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    Stephen Bush is an associate editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He writes a daily newsletter, Inside Politics, charting the course of politics and policy in the United Kingdom, and a wide-ranging weekly column. You can subscribe to Inside Politics here.

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    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Office life
      Work etiquette: How to make small talk at a diplomatic function

      Do talk about yourself. Don’t ask about politics back home

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    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      The old cycle of British immigration policy is unwinding

      Why novelty (and the lack thereof) have a part to play in changing societal and political impacts following migration waves

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Sunak is doomed either way on immigration

      Backing calls to lower record migration levels is one thing, actually swallowing the costs is another

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Partygate and a government crackdown on overseas students: old stories return anew

      Plus, UK net migration target is far removed from rest of government’s political aims

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Reduced immigration demands do not align with realities of low funding

      The Conservative party needs to address issue of spending on skills and staffing

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Demographics and population
      Liberalism’s problems are problems of success

      But solutions proposed by ‘national conservatives’ have difficulties of their own

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Braverman in speeding saga as net migration row spills into open

      Allies attribute revelations to a smear against home secretary

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      The vanishing chances of a hung parliament

      A breakdown of what the 2023 local votes and past general elections suggest for future outcomes

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Labour’s gamble on building on greenbelt

      Also in this newsletter, Stellantis’s post-Brexit woes offer way of thinking about EU-UK relations under a Starmer-led government

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Cabinet battles over big immigration numbers break out into the open

      Plus, why we should be wary of some wacky Labour policies hitting the headlines

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Marking out the paths to victory

      A big part of Suella Braverman’s speech was about positioning herself for the leadership race. But it comes at a cost for the government

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Fans and fandom — the wonderfully weird ways we define ourselves

      In an online world, the role of our hobbies and obsessions has gained new urgency

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Innovation
      There’s no such thing as a digital native

      Technology is changing too rapidly for us to assume that the next generation will fully understand it

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Bosses beware: Labour’s right to disconnect is a sign of things to come

      Also in this newsletter, Labour to increase trade union powers, and Priti Patel’s accusation of a managed decline of the Conservative party

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Sunak’s five-pledge strategy takes a hit as BoE revises inflation forecast

      Also in this newsletter, Labour misconduct allegations spark anger among female MPs and vetting backlog poses threat to national security

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Badenoch’s leadership prospects in balance as bonfire of EU laws scrapped

      Business secretary is at risk of being neither the candidate of her establishment supporters or her allies on the Brexiter right

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Khan calls for urgent review after Met ‘regret’ over anti-monarchy arrests

      Also in this newsletter, next steps for the Public Order Act and reigniting calls for police reform

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      No good options left for Rishi Sunak

      Whatever choices the PM makes after the Tories’ local election drubbing will upset somebody

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Racial equality
      Was Cleopatra black or white? The answer is neither

      Modern categories had no meaning in the ancient world and even now evolve as society, the state and the market dictate

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Tories look set to suffer heavy losses in local elections defeat

      Also in this newsletter, many results still yet to declare, and differing numbers between BBC’s PNS and Sky’s NEV

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      How ‘local’ are the local elections?

      Most of today’s results will reflect how voters feel about the parties nationally, rather than being about how councils have performed locally

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Starmer U-turns on pledge to abolish tuition fees

      Also in this newsletter, Labour tries to reignite the ‘red wall’, and Conservatives focus attack on Sue Gray appointment

    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Liberal voters are becoming less of a competitive market

      They are now less likely to flit between supporting Tories and Labour, and more likely to reliably vote for left-leaning parties

    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Why Arsenal’s struggles show you shouldn’t count out Donald Trump

      Confusing narrative and fundamentals when it comes to football and politics is a big mistake

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Brexit U-turn tells us a lot about Rishi Sunak — and his potential successor

      Kemi Badenoch lumbered with job as Conservative party’s Eurosceptic wing cries betrayal

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