Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Seen a few people saying rough sleeping policy isn’t aimed at median public concern. Quite apart from any policy/moral imperative it really is - rough sleeping comes up time again in focus groups as one of the most visible signs of Broken Britain and community decline! 41917162
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Government really missed out on an opportunity to called it DoBITS (Department of Business, Innovation, Trade, and Science). A true man of the people would not have missed this opportunity. 000
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/07/2026Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive. 8739581164
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryTom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I notice the people who kicked off at Burnham not taking questions at his Manchester speech are silent about the press not even being in allowed in the room for Farage's. 226165
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026TBF this speech was him resigning as *checks notes* leader of the Labour Party 100
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Andy Burnham will be the first PM since David Cameron be both: 1. not obviously unfit for office and, 2. someone who seems to like politics Starmer - hated politics Sunak - hated politics Truss - personally unfit Johnson - personally unfit May - hated politics this seems positive 110
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Westminster types are disproportionately against a social media began because they all got addicted to twitter in their teenage years and disproportionately became famous through posting. Normal people see what the platforms are doing as creating products addicting children like vapes or cigs. 000
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I think we have a winning message... 010
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Labour MPs when they mouth off slagging off every possible leadership candidate on background to journalists...media.tenor.comralph from the simpsons is standing in front of a row of lockers waving .ALT: ralph from the simpsons is standing in front of a row of lockers waving . 010
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudrySunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comReform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery chargesGill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles 28494311
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Andy Burnham is not gonna become Labour's next leader, come off it, I mean how would that work, needs a winnable by-election in frankly, a handful of seats, to be able to quit as mayor, this is 'Ruth Davidson to save the Tories' all over again. 5536937
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I am hardly a natural Rayner cheerleader, but genuinely furious that she's gone. Laurie Magnus's verdict confirms she acted on advice, she just missed the disclaimer saying she should get extra advice. Not just an honest mistake - a mistake literally anyone could make. There but for the grace etc... 521010196
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 05/09/2025get why she had to go but irksome she lost her job to something quite complex and, let's be honest, reasonably minor in the grand scheme of things, when shadow cabinet members get to merrily hang out with Eddie Swastika without any repercussions 471608340
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I think there is nothing, absolutely nothing, which would stop the government (or many organisations which should know better) from posting on X. It directly incited one of the worst far-right riots in a generation last summer, if that wasn’t a tipping point then what is? 4389
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 20/08/2025If the government was as committed to "daring iconochlasm", "smashing liberal pieties", and "adapting to the world as it is" as it pretends to be, it would lead the country in a patriotic campaign against the tech platforms and their cartoon-villain owners 2274
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Increasingly of the view that British democracy is straightforwardly doomed because we have given politicised tech platforms total impunity to promote libel, conspiracy, violence, and race hatred 515138
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Evergreen. Government is powerful when I want it to do something. Government is powerless when I am not sure/don't care. 000
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryInflect @inflect.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Who really gets talked about in Westminster? London dominates. Manchester makes the script. Carlisle’s on the rise. Leeds is fading. @jonathanconnolly.bsky.social asks: are towns & regions main characters — or just extras? Read more ➡️ www.inflect.co.uk/main-charact...inflect.co.ukMain Characters and Supporting Cast: Who Really Gets Talked About in WestminsterWho are the main characters in Westminster politics? Explore which cities, regions and issues dominate debates, and which remain supporting cast. 021
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Great news. The pros and cons aside, it is really quite important that when government says it will Do a Thing, that it Does that Thing. As @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's research has suggested, failing to Do the Thing corrodes trust in democratic government. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comLabour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail projectStarmer and Reeves expected to announce move before Labour conference, with aim of boosting backbench morale 0122
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I always knew I wasn't White British! 😂 010
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025This is just embarrassing (from the Govt). These are in no way similar. Just let the story die or apologise if you feel bad. This half and half keeps the story alive and makes you look not credible. 010
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryInflect @inflect.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Britain needs bold ideas to fix its crumbling infrastructure. Could modern PPPs help? Read more🔗https://bit.ly/45daHY9 Catch @harryshackleton.bsky.social at #UKREiiF next week where he is keen to talk #Infrastructure & #investmentinflect.co.ukCan Public-Private Partnerships Fix Britain's Infrastructure Crisis?Britain’s infrastructure is crumbling. Could a reimagined public-private partnership model be the bold solution Labour needs? 021
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudrySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 01/05/2025If I exclude from my income all my expenses I'm earning less than the minimum wage. This is a disgrace. I blame the government. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...thetimes.comSchool fees leave families on £100k ‘with less than minimum wage’The analysts behind the calculation say professionals like doctors and lawyers are being priced out 65766133
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryInflect @inflect.bsky.social · 24/04/2025What do May’s local elections tell us about the future of UK politics?📊 @fabiancooperc.bsky.social has provided a useful guide which breaks down the key battlegrounds, leadership challenges, and emerging players in the 2025 Mayoral and Local Elections. Find out more🔗https://bit.ly/3S5Mpribit.lyInflect’s guide to the Mayoral and Local Elections - InflectAn insightful guide to the 2025 local elections, spotlighting key races, party dynamics, and what they reveal about the future of UK politics. 043
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The Aeropress is (I say wistfully) a magical feat of engineering because it solves the coffee-making problem of pressure with a free resource: air. But it's a terrible consumer product because it's a one-off purchase. One will last decades. 9765
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryThomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Caveat: if the revision is big and she thinks the failure to act now would spook markets, she should act. But a strong commitment to act in Autumn would maintain credibility in her and her rules. 3/3 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...instituteforgovernment.org.ukRachel Reeves should not turn her Spring Statement into another budget | Institute for GovernmentThe chancellor should stick to holding one fiscal event a year. 072
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 13/03/2025What I’d really like to see is government/parliament: a) focus on reviewing the regulations it sets out via legislation, and change it where necessary; and b) engage more with the trade offs between regulations it sets. That is a better approach than taking on regulators I think. 182
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryCharlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social · 08/03/2025The Times is reporting next up is a hiring freeze This is a DISASTER We know Whitehall has a deficit of particular skills & desperately needs to bring in exceptional talent The Gov has ambitious plans. Having the right people to drive & deliver them is the difference between success & failure 3122
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Some thoughts from me about how local Government reform should do more to build capacity in the local state - which primarily means strengthening the political infrastructure of local councillors. 000
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryMujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Can't see how Europe and the US can reconcile frankly. The reception to Zelensky among EU leaders vs this doesn't seem bridgeable. This is going to play awfully in every chancellery across Europe. A big split is coming 49918210
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025This is wild and gross... Also minor point, what's with the bearded lady belly-dancer? I thought republicans thought that was bad? 000
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The problem isn’t the fiscal rules. The problem is a reluctance to raise taxes. 1715942
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryDave Penman @fdagensec.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Our new report featuring a survey of 7,000 civil servants finds that they do not oppose office work. Instead they want effective hybrid working arrangements which focus on what they do, not where they do it. They do not want a policy that’s been determined by tabloid headlines. 1105
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 23/02/2025One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate. 302109911896
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025It means “I dislike immigration from certain countries because they don’t agree with British liberalism, an ideology and mode of living that I am explicitly hostile towards”. 1846464
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It really feels sometimes that we are back to the era of "fine tuning" in the 1960s. You don't have to be a monetarist to agree with Friedman that forecasts are uncertain and policies impact the economy with long and variable lags. www.thetimes.com/article/ef85...thetimes.comWhen OBR turns into VAR, this is no way to run the economyThe UK’s fiscal watchdog provides valuable oversight, but its flawed forecasts should not be driving policy amid economic volatility 022
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025As someone who has married into a British Pakistani family, I can confirm that my wife and her siblings and cousins feels just as British as I do and they are, in fact, just as British and as proud of Britain as I am. Hope that clears things up. 030
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I'm not sure which way round the James Watt-Tim Martin pipeline goes. 000
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Think Reform’s net-zero announcements may well be their first big mistake since their rise in the polls. There would definitely be scope to criticise specific climate measures, but trying to actively reverse shift to renewables lands well on wrong side of British public opinion. 1417649
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 12/02/2025“This is bad, full stop. It creates a class of person who are forever excluded from civic life no matter how long they live here. It’s also a clear breach of the refugee convention.” Damn straigt, @colinyeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’ 751804573
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025t's both incredibly arrogant and quite irritating for Kemi Badenoch to say that she speaks on behalf of the entire country. On whose authority does she do that? I can't imagine it's in the briefing notes #pmqs 043
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryInflect @inflect.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Great discussion at this morning’s breakfast roundtable with Bill Esterson, exploring the energy transition & how Govt can work with industry to power up the UK’s clean energy future Key focus: shifting the narrative to deliver lower bills, better jobs & a more secure UK #NetZero 043
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 04/02/2025Dumbshit Treasury brain stuff this: India and Denmark etc just said 'we would like to electrify our rail network, we will set up an arm of government to steadily do it all'. Their teams finish one project then go straight to next. In the UK we do it piecemeal with no future work guarantee, costs ££. 17429130
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryGiles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016! (fagpacket maths follows) on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ 391896676
Reposted by Fabian Cooper-ChaudryDavid Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 27/01/2025the problem with post-liberalism is that too many of its proponents ultimately subordinate their professed principles to the resentment they feel of everyone around them 1061449
Fabian Cooper-Chaudry @fabiancooperc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025This is completely true. There is no SAF or electric avitation that mitigates climate change concerns. Trade-offs here are real and need to be weighed up, but, in the medium term airport expansion is good for growth and that's why Labour is so keen to do it - www.inflect.co.uk/if-labour-wa...inflect.co.ukIf Labour wants growth, it needs to choose it - InflectThis Wednesday, Rachel Reeves will deliver her most significant speech on economic growth to date, shifting focus from lofty strategies to concrete actions—or so her team promises. But will Labour’s p... 110