buying a house
Cf this brilliant work by @peterhyman.bsky.social & Shuab Gamote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & @demos-uk.bsky.social
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Cf this brilliant work by @peterhyman.bsky.social & Shuab Gamote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & @demos-uk.bsky.social
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Inside the mind of a 16-year-old
At the next election, 16-year-olds will be able to vote for the first time ever. If politicians don’t help them now, despair will push them into the arms of populists
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December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Young people get a triple lock too: locked out of safe public spaces, then locked out of the job market, then locked out of buying a house
Cf this brilliant work by @peterhyman.bsky.social & Shuab Gamote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & @demos-uk.bsky.social
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Cf this brilliant work by @peterhyman.bsky.social & Shuab Gamote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & @demos-uk.bsky.social
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Which political party in the UK has best changed their story in 2025? My verdict and marks out of 10.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social
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‘Changing the Story’ - Review of 2025
Which of the political parties best managed to change their story this year?
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December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Which political party in the UK has best changed their story in 2025? My verdict and marks out of 10.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social
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How do you actually make real change happen? And how do lumbering institutions stop being swept away by the tide of events? My Substack on A to B thinking.
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@itvpeston.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
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A to B thinking
How to make change happen
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December 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
How do you actually make real change happen? And how do lumbering institutions stop being swept away by the tide of events? My Substack on A to B thinking.
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@itvpeston.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
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@itvpeston.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
Shuab is in sparkling form - a great podcast.
Shuab Gamote, author of a major @demos-uk.bsky.social study on young people in the UK with @peterhyman.bsky.social joins us this week to slay the sacred cow that politicians are talking to young people - they aren't, and it's well past time to do things differently. Listen now!
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Shuab is in sparkling form - a great podcast.
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This is such an insightful post from @peterhyman.bsky.social. It’s amazing how uninterested so many in government seem to be in getting from A to B or even in what B is. A rare exception was Shabana Mahmood’s sentencing reforms open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...
A to B thinking
How to make change happen
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December 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This is such an insightful post from @peterhyman.bsky.social. It’s amazing how uninterested so many in government seem to be in getting from A to B or even in what B is. A rare exception was Shabana Mahmood’s sentencing reforms open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...
How Keir Starmer’s Winning Strategy has run its course. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
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When your Winning Strategy starts to fail
We all have a Winning Strategy in life, but if we don’t adapt, it can stop us from doing great things.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
How Keir Starmer’s Winning Strategy has run its course. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
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A Budget for the future with a description of a new economy - and the measures to get there - is the best way of getting beyond the obsession with filling the ‘hole’ in the public finances. @itvpeston.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
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A Budget for the future
To convince the sceptics, the coming Budget needs to champion a plan for a new economy
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November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A Budget for the future with a description of a new economy - and the measures to get there - is the best way of getting beyond the obsession with filling the ‘hole’ in the public finances. @itvpeston.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social
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Essential reading: Shuab Gamote & @peterhyman.bsky.social amplify the voices of KS5 students, revealing the wisdom, clarity & hope they bring to today’s challenges.
Let’s empower 16–19s as #rolemodels: credible, grounded, inspiring. Meet them where they are, & listen.
The recommendations are 🎯
Let’s empower 16–19s as #rolemodels: credible, grounded, inspiring. Meet them where they are, & listen.
The recommendations are 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Essential reading: Shuab Gamote & @peterhyman.bsky.social amplify the voices of KS5 students, revealing the wisdom, clarity & hope they bring to today’s challenges.
Let’s empower 16–19s as #rolemodels: credible, grounded, inspiring. Meet them where they are, & listen.
The recommendations are 🎯
Let’s empower 16–19s as #rolemodels: credible, grounded, inspiring. Meet them where they are, & listen.
The recommendations are 🎯
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‘As educators, we should never give in to moral panic’: @peterhyman.bsky.social explains why schools should allow debate to unfold in a way that gives space for teenagers' views to be heard, not censored
Ditch the ‘Andrew Tate assembly’ and start having proper discussions
A former adviser to Tony Blair and Keir Starmer says schools can’t just tell boys to avoid controversial content – instead, they need to give them the tools, time and space to discuss the world they inhabit
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November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
‘As educators, we should never give in to moral panic’: @peterhyman.bsky.social explains why schools should allow debate to unfold in a way that gives space for teenagers' views to be heard, not censored
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Fascinating insights in this new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
🗳️ 16-year-olds are about to get the vote - but how well do adults *really* know what they think?
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
A new Demos report sets out to answer this question by talking to more than 700 students aged 16-18 across Britain.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Fascinating insights in this new report from @demos-uk.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
At the heart of young people’s agenda for change is economic fairness & a clear demand for an economic system that tackles the insecurity and precariousness shaping their lives.
Read the full report below 👇
We've got to ditch the 'Andrew Tate assembly' and start having proper discussions in schools. @richardreeves.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social
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Ditch the ‘Andrew Tate assembly’ and start having proper discussions
A former adviser to Tony Blair and Keir Starmer says schools can’t just tell boys to avoid controversial content - instead, they need to give them the tools, time and space to discuss the world they i...
www.tes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We've got to ditch the 'Andrew Tate assembly' and start having proper discussions in schools. @richardreeves.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social
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A fascinating report this, interesting that one of the reasons young people spend so much time online is the lack of alternatives.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
'Andrew Tate is Dead.' Our report out today - Inside the Mind of a 16-year-old - gets underneath the moral panic and finds out what young people really think. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A fascinating report this, interesting that one of the reasons young people spend so much time online is the lack of alternatives.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
The report says there's a need to fund spaces for young people to meet. There's a yearning to do more in person.
Ideally, for me, physical activity and sport spaces.
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Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
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Inside the mind of a 16-year-old: From Andrew Tate to Bonnie Blue to Nigel Farage - what do first time voters think about social media, politics, the state of Britain and their futures?
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Shuab Ganote and Peter Hyman write for Demos on their conversations with 16 yesr olds on their experiences of society, technology, gender shifts, role models & their views of the future
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'Andrew Tate is Dead.' Our report out today - Inside the Mind of a 16-year-old - gets underneath the moral panic and finds out what young people really think. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
'Andrew Tate is Dead.' Our report out today - Inside the Mind of a 16-year-old - gets underneath the moral panic and finds out what young people really think. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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‘Andrew Tate is dead.’ My piece in the Observer today with Shuab Gamote based on a year long project listening to 700 young people across the country. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
‘Andrew Tate is dead’: inside the minds of 16-year-olds | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
‘Andrew Tate is dead.’ My piece in the Observer today with Shuab Gamote based on a year long project listening to 700 young people across the country. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
An important call for more radical education exam reform from leading scientists.
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Broken education system is holding back the young, top scientists warn PM | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
An important call for more radical education exam reform from leading scientists.
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Yes it’s possible!
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
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November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yes it’s possible!
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Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.
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How Keir Starmer could become a social media star. My Substack today.
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
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November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
How Keir Starmer could become a social media star. My Substack today.
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Good ideas in this, and Peter right to say there's nothing to lose - crucially trying different things out is needed to find what works authentically for you even if it's not your comfort zone comms wise.
How Keir Starmer could become a social media star. My Substack today.
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good ideas in this, and Peter right to say there's nothing to lose - crucially trying different things out is needed to find what works authentically for you even if it's not your comfort zone comms wise.
It’s time Starmer was out there every day fighting to change Britain. He needs to flood the zone. He needs to embrace social media. He needs to take more risks. Nothing to lose. @itvpeston.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...
How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It’s time Starmer was out there every day fighting to change Britain. He needs to flood the zone. He needs to embrace social media. He needs to take more risks. Nothing to lose. @itvpeston.bsky.social @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...
How Keir Starmer could become a social media star. My Substack today.
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How to make Keir Starmer a social media star
Five ways for the PM to connect with voters, without tap-dancing naked down Camden High Street
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
How Keir Starmer could become a social media star. My Substack today.
open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...
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Why bold curriculum and assessment reform is needed if we want to thrive in the future. Government needs to be less timid. New Substack. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonsevers.bsky.social
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Make education the number one priority again
Bold curriculum and assessment reform is essential if we want to thrive in a fast-changing world
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October 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Why bold curriculum and assessment reform is needed if we want to thrive in the future. Government needs to be less timid. New Substack. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonsevers.bsky.social
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