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Stephen Bush

Stephen Bush

Associate Editor / Columnist at Financial Times

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  • English
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Recent Articles

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How worried should Labour be about holding Keir Starmer’s seat?

Party’s poll ratings have improved under Andy Burnham but this is uncharted territory for Labour and Zack Polanski’s Greens
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What I read on my holidays

Muddled thinking about vocational education and fixing the driving test backlog
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Andy Burnham’s high-risk start may help him get ahead of political ...

PM’s bet on time-consuming Whitehall reform could mean he is building up the case to seek a mandate of his own
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Your odyssey to see ‘The Odyssey’ matters

The extremes that film fanatics are going to in order to watch Nolan’s latest tell us something
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Andy Burnham’s theory of government

His commitment to reining in outsourcing reflects his frustration at poor accountability
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What Hammersmith Bridge could teach Andy Burnham

Devolved authorities do not face right or wrong choices, only trade-offs
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Keir Starmer’s ineffective defence investment plan

Roadmap demonstrates obsession with input targets rather than strategy to properly protect UK and allies
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Local government is a mess. Here is what Andy Burnham must decide

Prospective PM’s challenge will be getting his devolution proposals functioning by the next election
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Britain’s case for meaningful devolution is overwhelming

Andy Burnham is right to argue for a shift in power but he has to manage political risk
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Burnham might just have what it takes to see off Farage

The policy differences between his future premiership and Starmer’s will be small but significant
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Andy Burnham’s landslide win should worry Nigel Farage

Fear of a Reform victory led Makerfield voters — including some 2024 Conservatives — to tactically vote Labour
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Raiding infrastructure budgets to fund defence stores up trouble

Cancelling projects is already politically costly, while more military investment is unlikely to boost economic growth
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Why the film industry needs franchises like Star Wars

Blockbusters keep cinemas open and leave room for quirkier originals to thrive
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Disparities between ethnic groups are not always cause for alarm

Different outcomes merit investigation, but we should not assume reducing the gaps is desirable or necessary
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What Henry Nowak’s murder does — and does not — tell us about policing

Kemi Badenoch says his killing needs to be seen as a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ but the failures in both cases differ
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Young Britons pay the price of Labour’s choices

‘Spaghetti soup’ of agencies and policy-driven pressures on business aggravate difficulty of gaining entry-level work
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Labour’s retreat from intellectual debate traps it in comfort zone

Party’s commitment to ambitious pledges before election narrowed its room for manoeuvre
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AI stories aren’t inevitably ‘not art’

Exercising our own judgment when it comes to quality is something we should not outsource to machines
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How not to defeat antisemitism

The only way to overcome this scourge is to see it for what it is: racism
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Anti-racism movement is not ‘muted’ — it has been left to shrink

Instead of asking more from depleted groups, Westminster should focus on how to rebuild and better resource them
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Welsh Labour is heading into a perfect storm

Leadership upheaval and dissatisfaction with Westminster are putting pressure on the party