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Stephen Bush

Columnist and Associate Editor

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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  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Suella Braverman’s Tory leadership bid flounders

    Moderate candidates gain ground as balance of parliamentary party shifts

    1 hour ago
    Suella Braverman speaking during the National Conservatism Conference
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Where did 2024 MPs go to school and university?

    Plus, Starmer’s tour of devolved nations tells us about his approach to leadership

    Keir Starmer with Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    UK politics
    The new volatility in British politics

    Voters are more willing to shop around and swap parties than in the past

    Illustration of a man’s chest wearing a suit with white shirt and red tie and the red rosette on his chest has the union jack in the centre and the colours of all the parties around the outside. A compass needle in the middle is pointing to the the line between Tory blue and Lib Dem orange
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Behind Starmer’s new approach to prisons is a cautious message

    Labour’s emphasis on dire state of public realm is designed to manage voter expectations, while underlining that change is coming

    Keir Starmer at the first meeting of his cabinet in Downing Street yesterday
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Political Fix podcast59 min listen
    Election special: Starmer moves into Number 10

    The FT’s top political commentators answer listeners’ questions about the general election result

  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Historic UK election hauls reveal bigger voter trends

    We are now in an era of increased volatility where party dominance is never guaranteed

    Keir Starmer
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why has Rishi Sunak’s campaign been such a disaster?

    The PM’s blunders worsened his chances amid a backdrop of crumbling public services and party fundraising struggles

    Sunak and his wife leave the polling station
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    What to watch out for on election night

    Hour-by-hour guide to Thursday’s notable battles

    A sign for a polling station
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Does Jeremy Corbyn stand a chance at being re-elected?

    Candidates like George Galloway have beaten Labour in the past

    Jeremy Corbyn meeting striking junior doctors
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    UK society
    Sunak, Disraeli and why pride in UK diversity isn’t enough

    Britons should be proud of the country’s record on race and politics — but they must not be complacent

    Illustration of a ladder extending up into the heavens and through a hole in clouds shaped like the profile of a man’s head
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Sunak’s campaign is far too subtle

    Perception of a ‘done deal’ election may prompt some voters to back Tories but fundamentals are unlikely to change

    Rishi Sunak surrounded by his security
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Political Fix podcast37 min listen
    Could the election results still surprise us?

    Plus, where have all the ‘good chaps’ of British politics gone?

  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Reform’s bruising week and why postal voting matters for party strategy

    Sunak devotes final days of campaigning to wooing older Britons who are likely to have voted already

    Supporters of the Reform party at a campaign event in Kent
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Sunak fails to find the game-changer he needs in final debate

    Both the prime minister’s short-term missteps and poor policy record fuelled his campaign difficulties

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Q&AUK general election 2024
    UK general election: Stephen Bush answers readers’ questions

    Join our associate editor on Reddit for a Q&A about the state of UK politics

    Stephen Bush
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    As betting scandal widens, the big picture stays the same

    Neither Labour nor Tories come out well as more politicians reveal wagers

    Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak debate on TV
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Sunak’s campaign is doomed but these voter groups could shift things slightly

    Tories’ warning of a Labour supermajority may cut through to some undecided voters

    Rishi Sunak drinks from a mug
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Tax
    Why the temptation of tax-like policies is so strong

    Governments find it hard to resist the lure of anything that means they don’t have to levy more on voters

    Ewan White illustration of three people standing on the edge of a giant one-pound coin as it juts out of the sea, which is full of other submerged UK coins
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Political Fix podcast41 min listen
    Is this the Tory death spiral?

    Plus, how Reform is reshaping politics

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Election-betting scandal further ties the Tories up in knots

    Sunak’s futile handling of the incident highlights the deceit at the centre of his campaign

    Rishi Sunak opens his hands during the debate as he makes a point
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why we can’t be sure of the size of the Labour swing

    Tactical voting, negative polarisation and local campaigns could all temper the result

    Keir Starmer stands at a lectern with the Labour tagline ‘Change’ in the background
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Potential routes forward for the Tories post-election

    The party can only rebound if its leadership hopefuls learn the right lessons

    Rishi Sunak chats to a voter in a barn in Clovelly
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Could the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

    A Conservative meltdown plus favourable opinion polling could help Ed Davey’s party chart a path to second place

    Ed Davey high fives someone while pushing a yellow wheelbarrow
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK immigration
    Neither politicians nor the public think straight on immigration

    The problem is that voters aren’t willing to pay for a policy they say really matters to them

    Ewan White illustration of bricklayers building a wall in a desert.
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Inside PoliticsUK general election 2024
    Labour’s tax-and-spend commitments will hamper ‘change’ plans

    Myriad challenges — from drinking water to prisons — will require increased spending to solve

    A person holding the Labour party general election manifesto
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