Brilliant from Andrew Rawnsley piece today. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… If you're interested Andrew, Kit Haukeland was one of those early 'hardy souls' that searched hard. What he found was impressive and very prescient for the time: open.substack.com/pub/thepolitic…

Tanned, rested and ready

I've read and edited this, trust me - you'll want to read it, it's absolutely astonishing.

Great to see this review by Rowan Williams of The Conservative Effect by Sir Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton in The New Statesman Politics "The Conservative Effect explores how theatrical short-termism & specious rhetoric defined 14 years of mis-rule.” newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

Trying to figure out who may have owned second hand books is always interesting. Previous owner of my Kenneth O. Morgan's Callaghan bio only interested in his time as home sec / NI, seems to have insider knowledge of Home office / Police and understands gov info system. Ideas?

Whole piece from Patrick Maguire is fascinating but this bit is particularly important & Ed Miliband I think is right. I don't think mainstream is yet taking seriously enough the depths of disillusionment, apathy and frustration with our politics. thetimes.com/comment/column…

New piece on Labour's economic inheritance, the historical comparison to previous Labour governments and the political strategy of Rachel Reeves. linktr.ee/thepoliticalin…

Check out the return of ‘State of Play’ in which Tom Egerton discusses the challenging economic climate Labour has inherited, historical comparisons and the narrative Rachel Reeves has constructed. Read the full piece here for free🌹

Brendan is a carer. He looks after the elderly and vulnerable in Middlesbrough. After he finished work, this is how he found his car.

Calm down

Just Elon Musk quote tweeting the co-leader of far-right party, Britain First, who is sharing a fake Telegraph headline Seen by almost 1 million people in 15 minutes Utterly dystopian

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I keep getting distracted while trying to sort my old politics collections. Interesting coverage comparisons - and just five years apart! Will this type of volatility between elections become more regular or remain a shock as history moves on?

Five years since the greatest of all finishes. Never beaten. #bbccricket

Interesting take from Kit Haukeland on wage / welfare policy - something increasingly debated among progressive governing circles. Read it here: linktr.ee/thepoliticalin…

Spot on.

Really important stuff from OBR: "We find a sustained 1 per cent of GDP increase in public investment could plausibly increase the level of potential output by just under ½ a percent after five years and around 2½ per cent in the long run (50 years)." obr.uk/public-investm…

Great to see Political Quarterly (Political Quarterly) on Substack with some fascinating pieces. The political community is growing fast on the platform. Please do subscribe if you're interested in their top-quality academic work: substack.com/@politicalquar…

🇺🇸After last night's debate I've taken an outsider's look into US politics - particularly from a historical angle of democratic failure and autocratic accension. Can democracy easily continue with the current pressures of the American empire? Read here: linktr.ee/thepoliticalin…