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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, 16 August, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Labour’s energy plan is politically potent but has holes

    Starmer hopes to prove the party can be trusted with money, but his pitch may not weather the storm as prices keep rising

  • Monday, 15 August, 2022
    Philosophy
    Persuading people to worry about the long term is harder than you think

    Not all of us feel that we owe a great deal to distant generations

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Labour’s strategic silence carries risks of its own

    Why Sir Keir Starmer’s party could miss its moment, and the political consequences of the UK’s ailing public services

  • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
    Inside Politics
    The trouble with Truss’s ‘no handouts’ stance

    As grim forecasts show prolonged pain for households, Ed Davey steps into the frame with the kind of bold solution that both Tory leadership contenders lack

  • Monday, 8 August, 2022
    Law
    Why courts have a place in policy debates

    The Archie Battersbee case shows that some disputes are better settled judicially

  • Friday, 5 August, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Bleak forecasts could spell early election this year

    Plus, how UK politics will be rocked by the economic downturn, and why we can trust the leadership polls

  • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Liz Truss pledge to cut public sector pay outside London is hardly workable

    Plus, is the foreign secretary really winning the race to No 10?

  • Monday, 1 August, 2022
    Politics
    Really successful politicians are more alike than we think

    The urge not to throw in the towel, however daunting the odds, marks out those destined for the top

  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Why we cannot rely on bookmakers’ odds

    Sometimes political punters only want to make a quick buck from their bet

  • Friday, 22 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Truss holds firmly on to her lead, but it could implode

    The foreign secretary must juggle running for the top job with her cabinet duties, adding further unpredictability to the contest

  • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Is it too late for Sunak to win over Tory members?

    Blue on blue fight represents the biggest clash over economic policy since at least the 1990s

  • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
    Instant InsightConservative Party UK
    Conservative MPs open the way for a summer of bitter infighting

    The race between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will reflect how strange the modern Tory party has become

  • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Sunak faces a tough fight

    Plus, Liz Truss surges in fourth ballot, and UK public sector pay policy crumbles trying to do too many things at once

  • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Paralysis will win this contest

    Plus, the gap between Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch narrows, and Penny Mordaunt feels the Mail’s rebuke

  • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
    UK society
    What Mary Poppins has to teach governments and businesses

    Gamification can change our behaviour but it is not without its problems

  • Monday, 18 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Race on the right fires up as Badenoch battles Truss

    Plus, why Rishi Sunak relished his weekend and the best Spanish film of the year

  • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
    Conservative Party UK
    In the second debate, it’s Rishi Sunak who needs to change gear

    Five contestants will on Sunday continue their battle to become Tory party leader and UK prime minister

  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Stakes have never been higher as Tory candidates face TV spotlight

    Penny Mordaunt will struggle against the combined forces of the Tory right if it unites around Liz Truss or Kemi Badenoch

  • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Sunak’s lead falters as Mordaunt marches on

    Tory members predict trade minister will rise to top as former chancellor fails to clinch a high percentage of first round votes

  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Can Penny Mordaunt last the distance?

    Junior trade minister enjoys popularity among the Tory party’s right and left, but Liz Truss has one up on social issues

  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Liz Truss pitched by backers to unite the Tory right

    New plan to speed up leadership contest may aid the foreign secretary as candidates jostle for a place against Rishi Sunak

  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
    Conservative Party UK
    Can the Conservatives change to win again?

    A new leader is unlikely to prove sufficient if the economic pressures facing the UK get worse

  • Monday, 11 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Rightwing Tories in race against Rishi Sunak

    The Conservative leadership election is really two contests — one involves winning over Tory MPs, and the other is about gaining votes among party members

  • Friday, 8 July, 2022
    Inside PoliticsUK politics & policy
    Limbo looms as bills rise

    Waiting for his party to pick a leader, Boris Johnson exists in extended stasis, against a deteriorating economic backdrop

  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Johnson had to resign — junior ministers forced his hand

    Plus, what were the prime minister’s routes for survival, and how will the Tory party muddle through the chaos?

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