Stefan Stern
@stefanstern.bsky.social
Journalist and author. Writes for FT, Guardian, Prospect and The Conversation. New book: Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition, out now. Visiting Prof at Bayes Business School
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Stefan Stern
@stefanstern.bsky.social
· Jul 12
Almost a year since this happened. Book still available in the usual places. Audio version coming this autumn!
"Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition"
"Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition"
Badenoch is an embarrassment.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Badenoch is an embarrassment.
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This is strong Budget speech from a pretty resilient Chancellor. Like Dubya she has been "misunderestimated".
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is strong Budget speech from a pretty resilient Chancellor. Like Dubya she has been "misunderestimated".
This is strong Budget speech from a pretty resilient Chancellor. Like Dubya she has been "misunderestimated".
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is strong Budget speech from a pretty resilient Chancellor. Like Dubya she has been "misunderestimated".
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Samir Shah would not be the first boss to fail to grasp that "consult" means (in the context of management) to discuss a possible decision before that decision has finally been taken.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Samir Shah would not be the first boss to fail to grasp that "consult" means (in the context of management) to discuss a possible decision before that decision has finally been taken.
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TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?
On GB News earlier...the struggle takes many forms.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On GB News earlier...the struggle takes many forms.
TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
TROUBLED BY MEMORY LOSS?
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November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Farage knows what he said and doesn't believe his own denials.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Farage knows what he said and doesn't believe his own denials.
For those about to dive in to @rutgerbregman.com 's Reith Lectures don't forget that other books on the topic of ambition are available:
www.amazon.co.uk/Fair-Foul-Ma...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fair-Foul-Ma...
Fair or Foul: The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition
Fair or Foul: The Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition : Stern, Stefan: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
For those about to dive in to @rutgerbregman.com 's Reith Lectures don't forget that other books on the topic of ambition are available:
www.amazon.co.uk/Fair-Foul-Ma...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fair-Foul-Ma...
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This Reform statement seems unaware that he had acknowledged some of these allegations back in 2013.
Of course I said some ridiculous things that upset them.” Crick asked him if these were “racist things”. Farage replied: “Not necessarily racist things. It depends how you define it.”
Of course I said some ridiculous things that upset them.” Crick asked him if these were “racist things”. Farage replied: “Not necessarily racist things. It depends how you define it.”
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This Reform statement seems unaware that he had acknowledged some of these allegations back in 2013.
Of course I said some ridiculous things that upset them.” Crick asked him if these were “racist things”. Farage replied: “Not necessarily racist things. It depends how you define it.”
Of course I said some ridiculous things that upset them.” Crick asked him if these were “racist things”. Farage replied: “Not necessarily racist things. It depends how you define it.”
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Farage email to Michael Crick (2021) one of several tacit acknowledgements that he did what his lawyers 'categorically denied' for him last month
“Terms of abuse thrown around between fifteen-year-old boys were limitless; there were no boundaries. I think red-haired boys fared especially badly.”
“Terms of abuse thrown around between fifteen-year-old boys were limitless; there were no boundaries. I think red-haired boys fared especially badly.”
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Farage email to Michael Crick (2021) one of several tacit acknowledgements that he did what his lawyers 'categorically denied' for him last month
“Terms of abuse thrown around between fifteen-year-old boys were limitless; there were no boundaries. I think red-haired boys fared especially badly.”
“Terms of abuse thrown around between fifteen-year-old boys were limitless; there were no boundaries. I think red-haired boys fared especially badly.”
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A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage has made a big mistake going for a flat denial of something (deeply unpleasant and disgusting) for which there are loads of on-the-record witnesses. The Reform bubble will burst.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Farage has made a big mistake going for a flat denial of something (deeply unpleasant and disgusting) for which there are loads of on-the-record witnesses. The Reform bubble will burst.
Farage doesn't believe his own denials.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Farage doesn't believe his own denials.
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At least after Wednesday we won't have to put up with any more pre-Budget whingeing and we can all get on with the post-Budget whingeing.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At least after Wednesday we won't have to put up with any more pre-Budget whingeing and we can all get on with the post-Budget whingeing.
At least after Wednesday we won't have to put up with any more pre-Budget whingeing and we can all get on with the post-Budget whingeing.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At least after Wednesday we won't have to put up with any more pre-Budget whingeing and we can all get on with the post-Budget whingeing.
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observer.co.uk/news/busines... Bill Keegan fighting fit and writing so well in this column as EU politely shows Johnson Brexit to be incompetent and ill thought out. Buy why are Labour so timorous? @labour4europe.bsky.social
‘Reset’ with the EU looks more like ‘upset’ as Brexit damage mounts | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
observer.co.uk/news/busines... Bill Keegan fighting fit and writing so well in this column as EU politely shows Johnson Brexit to be incompetent and ill thought out. Buy why are Labour so timorous? @labour4europe.bsky.social
News of my interview with Michael Heseltine has reached the Peterborough column (in yesterday's Daily Telegraph):
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
News of my interview with Michael Heseltine has reached the Peterborough column (in yesterday's Daily Telegraph):
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
Reform, eh..?
10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News share.google/aYr7S1I1OtPv...
10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News share.google/aYr7S1I1OtPv...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
share.google
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reform, eh..?
10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News share.google/aYr7S1I1OtPv...
10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes - BBC News share.google/aYr7S1I1OtPv...
Such a boring game, cricket.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Such a boring game, cricket.
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