May be of interest to @stephenkb.bsky.social@aliceolilly.bsky.social@samfr.bsky.social and others trying to make government more effective
I spent the weekend thinking about how we can improve the quality of our parliamentary candidates and make better use of them when they are elected. I touch on trends in selections, casework and candidates as well as presenting a few practical solutions.
Practical solutions for getting the best MPs into parliament
I just started a Substack (open.substack.com/pub/politics...) - any tips on how to start getting readers?
Has anyone developed a platform for double-posting? ie write one post but it automatically gets posted to multiple sites?
Part of the problem may be the feeling that voting won’t make a difference. Both in policy and electoral terms. Many young voters will have spent their entire voting life voting for a loosing party and don’t believe that it would make much difference if any other came into power.
And youth politics is also increasingly divided along gendered lines if one looks at the voting - which is also interesting
Your Substack on how to make the most of twitter was really useful. Have you considered writing a similar one about Substack itself? I was considering starting one but wondering whether you had any advice?
The real question is when, if ever, will Bluesky reach a critical mass? By that I mean the point at which there are enough active users that it is a viable alternative to X for most people. This will be different community to community. I doubt X and Bluesky will coexist without divergence.
A few thoughts: - The Threads threat is reduced because it is not available in the EU - The codes are effective, not just because they keep out bots, but they also add an air of desirability to bluesky - There are benefits to a more limited community such as more better discussions