Alexis Conran
@alexisconran.com
TV & Radio Presenter… in front of a mic or camera somewhere.
On Times Radio weekends 1-4pm
Channel 5 Mon-Fri 11:30-12:45
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On Times Radio weekends 1-4pm
Channel 5 Mon-Fri 11:30-12:45
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Ofcom’s founding director of standards has said he is “astounded” by the regulator’s decision not to investigate 32 complaints about a GB News interview with President Trump, in which he claimed human-induced climate change is “a hoax” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Ofcom under fire after refusing to investigate ‘misleading’ GB News Trump interview
US president not challenged over false claims climate change is ‘hoax’ and parts of London have sharia law
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Ofcom’s founding director of standards has said he is “astounded” by the regulator’s decision not to investigate 32 complaints about a GB News interview with President Trump, in which he claimed human-induced climate change is “a hoax” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Please, please, media outlets, remember the C word: context. You can’t discuss Trump’s apes post - or his ‘blame a staffer’ excuse - if you’re not also factoring in and reminding your viewers/readers about his birtherism, his ‘send her back’ remarks, him calling Somalis ‘low IQ’.
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Please, please, media outlets, remember the C word: context. You can’t discuss Trump’s apes post - or his ‘blame a staffer’ excuse - if you’re not also factoring in and reminding your viewers/readers about his birtherism, his ‘send her back’ remarks, him calling Somalis ‘low IQ’.
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Trump posts racist video about the Obamas.
Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage."
Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House."
White House deletes video.
@ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage."
Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House."
White House deletes video.
@ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Trump posts racist video about the Obamas.
Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage."
Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House."
White House deletes video.
@ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Karoline Leavitt dismisses criticism as "fake outrage."
Tim Scott calls it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House."
White House deletes video.
@ericalgj.bsky.social @bellakwai.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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A plea to my fellow professionals in the media. Please put Trump’s racism on the top of your news agendas? Where is it? The leader of the “free world” is using his racism to make all of our lives worse instead of better. A racist is a threat to us all. Whatever else he is doing, holds no worth.
February 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
A plea to my fellow professionals in the media. Please put Trump’s racism on the top of your news agendas? Where is it? The leader of the “free world” is using his racism to make all of our lives worse instead of better. A racist is a threat to us all. Whatever else he is doing, holds no worth.
This should worry everyone.
FT exclusive:
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
February 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This should worry everyone.
Very much this 👇
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Very much this 👇
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A fair point well made by David Aaronovitch.
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A fair point well made by David Aaronovitch.
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Nigel Farage once vehemently believed that defections should trigger by-elections…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Nigel Farage once vehemently believed that defections should trigger by-elections…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
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Donald Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah for telling jokes at the Grammy Awards. I'm sure the self-declared free speech absolutists will be rushing to Noah's defence at any moment.
February 2, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Donald Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah for telling jokes at the Grammy Awards. I'm sure the self-declared free speech absolutists will be rushing to Noah's defence at any moment.
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Here's this week's topical clue for the @alexisconran.com show on Times Radio: "Communist Chinese leader embraced by Starmer, mingling with no sign of hesitation (7)"
You can hear me give the answer and explanation about 3.45pm
You can hear me give the answer and explanation about 3.45pm
January 31, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Here's this week's topical clue for the @alexisconran.com show on Times Radio: "Communist Chinese leader embraced by Starmer, mingling with no sign of hesitation (7)"
You can hear me give the answer and explanation about 3.45pm
You can hear me give the answer and explanation about 3.45pm
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I've known Matt nearly twenty years since we worked together at the University of Manchester, I never realised this claim wasn't true.
Matt Goodwin makes a living out of railing against university educated elites & his whole schtick is "he was the first person in his family to go to university", which is a bit weird given that his Dad, now being heavily invoked for his Manchester connection, appears to have a string of degrees.
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I've known Matt nearly twenty years since we worked together at the University of Manchester, I never realised this claim wasn't true.
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Can't see this happening on Question Time...
Mehdi Hasan: “You falsely said on TV that 50% of social housing goes to non-British people but the real number is actually 14%.”
Matthew Goodwin: I don’t think the government census data or the Mayor of London are credible sources.
*audience laughter*
Matthew Goodwin: I don’t think the government census data or the Mayor of London are credible sources.
*audience laughter*
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Can't see this happening on Question Time...
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If you want to know what actual political academics think of Matt Goodwin you can read quite a lot of their thoughts in this profile of him I wrote in 2024 (free with registration)
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
Matt Goodwin’s fall into the abyss
How a once respected academic embarked on a “sad, depressing journey of radicalisation”
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
If you want to know what actual political academics think of Matt Goodwin you can read quite a lot of their thoughts in this profile of him I wrote in 2024 (free with registration)
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-m...
We can‘t even officially call them Conservatives 2.0 ... It’s the same people!
62.5% of current Reform MPs are former Tory MPs so they are in fact the Conservatives.
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 PM
We can‘t even officially call them Conservatives 2.0 ... It’s the same people!
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Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Arguably more significant than defections, internal party politics and the Beckhams…
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
In 2024 there were around 3,600 suspected cases of measles.
We need to challenge the nonsense spread by anti vaxxers and ensure children are protected.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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TikTok’s new owners have eliminated a privacy rule protecting U.S. users’ precise location data from being collected.
levernews.com/larry-elliso...
levernews.com/larry-elliso...
Larry Ellison Knows Where You’re Scrolling From
TikTok’s new owners have eliminated a privacy rule protecting U.S. users’ precise location data from being collected.
levernews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
TikTok’s new owners have eliminated a privacy rule protecting U.S. users’ precise location data from being collected.
levernews.com/larry-elliso...
levernews.com/larry-elliso...
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Can't believe I forgot to celebrate Justin Webb Day yesterday. Must have been distracted by all that normality in America
January 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Can't believe I forgot to celebrate Justin Webb Day yesterday. Must have been distracted by all that normality in America
Very useful 👇
🗞️ Some news!
The Trump Action Tracker now has a bot that automatically posts new actions to Bluesky, along with link to news story & authoritarian categories.
Follow to stay up to date! We are adding about 10 actions a day at the moment 😢
bsky.app/profile/trum...
The Trump Action Tracker now has a bot that automatically posts new actions to Bluesky, along with link to news story & authoritarian categories.
Follow to stay up to date! We are adding about 10 actions a day at the moment 😢
bsky.app/profile/trum...
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Very useful 👇
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Here's new Reform MP Suella Braverman, boasting about the time she took a trip to see a wall on "the land border between Italy and Turkey" which caused "crossings on that border to plummet"
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
Incredible piece of journalism here … and a glimpse in to the scale and magnitude of misinformation bombarding a public that is slowly abandoning journalism for social media posts… very alarming.
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Incredible piece of journalism here … and a glimpse in to the scale and magnitude of misinformation bombarding a public that is slowly abandoning journalism for social media posts… very alarming.
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...