Alex Walters
@alexwalters.bsky.social
Crime writer among other strange things.
When a child’s body is found, DCI Kenny Murrain uncovers buried secrets and a killer ready to strike again.
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Available now for pre-order.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Available now for pre-order.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When a child’s body is found, DCI Kenny Murrain uncovers buried secrets and a killer ready to strike again.
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Available now for pre-order.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
A tense crime thriller where the past won’t stay buried.
Available now for pre-order.
www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Corners...
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The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
Funny you should mention the Danish approach to immigration… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Funny you should mention the Danish approach to immigration… www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters.
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk).
But that doesn't tell the full story.
Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
Well, yes. I’d have hoped the Labour Parrty wasn’t one of them. But there, it seems, we go. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration
There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Well, yes. I’d have hoped the Labour Parrty wasn’t one of them. But there, it seems, we go. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Always a great read. @temporalboundary.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Always a great read. @temporalboundary.bsky.social
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This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
Very sad, if not entirely surprising, news. A fine songwriter. apple.news/AXvHMeWHySyG...
Country star Todd Snider dies aged 59 days after he said he had been the victim of a ‘violent assault’ in Utah — The Independent
Singer was arrested for disorderly conduct, threats, and trespassing after disputing his hospital release following an alleged assault
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Very sad, if not entirely surprising, news. A fine songwriter. apple.news/AXvHMeWHySyG...
Tonight’s gloaming.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tonight’s gloaming.
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I can imagine a number of alternative uses for this image
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I can imagine a number of alternative uses for this image
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Axing the Iain Anderson show isn’t “schedule refresh.” It’s a loss to Scottish culture. Iain’s programme has been a place of warmth, discovery and musical storytelling for decades. Please consider signing the petition to save the show.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Axing the Iain Anderson show isn’t “schedule refresh.” It’s a loss to Scottish culture. Iain’s programme has been a place of warmth, discovery and musical storytelling for decades. Please consider signing the petition to save the show.
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It gets dark early now and the country is raked by rain, so if you're the protagonist in an M John Harrison novel now is the right time of year to take a slow train to an unfamiliar town to check on an old friend who hasn't been doing so well
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It gets dark early now and the country is raked by rain, so if you're the protagonist in an M John Harrison novel now is the right time of year to take a slow train to an unfamiliar town to check on an old friend who hasn't been doing so well
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I'm old enough to remember when the BBC editing a senior political figure's speech was a completely normal thing that nobody had to resign over, let alone the DG. www.theguardian.com/media/2017/j...
BBC Trust says Laura Kuenssberg report on Corbyn was inaccurate
Regulator says report on Labour leader’s views about shoot-to-kill breached impartiality and accuracy guidelines
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm old enough to remember when the BBC editing a senior political figure's speech was a completely normal thing that nobody had to resign over, let alone the DG. www.theguardian.com/media/2017/j...
Turns out we do have no-go zones in the UK after all. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Turns out we do have no-go zones in the UK after all. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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@theobserveruk.bsky.social points the finger👇
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
@theobserveruk.bsky.social points the finger👇
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
I see everyone is now claiming that the BBC is biased in whatever direction suits them (me included, I imagine).
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I see everyone is now claiming that the BBC is biased in whatever direction suits them (me included, I imagine).
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'I saw the Prince of Darkness, with his Staff,
Standing bare-headed by the Cenotaph:
Unostentatious and respectful, there
He stood, and offered up the following prayer.
‘Make them forget, O Lord, what this Memorial
Means; their discredited ideas revive'
Standing bare-headed by the Cenotaph:
Unostentatious and respectful, there
He stood, and offered up the following prayer.
‘Make them forget, O Lord, what this Memorial
Means; their discredited ideas revive'
At the Cenotaph, by Siegfried Sassoon
I saw the Prince of Darkness, wit…
Standing bare-headed by the Cenot…
Unostentatious and respectful, the…
He stood, and offered up the follo…
‘Make them forget, O Lord, what t…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
'I saw the Prince of Darkness, with his Staff,
Standing bare-headed by the Cenotaph:
Unostentatious and respectful, there
He stood, and offered up the following prayer.
‘Make them forget, O Lord, what this Memorial
Means; their discredited ideas revive'
Standing bare-headed by the Cenotaph:
Unostentatious and respectful, there
He stood, and offered up the following prayer.
‘Make them forget, O Lord, what this Memorial
Means; their discredited ideas revive'
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
1
CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
6
HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
7
HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
8
CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
10
HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
11
HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
12
HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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Fascinated to know whar this ‘similar balancing’ programme would have covered. Has anyone asked Prescott?
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fascinated to know whar this ‘similar balancing’ programme would have covered. Has anyone asked Prescott?
Yeah.
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yeah.
Today’s cloud inversion over the firth.
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Today’s cloud inversion over the firth.
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There’s a special election in Tennessee on Dec 2 for a House seat he expects to win. He plans to swear in Adelina once he makes sure his guy will balance out her vote. The Dem running is @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Please donate so that she can get out the vote.
Please donate so that she can get out the vote.
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There’s a special election in Tennessee on Dec 2 for a House seat he expects to win. He plans to swear in Adelina once he makes sure his guy will balance out her vote. The Dem running is @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Please donate so that she can get out the vote.
Please donate so that she can get out the vote.
Fenny’s had a tough day for various reasons but has now relaxed.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Fenny’s had a tough day for various reasons but has now relaxed.
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Ok but Christian Calgie is the Express political editor. He's a journalist. And in his frame, he's "got them" to commit to this. I mean, that's weird, isn't it? Isn't that a strange thing for a journalist to say?
This from X is a striking example of what I argue in today’s column. Reform and the Tories are out here gleefully saying disabled people on Motability should be forced to drive a 3-wheeler, like a scarlet letter. The stigma is not an accident - it’s the design.
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ok but Christian Calgie is the Express political editor. He's a journalist. And in his frame, he's "got them" to commit to this. I mean, that's weird, isn't it? Isn't that a strange thing for a journalist to say?