Neil Stockley

Policy and communications professional, Liberal Democrat, expat Kiwi. #narrativewatch #liberalism #climateemergency #greengrowth #JustTransition ... and more.

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

From the archive, 10 years ago

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

Real ‘mask off’ stuff from Reform.
(And, for what it is worth a 100% and deliberate misrepresentation of what Badenoch said in both instances. Still, good of Reform to remind us who they really are.)

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

You cannot seriously think that Labour MPs would make Andy Burnham prime minister if they thought he was going to call a snap general election where hundreds would lose their seats even in the best case scenario. Truly bizarre.

[ECIU @ECIU_UK]

When a major driver of UK economy is also the only scientifically credible way to tackle climate change.

UK's net zero businesses:

📍 1.1M jobs

📍 £105BN GVA to economy

📍 96% small & medium sized local companies

In Yorkshire & the Humber alone = 79,000+ jobs

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

It wasn't a secret, even then, who he was

[Robert Ford @robfordmancs]

The Blair effect - not nothing, granted - is that you get way more coverage for your policy essay once it’s framed as fighting with Labour’s former PM and framing essentially any proposal as “I disagree with Tony” gets you a more favourable audience from most tribes of the left.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Just when you thought British politics couldn't get any more insane...

[G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris]

one of the best tweets of all time

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

The Truth About Donald Trump’s Sanity from @jeffsonnenfeld https://t.co/qyb6SEJZYr

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

The wonderful Anne Applebaum explains the whole reason for Russian's invasion of Ukraine

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is an official government account in a democracy.

This is what Orbanism looks like. The president bragging, via AI video, that he forced a comedian who mocked him off the air and ‘into the trash’.

[Michael Shanks MP @mgshanks]

There was a debate on the future of Britain's energy in the House of Commons today. Not a single Green MP bothered to turn up.

You would think the Greens would care about climate change and the energy transition. Apparently not.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

So a handy list of conventional wisdom this time a month ago:

* Keir Starmer was having a good war. The "Love Actually Strategy" was starting to shift opinion in his favour

* Big Labour losses in the local election were priced in

* Even if they weren't, calling the King's Speech for immediately after had scuppered the chances of a Labour revolt

* The PLP were paralysed, and wouldn't move

* No Ministers were prepared to resign and challenge Starmer

* Andy Burnham had no path

* Keir Starmer was safe for now

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

Really excellent post. ⬇️

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

We won every seat on Richmond upon Thames Council last week.

But that doesn’t mean we’ve changed our mind on electoral reform.

It’s time the Government stopped defending a broken system out of self-interest and backed proportional representation.

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Fun factoid. Last prime minister to come to power by winning an election and leave power by losing one - what you’d think was the way these things are meant to work - was Edward Heath over half a century ago

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Prepare to hear a lot more about Patrick Gordon Walker

[Ian Birrell @ianbirrell]

So a disgraced MP - sacked from the government for digging dirt on journalists - claims to be acting nobly when attempting to spark an unnecessary by-election & unnecessary mayoral election in revenge. Labour behaving like the deposed Tories at their worst as they play such games

[Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell]

Let's see how much coverage this gets in the right-wing press. So far, they have been pretty tight-lipped about this scandal (and it is an absolute scandal). Imagine how they would have reacted if it was Starmer or Polanski

[Neil Stockley @NeilStockley]

@williamnhutton @paulmasonnews great idea, but why don’t either/both of you do it for everyone; a webinar, or a discussion on YouTube, perhaps?