Alan White
@aljwhite.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of @politicshome.bsky.social and @thehousemag.bsky.social. Exhausted.
We’re winning on the weight transferometer, and that’s what really matters
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We’re winning on the weight transferometer, and that’s what really matters
The revelation that @roberthutton.co.uk has never been to the Victoria branch of Nando's makes me suspect he may treat his sources a little better than I do www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Recipes for disaster: Nando's with The Independent Group
Politicians making a meal of it. This week: Nando's with The Independent Group
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November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The revelation that @roberthutton.co.uk has never been to the Victoria branch of Nando's makes me suspect he may treat his sources a little better than I do www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Shout it from the rooftops @philipjcowley.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Island of strangers
Lessons in political science. This week: island of strangers
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November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Shout it from the rooftops @philipjcowley.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
1/2 Some of you may remember (or are now lucky enough to read for the first time!) my longread about Britain's canals... www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Troubled Waters – The Many Struggles Of The Canal And River Trust
Over a decade ago, the government decided to place many of England and Wales’ inland waterways in the hands of the Canal & River Trust. As it strug...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
1/2 Some of you may remember (or are now lucky enough to read for the first time!) my longread about Britain's canals... www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Great piece takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/municipal-...
How municipal bond markets can save Britain
The case for more fiscal devolution to build the infrastructure we need
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Great piece takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/municipal-...
STARTING TO THINK OUR LEGISLATORS SHOULD MAYBE STEP IN HERE, MAYBE
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
STARTING TO THINK OUR LEGISLATORS SHOULD MAYBE STEP IN HERE, MAYBE
Not saying I’m obsessed with Florence + The Machine (I am) but the discovery she references Buffy the Vampire (Season 6) in her new album was A Moment
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Not saying I’m obsessed with Florence + The Machine (I am) but the discovery she references Buffy the Vampire (Season 6) in her new album was A Moment
@anniechave.bsky.social hello I did not know you were on here, this happened and what a day out it was
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@anniechave.bsky.social hello I did not know you were on here, this happened and what a day out it was
We’re now in the awful winter situation of the normal people being here but the cricket tweets being on the nazi site, pls advise @samfr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We’re now in the awful winter situation of the normal people being here but the cricket tweets being on the nazi site, pls advise @samfr.bsky.social
oh you'll find out soon enough my child www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
oh you'll find out soon enough my child www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
An IFG report that lands with a palpable 'thwack' www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
An IFG report that lands with a palpable 'thwack' www.politicshome.com/news/article...
And another exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea Council is investigating whether Lord Peter Mandelson committed an offence when he publicly urinated in the street last week www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Kensington Council Investigating Peter Mandelson For Urinating In The Street
Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea Council is investigating whether Lord Peter Mandelson committed an offence when he publicly urinated in the stree...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And another exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea Council is investigating whether Lord Peter Mandelson committed an offence when he publicly urinated in the street last week www.politicshome.com/news/article...
And another scoop this time from @zoecrowther.bsky.social: the government’s Men’s Health Strategy is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harm www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Men’s Health Strategy Expected To Include New Measures On Gambling Addiction
The government’s Men’s Health Strategy is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harm, as pressure grows for ministers to trea...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
And another scoop this time from @zoecrowther.bsky.social: the government’s Men’s Health Strategy is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harm www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Wildest @politicshome.bsky.social headline I’ve seen for a long time www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Home Office Secretly Funded A Boyband To Sing Songs About 7/7 In Muslim Areas
Exclusive: A secretive Home Office department funded a little-known boyband to travel around Muslim areas of the UK and sing songs with anti-radica...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wildest @politicshome.bsky.social headline I’ve seen for a long time www.politicshome.com/news/article...
🚨 Public Consultation On Digital ID Delayed Until 2026 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Public Consultation On Digital ID Delayed Until 2026
Exclusive: The government has delayed consulting with the public on the development of digital ID plans until the new year, PoliticsHome understand...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🚨 Public Consultation On Digital ID Delayed Until 2026 www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reposted by Alan White
If Rachel Reeves wants a simple, low-cost yet progressive tax reform, this is it, writes tax expert Dan Neidle for @thehousemag.bsky.social:
Nobody, particularly the vulnerable, should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax — this unfair system must change
Nobody, particularly the vulnerable, should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax — this unfair system must change
If Rachel Reeves Wants A Simple, Low-Cost Yet Progressive Tax Reform, This Is It
One tax reform should be easy for Rachel Reeves, writes Dan Neidle, who says an obscure technical change has become an ‘automated wrecking ball’ fo...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
If Rachel Reeves wants a simple, low-cost yet progressive tax reform, this is it, writes tax expert Dan Neidle for @thehousemag.bsky.social:
Nobody, particularly the vulnerable, should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax — this unfair system must change
Nobody, particularly the vulnerable, should face a late filing penalty when they don’t owe any tax — this unfair system must change
Superb
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Superb
An utterly ludicrous country
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An utterly ludicrous country
Reposted by Alan White
There is a long history of parliamentarians choosing to work with what they have rather than rebuild. Options on a brand new palace of Westminster were ignored in the mid-18th century and the tendency to work in an ad hoc manner persisted until 1834...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
A troubled project - ended by a fire: restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster before 1834
The troubled progress of the Restoration and Renewal project for the current Palace of Westminster turns out to be only a contemporary echo of a 17th and 18th century experience. Personal feuds, 'inco...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There is a long history of parliamentarians choosing to work with what they have rather than rebuild. Options on a brand new palace of Westminster were ignored in the mid-18th century and the tendency to work in an ad hoc manner persisted until 1834...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
www.hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/a-troub...
they did it
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
they did it
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
they actually managed to kick the can down the road again. amazing
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
🤯🤯 The definitive Your Party weekend read from @siennarodgers.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Corbyn-Sultana Power Struggle: How 'Your Party' Got Here And How It Ends
Ahead of its founding conference, Sienna Rodgers reports on the hostilities within the new left-wing project, Your Party, as Jeremy Corbyn and Zara...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🤯🤯 The definitive Your Party weekend read from @siennarodgers.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/news/article...
@grok is this true
🎶 data guy, data guy
🎶 does whatever a data guy does
🎶 can he use common sense?
🎶 no he can't, that's not data
🎶 does whatever a data guy does
🎶 can he use common sense?
🎶 no he can't, that's not data
“a nothing burger” lol
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@grok is this true
Reposted by Alan White
Robbie Gibb’s cynical campaign to take down the BBC by “watching them try to do journalism” continues apace www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC faces fresh claim of misleading Trump edit
The clip aired on Newsnight in 2022, two years before the Panorama that led to the director-general's resignation.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Robbie Gibb’s cynical campaign to take down the BBC by “watching them try to do journalism” continues apace www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...