@pronouncedalva.bsky.social
Political Editor, New Statesman
Angela Rayner and the soft left do not like the idea of a Wes Streeting coronation
Rayner has told friends she would stand in a leadership contest to stop him
This week's New Statesman column 👇🏻 www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
This week's New Statesman column is about what Angela Rayner is up to now, whether she wants to be leader, and the soft left's determination to stop Wes Streeting becoming PM
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
Lesson to me to use Bluesky more - so when my brilliant former boss writes nice things about me I actually see them!
Big up the Stephen Bush School of Journalism
Doing a U-turn on a tax the market both wanted and expected on the day of the budget itself would have been absolute smackhead behaviour. From great piece by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
25.11.2025 18:16 — 👍 87 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 4
Brilliant column from @anooshc.bsky.social - really, really worth a read
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
🚨Lots to discuss on this week's BBC Radio 4's #WeekInWestminster!
💷 budget @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social
📺 BBC Tina Stowell & Anna Sabine
⚖️ state of prisons @davidgauke.bsky.social
🌹Labour leadership @pronouncedalva.bsky.social @luketryl.bsky.social
Ed: Harbinder Minhas
The sign of quality of this piece by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social is that it was clearly written before the events this week but it holds up and still brings fresh insight
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Thanks Stephen 🙏🏻
13.11.2025 13:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Marvellous piece by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social , this: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
13.11.2025 10:57 — 👍 65 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 2
This is in the New Statesman today by Ailbhe Rea is well worth a read on the mood in the Parliamentary Labour Party
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Do it! ❤️
12.11.2025 22:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“We are haemorrhaging votes to the Greens. The least we could do is just plant some fucking trees.”
Brilliant first @newstatesman1913.bsky.social cover story by our new political editor (and our old pal) @pronouncedalva.bsky.social:
How likely is that? There’s a great read from the new Stateman’s new pol ed @pronouncedalva.bsky.social, who is turning out to be an inspired hire, here www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
12.11.2025 08:56 — 👍 34 🔁 8 💬 5 📌 2Thanks so much Gaby
12.11.2025 12:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes! Can't wait to be back on it - reunited with Anoosh!
29.09.2025 18:41 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
29.09.2025 18:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm thrilled to announce I'm returning to the New Statesman as Political Editor in November. 🥳
An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team!
Keir Starmer under pressure from cabinet and Macron to recognise Palestine sooner.
Streeting, Nandy, Benn and Mahmood urging in recent weeks.
Govt hasn't decided yet whether to join France in recognising Palestine in Sept.
w/ @ellenmilligan.bsky.social
Gift link:
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This quiet move by Starmer suggests he has identified an issue he wants to fix after the welfare bill.
It could be a very significant change. It might mean no repeat of the winter fuel/welfare cuts - and might also mean he pushes his govt in a new - more progressive? - direction
The decision-making process is being called into question after the welfare reforms.
One Starmer ally says they don’t think the PM would have chosen that approach if he had had all of the facts available to him.
Starmer allies worry that this process bounces the PM into decisions he wouldn’t otherwise make — and he ends up making the less progressive choice.
It plays into the narrative in @patrickmaguire.bsky.social and @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social's book — that it is often advisers who call the shots.
This is how most decision making has worked in the past year: the tendency has been to reach a “house view” before a call on any policy area is presented to the PM for a final decision.
You can see the necessity of streamlining the amount of information reaching the PM. But...
Insiders say govt's worst decisions have followed the same path:
- Treasury officials say they need to make a cut
- Reeves is persuaded
- McSweeney says it would work politically
- Decision has such a head of steam by the time it's presented to Starmer that it's a fait accompli
Scoop: Keir Starmer has asked to be involved in policy-making earlier and to be given more detail following the welfare debacle, as allies say a cultural issue was developing in Number 10 where the PM was bounced into decisions.
Gift link 🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Thank you this is very kind!
18.07.2025 14:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Labour is acting like everything's gone back to normal... but after last week, things are far from normal.
Ministers, aides and MPs are now saying they expect a leadership challenge to Starmer next May if nothing changes.
I wrote last night's newsletter on what happens next. shorturl.at/SPgvi
Benchmarks, from @philipjcowley.bsky.social, the professor of parliamentary rebellions at QMUL
30.06.2025 12:28 — 👍 9 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 3(Yes I am trying to remember to post on here again)
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