Stephen Bush
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
I mean, seriously. Just the silliest possible take.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I mean, seriously. Just the silliest possible take.
“What problems are you actually interested in solving?” - a question that I’m not sure most of our current crop of politicians could answer.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“What problems are you actually interested in solving?” - a question that I’m not sure most of our current crop of politicians could answer.
Just for context! pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just for context! pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
I mean, I'm sorry, this is just an utterly bonkers write-up of this story on what is far and away the most important website in the United Kingdom!
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I mean, I'm sorry, this is just an utterly bonkers write-up of this story on what is far and away the most important website in the United Kingdom!
POV: you survived being kidnapped by Islamists but you aren't going to survive THIS
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
POV: you survived being kidnapped by Islamists but you aren't going to survive THIS
There's only one GOAT.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There's only one GOAT.
I continue to find it fascinating how people continue to ascribe a political coherence on the West Wing that the show absolutely does not have!
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I continue to find it fascinating how people continue to ascribe a political coherence on the West Wing that the show absolutely does not have!
This quote from this great column sums it up, really. The absolute worst way to deliver Milibandism is to think you do it by stealth: www.ft.com/content/f76c...
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This quote from this great column sums it up, really. The absolute worst way to deliver Milibandism is to think you do it by stealth: www.ft.com/content/f76c...
'We spent a lot of money and in the end we were basically just measuring age' - an occasional series in British public policy and polling.
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
'We spent a lot of money and in the end we were basically just measuring age' - an occasional series in British public policy and polling.
This remains my favourite “PM to new minister of state conversation“, from Michelle Clement’s “The Art of Delivery”.
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This remains my favourite “PM to new minister of state conversation“, from Michelle Clement’s “The Art of Delivery”.
And I somehow...doubt that they would have gone 'oh, no, we can't possibly do decent bubble policing between stadium and coaches'.
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
And I somehow...doubt that they would have gone 'oh, no, we can't possibly do decent bubble policing between stadium and coaches'.
Ooh, I know! I know!
October 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ooh, I know! I know!
Reading takes a lot of time, it's much quicker to just hallucinate a version of the article to get mad at.
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reading takes a lot of time, it's much quicker to just hallucinate a version of the article to get mad at.
Sometimes I think: perhaps Brexit is only the second-worst thing Boris Johnson did to the country. Perhaps introducing the word 'dead cat' to people who are addicted to savviness was the worst.
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sometimes I think: perhaps Brexit is only the second-worst thing Boris Johnson did to the country. Perhaps introducing the word 'dead cat' to people who are addicted to savviness was the worst.
A thing that always causes me a minor epistemic crisis are the people who have really, really strong ideas about the FT, a paper they have never read that they have completely made up but believe to be true. I must have beliefs like this also! But what are they?
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A thing that always causes me a minor epistemic crisis are the people who have really, really strong ideas about the FT, a paper they have never read that they have completely made up but believe to be true. I must have beliefs like this also! But what are they?
Knowing what they meant doesn’t make it any less if a mystery, quite frankly.
October 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Knowing what they meant doesn’t make it any less if a mystery, quite frankly.
Screengrab hasn’t loaded but I feel confident even from what has that you are 100 per cent correct on this one.
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Screengrab hasn’t loaded but I feel confident even from what has that you are 100 per cent correct on this one.
Where's the downside? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Where's the downside? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Didn't achieve two people, did achieve one person three times, so a mixed success.
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Didn't achieve two people, did achieve one person three times, so a mixed success.
Not even in the top ten stupidest things this guy has said tonight, but I love the idea of someone following me on here thinking “wow, this Guardian journalist sure posts a LOT of FT pieces”.
October 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not even in the top ten stupidest things this guy has said tonight, but I love the idea of someone following me on here thinking “wow, this Guardian journalist sure posts a LOT of FT pieces”.