<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Stephen Bush]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stephen Bush]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/fddc8948-e6ff-4dd3-b740-5b47e12fd7b7</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:48:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/fddc8948-e6ff-4dd3-b740-5b47e12fd7b7?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2024. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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Let the women out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imprisonment is not obviously a good solution to drug addiction or for those who have been coerced into crime]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/967d9db6-27d0-43f1-9f22-50df7102a880</link><guid isPermaLink="false">967d9db6-27d0-43f1-9f22-50df7102a880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lib Dems enjoy a festival of calm, but fissures are never far away ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Party will eventually seek to rejoin the EU, but this may spark internal clashes on preferred timing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a020a716-a1b4-44eb-98b3-97a5d1f5ded9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a020a716-a1b4-44eb-98b3-97a5d1f5ded9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:30:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer has convinced people of the dire challenge but he must respond with action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labour hopes to exceed people’s rock-bottom expectations, but recent poll suggests it must do more to win confidence]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c66b310e-3a80-4e1e-9ee3-b22f1d59d3d7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c66b310e-3a80-4e1e-9ee3-b22f1d59d3d7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:30:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s NHS reform conundrum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Need to raise funding for institution could sharply limit government’s capacity to improve other public services ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ce87a3da-ad58-4d32-a730-091a3519d63d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ce87a3da-ad58-4d32-a730-091a3519d63d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:40:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tory party conference gives leader candidates chance to upend fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Cameron’s 10-minute pitch at the 2005 event was enough to secure him a strong following ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/886417bf-54e1-4ebd-a0f4-3a5c9822bad9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">886417bf-54e1-4ebd-a0f4-3a5c9822bad9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:45:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BBC still dominates as news consumption shifts from TV to online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public service broadcaster allows the public access to a decent set of agreed facts, no matter your politics]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e988f2d5-9b25-41da-b913-e5e365dc60ec</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e988f2d5-9b25-41da-b913-e5e365dc60ec</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:45:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everyone needs to have an opinion on AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Too many organisations feel compelled to speak out on matters outside their control]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9bf8ffc1-d99d-4d1a-ba6e-1f4d2232e33c</link><guid 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08:30:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes this Tory leadership race hard to predict]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter, systemic failures were spotted decades before Grenfell fire and the UK still lacks adequate regulatory regime]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/09b571e4-0315-4a5b-9aab-0dbf718ed6ba</link><guid isPermaLink="false">09b571e4-0315-4a5b-9aab-0dbf718ed6ba</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:50:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer’s test is whether UK will make genuine progress after Budget pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[PM hopes his bold decision-making as Labour leader will translate into a revival of public services in office]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1634b331-e109-4970-ad57-67d327b8444a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1634b331-e109-4970-ad57-67d327b8444a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:30:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My worries about the end of Ofsted’s one-word grading]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unclear whether Labour government’s new report card system will answer concerns raised following Ruth Perry’s death]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4d8a61c4-7700-4ec8-8e65-e947f70e7715</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4d8a61c4-7700-4ec8-8e65-e947f70e7715</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:40:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad movies prove profit can be a force for good in film]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new Alien movie shows the mess that can occur when studios stop thinking about the bottom line]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e7544ed2-1b14-45d6-b39d-3b1d31977719</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e7544ed2-1b14-45d6-b39d-3b1d31977719</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 04:00:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s descent into ‘miserabilism’ ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plus, who’s up and who’s down in the Tory leadership race]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/11ff14de-f579-4b1f-84ea-e6182b246776</link><guid isPermaLink="false">11ff14de-f579-4b1f-84ea-e6182b246776</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:12:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kemi Badenoch’s appeal to Tories is a double-edged sword ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former business secretary shows courage, but has never demonstrated any desire to add new people to her tent]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bed08cc9-6c2a-491c-adf9-da1ebf0f6be0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bed08cc9-6c2a-491c-adf9-da1ebf0f6be0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 08:30:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Jenrick diagnosed Tory party’s ails, but can he follow through on recovery? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[His sacking by Boris Johnson may overshadow his career and he lacks expertise in winning MPs over]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5c70b94b-6181-44aa-8bb8-b00a5920ee5a</link><guid 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drawbacks of politicians’ immigration balancing act]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working from purely economic or electoral motives neglects the key to integration]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4d1d5f0f-d8c6-4910-84f0-defbcc0fe9b1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4d1d5f0f-d8c6-4910-84f0-defbcc0fe9b1</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:00:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reader Q&A: Lessons from 2017, Labour’s recipe for re-election and Reform’s potential]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first part in a series tackling subscribers’ questions ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dec520b5-9af0-4af9-8b1b-976561fa488e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dec520b5-9af0-4af9-8b1b-976561fa488e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:30:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture chat: ‘Alien: Romulus’ is all horror, no guts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest instalment of the epic sci-fi franchise came out in cinemas last week. Horatia Harrod and Stephen Bush join to discuss ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9e2eebef-cf0d-41ea-96cf-19220e8df963</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9e2eebef-cf0d-41ea-96cf-19220e8df963</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 04:00:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleverly should be Tory party’s obvious pick for leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[But shadow home secretary appears reluctant to press for much-needed tough changes within the opposition  ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e7b09e2b-45a2-4405-b196-93d8c8055c0d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e7b09e2b-45a2-4405-b196-93d8c8055c0d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:30:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat looks the part but would he be ready?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ex-soldier appeals to former Lib Dem voters, a key asset if Tories are to regain territory at next election]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/eb2d9a29-b911-4980-9243-93cbbd8b17f5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">eb2d9a29-b911-4980-9243-93cbbd8b17f5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priti Patel’s Tory leadership bid won’t get past her deep unpopularity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opposition leaders win elections by showing they have changed their party for the better   ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/1de33948-b4bb-4f4a-92db-049889537b33</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1de33948-b4bb-4f4a-92db-049889537b33</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:30:38 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>