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The £36 million thank you note
What business can learn from politics about changing the terms of the argument.
Growing pains
Reform UK is growing fast, but its conference exposed tensions between its political success and institutional maturity, and the structures being built beyond Farage.
Darling, sweetie, darling
Featuring:
Mike Ashley’s shopping habits
The evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of Farage
All you need is a plan
What to do with £40m? Put it all on Kemi
Be more con-Vince-ing
Featuring:
Don’t be seen to rage against the machine
Pay Danegeld, get Danes
Adjectives to describe Dale Vince
BP’s Full House for the Chancellor
GRWM… to be Prime Minister
Featuring
The influencer-native Prime Minister
The politics of the quick win
Defining the field
When the tide turns
The Burnham Quandary
Featuring:
Thoughts on approaching PMQs
How Burnham is like cutting your own fringe
The importance of not being earnest
A snap election (not another one etc)
What should Nigel do?
Featuring:
A well-worn Irish joke
Proven lessons to apply to Reform’s predicament
Winning against a bin isn’t enough
A compliment about Farage’s political ability
On not winding up journalists unnecessarily
Here be monsters
Featuring:
Andy Burnham's Houdini act
On herding impossible and annoying sheep (MPs)
A prediction I'll never mention again if wrong and crow about if vindicated
An extended bit about Greek mythology