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 📚
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…)
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
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!
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! 📻🎧
🎙️ Political Fix has recorded a handy local elections guide this week 🗳️
I'm joined by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social & Anna Gross to discuss Reform’s momentum, the races to watch, and the stakes at play for the main parties
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
I'm joined by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social & Anna Gross to discuss Reform’s momentum, the races to watch, and the stakes at play for the main parties
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
April 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🎙️ Political Fix has recorded a handy local elections guide this week 🗳️
I'm joined by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social & Anna Gross to discuss Reform’s momentum, the races to watch, and the stakes at play for the main parties
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
I'm joined by @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social & Anna Gross to discuss Reform’s momentum, the races to watch, and the stakes at play for the main parties
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
EXC: Britain must expand its military footprint in Arctic and High North as region becomes increasingly contested due to melting sea ice, govt’s strategic defence review set to advise
Story from me, @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social & Charles Clover
on.ft.com/4jhnrBp
Story from me, @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social & Charles Clover
on.ft.com/4jhnrBp
April 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
EXC: Britain must expand its military footprint in Arctic and High North as region becomes increasingly contested due to melting sea ice, govt’s strategic defence review set to advise
Story from me, @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social & Charles Clover
on.ft.com/4jhnrBp
Story from me, @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social & Charles Clover
on.ft.com/4jhnrBp
🎙️What is a ‘woman’ in law? The Supreme Court ruling
Plus: the British Steel debacle’s impact on UK-China investment & diplomatic ties
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
Plus: the British Steel debacle’s impact on UK-China investment & diplomatic ties
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🎙️What is a ‘woman’ in law? The Supreme Court ruling
Plus: the British Steel debacle’s impact on UK-China investment & diplomatic ties
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
Plus: the British Steel debacle’s impact on UK-China investment & diplomatic ties
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week
Available wherever you get your podcasts! 📻🎧
Keir Starmer is often criticised for his lack of political moorings/vision, but is an absence of ideology helpful in the Trump 2.0 era?
Flexibility is helpful when leaders can do little more than brace & react to US
Standing in for @stephenkb.bsky.social in his Inside Politics newsletter today 👇
Flexibility is helpful when leaders can do little more than brace & react to US
Standing in for @stephenkb.bsky.social in his Inside Politics newsletter today 👇
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Keir Starmer is often criticised for his lack of political moorings/vision, but is an absence of ideology helpful in the Trump 2.0 era?
Flexibility is helpful when leaders can do little more than brace & react to US
Standing in for @stephenkb.bsky.social in his Inside Politics newsletter today 👇
Flexibility is helpful when leaders can do little more than brace & react to US
Standing in for @stephenkb.bsky.social in his Inside Politics newsletter today 👇
🎙️ Trump’s trade war: trouble ahead for Britain
@pickardje.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @pmdfoster.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week, discussing Starmer’s options re US tariffs
Plus, we ask on the pod if the govt’s pro-growth measures are gimmicks or good tactics 📻 🎧
@pickardje.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @pmdfoster.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week, discussing Starmer’s options re US tariffs
Plus, we ask on the pod if the govt’s pro-growth measures are gimmicks or good tactics 📻 🎧
April 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎙️ Trump’s trade war: trouble ahead for Britain
@pickardje.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @pmdfoster.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week, discussing Starmer’s options re US tariffs
Plus, we ask on the pod if the govt’s pro-growth measures are gimmicks or good tactics 📻 🎧
@pickardje.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & @pmdfoster.bsky.social are on Political Fix this week, discussing Starmer’s options re US tariffs
Plus, we ask on the pod if the govt’s pro-growth measures are gimmicks or good tactics 📻 🎧
Interesting to be at the London Stock Exchange today for opening of the market
Confetti cannons and soaring music marked the Chinese finance vice-minister’s visit to launch new renminbi sovereign green bonds…
As VIPs watched screen show FTSE tumbling post Trump tariff bombshell
Confetti cannons and soaring music marked the Chinese finance vice-minister’s visit to launch new renminbi sovereign green bonds…
As VIPs watched screen show FTSE tumbling post Trump tariff bombshell
April 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Interesting to be at the London Stock Exchange today for opening of the market
Confetti cannons and soaring music marked the Chinese finance vice-minister’s visit to launch new renminbi sovereign green bonds…
As VIPs watched screen show FTSE tumbling post Trump tariff bombshell
Confetti cannons and soaring music marked the Chinese finance vice-minister’s visit to launch new renminbi sovereign green bonds…
As VIPs watched screen show FTSE tumbling post Trump tariff bombshell
David Miliband is also interesting on subject of aid cuts (in UK, US, France etc) as a “microcosm” of wider issues blighting an intl system “at risk of falling further apart”
He argues we’re moving to a “multi-aligned” world, in which a patchwork of issue-based coalitions replaces stable alliances
He argues we’re moving to a “multi-aligned” world, in which a patchwork of issue-based coalitions replaces stable alliances
April 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
David Miliband is also interesting on subject of aid cuts (in UK, US, France etc) as a “microcosm” of wider issues blighting an intl system “at risk of falling further apart”
He argues we’re moving to a “multi-aligned” world, in which a patchwork of issue-based coalitions replaces stable alliances
He argues we’re moving to a “multi-aligned” world, in which a patchwork of issue-based coalitions replaces stable alliances
Exc: MI5 warned UK energy industry last Nov about credible intelligence of threat from Russia 👀
However, investigators examining fire behind Heathrow closure don’t believe hostile state actor/criminals were involved, acc to ppl familiar with the matter
via Rachel Millard and me 👇
However, investigators examining fire behind Heathrow closure don’t believe hostile state actor/criminals were involved, acc to ppl familiar with the matter
via Rachel Millard and me 👇
March 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Exc: MI5 warned UK energy industry last Nov about credible intelligence of threat from Russia 👀
However, investigators examining fire behind Heathrow closure don’t believe hostile state actor/criminals were involved, acc to ppl familiar with the matter
via Rachel Millard and me 👇
However, investigators examining fire behind Heathrow closure don’t believe hostile state actor/criminals were involved, acc to ppl familiar with the matter
via Rachel Millard and me 👇
Austerity redux?
On Political Fix this week, we look ahead to downgraded growth & spending cuts in the Spring statement
w/ @pickardje.bsky.social, @mirandagreen.bsky.social & Sam Fleming
Plus @henryjfoy.ft.com joins pod to discuss Europe’s mounting security crisis – and its impact on UK-EU reset
On Political Fix this week, we look ahead to downgraded growth & spending cuts in the Spring statement
w/ @pickardje.bsky.social, @mirandagreen.bsky.social & Sam Fleming
Plus @henryjfoy.ft.com joins pod to discuss Europe’s mounting security crisis – and its impact on UK-EU reset
March 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Austerity redux?
On Political Fix this week, we look ahead to downgraded growth & spending cuts in the Spring statement
w/ @pickardje.bsky.social, @mirandagreen.bsky.social & Sam Fleming
Plus @henryjfoy.ft.com joins pod to discuss Europe’s mounting security crisis – and its impact on UK-EU reset
On Political Fix this week, we look ahead to downgraded growth & spending cuts in the Spring statement
w/ @pickardje.bsky.social, @mirandagreen.bsky.social & Sam Fleming
Plus @henryjfoy.ft.com joins pod to discuss Europe’s mounting security crisis – and its impact on UK-EU reset
🎙️ Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall & welfare
On Political Fix this week, we discuss the PM’s reforms to the health service, civil service and benefits
Plus: where does Reform go next?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @annasophiegross.bsky.social on the pod 📻🎧
On Political Fix this week, we discuss the PM’s reforms to the health service, civil service and benefits
Plus: where does Reform go next?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @annasophiegross.bsky.social on the pod 📻🎧
March 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🎙️ Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall & welfare
On Political Fix this week, we discuss the PM’s reforms to the health service, civil service and benefits
Plus: where does Reform go next?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @annasophiegross.bsky.social on the pod 📻🎧
On Political Fix this week, we discuss the PM’s reforms to the health service, civil service and benefits
Plus: where does Reform go next?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @annasophiegross.bsky.social on the pod 📻🎧
Well this is nice. Thanks to @TheHouseMag for naming me one of the 100 most influential women in Westminster
It’s a pleasure to work alongside such a brilliant cohort of female journos, politicians, mandarins in SW1 - in this list and beyond
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/par... #WiW100
It’s a pleasure to work alongside such a brilliant cohort of female journos, politicians, mandarins in SW1 - in this list and beyond
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/par... #WiW100
March 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Well this is nice. Thanks to @TheHouseMag for naming me one of the 100 most influential women in Westminster
It’s a pleasure to work alongside such a brilliant cohort of female journos, politicians, mandarins in SW1 - in this list and beyond
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/par... #WiW100
It’s a pleasure to work alongside such a brilliant cohort of female journos, politicians, mandarins in SW1 - in this list and beyond
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/par... #WiW100
🎙️ ‘America is now an adversary’ 🇺🇸
On the FT’s Political Fix podcast this week, we ask if the end of Pax Americana is nigh...
Plus we lift the lid on the Arc conference, aka ‘right-wing Davos’
With bumper line up: @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social, JP Rathbone & Dan Thomas
On the FT’s Political Fix podcast this week, we ask if the end of Pax Americana is nigh...
Plus we lift the lid on the Arc conference, aka ‘right-wing Davos’
With bumper line up: @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social, JP Rathbone & Dan Thomas
February 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🎙️ ‘America is now an adversary’ 🇺🇸
On the FT’s Political Fix podcast this week, we ask if the end of Pax Americana is nigh...
Plus we lift the lid on the Arc conference, aka ‘right-wing Davos’
With bumper line up: @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social, JP Rathbone & Dan Thomas
On the FT’s Political Fix podcast this week, we ask if the end of Pax Americana is nigh...
Plus we lift the lid on the Arc conference, aka ‘right-wing Davos’
With bumper line up: @robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social, JP Rathbone & Dan Thomas
BII said it takes taxpayer value for money “extremely seriously”
February 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
BII said it takes taxpayer value for money “extremely seriously”
Former Tory chief whip Simon Hart's memoir looks set to put firecrackers under Westminster... 🧨🧨
A raft of eye-watering stories like this one - about a Conservative MP requiring his assistance at dawn in a Bayswater brothel - from extracts in Times today alone
A raft of eye-watering stories like this one - about a Conservative MP requiring his assistance at dawn in a Bayswater brothel - from extracts in Times today alone
February 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Former Tory chief whip Simon Hart's memoir looks set to put firecrackers under Westminster... 🧨🧨
A raft of eye-watering stories like this one - about a Conservative MP requiring his assistance at dawn in a Bayswater brothel - from extracts in Times today alone
A raft of eye-watering stories like this one - about a Conservative MP requiring his assistance at dawn in a Bayswater brothel - from extracts in Times today alone
Unclear if Jordan Peterson was entirely read up on Nigel Farage when the two appeared 'in conversation' at the Arc conference this morning...
February 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Unclear if Jordan Peterson was entirely read up on Nigel Farage when the two appeared 'in conversation' at the Arc conference this morning...
The right to die: who should have the final say?
This week on the Political Fix pod, we dig into the bitter and emotional wrangling in Parliament over the assisted dying bill
Will the removal of a key safeguard sink it?
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & Laura Hughes join pod
This week on the Political Fix pod, we dig into the bitter and emotional wrangling in Parliament over the assisted dying bill
Will the removal of a key safeguard sink it?
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & Laura Hughes join pod
February 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The right to die: who should have the final say?
This week on the Political Fix pod, we dig into the bitter and emotional wrangling in Parliament over the assisted dying bill
Will the removal of a key safeguard sink it?
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & Laura Hughes join pod
This week on the Political Fix pod, we dig into the bitter and emotional wrangling in Parliament over the assisted dying bill
Will the removal of a key safeguard sink it?
@stephenkb.bsky.social, @robertshrimsley.bsky.social & Laura Hughes join pod
Donald Trump and Reform-mania... Is US-style populism set to sweep the UK?
The latest Political Fix has just dropped 📻🎧
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social & George Parker join the pod this week to discuss the challenges Keir Starmer faces from the new US president and Farage
The latest Political Fix has just dropped 📻🎧
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social & George Parker join the pod this week to discuss the challenges Keir Starmer faces from the new US president and Farage
February 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Donald Trump and Reform-mania... Is US-style populism set to sweep the UK?
The latest Political Fix has just dropped 📻🎧
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social & George Parker join the pod this week to discuss the challenges Keir Starmer faces from the new US president and Farage
The latest Political Fix has just dropped 📻🎧
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @gideonrachman.bsky.social & George Parker join the pod this week to discuss the challenges Keir Starmer faces from the new US president and Farage
Growth – and damn the consequences?
How far is Rachel Reeves prepared to prioritise the economy over the green agenda, nimbyism and other competing priorities?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @pmdfoster.bsky.social & Miranda Green join the FT Political Fix pod this week to discuss the trade-offs🎙️ 📻🎧
How far is Rachel Reeves prepared to prioritise the economy over the green agenda, nimbyism and other competing priorities?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @pmdfoster.bsky.social & Miranda Green join the FT Political Fix pod this week to discuss the trade-offs🎙️ 📻🎧
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Growth – and damn the consequences?
How far is Rachel Reeves prepared to prioritise the economy over the green agenda, nimbyism and other competing priorities?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @pmdfoster.bsky.social & Miranda Green join the FT Political Fix pod this week to discuss the trade-offs🎙️ 📻🎧
How far is Rachel Reeves prepared to prioritise the economy over the green agenda, nimbyism and other competing priorities?
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @pmdfoster.bsky.social & Miranda Green join the FT Political Fix pod this week to discuss the trade-offs🎙️ 📻🎧
Rachel Reeves vs the markets📈📉
This week on Political Fix, we ask who’s in charge here: the Chancellor or the bond vigilantes?
Plus we examine how Kemi Badenoch & Ed Davey have kicked off 2025
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @katie0martin.bsky.social are on the pod 📻🎧
This week on Political Fix, we ask who’s in charge here: the Chancellor or the bond vigilantes?
Plus we examine how Kemi Badenoch & Ed Davey have kicked off 2025
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @katie0martin.bsky.social are on the pod 📻🎧
January 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rachel Reeves vs the markets📈📉
This week on Political Fix, we ask who’s in charge here: the Chancellor or the bond vigilantes?
Plus we examine how Kemi Badenoch & Ed Davey have kicked off 2025
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @katie0martin.bsky.social are on the pod 📻🎧
This week on Political Fix, we ask who’s in charge here: the Chancellor or the bond vigilantes?
Plus we examine how Kemi Badenoch & Ed Davey have kicked off 2025
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social & @katie0martin.bsky.social are on the pod 📻🎧
Why is Musk fixated with Britain?
Could his online hostility spill over into the offline world?
& how should UK/European govts respond?
The tech billionaire is our focus on Political Fix this week, feat @pickardje.bsky.social, @joemillerjr.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & Miranda Green
Could his online hostility spill over into the offline world?
& how should UK/European govts respond?
The tech billionaire is our focus on Political Fix this week, feat @pickardje.bsky.social, @joemillerjr.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & Miranda Green
January 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Why is Musk fixated with Britain?
Could his online hostility spill over into the offline world?
& how should UK/European govts respond?
The tech billionaire is our focus on Political Fix this week, feat @pickardje.bsky.social, @joemillerjr.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & Miranda Green
Could his online hostility spill over into the offline world?
& how should UK/European govts respond?
The tech billionaire is our focus on Political Fix this week, feat @pickardje.bsky.social, @joemillerjr.bsky.social, @annasophiegross.bsky.social & Miranda Green