Matt Honeycombe-Foster
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Still dreaming.
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Do read my @politico.eu long read about what is (or isn't) happening with the Lords on your commute.
Proposals to shake up life for Britain's unelected lawmakers have been shunted into a committee — where reforms have gone, never to be seen again, many times before. 👇
Proposals to shake up life for Britain's unelected lawmakers have been shunted into a committee — where reforms have gone, never to be seen again, many times before. 👇
Forget leadership threats briefed by Keir Starmer's 'allies' (the phrase self-fulfilling prophecy springs to mind): read my @politico.eu piece about Labour's slight retreat on Lords reforms.
Despite bold promises, changes will be debated ... by a committee. Sound familiar?👇
Despite bold promises, changes will be debated ... by a committee. Sound familiar?👇
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Do read my @politico.eu long read about what is (or isn't) happening with the Lords on your commute.
Proposals to shake up life for Britain's unelected lawmakers have been shunted into a committee — where reforms have gone, never to be seen again, many times before. 👇
Proposals to shake up life for Britain's unelected lawmakers have been shunted into a committee — where reforms have gone, never to be seen again, many times before. 👇
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During your evening commute home, do have a read of my analysis delving into why Zack Polanski has channeled Nigel Farage's comms strategy ... and how Britain's eco-warriors are reaping the rewards.👇
My latest @politico.eu piece: Zack Polanski couldn't be further away from Nigel Farage politically.
But they've more in common than either cares to admit — articulate communicators with punchy messages, surging membership numbers & rising poll ratings.
www.politico.eu/article/zack...
But they've more in common than either cares to admit — articulate communicators with punchy messages, surging membership numbers & rising poll ratings.
www.politico.eu/article/zack...
Zack Polanski wants to be the British left’s Nigel Farage
The eco-populist aims to beat Reform UK’s charismatic leader at his own game.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
During your evening commute home, do have a read of my analysis delving into why Zack Polanski has channeled Nigel Farage's comms strategy ... and how Britain's eco-warriors are reaping the rewards.👇
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not all scoops are important. some are just interesting.
Check out this pair of 'Ridge Racer' sneakers, reportedly made for Kaz Hirai to commemorate his famous E3 2006 presentation:
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October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
not all scoops are important. some are just interesting.
Not sure any song could come closer than this to how grief really feels. The strange, after the fact conversations with the person you've lost. The mundane, heartbreaking little details that snag you.
Even the fog of the production gets at that out-of-body feeling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObI...
Even the fog of the production gets at that out-of-body feeling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObI...
Fourth of July
YouTube video by Sufjan Stevens - Topic
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October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Not sure any song could come closer than this to how grief really feels. The strange, after the fact conversations with the person you've lost. The mundane, heartbreaking little details that snag you.
Even the fog of the production gets at that out-of-body feeling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObI...
Even the fog of the production gets at that out-of-body feeling.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObI...
Thanks to everyone who donated to the fund set up in mum's memory for Samaritans. I am back at work and taking it day by day.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Thanks to everyone who donated to the fund set up in mum's memory for Samaritans. I am back at work and taking it day by day.
www.gofundme.com/f/elly-r
www.gofundme.com/f/elly-r
At some point last week, my mum decided to take her own life. I am pretty lost for words.
I will be away from journalism for a short while, focusing on my children. They bring me a lot of hope.
Thank you for all the kind messages, they mean a lot.
I will be away from journalism for a short while, focusing on my children. They bring me a lot of hope.
Thank you for all the kind messages, they mean a lot.
September 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
At some point last week, my mum decided to take her own life. I am pretty lost for words.
I will be away from journalism for a short while, focusing on my children. They bring me a lot of hope.
Thank you for all the kind messages, they mean a lot.
I will be away from journalism for a short while, focusing on my children. They bring me a lot of hope.
Thank you for all the kind messages, they mean a lot.
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The Home Office insists the transition to a digital-only system of immigration status is going smoothly. For @politico.eu I ask: if the department is so confident, why won't it publish evidence to back that up?
www.politico.eu/article/home...
www.politico.eu/article/home...
UK stonewalls questions on how often its post-Brexit eVisa system malfunctions
One immigration lawyer said the Home Office’s “continued denial that there are problems” amounted to “gaslighting.”
www.politico.eu
August 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Home Office insists the transition to a digital-only system of immigration status is going smoothly. For @politico.eu I ask: if the department is so confident, why won't it publish evidence to back that up?
www.politico.eu/article/home...
www.politico.eu/article/home...
“Lanyard class” is such a good insult.
Like sorry that I don’t use a rusted wrought iron key to open my Real Man Workplace lock
Like sorry that I don’t use a rusted wrought iron key to open my Real Man Workplace lock
July 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Lanyard class” is such a good insult.
Like sorry that I don’t use a rusted wrought iron key to open my Real Man Workplace lock
Like sorry that I don’t use a rusted wrought iron key to open my Real Man Workplace lock
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We're hiring! Am after a sharp, creative and collegiate news editor to join our U.K. team on a Sunday-Thursday pattern. Apply here:
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Job Opportunities
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July 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We're hiring! Am after a sharp, creative and collegiate news editor to join our U.K. team on a Sunday-Thursday pattern. Apply here:
jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...
jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...
We're hiring! Am after a sharp, creative and collegiate news editor to join our U.K. team on a Sunday-Thursday pattern. Apply here:
jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...
jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...
Job Opportunities
jobs.mpleo.net
July 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We're hiring! Am after a sharp, creative and collegiate news editor to join our U.K. team on a Sunday-Thursday pattern. Apply here:
jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...
jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...
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Astonishing story. Huge questions over the company culture that allowed this. www.ft.com/content/c0e6...
July 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Astonishing story. Huge questions over the company culture that allowed this. www.ft.com/content/c0e6...
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
July 4, 1945
July 4, 1945
July 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
July 4, 1945
July 4, 1945
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MP Zarah Sultana resigned from Labour with an X post announcing she would “co-lead the founding of a new party” with Jeremy Corbyn.
Curiously, Corbyn has yet to address what sounded like the quickest split in left-wing party political history.
London Playbook digs deeper 👇
Curiously, Corbyn has yet to address what sounded like the quickest split in left-wing party political history.
London Playbook digs deeper 👇
Oh, Jeremy Corbyn?
Presented by Rolls-Royce By ANDREW MCDONALD with BETHANY DAWSON PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good Friday morning. This is Andrew Mc…
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July 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
MP Zarah Sultana resigned from Labour with an X post announcing she would “co-lead the founding of a new party” with Jeremy Corbyn.
Curiously, Corbyn has yet to address what sounded like the quickest split in left-wing party political history.
London Playbook digs deeper 👇
Curiously, Corbyn has yet to address what sounded like the quickest split in left-wing party political history.
London Playbook digs deeper 👇
Rest in peace, Gramps. We were so lucky to have you.
July 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Rest in peace, Gramps. We were so lucky to have you.
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I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
July 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
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Yours truly helmed the @politico.eu good ship Sunday Crunch for a second weekend in a row — covering Labour's 10-year plan for the NHS, the welfare rows showing no sign of ending and Keir Starmer's turbulent first year in No 10. Do have a read.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/s...
www.politico.eu/newsletter/s...
Wes Streeting’s cunning plan
Presented by Goldman Sachs By NOAH KEATE PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Sunday Crunch and view in your browser Good Sunday afternoon. This is Noah Keate, steering the …
www.politico.eu
June 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yours truly helmed the @politico.eu good ship Sunday Crunch for a second weekend in a row — covering Labour's 10-year plan for the NHS, the welfare rows showing no sign of ending and Keir Starmer's turbulent first year in No 10. Do have a read.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/s...
www.politico.eu/newsletter/s...
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One mystery of Keir Starmer is: why is a man who does things like this, who writes handwritten notes to people he worked with but didn't know well, or for people he met briefly in the CPS, quite *SO* bad at talking to and cultivating MPs?
June 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
One mystery of Keir Starmer is: why is a man who does things like this, who writes handwritten notes to people he worked with but didn't know well, or for people he met briefly in the CPS, quite *SO* bad at talking to and cultivating MPs?
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Particularly bad idea since ministers at public events are incredibly dull.
The four words that strike dread when they appear on a conference agenda: “Keynote speech by minister”. Time for a coffee and to see who might be hanging around the corridors looking for a chat.
The four words that strike dread when they appear on a conference agenda: “Keynote speech by minister”. Time for a coffee and to see who might be hanging around the corridors looking for a chat.
No10 has issued odd internal guidance banning officials speaking at public events
It means more closed govt & worse policy decisions-the opposite of what ministers say they want
From @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & me @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
It means more closed govt & worse policy decisions-the opposite of what ministers say they want
From @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & me @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
The government should not ban public servants from speaking in public | Institute for Government
New guidance will damage the quality of government and public discourse.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Particularly bad idea since ministers at public events are incredibly dull.
The four words that strike dread when they appear on a conference agenda: “Keynote speech by minister”. Time for a coffee and to see who might be hanging around the corridors looking for a chat.
The four words that strike dread when they appear on a conference agenda: “Keynote speech by minister”. Time for a coffee and to see who might be hanging around the corridors looking for a chat.
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No10 has issued odd internal guidance banning officials speaking at public events
It means more closed govt & worse policy decisions-the opposite of what ministers say they want
From @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & me @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
It means more closed govt & worse policy decisions-the opposite of what ministers say they want
From @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & me @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
The government should not ban public servants from speaking in public | Institute for Government
New guidance will damage the quality of government and public discourse.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
June 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
No10 has issued odd internal guidance banning officials speaking at public events
It means more closed govt & worse policy decisions-the opposite of what ministers say they want
From @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & me @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
It means more closed govt & worse policy decisions-the opposite of what ministers say they want
From @drhannahwhite.bsky.social & me @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...
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X/Twitter - the people you want to avoid at Christmas dinner
Bluesky - the people you want to avoid at work drinks
Bluesky - the people you want to avoid at work drinks
June 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
X/Twitter - the people you want to avoid at Christmas dinner
Bluesky - the people you want to avoid at work drinks
Bluesky - the people you want to avoid at work drinks
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I'm no expert - is this good?
So Starship Ship 36 just detonated *before* the static fire test - fueled and waiting for the test. Looks like the top tank lets go and sets off the whole stack. It would be bad enough if it let go during the static fire test, but it just blew up. And it's cooking off the fuel tanks on the pad.
June 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I'm no expert - is this good?
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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EXCLUSIVE: NATO chief Mark Rutte is axing dozens of job and two whole divisions in a major overhaul at the alliance’s Brussels HQ.
“He is basically DOGEing NATO,” an official told POLITICO, referring to Elon Musk’s efforts to trim the U.S. government.
Scoop here via @politico.eu👇 ow.ly/BUKB50WcfTo
“He is basically DOGEing NATO,” an official told POLITICO, referring to Elon Musk’s efforts to trim the U.S. government.
Scoop here via @politico.eu👇 ow.ly/BUKB50WcfTo
Mark Rutte DOGEs NATO with dozens of job cuts
Transatlantic military chief slashes roles and eliminates divisions as U.S. President Donald Trump’s reluctant commitment overshadows the alliance.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
EXCLUSIVE: NATO chief Mark Rutte is axing dozens of job and two whole divisions in a major overhaul at the alliance’s Brussels HQ.
“He is basically DOGEing NATO,” an official told POLITICO, referring to Elon Musk’s efforts to trim the U.S. government.
Scoop here via @politico.eu👇 ow.ly/BUKB50WcfTo
“He is basically DOGEing NATO,” an official told POLITICO, referring to Elon Musk’s efforts to trim the U.S. government.
Scoop here via @politico.eu👇 ow.ly/BUKB50WcfTo