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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 3d

V interesting new substack from @peterhyman.bsky.social on what decent modern media management in govt should look like - and why the Grid is no longer the way to go peterhyman21.substack.com/p/revealed-h... (the lesson of Major era is, I think, hopeless division not great for media management)

Revealed: How the No 10 grid strangles effective communication

A government ‘playlist’ of campaigns could cut through more powerfully than an old-style grid of worthy policy nuggets

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 4d

Why the government grid is strangling effective communications and why we need a playlist of campaigns instead.
@lewisgoodall.com @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
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Revealed: How the No 10 grid strangles effective communication

A government ‘playlist’ of campaigns could cut through more powerfully than an old-style grid of worthy policy nuggets

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 5h

Thinking a lot about Britishness - here’s a snapshot of Britain in 1945 and 2025 - what have we gained, what have we lost? Would love to hear your views. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social

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Snapshot: Britain 1945, Britain 2025

My favourite passage of any history book is written by David Kynaston in Austerity Britain 1945-51. It is a vivid, rhythmic, pointillist portrait of Britain just after the war.

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 3d

thanks a lot - think we need a playbook of campaigns to cut through the noise rather than a ‘one and done’ mentality of small policy launches.

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 4d

Why the government grid is strangling effective communications and why we need a playlist of campaigns instead.
@lewisgoodall.com @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Revealed: How the No 10 grid strangles effective communication

A government ‘playlist’ of campaigns could cut through more powerfully than an old-style grid of worthy policy nuggets

open.substack.com

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Sascha O'Sullivan @saschaosullivan.bsky.social · 9d

🎙️NEW ep 🎙️ Postcard from Liverpool: is Starmerism is already over?

w/ Deputy PM David Lammy
Lucy Powell
@alistrathern.bsky.social
@stephenkb.bsky.social
@peterhyman.bsky.social
@morganwild.bsky.social
@noahkeate.bsky.social & @ecasalicchio.bsky.social

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Postcard from Liverpool: is Starmerism over already?

Host Sascha O’Sullivan goes behind-the-scenes of Labour Party conference in Liverpool, talking to senior politicians and advisors as she tries to hunt for Keir Starmer’s ideology – once…

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 5d

The death of the media grid: @peterhyman.bsky.social peterhyman21.substack.com/p/revealed-h...

Revealed: How the No 10 grid strangles effective communication

A government ‘playlist’ of campaigns could cut through more powerfully than an old-style grid of worthy policy nuggets

peterhyman21.substack.com

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Hugh Pemberton @hugh-pemberton.bsky.social · 5d

This piece from @peterhyman.bsky.social is very good on why political parties need to focus less on crafting policy-based sound bites and press releases and more on making the argument for change
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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 5d

The secrets of the government GRID and how it’s strangling effective communication. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @itvpeston.bsky.social @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Revealed: How the No 10 grid strangles effective communication

A government ‘playlist’ of campaigns could cut through more powerfully than an old-style grid of worthy policy nuggets

open.substack.com

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Beccy Earnshaw @beccyearnshaw.bsky.social · Feb 11

With the interim report due soon, will the Curriculum and Assessment Review rise to its potential? - @peterhyman.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com sets out why it’s time to be bold…
www.ft.com/content/4a62...

A new curriculum is needed for a new age

An upcoming review has the potential to radically reform what we teach the next generation

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Kate Paradine @kateparadine.bsky.social · Feb 11

Compelling call @peterhyman.bsky.social for a new curriculum as a “landmark legacy” with “new basics including oracy.” @voice21oracy.bsky.social

And need to build a coalition “united by a powerful sense of aspiration & necessity of preparing our children for the future” www.ft.com/content/4a62...

A new curriculum is needed for a new age

An upcoming review has the potential to radically reform what we teach the next generation

www.ft.com

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Hugh Pemberton @hugh-pemberton.bsky.social · 24d

This is very good on some of the many ways that our scandalous neglect of the 55% of British kids who don't want to go to university is coming back to bite us. From @peterhyman.bsky.social
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The education divide that’s fuelling populism

Without high status career pathways for all, we will not heal a divided Britain

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 24d

Education is the biggest divide now in politics in the US and UK. Those who don’t go to university too often feel second class. This is fuelling populism. And it has to change. @rachelsylvester.bsky.social @alisonpeacock.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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The education divide that’s fuelling populism

Without high status career pathways for all, we will not heal a divided Britain

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Hugh Pemberton @hugh-pemberton.bsky.social · 28d

@peterhyman.bsky.social is good on successful politics in a superficial world - grab people's attention, tell stories that they can engage with, persuade people you can get things done (actually getting things done not so important). All bloody depressing but ...
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Trump: the teacher we can’t ignore

The American President is pioneering a new form of political communications. We must swallow our pride and learn from him.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 27d

This from @morganwild.bsky.social and @peterhyman.bsky.social is excellent. Was waving a lighter in the air while reading.

www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 24d

I care deeply about this from my time as a headteacher. We must go beyond the exam factory model of education and give all students proper career pathways and hope. Without it we will fuel resentment and the rise of populism. My latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

The education divide that’s fuelling populism

Without high status career pathways for all, we will not heal a divided Britain

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 27d

Traditional communications is too bland. We need to learn from Trump about how to operate in the attention economy. Full substack here: open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · 28d

If the centre left wants to fightback against the populists, then it needs to learn from the way Trump communicates. Because at the moment we are lame and failing to understand the attention economy.

My latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks Rachel - delighted with the response to the new Substack - very grateful to all those who have subscribed.

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Venetia S-Booth @venetiasb.bsky.social · Sep 3

And this from @peterhyman.bsky.social - we don’t necessarily want to hear it, but a lot of what he says, I think, is right. We need to listen more and patronise less

Matt Born @matt-born.bsky.social · Feb 5

If you're worried & feeling helpless about Trump, Farage and the populists, this is a must read. @peterhyman.bsky.social on what the liberal-left needs to do. Hint: start with a long, hard look in the mirror. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/how-you-can-...

How you can beat populism

Stop shouting about how appalled we are by Trump and Farage and learn from our mistakes, to build our own disruptive new agenda of change, respect for ordinary people and pride in our country

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · Sep 9

My new substack today is about how to get things done in government and the big choice facing Starmer this autumn - business as usual in Whitehall- or dynamic mission-driven task forces. open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

How to get things done in government

Labour faces a choice: continue with business-as-usual in Whitehall or power up mission-driven task forces.

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Peter Hyman @peterhyman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited to have launched a new Substack - Changing the Story, where I’ll be writing about politics, education, strategy and a few other things. My first post is about what Labour should do this autumn to regain the momentum. Please subscribe and share. open.substack.com/pub/peterhym...

Changing the story

The five essentials to get Labour back on track this autumn

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Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · Feb 5

Missed our populism and inequality event with @policyatkings.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social,
@claire-ainsley.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @hamidaali.bsky.social, @peterhyman.bsky.social and @bobbyduffy.bsky.social? Event recording and write-up👇
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The return of Trump: is inequality behind the rise of the populist president?

Why were the Democrats defeated? Is America’s surging inequality the root cause of President Trump’s victory? What connections can we draw between growing inequality and the populists’ clarion call fo...

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Geoff Barton @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social · Feb 11

“We need a new ‘basics’ that includes #oracy (high-quality speaking) and digital skills … There is broad cross-party consensus that the exam system is distorting the curriculum. Radical reform is needed here too …”: @peterhyman.bsky.social @financialtimes.com [£]: www.ft.com/content/4a62...

A new curriculum is needed for a new age

An upcoming review has the potential to radically reform what we teach the next generation

www.ft.com

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Matt Born @matt-born.bsky.social · Feb 5

If you're worried & feeling helpless about Trump, Farage and the populists, this is a must read. @peterhyman.bsky.social on what the liberal-left needs to do. Hint: start with a long, hard look in the mirror. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/how-you-can-...

How you can beat populism

Stop shouting about how appalled we are by Trump and Farage and learn from our mistakes, to build our own disruptive new agenda of change, respect for ordinary people and pride in our country

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

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