Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepoliticshttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrmhnvew5c26I don't disagree with the important part of this, but I am gonna get an ulcer if I read one more reference to what Andy Burnham's 'team' get about this stuff. It's the same team! It's literally the same production team, the same approach, but with a good performer! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmhnvew5c26https://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrlj34rdis2eThe Minton Beddoes interview has unlocked some truly industrial strength takes. I saw one earlier today about how people only cared now because it wasn’t a threat against women. What do they think Zanny is short for…Alexander?? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlj34rdis2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrlegkqdl22eYes, it’s true. I do, in fact, “just disagree” with the idea that I should be murdered. (Unclear whether as a miscengenate I am “traitor” or “invader”.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlegkqdl22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrlbajz7fk2eI know this very useful account just reposts Trump’s TruthSocial without adding comment or features, or removing them. I know this and have checked many times. Yet every few weeks I go “come on, that can’t be real”. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlbajz7fk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrlawyfytc2eSunday night. Time to put on a flamboyant shirt and discuss the news on Sky News’ The Wrap. 😎26 Jul 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlawyfytc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrl5rkovos2eOne consequence of the democratising effect of social media is too many people treat “the statements made and endorsed by a social media platform’s wealthy and powerful owner” with the same seriousness as “a random user with no influence or importance”. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrl5rkovos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrkwwrhkvk2kIf it were me, I would have the next series start with two bodies arriving at a hospital, because: a) loads of NHS jobs are good for the companion’s backstory b) I think it would be a very cool way to reintroduce Doctor and Master c) prevents some damn fool “resolving” Billie later [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkwwrhkvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrktuae3p22kOne reason why there is fertile territory for this nowadays is that since its creation, the MoJ has been deeply hostile to letting journalists or the public more broadly visit prisons and secure mental hospitals, I think. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrktuae3p22khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrktfzrsas2kAbsolutely none of the “what if the Nazis had won WW2” hypotheticals really got how *nuts* things would have got, I think.26 Jul 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrktfzrsas2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrkru47xss2kSuch a great book, this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkru47xss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrkrp4gc4k2kThe weirdest type of conspiracy theory, I think, are the ones like this where you just go “how old are you?” The “suspicious” behaviour here happens every time there’s a change of government in one way or another! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkrp4gc4k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrke2esun22mBowled over by how much I properly *loved* One of Our Thursdays Is Missing on a re-read - I remember finding it very disappointing the first time around. A surprisingly common experience I have rereading books I first read aged 21 is just how violently I disagree with myself, one way or the other.26 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrke2esun22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrkbhya6dc2tWhy are so many movies these days based on premises that should be 30 Rock jokes? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkbhya6dc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrk3ktrtcc27At both the Telegraph and NS had to navigate the hurt feelings of some politicians about things that those publications had done, sometimes 20 years in the past. Now loads of politicians will merrily post away on a website whose owner regularly endorses the idea they, personally, should be killed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrk3ktrtcc27https://bsky.app/profile/stephenkb.bsky.social/post/3mrizrlm3cs2pSuch a shame this film didn’t do better. Suspect it would have been better served being called “Baldur’s Gate: The Movie”. Gained nothing from a title that made it seem more involved that it actually is, while it captures the *feel* of a D&D session perfectly it isn’t at all preoccupied with D&D. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:xbnsfdtxoothg654ujxe3p25/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrizrlm3cs2p