Chief UK Business Columnist of the Financial Times. London, ex-New York, with a bit of Tokyo. Not here very much.
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"They believe they are in a place that Burnham will be comfortable with" ie still in Manchester
State of play from Andy Burnham allies
They believe they are in a place that Burnham will be comfortable with.
He doesn't want to be seen as pushing Starmer out in an undignified way.
In addition they think allies of Streeting are trying to rush a quick leadership contest, which would not suit their interest
But but but they believe in the process he has damaged his relationships with his allies
One staunch Streeting ally told me he needs to get on with it.
Streeting as ever he will be fearful of the old adage 'he who wields the knife never wears the crown'
The health sec has the benefit of having strong relationships with the PLP and being in Parliament.
All to play for
A lovely piece about being treated for kidney cancer at St Bart's and the wonder of modern medicine by Rosie Dastgir (my wife) ft.com/content/70004403-a882…
Sometimes a columnist comes across a story . . . ft.com/content/b40394da-84f3…
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman stirs London art market with record purchases - John Gapper on.ft.com/42qHCHq
My piece on a David and Goliath fight in the global berry market: Dyson vs Driscoll's . . . on.ft.com/3DcLZva
Labour needs to help the UK car industry to an EV transition, not crash it by speeding ft.com/content/ce35013b-8225…
I took a boat trip on the River Tees and this is what I found about local politics and national regeneration ft.com/content/230670fb-d0c3…
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@johngapper highlights one of Bradford’s many hidden success stories. Astonish has little debt and owns its factory. private equity will be circling!
Astonish cut-price soaps clean up in supermarkets on.ft.com/3O2Ymfp
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Bloomsbury might have been lucky but it has made the most of its opportunities - @johngapper on how the publisher bucked the industry trend. It is not just a matter of its success with JK Rowling and Sarah J Maas. ft.com/content/a1ae8211-45a8…
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"This should be the best of times for British television. US streaming platforms such as Amazon and Netflix been pouring billions into UK productions" But as @johngapper writes, indie producers are under pressure ft.com/content/643b0bd2-fa13…
My first UK business column, on the surprising recovery of Rolls-Royce ft.com/content/b8d58df4-596b…
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So, there are you at the top of a media empire. How do you keep viewers watching?
A session at the RTS London Convention will explore exactly that, chaired by @johngapper with insight from Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Andrew Georgiou, Nami Patel and Sarah Rose rts.org.uk/london2024
Professional news: I'm now (as of today) the FT's Chief UK Business Columnist. I'll be writing a couple of columns a week on everything from big business to start-ups, entrepreneurship and government policy. It should be a very interesting time: plenty to cover!
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Evgeny Lebedev tells the FT the end of the Standard's daily print edition was "primarily, the shareholders’ decision… I really should have done it four years ago, but I didn’t… I tried, I tried, I tried, and it just didn’t stack up.” ft.com/content/c2872cf7-f887…
In view of the direction in which Elon Musk is driving X, I will be spending more time on Bluesky and Threads for a while. I'm johngapper on both. Come and say hello!