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Associate Editor at Bloomberg, covering UK politics. Ex-New Statesman, Politico's Westminster Insider podcast. Bred and buttered in Belfast. Sometimes TV/radio/podcasts.

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Exclusive with @pronouncedalva.bsky.social @ellenmilligan.bsky.social UK Poised to Back Heathrow Airport Expansion in Push for Growth Gatwick, Luton projects also set for approval As well as Lower Thames Crossing and Universal Studios theme park www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

Our weekend story with top team @joemayes.bsky.social @pronouncedalva.bsky.social @ellenmilligan.bsky.social @lucygjwhite.bsky.social

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Five missions Six first steps Two priorities Six milestones And a partridge in a pear tree

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

NEW Chris Wormald, currently permanent secretary at the health department, has been appointed the UK's top civil servant. He beat Tamara Finkelstein, Olly Robbins and Antonia Romeo to the job. Probably most experienced, and also least well-known by the public. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

Woop the Bloomberg lobby team is here! Welcome Alex Wickham @alexwickham.bsky.social and Ellen Milligan @ellenmilligan.bsky.social

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Hearing from several new Labour MPs who were previously minded to support the bill that they're now leaning against because they worry there aren't sufficient protections against coercion. Lots of them are still undecided. But Jess Asato coming out to say she's voting against 👇

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments

NEW Bloomberg weekend read (which, yes, I failed to post over the weekend) On assisted dying: an issue confounding MPs, splitting the cabinet, and creating potentially awkward political consequences for Keir Starmer personally - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend. He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006. Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

submitted 104 days ago • 51 comments

🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨 Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament. Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords

submitted 105 days ago • 31 comments

All this chat about Peter Mandelson vs William Hague but I do just wonder if a smart, highly accomplished woman (Elish Angiolini) will just cut through the political dick swinging and sail through the election to be Oxford's next Chancellor.

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Muddy wellies, flat caps, barbour jackets and trilby hats - the farmers have arrived in Westminster!

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 110 days ago • 296 comments

For the many new joiners here is my starter pack of some UK commentators that I like. Now updated to include a few more people such as @pronouncedalva.bsky.social @duncanweldon.bsky.social @wmarybeard.bsky.social go.bsky.app/M4Bt6Wq

submitted 110 days ago • 6 comments

Lots of chat about Rachel Reeves' Mansion House comments but not lots about something she said that would once have been unthinkable from her: bankers' bonuses will be paid out faster under Labour. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...