Josh Glancy
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Josh Glancy
@joshglancy.bsky.social
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Associate editor and columnist, The Sunday Times
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More detail would no doubt have been helpful. But honestly I thought running her quotes at length, in which she sets out her reasoning for the policy, was the priority in the space I had. And I think the debate that followed has vindicated this.
You were replying to my post. In the third person. It's unusual.
Hi Jonathan, I had read about the Tory policy in preparation for the interview, which is why I asked her about it. I didn't have space or time to explore it in great detail, because I had much ground to cover. Others have run with it, which is good

Your patronising and snarky tone seems unnecessary
Hi Jonathan, you can talk at me rather than in the third person! I haven't misrepresented her policies. Nor have I "sanewashed" them, whatever that means. Just presented them to the world concisely, as it was a shortish profile interview that covered lots of ground, not a detailed policy debate.
The standfirst is a bit frothy. But other than that I'm not sure what you mean by "the blithe way it has been promoted". We described Katie as a hardliner in the headline, which she is.
There has been a torrent of discussion about the interview, which again feels like a good thing.

I framed her view as a sombre and radical position, because it is, but I'm not sure it's my place as an interviewer to insert masses of my own opinion. People can - and have - made their own minds up.
Hi Ben, I certainly take responsibility ahead of my editors.

I asked Katie about something that is official Tory party policy. She expressed a view in support of that. Lots of people found that view abhorrent. I think the interview served its purpose, because now people know what Tory policy is.
Well, I'm biased because she's my friend. But this week I went back to reread her piece after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, it's excellent.

www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/o...
Opinion | When a Terrorist Comes to Your Hometown (Published 2018)
www.nytimes.com
I've been commissioned and edited by her a few times. I would say that she's actually a pretty good commissioning editor.
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Keir Starmer's lack of "vision" and "narrative" has become a cliche at this point. But this isn't just a PR problem. It has a real cost - in muddled hiring decisions and Whitehall not knowing what is it the PM actually wants to do.

My @thetimes.com column

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Starmer and his grown-ups can’t just invent a bold identity
The prime minister once described his pragmatism with pride. Now the absence of clear vision is becoming existential
www.thetimes.com
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Went on The Times podcast to talk about the Green Party leadership race and the new energy mustering on the left of British politics
Here's why Britain's Left is radicalising ⬇️

🎙️Listen now on The Story podcast: pod.fo/e/3222bb

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For today's @thetimes.com read, I spoke to Labour MPs ahead of a seismic autumn for Starmer. The mood is ... existential

'It’s been a bizarrely quiet summer'

'I’m staggered by the lack of direction'

'It can’t carry on at this pace. It’s not sustainable'

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Is Keir Starmer blowing it? The PM is in for a stormy autumn
Labour MPs had hoped he’d take the fight to Nigel Farage by now. But here comes the budget … and, hanging over everything, the small boats crisis
www.thetimes.com
Think it was me who said this? Take your point on distinguishing between Farage and the online right, but I wasn't just referring to immigration. He's picked up a lot of momentum and attracted a lot of coversage on many different fronts
In June 2022, Lee Hsien Yang and his wife Fern received an early police knock at their Singapore apartment. They flew to London and claimed asylum.

But why had the son of Lee Kuan Yew fled his own country?

They tell their full story here, for the first time

www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...
Succession in Singapore: a bungalow row and a brother in London exile
The city state has been scandalised by a battle between the two sons of Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore. One brother has fled to the UK for his and his wife’s safety. The source of the r...
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Oh this is awful - Pembrokeshire Council are trying (successfully so far) to close down this wonderful restaurant I reviewed only last Sunday. If you have visited, think you might want to, or just care about good restaurants, please do write to the address they advise.