How it started. How it’s going. Seven more miles of Kiltwalk to go. Everyone here is walking because they know things can be better. Because they want to be part of making it so. 🩷

'Clubs are, in their understated way, magical settings.'

A great call for working class social clubs to get more recognition and support.

I am, though, a little biased... I'm the result of a relationship started in one.

Kirsty McNeill Social Market Foundation

smf.co.uk/commentary_pod…

Great The Future Governance Forum discussion on how oppositions best prepare for government, with Anoosh Chakelian, Phil Tinline, Lord Maude, Ayesha Hazarika & Nick Macpherson.

The report is excellent: futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/into-… #IntoPower .

🚀 Launched today – #IntoPower 02: The Conservative Party’s 2010 transition from opposition to government

What can UK opposition parties learn from the most recent handover of power in 2010?

Read FGF’s latest report, or read on... 🧵

✍️ Phil Tinline

futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/into-…

Any support very much appreciated. Who Cares? Scotland are a fantastic organisation doing great work brilliantly. 🙌🏼🏃🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Will parties’ #netzero policies help or hinder their electoral chances? Are Red Wall voters as sceptical about cutting carbon as is commonly assumed?

Find out in Episode 1 of my Political Heat podcast. Quality weekend listening!

political-heat.captivate.fm

A great overview of some of the folk vying to be in the next parliament 🗳️👀

Great blog from Nathan Yeowell of The Future Governance Forum on the plans of one of the UK's newest & most quietly impressive think tanks.

The topics can sound dry but hold the key to genuinely re-wiring the state to deliver for people let down by the status quo.

futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2024/03/17/our…

'That is wrong, to leave it to people from a particular minority background to stand up for the values that all of the Party should share.'

Sunder Katwala, of British Future, criticises the Conservative Party's handling of racism accusations.

#Newsnight

Strongly agree with this. Not least Carys Roberts Zoë Billingham Kirsty McNeill and Rachel Statham at IPPR

Women, they have minds -

I've written for Renewal on the people influencing Starmer and why you might think none of them are women.

renewal.org.uk/women-they-hav…

🗳️ Election Countdown | Episode 3

🗓️ Monday 18th March from 11am - 12pm

🗣️ Join our panel on for an online discussion that cuts through the political noise and highlights what we should be watching out for in the run-up to the election.

Register now 👇
green-alliance.org.uk/event/ep-3-ele…

Launched today – #IntoPower 01: Lessons from Australia and the United States 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧

What can UK opposition parties learn from the Biden and Albanese transitions to government ahead of the next election?

⬇️ Read the new report from FGF, or read on... 🧵
futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/resource/into-…

Really pleased to announce #MissionCritical - FGF's new programme looking at how mission-driven govt might work in practice. This is a joint project with UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
- read our launch blog by Camden council leader & FGF policy advisory group member Georgia Gould & Mariana Mazzucato

This is grim reading. It's hard not to worry about what this collapse in local journalism does to the strength of democracy.

Great report from the Press Gazette. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reg…

A relief to see food inflation come down today, but with more extreme weather likely in 2024 there's every chance that rising food prices become the norm again and an even bigger political issue.

On which, happy Valentine's Day from Round Our Way...
express.co.uk/news/world/186…

“If you’re short of money this Valentine's Day, it might be all because the lady loves Milk Tray and cocoa beans hate climate change.”

Great Daily Express piece today on Round Our Way/ECIU analysis showing climate change is upping chocolate prices.

express.co.uk/news/world/186…

This story is popping up more and more, up and down the country - more games at all levels are getting called off due to flooding and other weather extremes, putting smaller clubs under yet more financial pressure.

Great The Yorkshire Post piece exploring it here.