Heather Stewart
@guardianheather.bsky.social
Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
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Surely that just doesn’t fit the facts (the pro-market bit) given how much of a driver health/social care were?
September 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Surely that just doesn’t fit the facts (the pro-market bit) given how much of a driver health/social care were?
The trouble with this endlessly repeated idea of “fixing the foundations” is that people want to know what it is you’re going to build/rebuild on top of them…
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The trouble with this endlessly repeated idea of “fixing the foundations” is that people want to know what it is you’re going to build/rebuild on top of them…
Labour have now put out a response to the Farage speech, in the name of Ellie Reeves - it’s all about the practicalities of deportation and detention. Suggests they’re just fine with his tone/language/the very dark turn this whole debate is taking.
August 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Labour have now put out a response to the Farage speech, in the name of Ellie Reeves - it’s all about the practicalities of deportation and detention. Suggests they’re just fine with his tone/language/the very dark turn this whole debate is taking.
Does anyone else object to this language, or am I being a shrinking Guardian violet? It’s just so violent an image, I hate it (have some issues with the substance too, natch)
July 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Does anyone else object to this language, or am I being a shrinking Guardian violet? It’s just so violent an image, I hate it (have some issues with the substance too, natch)
Today reminded me of this comment from @davidgauke.bsky.social for a pre-election profile we wrote of Reeves, which now reads like an epic understatement:
July 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Today reminded me of this comment from @davidgauke.bsky.social for a pre-election profile we wrote of Reeves, which now reads like an epic understatement:
That’s because Barry looking depressed rn is an impossibility - just look at this month’s gig schedule for Barrioke ☀️
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
That’s because Barry looking depressed rn is an impossibility - just look at this month’s gig schedule for Barrioke ☀️
Amazing chart from the IMF here: data centres are already using more electricity than France; and that could triple by 2030:
May 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Amazing chart from the IMF here: data centres are already using more electricity than France; and that could triple by 2030:
See also (sorry):
May 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
See also (sorry):
Is it an *additional* 100k decline? Because the OBR was already expecting a fall on that scale:
May 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Is it an *additional* 100k decline? Because the OBR was already expecting a fall on that scale:
NO THANKYOU Meta, I would not like you to offer me “relationship advice” from a bot, when I am just trying to search for a friend’s WhatsApp message, any more than I want health tips from my washing machine or Netflix recommendations from the car.
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
NO THANKYOU Meta, I would not like you to offer me “relationship advice” from a bot, when I am just trying to search for a friend’s WhatsApp message, any more than I want health tips from my washing machine or Netflix recommendations from the car.
Helpful palate cleanser from @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social liveblog ahead of Trump’s press conference on the US-UK tariff agreement:
May 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Helpful palate cleanser from @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social liveblog ahead of Trump’s press conference on the US-UK tariff agreement:
Ok I did not know that the Singer sewing machine was invented by this rather flamboyant chap - a former actor whose scandalous private life forced him to relocate to Paris, apparently. Anyone know of a biography, and if not can someone write one please?
April 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ok I did not know that the Singer sewing machine was invented by this rather flamboyant chap - a former actor whose scandalous private life forced him to relocate to Paris, apparently. Anyone know of a biography, and if not can someone write one please?
Now you mention it they do seem to keep giving top jobs to women:
March 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Now you mention it they do seem to keep giving top jobs to women:
Good to see Mark Carney has taken some great British style tips back to Canada with him:
March 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Good to see Mark Carney has taken some great British style tips back to Canada with him:
I do buy the idea we need to spend more on defence, but I hate this kind of thinking. Do you know what other work gives purpose and bloody well ought to have a “patriotic imperative”? Social care, teaching, nursing, and a whole load of other things Spads may not find as sexy.
March 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I do buy the idea we need to spend more on defence, but I hate this kind of thinking. Do you know what other work gives purpose and bloody well ought to have a “patriotic imperative”? Social care, teaching, nursing, and a whole load of other things Spads may not find as sexy.
We have a print of this one, which I love:
March 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We have a print of this one, which I love:
Until I saw this reboot poster I had completely forgotten about 80s Jersey-based crime drama Bergerac, and now I will have the theme tune in my head all day 🎶
March 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Until I saw this reboot poster I had completely forgotten about 80s Jersey-based crime drama Bergerac, and now I will have the theme tune in my head all day 🎶
I mean, they’re not even all planning to wear the same colour, so I’m not sure how it’s “coordinating”? Really, powerful stuff.
March 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I mean, they’re not even all planning to wear the same colour, so I’m not sure how it’s “coordinating”? Really, powerful stuff.
This is great placard work!
March 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is great placard work!
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has been keen to stress throughout his press conference that the MPC is now being “careful” about future rate cuts, as well as “gradual”. To which my very unhelpful brain has spent the last hour going:
February 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has been keen to stress throughout his press conference that the MPC is now being “careful” about future rate cuts, as well as “gradual”. To which my very unhelpful brain has spent the last hour going:
Here she is: clearly we’re getting smiley Reeves today…
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Here she is: clearly we’re getting smiley Reeves today…
Am at Siemens in Eynsham, Oxon for Rachel Reeves’s speech. She’s here with a phalanx of ministers, including Steve Reed (environment), Johnny Reynolds (trade) and Liz Kendall (work and pensions). No doubt they are all keen on GROWTH.
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Am at Siemens in Eynsham, Oxon for Rachel Reeves’s speech. She’s here with a phalanx of ministers, including Steve Reed (environment), Johnny Reynolds (trade) and Liz Kendall (work and pensions). No doubt they are all keen on GROWTH.