Lucy Fisher
@lucyfisher.ft.com
Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️
Host of the FT’s award-winning ‘Political Fix’ podcast🎙️Author 📚
Host of the FT’s award-winning ‘Political Fix’ podcast🎙️Author 📚
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Lucy Fisher
@lucyfisher.ft.com
· May 28
A note to say I'm now on maternity leave until the end of the year, after my baby son arrived last week
Until then, @georgewparker.bsky.social has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻
And @oilsheppard.bsky.social is acting Whitehall Editor at FT
Huge thanks to both!
See you in 2026 👋
Until then, @georgewparker.bsky.social has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻
And @oilsheppard.bsky.social is acting Whitehall Editor at FT
Huge thanks to both!
See you in 2026 👋
Lovely weekend at Cheltenham Literature Festival — thanks for having me #CheltLitFest 📚🎙️
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Lovely weekend at Cheltenham Literature Festival — thanks for having me #CheltLitFest 📚🎙️
Great fun appearing at the #ftweekendfestival for a Political Fix / Swamp Notes mash up today
@georgewparker.bsky.social, Brooke Masters, Marc Filippino & I chatted Anglo-American politics and podcasts
(And away from a snotty 3 month old & a sticky-fingered 3 year old, I dared to wear cream…)
@georgewparker.bsky.social, Brooke Masters, Marc Filippino & I chatted Anglo-American politics and podcasts
(And away from a snotty 3 month old & a sticky-fingered 3 year old, I dared to wear cream…)
September 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Great fun appearing at the #ftweekendfestival for a Political Fix / Swamp Notes mash up today
@georgewparker.bsky.social, Brooke Masters, Marc Filippino & I chatted Anglo-American politics and podcasts
(And away from a snotty 3 month old & a sticky-fingered 3 year old, I dared to wear cream…)
@georgewparker.bsky.social, Brooke Masters, Marc Filippino & I chatted Anglo-American politics and podcasts
(And away from a snotty 3 month old & a sticky-fingered 3 year old, I dared to wear cream…)
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🎧The Afghan data breach, super-injunctions, scandal, scrutiny...
With @lucyfisher.ft.com dialling up to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast studio to join @cathhaddon.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social & @gemmatetlow.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
With @lucyfisher.ft.com dialling up to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast studio to join @cathhaddon.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social & @gemmatetlow.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
The scandal and the superinjunction | Institute for Government
The FT’s Lucy Fisher joins the podcast team to discuss who is to blame for the Afghan data leak.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
July 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🎧The Afghan data breach, super-injunctions, scandal, scrutiny...
With @lucyfisher.ft.com dialling up to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast studio to join @cathhaddon.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social & @gemmatetlow.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
With @lucyfisher.ft.com dialling up to the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast studio to join @cathhaddon.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social & @gemmatetlow.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
Reposted by Lucy Fisher
in this week’s FT Political Fix podcast our Whitehall editor @lucyfisher.ft.com explains how she was one of the journalists to find out about the Afghan files, only to get hit with the government’s unprecedented super-injunction
www.ft.com/content/46bf...
www.ft.com/content/46bf...
The Afghan Files: the inside story on the catastrophic leak
Plus: is Reeves’ pro-risk stance the right one?
www.ft.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
in this week’s FT Political Fix podcast our Whitehall editor @lucyfisher.ft.com explains how she was one of the journalists to find out about the Afghan files, only to get hit with the government’s unprecedented super-injunction
www.ft.com/content/46bf...
www.ft.com/content/46bf...
🤔 Curious that No 10 briefed today that Kemi Badenoch, as leader of opposition, turned down a briefing on the Afghan data leak
When Labour were in opposition, a briefing on the same data breach was offered to Keir Starmer in December 2023... and John Healey turned it down on his behalf
When Labour were in opposition, a briefing on the same data breach was offered to Keir Starmer in December 2023... and John Healey turned it down on his behalf
July 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🤔 Curious that No 10 briefed today that Kemi Badenoch, as leader of opposition, turned down a briefing on the Afghan data leak
When Labour were in opposition, a briefing on the same data breach was offered to Keir Starmer in December 2023... and John Healey turned it down on his behalf
When Labour were in opposition, a briefing on the same data breach was offered to Keir Starmer in December 2023... and John Healey turned it down on his behalf
NEW: ‘Confusion’ reigns over cost of UK’s Afghan rescue scheme, warns chair of parliament’s spending watchdog
Alongside muddle between £850mn and £7bn figures, govt has failed to give costings for a cohort of 1,000 Afghans relocated to UK due to data leak
www.ft.com/content/03f5...
Alongside muddle between £850mn and £7bn figures, govt has failed to give costings for a cohort of 1,000 Afghans relocated to UK due to data leak
www.ft.com/content/03f5...
‘Confusion’ reigns over cost of UK’s Afghan rescue scheme, says spending watchdog
Head of public accounts committee calls on ministers to disclose detailed bill for resettlement programme
www.ft.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NEW: ‘Confusion’ reigns over cost of UK’s Afghan rescue scheme, warns chair of parliament’s spending watchdog
Alongside muddle between £850mn and £7bn figures, govt has failed to give costings for a cohort of 1,000 Afghans relocated to UK due to data leak
www.ft.com/content/03f5...
Alongside muddle between £850mn and £7bn figures, govt has failed to give costings for a cohort of 1,000 Afghans relocated to UK due to data leak
www.ft.com/content/03f5...
EXC: Official govt auditor has questioned MoD’s handling of Afghan data leak
NAO told me the MoD did not inform it about data breach in “the established way for sensitive defence matters”
MoD did not give NAO full information about leak & implications
www.ft.com/content/00b8...
NAO told me the MoD did not inform it about data breach in “the established way for sensitive defence matters”
MoD did not give NAO full information about leak & implications
www.ft.com/content/00b8...
UK government auditor questions MoD disclosures of Afghan data leak
Ministry accused of not telling National Audit Office about leak in ‘the established way for sensitive defence matters’
www.ft.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
EXC: Official govt auditor has questioned MoD’s handling of Afghan data leak
NAO told me the MoD did not inform it about data breach in “the established way for sensitive defence matters”
MoD did not give NAO full information about leak & implications
www.ft.com/content/00b8...
NAO told me the MoD did not inform it about data breach in “the established way for sensitive defence matters”
MoD did not give NAO full information about leak & implications
www.ft.com/content/00b8...
How one of the gravest security lapses in history was kept secret
The story of the super-injunction: the global gagging order sought by successive UK govts to silence media over leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals
By Alistair Gray & me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/dbba...
The story of the super-injunction: the global gagging order sought by successive UK govts to silence media over leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals
By Alistair Gray & me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/dbba...
How one of the gravest security lapses in history was kept secret
Successive UK governments gagged the media over a leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How one of the gravest security lapses in history was kept secret
The story of the super-injunction: the global gagging order sought by successive UK govts to silence media over leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals
By Alistair Gray & me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/dbba...
The story of the super-injunction: the global gagging order sought by successive UK govts to silence media over leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals
By Alistair Gray & me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/dbba...
The British state’s battle to contain the fallout from catastrophic Afghan data leak
The full story of how the crisis unfolded over several years by
@nyalistair and me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/ac73...
The full story of how the crisis unfolded over several years by
@nyalistair and me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/ac73...
The British state’s battle to contain the fallout from catastrophic Afghan data leak
Significant decisions affecting immigration and the UK’s fiscal deficit were hidden in effort to protect Afghans
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The British state’s battle to contain the fallout from catastrophic Afghan data leak
The full story of how the crisis unfolded over several years by
@nyalistair and me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/ac73...
The full story of how the crisis unfolded over several years by
@nyalistair and me 👇 #AfghanFiles
www.ft.com/content/ac73...
🚨 🚨 🚨 UK govt set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of murder and torture by the Taliban...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
UK set up secret Afghan immigration scheme after data leak and gagged media
‘Super-injunction’ lifted two years after 25,000 were placed at risk of Taliban reprisals
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🚨 🚨 🚨 UK govt set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of murder and torture by the Taliban...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years
www.ft.com/content/f6b4...
These awards recognise the razor-sharp political analysis and unrivalled insight of the panel each week: @georgewparker.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @pickardje.bsky.social, , @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & more 💪
Beyond thrilled that Political Fix has won both ‘political podcast of the year’ AND ‘podcast of the year’ at Publisher Podcast Awards tonight!🏆
Alongside amazing FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @manuelasaragosa.bsky.social @lulusmyth.bsky.social, Flo Phillips, Breen Turner
Alongside amazing FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @manuelasaragosa.bsky.social @lulusmyth.bsky.social, Flo Phillips, Breen Turner
June 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
These awards recognise the razor-sharp political analysis and unrivalled insight of the panel each week: @georgewparker.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @pickardje.bsky.social, , @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & more 💪
Beyond thrilled that Political Fix has won both ‘political podcast of the year’ AND ‘podcast of the year’ at Publisher Podcast Awards tonight!🏆
Alongside amazing FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @manuelasaragosa.bsky.social @lulusmyth.bsky.social, Flo Phillips, Breen Turner
Alongside amazing FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @manuelasaragosa.bsky.social @lulusmyth.bsky.social, Flo Phillips, Breen Turner
June 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Beyond thrilled that Political Fix has won both ‘political podcast of the year’ AND ‘podcast of the year’ at Publisher Podcast Awards tonight!🏆
Alongside amazing FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @manuelasaragosa.bsky.social @lulusmyth.bsky.social, Flo Phillips, Breen Turner
Alongside amazing FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @manuelasaragosa.bsky.social @lulusmyth.bsky.social, Flo Phillips, Breen Turner
A note to say I'm now on maternity leave until the end of the year, after my baby son arrived last week
Until then, @georgewparker.bsky.social has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻
And @oilsheppard.bsky.social is acting Whitehall Editor at FT
Huge thanks to both!
See you in 2026 👋
Until then, @georgewparker.bsky.social has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻
And @oilsheppard.bsky.social is acting Whitehall Editor at FT
Huge thanks to both!
See you in 2026 👋
May 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A note to say I'm now on maternity leave until the end of the year, after my baby son arrived last week
Until then, @georgewparker.bsky.social has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻
And @oilsheppard.bsky.social is acting Whitehall Editor at FT
Huge thanks to both!
See you in 2026 👋
Until then, @georgewparker.bsky.social has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻
And @oilsheppard.bsky.social is acting Whitehall Editor at FT
Huge thanks to both!
See you in 2026 👋
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I've met some incredible people during my 25 year+ career, but these four top the lot. A butcher, a machinist, a tour guide, a botany lecturer...oh, and all WW2 veterans alive today and each with an amazing story. With @lucyfisher.ft.com via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f7e8... #WW2 #VEDay
‘I don’t think anybody went to bed that night’: VE veterans share their stories
Eighty years after Victory in Europe, servicemen and women look back on the conflict
www.ft.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've met some incredible people during my 25 year+ career, but these four top the lot. A butcher, a machinist, a tour guide, a botany lecturer...oh, and all WW2 veterans alive today and each with an amazing story. With @lucyfisher.ft.com via @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f7e8... #WW2 #VEDay
Excl: Lower US tariffs on UK exports unlikely to take effect for weeks, say British officials
UK companies complain about continued uncertainty around levies despite the bilateral trade deal
Via me, @aimewilliams.bsky.social & colleagues
www.ft.com/content/1b71...
UK companies complain about continued uncertainty around levies despite the bilateral trade deal
Via me, @aimewilliams.bsky.social & colleagues
www.ft.com/content/1b71...
Lower US tariffs on UK exports unlikely to take effect for weeks, say British officials
Companies complain of uncertainty around trade deal and plan to reduce levies on metals and cars
www.ft.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Excl: Lower US tariffs on UK exports unlikely to take effect for weeks, say British officials
UK companies complain about continued uncertainty around levies despite the bilateral trade deal
Via me, @aimewilliams.bsky.social & colleagues
www.ft.com/content/1b71...
UK companies complain about continued uncertainty around levies despite the bilateral trade deal
Via me, @aimewilliams.bsky.social & colleagues
www.ft.com/content/1b71...
Kemi Badenoch pivots to economy, amid signs her attempt to fight Reform UK on immigration and “woke” issues is floundering
Via George Parker and me 👇
www.ft.com/content/05bc...
Via George Parker and me 👇
www.ft.com/content/05bc...
Badenoch pivots towards economy in bid to fend off Reform threat
Conservative leader seeks to exploit Nigel Farage’s ‘weak spot’ on fiscal discipline
www.ft.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Kemi Badenoch pivots to economy, amid signs her attempt to fight Reform UK on immigration and “woke” issues is floundering
Via George Parker and me 👇
www.ft.com/content/05bc...
Via George Parker and me 👇
www.ft.com/content/05bc...
You asked and we delivered... ‘Ask Political Fix‘, a new semi-regular Q&A format for the podcast!
Of course I had the easy job filleting your fiendish questions... This week @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social answered them
Tell us what you think!
Of course I had the easy job filleting your fiendish questions... This week @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social answered them
Tell us what you think!
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
You asked and we delivered... ‘Ask Political Fix‘, a new semi-regular Q&A format for the podcast!
Of course I had the easy job filleting your fiendish questions... This week @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social answered them
Tell us what you think!
Of course I had the easy job filleting your fiendish questions... This week @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social answered them
Tell us what you think!
The new intl development minister is taking a strikingly tough line on aid cuts, amid Labour’s wider rightward tack
Bns Jenny Chapman will tell MPs later that the days of British govt being “a global charity are over”, as she mulls ending cash for projects supporting education & feminist orgs
Bns Jenny Chapman will tell MPs later that the days of British govt being “a global charity are over”, as she mulls ending cash for projects supporting education & feminist orgs
May 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The new intl development minister is taking a strikingly tough line on aid cuts, amid Labour’s wider rightward tack
Bns Jenny Chapman will tell MPs later that the days of British govt being “a global charity are over”, as she mulls ending cash for projects supporting education & feminist orgs
Bns Jenny Chapman will tell MPs later that the days of British govt being “a global charity are over”, as she mulls ending cash for projects supporting education & feminist orgs
EXCL: Head of Royal Navy stepped back from his role after MoD launched an investigation into his conduct relating to a relationship with female subordinate, acc to people familiar with matter
MoD probe is ongoing into First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key
www.ft.com/content/95a4...
MoD probe is ongoing into First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key
www.ft.com/content/95a4...
Head of Royal Navy stepped down during probe into his behaviour
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key was replaced earlier this week
www.ft.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
EXCL: Head of Royal Navy stepped back from his role after MoD launched an investigation into his conduct relating to a relationship with female subordinate, acc to people familiar with matter
MoD probe is ongoing into First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key
www.ft.com/content/95a4...
MoD probe is ongoing into First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key
www.ft.com/content/95a4...
EXC: Pentagon wants UK military to focus more on Europe and less on Asia, in a major policy shift from Biden administration, which pushed European allies to boost Indo-Pac activity to send a strong signal to China
From Demetri Sevastopulo & me 👇
on.ft.com/4iTeDRi
From Demetri Sevastopulo & me 👇
on.ft.com/4iTeDRi
US wants UK military to focus more on Europe and away from Asia
[FREE TO READ] Pentagon believes British should place more emphasis on their own region in policy shift from Biden administration
on.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EXC: Pentagon wants UK military to focus more on Europe and less on Asia, in a major policy shift from Biden administration, which pushed European allies to boost Indo-Pac activity to send a strong signal to China
From Demetri Sevastopulo & me 👇
on.ft.com/4iTeDRi
From Demetri Sevastopulo & me 👇
on.ft.com/4iTeDRi
EXC: Head of Royal Navy has stepped down and his deputy is in charge of service
Adm Sir Ben Key notified CDS & def sec last autumn that he would leave this summer for personal reasons, acc to ppl familiar w/ matter
Not related to govt strategic defence review, they said
www.ft.com/content/0582...
Adm Sir Ben Key notified CDS & def sec last autumn that he would leave this summer for personal reasons, acc to ppl familiar w/ matter
Not related to govt strategic defence review, they said
www.ft.com/content/0582...
Royal Navy chief Sir Ben Key steps down
Change of top brass comes ahead of UK government’s strategic defence review
www.ft.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
EXC: Head of Royal Navy has stepped down and his deputy is in charge of service
Adm Sir Ben Key notified CDS & def sec last autumn that he would leave this summer for personal reasons, acc to ppl familiar w/ matter
Not related to govt strategic defence review, they said
www.ft.com/content/0582...
Adm Sir Ben Key notified CDS & def sec last autumn that he would leave this summer for personal reasons, acc to ppl familiar w/ matter
Not related to govt strategic defence review, they said
www.ft.com/content/0582...
Looking forward to joining the BBCR4 Week in Westminster panel from 11am 🎙️
@pronouncedalva.bsky.social, Henry Hill and I will be discussing what happens next for Reform, Lab & the Tories after these dramatic local election results 📻
@pronouncedalva.bsky.social, Henry Hill and I will be discussing what happens next for Reform, Lab & the Tories after these dramatic local election results 📻
May 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Looking forward to joining the BBCR4 Week in Westminster panel from 11am 🎙️
@pronouncedalva.bsky.social, Henry Hill and I will be discussing what happens next for Reform, Lab & the Tories after these dramatic local election results 📻
@pronouncedalva.bsky.social, Henry Hill and I will be discussing what happens next for Reform, Lab & the Tories after these dramatic local election results 📻
Reposted by Lucy Fisher
Apocalypse now. Analysis with @lucyfisher.ft.com on what Farage’s advance means for Starmer and Badenoch
on.ft.com/42Zq6ZA
on.ft.com/42Zq6ZA
‘Apocalyptic’: Tory wipeout as Nigel Farage storms English councils
[FREE TO READ] Reform party’s rout in local elections poses huge challenges for Conservatives and Labour
on.ft.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Apocalypse now. Analysis with @lucyfisher.ft.com on what Farage’s advance means for Starmer and Badenoch
on.ft.com/42Zq6ZA
on.ft.com/42Zq6ZA
It is, of course, a local election results special on Political Fix this week 🎙️
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @georgewparker.bsky.social join me to discuss the ‘reformquake’ and whether it’s the end of the two-party duopoly…
Out now, wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @georgewparker.bsky.social join me to discuss the ‘reformquake’ and whether it’s the end of the two-party duopoly…
Out now, wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
May 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
It is, of course, a local election results special on Political Fix this week 🎙️
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @georgewparker.bsky.social join me to discuss the ‘reformquake’ and whether it’s the end of the two-party duopoly…
Out now, wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @georgewparker.bsky.social join me to discuss the ‘reformquake’ and whether it’s the end of the two-party duopoly…
Out now, wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
UK military is shrinking by 200-300 personnel a month, says chief of defence staff
It will take up to 3 years for British armed forces to start growing in size, acc to Adm Radakin
enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/bf2a2...
It will take up to 3 years for British armed forces to start growing in size, acc to Adm Radakin
enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/bf2a2...
UK military shrinking by 300 a month says Radakin
[FREE TO READ] Chief of the defence staff warns it will take up to three years for British armed forces to start growing again
enterprise-sharing.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
UK military is shrinking by 200-300 personnel a month, says chief of defence staff
It will take up to 3 years for British armed forces to start growing in size, acc to Adm Radakin
enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/bf2a2...
It will take up to 3 years for British armed forces to start growing in size, acc to Adm Radakin
enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/bf2a2...