2026-05-17T07:20:14Z https://yabu.me Stephen Bush https://yabu.me/npub1cfdq4vu5ty8jp8jeegptghxcydxjhn8f9247vjw3fn7zgye9g8zs7luu4y https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25&cid=bafkreigghhocafr6hzpd772lr5bbvr3q4nubjpeat5vyv5q37epsmj7fjm https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25&cid=bafkreigghhocafr6hzpd772lr5bbvr3q4nubjpeat5vyv5q37epsmj7fjm https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8e98vszl9cnj2z5epjh4h2qz8rdzc5z6tnaw3069de7jhr3f6t9szyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu286afwp “Psychodrama” has always obscured more than it resolved- right from the start it was the way that BBC Politics in that era babbled its way around the conviction that couldn’t cover Brexit in detail without being biased and that the public needed to be talked down to.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvss7ivwf5rdsxriykpagids/post/3mlonsoe7js2m">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvss7ivwf5rdsxriykpagids/post/3mlonsoe7js2m</a> 2026-05-12T20:55:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx996qa7fduk3epx27jlmgr8v0mtvpw9emusqs6xnrm8tugkwkgnszyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2xun9cy The Liberal Democrats now have 56 seats out of 90 in West Surrey. Truly, Kemi Badenoch’s days of being a bad leader are certainly coming to a middle. 2026-05-08T20:10:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7pqqxfz57k65ujssc0plne00xhvh9tarjv5lk9j99z8088fwysqzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu232vtjr My column today: on why if AI creates a world where almost everyone has to live off UBI, we should throw away the machine instead:<br/><br/>[UBI fans must remember a job i...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/18ee22b9-5d62-445e-829f-c454378595c3">https://www.ft.com/content/18ee22b9-5d62-445e-829f-c454378595c3</a> ) 2026-02-03T13:32:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vysalm8cvrn3ds4muc8rpfqyfp589zutc5zsq4dmgghu6pfw2rszyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2x6sp06 Mark Carney&#39;s speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.<br/><br/>[The Carney doctrine](<a href="https://paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney-doctrine">https://paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney-doctrine</a> ) 2026-01-20T17:52:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqd0yp2w97xfa74dxmpex6r6pk57dphgpn05q35fu08a6u73z02fqzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu26gyd2l Fascinating piece on why HS2 is the most expensive per mile railway ever built. Featuring a chart that made me yelp &#39;Christ alive!&#39;<br/><br/>[How the UK ended up building t...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3f731e87-bc4b-426c-a97c-67e1ad50831d?shareType=nongift">https://www.ft.com/content/3f731e87-bc4b-426c-a97c-67e1ad50831d?shareType=nongift</a> ) 2026-01-13T11:18:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsznw9s7anux3d7825gm0kqgtx3h986qyhumxr8pmdccjxcr2wxtqgzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2elzfrn &#34;A phrase I have heard a lot from people in business since 2022 is “this stupid war”, as though it is all a sort of accident or misunderstanding, and not the choice of an implacable state.&#34; Terrific column, this: [www.ft.com/content/36c2...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36c23306-6ad4-4d06-bd4f-e5c2e3e51491">https://www.ft.com/content/36c23306-6ad4-4d06-bd4f-e5c2e3e51491</a> )<br/><br/>[When business and democracy do...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36c23306-6ad4-4d06-bd4f-e5c2e3e51491">https://www.ft.com/content/36c23306-6ad4-4d06-bd4f-e5c2e3e51491</a> ) 2025-12-17T13:44:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8py97ulh70jvpqks3ggf3rtzg7d470d4q2jwxyewjv6d2lvum9eczyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2pq4rs3 Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:<br/><br/>[Tory deportation plan would up...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9a1d3c1f-ebe8-4a0b-8ad9-e5bb188c00c0">https://www.ft.com/content/9a1d3c1f-ebe8-4a0b-8ad9-e5bb188c00c0</a> ) 2025-10-23T10:14:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsph4ptdjkmt0gw53lm3tmd4sh6vza8enwdv4mufetr82e8d0cfyaczyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2tz6d8f Terrific weekend essay by @henrymance.bsky.social<br/><br/>[How polarised is Britain?](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c7e4e399-428d-4323-884b-32723c9e694f">https://www.ft.com/content/c7e4e399-428d-4323-884b-32723c9e694f</a> ) 2025-10-05T09:45:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsye3cmnwededeygx3u52246yvsjgaqcvxqhklk5taws847l2rqvsczyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2kjzhnu Being ill the right way = ordering a curry and watching “Xena: Warrior Princess”. 2025-09-16T20:59:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxkz36kssafqk9k8yvugl8wcj355dl7anxn7u3wn0mpkmjf98d0sgzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2kyl2dw Today’s newsletter: on the GK Chesterton rule of regulation and why government needs to provide digital ID not outsource it to third parties:<br/><br/>[Online safety demands trust — ...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4c35eccb-8bf8-4b16-8e61-9b166b65fe28">https://www.ft.com/content/4c35eccb-8bf8-4b16-8e61-9b166b65fe28</a> ) 2025-08-06T10:55:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyrd2kqc2gvv0haxy5dmng6qxcyucw6p72d582fsalznq5lmegw6szyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2z2y5ty There&#39;s a lot of &#39;the spendthrift PLP versus the Iron Downing Street&#39; about, which ignores that the PLP accepted a deferment of scrapping the two child limit and voted to means-test winter fuel. 2025-07-02T15:08:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zu597hvv467xxu9c0ktnkv9caxmr35hx5459y79a8d0l97tsk7qzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu26e6qz7 👇 genuinely don’t understand why people are unable to comprehend “don’t get AI to do something for you if you can’t understand whether it has produced the wrong answer”.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:elnbwcdlrjj4ot26olansut2/post/3lrndracdb226">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:elnbwcdlrjj4ot26olansut2/post/3lrndracdb226</a> 2025-06-15T13:10:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst40adegmn5ejuyrgu7f7g5z0zakajpnxmq8ueg4hyelqztasdacqzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu22qd9gc The word &#39;enshittification&#39; really has become a thing people say, patronisingly, to things that a) describe literally none of the conditions of the article and b) would not explain the problem if it did.<br/><a href="https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25&amp;cid=bafkreih3bolhtosd447qqompnfssp733uye6shg6yefyz3fxteyypwviai">https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25&amp;cid=bafkreih3bolhtosd447qqompnfssp733uye6shg6yefyz3fxteyypwviai</a><br/> 2025-05-18T20:10:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0efrhrxsyj8tuyt94neq72rzz4d02zvt429y04rxzyvk6qhwmd3czyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2j4y0kt Fascinated by how inept the Tory party&#39;s &#39;we are celebrating five years of Brexit&#39; is. Fronted by their most unpopular frontbencher. Suggests the EU-UK security pact is bad. Has a typo in the press release.<br/><a href="https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25&amp;cid=bafkreiapor2g3cc6tsfhi5g6f3eycbvoirmfqmbpjp22olz7puu42xrgcy">https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25&amp;cid=bafkreiapor2g3cc6tsfhi5g6f3eycbvoirmfqmbpjp22olz7puu42xrgcy</a><br/> 2025-01-31T12:49:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdc7dr9sx9pt4cp25ltxu0yvgumy3ppmkvdmx4sdvqqcnmevhn0lqzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2g4qz4p Sunday 19 January: I always knew I was a &#39;fairweather fan&#39;, but today I discovered exactly what point on the thermostat I become a &#39;I&#39;m not schlepping out to watch Arsenal in THAT&#39; fairweather fan. (In my defence, I also am getting a cold.) 2025-01-19T13:59:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpq3a2uv4kzwyepf5hmuefa4a6zwt2w5nphsm39ez6lyf6rp5seqzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2yqesse Unless I’m missing something, Badenoch has tweeted herself into a situation where she is either spreading falsehoods about Reform (i.e. Farage may have a case for libel) or she is saying “CCHQ or someone connected to me broke the law”:<br/><br/>[Farage and Badenoch trade clai...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f00c5113-4be4-4b08-991f-f2d773bb090c">https://www.ft.com/content/f00c5113-4be4-4b08-991f-f2d773bb090c</a> ) 2024-12-27T16:41:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgq9vrs7yh9jnawea7swryjzj57mfdv20euc0a9t0kp8hjasu74czyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu29lhkku It&#39;s not *surprising* but it is kinda wild that we are 20 minutes into a Commons debate about the future of family farms and the word &#39;Brexit&#39; has not yet been mentioned. 2024-11-04T16:00:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2prslx4l2awlwsskultzsjm98aaqt0parekw8dllp9hvc3432dsgzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2njegkc I am really unconvinced by freeports, but it is fascinating how Brexit has coded a thing that Labour did for longer than the Tories as “rightwing”. (Particularly as I would say my objection to them used to be a thing that marked me out as rightwing)<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4s5yz6vxl4dhdr72jbhr75pc/post/3l7djw2fb7k2r">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4s5yz6vxl4dhdr72jbhr75pc/post/3l7djw2fb7k2r</a> 2024-10-25T12:36:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd27g8djpm5cgztpntk4ak88ujd33w45ass4vr4hzt6gjw5006pxgzyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2cq3pwu Kemi Badenoch’s “we were a bad government because we didn’t dismantle the Blair-Brown governing apparatus” is so funny to me. The Blairite civil service machine didn’t stop Cameron and Osborne dismantling most of New Labour’s public policy legacy or *BREXIT* for goodness’ sake. 2024-10-02T12:53:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy769xwf6dypm98aa3ktxamm68d0wwle7jcgwk038t3cnqd6sk7zczyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2rdqzdt My column this week: on the wisdom of picking Tim Walz and why every minority politician needs one.<br/><br/>[Why every campaign needs a Tim...](<a href="https://on.ft.com/4dfmHJ7">https://on.ft.com/4dfmHJ7</a> ) 2024-09-24T09:46:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszw5pgyqhxjcts85cy2qnajrkqxmkncsrxj30yfnada53m39qcceszyrp95z4nj3vs7gy7t89q9dzumq35627vay42hejf69x0cfqny4qu2mm5h28 At my most illiberal on the FT podcast this week:<br/><br/>[How do you solve a problem lik...](<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/98b9fccd-b8e5-451a-b04a-47ceb1a2efae">https://www.ft.com/content/98b9fccd-b8e5-451a-b04a-47ceb1a2efae</a> ) 2024-08-17T12:58:02Z