Stephen Bush

Bush is mixed race with Jewish heritage.^[1] He was educated at Morpeth School, a state comprehensive school in Bethnal Green in East End of London, followed by the University of Oxford where he was an undergraduate student at Balliol College, Oxford,^[2] and studied history.

At university, he was a member of the Oxford University Labour Club.^[3][4] Bush matriculated in 2008 and graduated in 2011.^[5]

Bush worked for the magazine Progress (linked to the organisation of the same name) before writing for The Daily Telegraph, including working on the Morning Briefing email as editorial assistant to Benedict Brogan.^[6] He joined the New Statesman from the Telegraph in February 2015.^[7][8] Later that year, he was the first political commentator to predict Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader after obtaining leaked internal poll data.^[6][9]

From 2016 to 2017, he contributed a weekly column to The Guardian's Lifestyle pages on cooking, called "The Delia Project", where he recounted his efforts to relearn cookery skills using only Delia Smith's Delia's Complete How to Cook.^[10]

In December 2018 he was appointed political editor of the New Statesman, while also writing a fortnightly column for the i newspaper.^[11][12] In February 2022 he left to become a columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times, including writing a morning political briefing email.^[13][14]

In 2020 he was appointed to chair the Board of Deputies of British Jews' Commission on Racial Inclusivity in the Jewish Community.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Bush supports Arsenal football club.^[6]