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Tom Brown
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Author: The Mind of the Minister 📕

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Fantastic to see @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social score another Sunday Times bestseller - this time written by my Total Politics colleague @tomjonbrown.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Politics isn’t just speeches and elections; it’s what happens behind closed doors.

📚These five books expose the hidden power players, backroom deals and real decision-makers shaping the UK 👉
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April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Rich in insight and anecdote, the book shows politicians and officials are bound together – and sometimes thriving – whether they like it or not
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Book review: The Mind of The Minister provides expert guidance on repairing relations between ministers and officials
Rich in insight and anecdote, the book shows politicians and officials are bound together – and sometimes thriving – whether they like it or not
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February 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🌟“The Mind of The Minister provides expert guidance on repairing relations between ministers and officials ...
@tomjonbrown.bsky.social lets his subjects speak for themselves, often limiting himself to clarifications and the occasional useful explainer.”✍️Duncan Brown, Civil Service World
February 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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What’s really going on in politics this year?

📚Catch insights for the road ahead with these 8 must-reads: www.bitebackpublishing.com/posts/new-political-books
January 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Biteback author @tomjonbrown.bsky.social gets a question asked and a plug for The Mind of the Minister on the latest episode of The Rest is Politics!
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/q...
Buy The Mind of the Minister here: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/mind-o...
Question Time: Assad’s People - Torture, Justice, and Forgiveness
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 09/01/2025 · 38m
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January 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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"Those who aspire to hold office would do well to read Tom Brown’s unique and balanced study of the relationship between ministers and civil servants."

📚 Oliver Wright reviews @tomjonbrown.bsky.social's 'The Mind of the Minister' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'Revealing': Oliver Wright reviews 'The Mind of the Minister'
Those who aspire to hold office would do well to read Tom Brown’s unique and balanced study of the relationship between ministers and civil servant...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:51 AM
This feels topical and timely given yesterday's speech/announcement from the Prime Minister.
Episode 6 of 'Inside the mind of the minister' podcast is out now, this week with Dame Una O'Brien on how ministers and civil servants can work better together : open.spotify.com/episode/43D2...
Una O'Brien on the future of the civil servant–minister relationship
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December 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Great to be at the launch last night of @tomjonbrown.bsky.social 's first book The Mind of the Minister. Lots of nuggets from interviews with former Ministers and Perm Secs which I'm looking forward to reading!
December 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I'm on BBC Radio 5 Live at 3pm today with @mattchorley.bsky.social talking about my new book 'The Mind of the Minister' bit.ly/4dLG1Os Do listen in if you can
The Mind of the Minister: Restoring trust between ministers and civil servants
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November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM
It’s a lot more friendly over here, isn’t it!
November 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Keir Starmer is this week conducting face-to-face interviews with four candidates to be Cabinet Secretary:

Olly Robbins
Antonia Romeo
Tamara Finkelstein
Chris Wormald

If he goes for Romeo or Finkelstein it would be the first female Cabinet Secretary in history
November 25, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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On Let's Talk with ##GilesBrown from 10.00CET - ##TomBrown on 'The Mind of the Minister: Restoring trust between ministers and civil servants', and ##NicholasMackey with 'An Irishman in Northern Mesopotamia: A Journey of Discovery in South-East Türkiye' (#UnicornPubGroup)
November 25, 2024 at 8:50 AM