Stephen Hunsaker
@hunsaker.bsky.social
Trade and economics policy researcher at UK in a Changing Europe
Analogue filmmaker and photographer
Analogue filmmaker and photographer
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Stephen Hunsaker
@hunsaker.bsky.social
· Nov 11
‘Is it the economy, stupid? Why politicians need to create a human-felt economy’ – LabourList
For nearly the last half century, the top issue for US voters has been the economy. But as the dust starts to settle on the…
labourlist.org
Wednesday I was depressed. Thursday I rage-wrote and @labourlist.bsky.social was kind enough to publish my thoughts post-US election.
labourlist.org/2024/11/us-e...
labourlist.org/2024/11/us-e...
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With a h/t to @anandmenon.bsky.social (and all at UK in a Changing Europe) as well as @jonnelledge.bsky.social (just avoid reading BTL in the Guardian article)
August 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
With a h/t to @anandmenon.bsky.social (and all at UK in a Changing Europe) as well as @jonnelledge.bsky.social (just avoid reading BTL in the Guardian article)
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"The government's argument sounds plausible. There's just one problem. It doesn't fit the facts. And the government knows it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s only one problem with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality | Jonathan Portes
The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The government's argument sounds plausible. There's just one problem. It doesn't fit the facts. And the government knows it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour wants to curb immigration: but doesn't want to engage in social care reform
It wants to curb student visas and encourage more UK training: but wont fund unis or FE colleges.
It just tells voter they can have both. /2
It wants to curb student visas and encourage more UK training: but wont fund unis or FE colleges.
It just tells voter they can have both. /2
May 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Labour wants to curb immigration: but doesn't want to engage in social care reform
It wants to curb student visas and encourage more UK training: but wont fund unis or FE colleges.
It just tells voter they can have both. /2
It wants to curb student visas and encourage more UK training: but wont fund unis or FE colleges.
It just tells voter they can have both. /2
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59% of the public, and 64% of 2024 Labour voters, agree that migrants living in the UK and paying taxes should be eligible to apply for citizenship after five years or less, according to our new Focaldata research.
www.britishfuture.org/white-paper-...
#ImmigrationWhitePaper
www.britishfuture.org/white-paper-...
#ImmigrationWhitePaper
May 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
59% of the public, and 64% of 2024 Labour voters, agree that migrants living in the UK and paying taxes should be eligible to apply for citizenship after five years or less, according to our new Focaldata research.
www.britishfuture.org/white-paper-...
#ImmigrationWhitePaper
www.britishfuture.org/white-paper-...
#ImmigrationWhitePaper
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Trump hasn’t named the UK as a tariff target… but it’s not ‘if’, it’s ‘when’ says @hunsaker.bsky.social 👇
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Donald Trump disaster looms for Keir Starmer in ticking timebomb for UK | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
It's less a question of 'if' when it comes to one Donald Trump tactic and more a question of 'when?'.
www.express.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump hasn’t named the UK as a tariff target… but it’s not ‘if’, it’s ‘when’ says @hunsaker.bsky.social 👇
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
👀 Ummmmm excuse me Jim Shannon…
February 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
👀 Ummmmm excuse me Jim Shannon…
I know amist Trump
tariff news that the PEM Convention is on sooooo many people’s mind.
Tl:dr PEM will have modest impact on UK trade, but it can be a decent first step in a UK-EU ‘reset’ for trade.
Can also listen starting at 38 mins on Moncole.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
tariff news that the PEM Convention is on sooooo many people’s mind.
Tl:dr PEM will have modest impact on UK trade, but it can be a decent first step in a UK-EU ‘reset’ for trade.
Can also listen starting at 38 mins on Moncole.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
February 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I know amist Trump
tariff news that the PEM Convention is on sooooo many people’s mind.
Tl:dr PEM will have modest impact on UK trade, but it can be a decent first step in a UK-EU ‘reset’ for trade.
Can also listen starting at 38 mins on Moncole.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
tariff news that the PEM Convention is on sooooo many people’s mind.
Tl:dr PEM will have modest impact on UK trade, but it can be a decent first step in a UK-EU ‘reset’ for trade.
Can also listen starting at 38 mins on Moncole.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
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Very grateful for the support 🙏🏾
.@ukandeu.bsky.social has for years produced high quality research on the UK's links with the EU.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
Yet it now faces closure because of ESRC grant cuts.
Some 66 of us Parliamentarians (38 MPs and 28 peers) have signed a cross-party letter urging ESRC + UKRI to reconsider their decision.
December 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Very grateful for the support 🙏🏾
I completely agree, the message from this cabinet is clear: it is not ‘business as usual’
So, to everyone who thought the Bessent pick meant that Trump would be reasonable on economic policy: I hope you enjoyed your vacation from reality 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...
Trump Plans Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico That Could Cripple Trade
The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I completely agree, the message from this cabinet is clear: it is not ‘business as usual’
I completely agree, I think the message from this selected cabinet is it will not ‘business as usual’
So, to everyone who thought the Bessent pick meant that Trump would be reasonable on economic policy: I hope you enjoyed your vacation from reality 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...
Trump Plans Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico That Could Cripple Trade
The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I completely agree, I think the message from this selected cabinet is it will not ‘business as usual’
Tl;dr
The UK should take a two ponged approach: focus first on closing loopholes in the current system while doing that start the long process of implementing a wealth tax in the future.
ukandeu.ac.uk/is-it-time-f...
The UK should take a two ponged approach: focus first on closing loopholes in the current system while doing that start the long process of implementing a wealth tax in the future.
ukandeu.ac.uk/is-it-time-f...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Tl;dr
The UK should take a two ponged approach: focus first on closing loopholes in the current system while doing that start the long process of implementing a wealth tax in the future.
ukandeu.ac.uk/is-it-time-f...
The UK should take a two ponged approach: focus first on closing loopholes in the current system while doing that start the long process of implementing a wealth tax in the future.
ukandeu.ac.uk/is-it-time-f...
As always @emilyfry.bsky.social is coming in with quick and brilliant analysis of ONS trade data.
Some worrying services number to watch while some growth in non-EU goods.
Definitely give her a follow!
Some worrying services number to watch while some growth in non-EU goods.
Definitely give her a follow!
Quarterly ONS trade data is out this morning after Reeves plugged ‘free and open trade’ in last night’s Mansion House speech. But total trade fell this quarter in current prices – exports fell by 2.4% and imports by 1.6%. A short thread to come...
November 16, 2024 at 1:09 AM
As always @emilyfry.bsky.social is coming in with quick and brilliant analysis of ONS trade data.
Some worrying services number to watch while some growth in non-EU goods.
Definitely give her a follow!
Some worrying services number to watch while some growth in non-EU goods.
Definitely give her a follow!
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This week's edition of MFN looks at what a UK-US Free Trade Agreement (or rather, free trade agreement) could look like.
Also why I'd hate to be the Pitcairn islands right now.
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/a-uk-us-fr...
Also why I'd hate to be the Pitcairn islands right now.
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/a-uk-us-fr...
A UK-US Free Trade Agreement?
And why the Falklands and Pitcairn are at risk
mostfavourednation.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:09 AM
This week's edition of MFN looks at what a UK-US Free Trade Agreement (or rather, free trade agreement) could look like.
Also why I'd hate to be the Pitcairn islands right now.
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/a-uk-us-fr...
Also why I'd hate to be the Pitcairn islands right now.
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/a-uk-us-fr...
While a man who said Prozac is the cause of school shootings is being put in charge of health in the US, in London I went and saw Roots with Morfydd Clark at Almeida Theatre and thought it was very well done and would recommend it.
You win some you lose some.
You win some you lose some.
November 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM
While a man who said Prozac is the cause of school shootings is being put in charge of health in the US, in London I went and saw Roots with Morfydd Clark at Almeida Theatre and thought it was very well done and would recommend it.
You win some you lose some.
You win some you lose some.
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🚨🚨 It took me ages and I am pretty certain I missed a number of people that should be on the list but I made my first starter pack now for #brexit and #ukpolitics here: go.bsky.app/NZG5maf
November 14, 2024 at 10:45 AM
🚨🚨 It took me ages and I am pretty certain I missed a number of people that should be on the list but I made my first starter pack now for #brexit and #ukpolitics here: go.bsky.app/NZG5maf
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Reposting our UK in a Changing Europe researchers and academics (past and present) starter pack for our new followers!
Follow for evidence-based analysis and insights 👇
go.bsky.app/796PuWt
Follow for evidence-based analysis and insights 👇
go.bsky.app/796PuWt
November 13, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Reposting our UK in a Changing Europe researchers and academics (past and present) starter pack for our new followers!
Follow for evidence-based analysis and insights 👇
go.bsky.app/796PuWt
Follow for evidence-based analysis and insights 👇
go.bsky.app/796PuWt
Wednesday I was depressed. Thursday I rage-wrote and @labourlist.bsky.social was kind enough to publish my thoughts post-US election.
labourlist.org/2024/11/us-e...
labourlist.org/2024/11/us-e...
‘Is it the economy, stupid? Why politicians need to create a human-felt economy’ – LabourList
For nearly the last half century, the top issue for US voters has been the economy. But as the dust starts to settle on the…
labourlist.org
November 11, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Wednesday I was depressed. Thursday I rage-wrote and @labourlist.bsky.social was kind enough to publish my thoughts post-US election.
labourlist.org/2024/11/us-e...
labourlist.org/2024/11/us-e...
Oh how was Tory Party Conference??
Very educational, very demure, very mindful…
Very educational, very demure, very mindful…
October 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Oh how was Tory Party Conference??
Very educational, very demure, very mindful…
Very educational, very demure, very mindful…
Great experience on the Kings College London panel on the upcoming US election.
youtu.be/pN601G3basY?...
For a quick catch up before the election check out my explainer.
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
youtu.be/pN601G3basY?...
For a quick catch up before the election check out my explainer.
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
October 22, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Great experience on the Kings College London panel on the upcoming US election.
youtu.be/pN601G3basY?...
For a quick catch up before the election check out my explainer.
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
youtu.be/pN601G3basY?...
For a quick catch up before the election check out my explainer.
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
Um what’s that next to the cheese?
Oh, Don’t mind that, it’s just £1,200 of 16mm film, normal fridge things ya know.
Oh, Don’t mind that, it’s just £1,200 of 16mm film, normal fridge things ya know.
October 22, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Um what’s that next to the cheese?
Oh, Don’t mind that, it’s just £1,200 of 16mm film, normal fridge things ya know.
Oh, Don’t mind that, it’s just £1,200 of 16mm film, normal fridge things ya know.
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🚨🚨 "The UK has potentially lost £44 billion in public investment due to Brexit". @hunsaker.bsky.social has an excellent follow up analysis of a year old @ukandeu.bsky.social report on UK's public investment gap. Tldr; things are not looking better. 🧵
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-has-p...
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-has-p...
The UK has potentially lost £44 billion in public investment due to Brexit - UK in a changing Europe
Stephen Hunsaker highlights that the UK has potentially lost over £44 billion in public investment since 2017.
ukandeu.ac.uk
October 22, 2024 at 3:23 PM
🚨🚨 "The UK has potentially lost £44 billion in public investment due to Brexit". @hunsaker.bsky.social has an excellent follow up analysis of a year old @ukandeu.bsky.social report on UK's public investment gap. Tldr; things are not looking better. 🧵
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-has-p...
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-has-p...
Just your normal neighborhood squabble.
July 25, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Just your normal neighborhood squabble.
They handed out pastel de natas at the premiere of Poor Things at the London Film Festival…
I’m not saying it helped but it definitely didn’t hurt when I gave it five stars.
Review: boxd.it/4ZT9XR
I’m not saying it helped but it definitely didn’t hurt when I gave it five stars.
Review: boxd.it/4ZT9XR
October 23, 2023 at 4:05 PM
They handed out pastel de natas at the premiere of Poor Things at the London Film Festival…
I’m not saying it helped but it definitely didn’t hurt when I gave it five stars.
Review: boxd.it/4ZT9XR
I’m not saying it helped but it definitely didn’t hurt when I gave it five stars.
Review: boxd.it/4ZT9XR
Me: can I buy hunger games?
Mom: we have hunger games at home…
Mom: we have hunger games at home…
October 23, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Me: can I buy hunger games?
Mom: we have hunger games at home…
Mom: we have hunger games at home…
Wales: we are putting a dragon on our flag.
Zheleznogorsk, Russia: hold my vodka
Zheleznogorsk, Russia: hold my vodka
June 20, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Wales: we are putting a dragon on our flag.
Zheleznogorsk, Russia: hold my vodka
Zheleznogorsk, Russia: hold my vodka