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Andreas Busch

@abusch.bsky.social
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Prof. of political science @ Uni Goettingen, fellow of @NAWGoe.bsky.social, advisory council @WiltonPark.bsky.social. Works on regulation; privacy; pol. economy; religion; UK & German political systems. Interested in many things. Recovering bibliomaniac.

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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 2h
Aus der Serie „Schlagzeilen, die nicht überraschen“, Folge 5467
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#OB #Stichwahl in #Göttingen - die Kandidatin der @gruene.de, Onyeka #Oshionwu wird Oberbürgermeisterin! 93 Prozent der Stimmen sind ausgezählt - und die Grünen-Kandidatin liegt mit 61,84 Prozent mehr als 9000 Stimmen vor #CDU-Mann Ehsan #Kangarani. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎉
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
AOC refuses to rule out run against Senate leader Chuck Schumer
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AOC refuses to rule out run against Senate leader Chuck Schumer
‘I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it,’ the progressive US representative says
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It does say a lot about the current and previous government that they have been less willing to clearly state this than Sunak. Quite why is a mystery for the ages.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026
Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
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Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
Number of private jets has surged in recent years, but they do not pay commensurate portion of fees to FAA operations
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Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Strange just how many of the Blair/Brown era Labour politicians and advisers have decided they will do absolutely anything for money....
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wüsste ja gern, wie Präsident Trump auf die Nachricht von der Leitzinserhöhung der Fed reagiert! Da macht er sich so viel Mühe mit dem neuen Präsidenten, und dann das… Tja, Institutionen sind eben doch stabiler als viele denken! 👍🏻🤞🏻😂
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Erscheint demnächst - nächste Woche wird das Buch gedruckt! Freue mich sehr, bald in der in 🇬🇧 sehr etablierten Reihe „Haus Curiosities“ (siehe www.hauspublishing.com/curiosities-...) vertreten zu sein - mit einem Thema, das mir wissenschaftlich wie persönlich sehr am Herzen liegt: #Demokratie
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Peinlicher Fehler bei @gruene.de in #Göttingen: Bevor die Wahllokale für die heutige #KommunalwahlNds2026 geschlossen (geschweige denn die Stimmen ausgezählt) sind, hängen schon Plakate für die #Stichwahl… 😬 Die Partei sieht die Schuld bei einem Dienstleister.
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tonight is the #LastNightOfTheProms To my friends in the #UK 🇬🇧 here the recording of a #SymphonyMob the #Goettingen #SymphonyOrchestra performed this afternoon on the #Goettingen city square with hundreds attending! Greetings from your friends in 🇩🇪 @britgerassoc.bsky.social #Elgar
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
To finish this year’s conference season, I spent yesterday & today at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in beautiful #Kraków. Besides meeting many colleagues & friends, I presented my research on #regulation of #AI in 🇬🇧 & 🇩🇪. Had lots of input & great discussions - many thanks! 🙏
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Liebe @faznet.bsky.social, wird ein großer Blumenstrauß 💐 an die Adresse der #Staatskanzlei in #Kiel als Entschuldigung für diesen Fehler ausreichen? Oder hat Daniel Günther bereits sein Abo der #FAZ gekündigt?
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jetzt an der @uni-goettingen.de: Eröffnung des #Akademientag2026 der Union der Akademien der Wissenschaft, veranstaltet von der Göttinger Akademie, zum Thema „Sprache Macht Gesellschaft“. Diskussionen & Präsentationen zahlreicher Akademienprojekte - mehr hier: www.akademienunion.de/akademientag...
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Saxony-Anhalt: CDU halved (37 to 18.5), AfD doubled (20.8 to 44). There is no world in which the CDU can claim a mandate to govern after this electoral landslide. The AfD will have to form a government. In trying to implement its manifesto it will meet massive resistance.
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Leaving #Boston after 3 packed days at #APSA 2026, good discussions of my paper on Germans‘ #migration preferences 2009-2025, & meetings and chats with dozens of colleagues many of whom I consider friends. But before I board my flight the ritual of a local clam chowder! 😋
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Now at @apsa.bsky.social 2026 (in the coveted 8am slot ☹️): “author meets critics” panel for the new book by Peter Hall (@harvard.edu CES) “Governing Growth” with a stellar cast of commentators: Kathy Thelen, Silja Häusermann, Paul Pierson, Jonas Pontusson. Very much looking forward to it!
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now at @APSAtweets 2026: the panel to honor Ran #Hirschl, path breaking scholar of comparative constitutionalism who died much too early in May 2026. Ran was my colleague at @uni-goettingen.de for five years as Humboldt Professor. Sad, but happy to see his wife Ayelet & their son.
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Happy to be in #Boston again (memories!) to present my #research on migration preferences and party supply in 🇩🇪 2009-25 at @apsa.bsky.social 2026. Looking forward to meetings with friends & colleagues! What better start than a panel with one of my intellectual heroes, Peter Katzenstein?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/09/2026
The shadow of the AfD hangs over German democracy – but I still have faith in my adopted country | John Kampfner
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The shadow of the AfD hangs over German democracy – but I still have faith in my adopted country | John Kampfner
As I celebrate five years of citizenship, the far right is poised to take control in Saxony-Anhalt. Courage is needed to defeat it, says author John Kampfner
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Michael Ba @micha135.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fand ich auch sehr gut und bereichernd. Hier noch mit ARD Link: www.ardmediathek.de/film/land-un...
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Land unter Druck - 50 Stimmen aus dem Volk - hier anschauen
Vor den Landtagswahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Berlin ist das Land unter Druck, die Bevölkerung verunsichert, die Stimmung vielerorts mies. Wo entsteht der Frust? Was muss sich ä...
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
„Land unter Druck“ - bravo, #MDR - eine der besten Fernsehsendungen, die ich in Monaten gesehen habe! 50 Menschen aus S-A, MVP und Berlin (aus verschiedensten Tätigkeitsfeldern) sprechen über ihr Leben & was nicht gut läuft. So erschütternd wie ermutigend. www.magenta.tv/tv/land-unte...
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
„ #Demokratie ist … die Staatsform des Einander-Ertragens. Wenn es eine Tugend gibt, die wir brauchen, dann heißt sie wachsame Gelassenheit.“ Der Nestor der dt. #Politikwissenschaft, Graf Kielmansegg - sehr lesenswert! Die Demokratie und das AfD-Dilemma www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
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Wahl Sachsen-Anhalt 2026: Die Demokratie und das AfD-Dilemma
Es droht eine Situation, in der Deutschland nicht mit der AfD regiert werden kann, aber auch nicht mehr ohne sie. Ein Dilemma. Die Demokratie wird es ertragen müssen.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/08/2026
A landmark $18 billion settlement will force Meta to implement a suite of changes that will shift how teens use Instagram and Facebook. The new measures include screen time limits and a default ban on activity during late nights and school hours.
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2 hours a day, no late nights: How Meta’s settlement will change teen accounts
The $18 billion agreement will bring new screen-time limits, blocks on notifications and other changes to how teenagers use Instagram and Facebook.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One key to British politics is that one quarter of the public are distinctly more likely than others to think most people agree with them (while often/mostly being a vocal minority)
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/08/2026
Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton, 80, dies following ‘brief battle with cancer’ – latest updates
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Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton, 80, dies following ‘brief battle with cancer’ – latest updates
Reba McEntire, Lily Tomlin, Dionne Warwick, Kacey Musgraves, Donald Trump and others mourn star’s death * Dolly Parton dies aged 80 | Celebrity tributes | A life in pictures * Parton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside out * Share your tributes and memories of Dolly Parton Our picture editors have collated Dolly Parton’s life in pictures: In the UK, top radio presenter Jo Whiley introduced her BBC Radio 2 evening show by playing I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 in tribute to Dolly Parton after her death was announced in the 7pm news headlines. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, US country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
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Dolly Parton, US country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music who was also much cherished for her philanthropy, has died aged 80. Her death was announced by nephew Brian Seaver on Instagram. Continue reading...
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton dead- hard to think of a more famous woman in the world. A few years ago, there was a poll which showed she was the cultural figure both Democrats and Republicans most mutually loved and admired. Virtually unique. Testament to her achievement.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A true great in music and in life, really a modern American icon to remind us of what can be.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am very sorry to report that the amazing Dolly Parton has died. Wonderful singer, songwriter and philanthropist. Truly one of a kind. Such a loss to the world.
Dolly Parton.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She leaves such a wonderful legacy. 😢 RIP
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
‘Enough is enough’: players pile pressure on under-fire Gianni Infantino to resign
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‘Enough is enough’: players pile pressure on under-fire Gianni Infantino to resign
* President accused of being power hungry by ‘Fifa Legends’ * Samuel Eto’o claims chief has not ‘done anything wrong’ A group of influential current and former footballers have added to the pressure on Gianni Infantino by calling for change at the top of Fifa, saying “enough is enough” in a statement shared widely across social media. The intervention is particularly significant given some of those behind its circulation have undertaken ambassadorial activities for Fifa as part of its “Fifa Legends” programme. Among them is the former Manchester United and Arsenal defender Mikaël Silvestre, who also sits on the governing body’s 16-strong players’ voice panel designed to assist with anti-racism initiatives. Continue reading...
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 23/08/2026
This Substack post is gloriously written and made me laugh out loud three times
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Definitely worth a read! 👇🏻
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The Political Economist @thepolecon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Demzufolge erklärt die Sorge um Einwanderung bereits rund drei Viertel der statistisch erklärbaren Unterschiede bei der Unterstützung der AfD. Beim tatsächlichen Wahlverhalten steigt dieser Anteil sogar auf etwa 90 Prozent. (1
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It’s not the economy, stupid! Sorge um Zuwanderung wichtiger für AfD-Erfolg als wirtschaftliche Benachteiligung
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/08/2026
Fifa general secretary Mattias Grafström could stand against Infantino in election
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Fifa general secretary Mattias Grafström could stand against Infantino in election
* African federations sound out Swede over role * ‘They think he can group all the continents’ Senior figures in African football have held talks with Fifa’s general secretary, Mattias Grafström, to sound out his interest in standing against Gianni Infantino, the Guardian can reveal. As many as 15 federations in Africa are also said to be ready to turn their backs on Infantino when he seeks re-election as Fifa president next year, despite the Confederation of Africa Football (Caf) claiming that its executive committee (exco) had “unanimously reconfirmed” its support for the under-fire 56-year-old. Continue reading...
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In possibly the fastest shift in public opinion I've ever seen, local data center approval went from -5 to -65 in less than a year heatmap.news/daily/data-c...
a graph of data center support rapidly falling
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
After 2 days in Oxford for talks with former colleagues, I am en route to @wiltonpark.bsky.social to give a talk at the event “Bridging the Millennium”, part of the 80th anniversary celebrations of that great institution. I look forward to spirited discussions! www.wiltonpark.org.uk/event/bridgi...
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Bridging the Millennium - Wilton Park
This dialogue will explore Wilton Park’s history and legacy within the broader context of British foreign policy.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/08/2026
Republicans are warning that former Democratic senator Sherrod Brown’s relentless campaign to tie Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) to unpopular data centers could cost the incumbent his seat — and make politicians even warier of supporting them in the future.
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Ties to data centers could cost Ohio Sen. Jon Husted his seat, memo warns
A GOP memo obtained by The Post urges the tech industry to take action to improve the image of the controversial facilities.
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British-German Association (BGA) @britgerassoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We’re saddened to hear of the future plans to scrap German GCSE and A-Levels in Northern Ireland. If you would haven’t yet signed the petition and would like to show your support, head to the petition below: www.change.org/p/maintain-c...
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Sign the Petition
Maintain CCEA's German GCSE and A level qualifications in Northern Ireland
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Geschenklink 🎁 www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Parteimitglieder: Den Parteien laufen die Mitglieder davon? Zahlen sagen etwas anderes
Politische Parteien haben hierzulande Zulauf, einige sogar rasant. Woher der Aufschwung kommt und welche Partei vergreist, zeigen unsere Daten.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20/08/2026
The UK power system is stuck between a rock and a hard place ft.trib.al/eNff59W | opinion
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The UK power system is stuck between a rock and a hard place
Rejecting zonal pricing in favour of a single national figure looks misguided but it’s too late to turn back
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
On #WorldHumanitarianDay in Kherson, I paid tribute to humanitarians killed on frontlines. And met Serhii, who lost his leg in drone attack. Recognising their courage, the work goes on in memory of those before us.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/08/2026
Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? 
We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.
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Wahlrecht.de @wahlrecht.de · 20/08/2026
Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl • Forschungsgruppe Wahlen / ZDF-#Politbarometer – „Politische Stimmung“: CDU/CSU 21 % (−2) AfD 21 % (−2) GRÜNE 21 % (+3) SPD 13 % (±0) DIE LINKE 12 % (−1) FDP 3 % (−1) ➤ Erläuterung/Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/pol...
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Sonntagsfrage – Forschungsgruppe Wahlen („politische Stimmung“)
Übersicht über aktuelle und frühere Ergebnisse von Wahlumfragen der Forschungsgruppe Wahlen zur Bundestagswahl (Sonntagsfrage – politische Stimmung)
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Wahlrecht.de @wahlrecht.de · 20/08/2026
Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl • Forschungsgruppe Wahlen / ZDF (Projektion): AfD 27 % | CDU/CSU 22 % | GRÜNE 14 % | SPD 12 % | DIE LINKE 12 % | FDP 4 % | Sonstige 9 % ➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/ ➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/pol...
Säulendiagramm der Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl von der Forschungsgruppe Wahlen für das ZDF
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/08/2026
“How-to” videos that demonstrate how to disable Flock cameras from collecting footage using wire cutters and heavy gloves have spread online. People from an array of backgrounds have been accused of vandalizing the devices. wapo.st/4zt8vsw
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Andreas Busch @abusch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An adapted excerpt of the wonderful Jill Lepore‘s forthcoming book. As always from her, a good read and lots of new information selected with a historian’s eye for relevance. 👇🏻
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 18/08/2026
EXC: Top UK civil servant received record £500,000 payout after Starmer sacking Starmer personally signed off the settlement for Sir Chris Wormald after he became shortest-serving cabinet secretary when axed in Feb Via @georgewparker.bsky.social & me 👇 www.ft.com/content/6913...
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