Alison Phillips
@alisonjourno.bsky.social
Journalist, Broadcaster & Commentator | Columnist New Statesman | Senior adviser MHP Group
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September 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🏴 NEW EPISODE 🏴 In one of the most purely enjoyable interviews we’ve done, CHRIS BRYANT MP explains his astonishing, moving, sometimes dark but ultimately uplifting journey to be an MP
🏴 With @seththevoz.bsky.social l & @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com conte.com
🏴 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🏴 With @seththevoz.bsky.social l & @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com conte.com
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August 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🏴 NEW EPISODE 🏴 In one of the most purely enjoyable interviews we’ve done, CHRIS BRYANT MP explains his astonishing, moving, sometimes dark but ultimately uplifting journey to be an MP
🏴 With @seththevoz.bsky.social l & @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com conte.com
🏴 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🏴 With @seththevoz.bsky.social l & @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com conte.com
🏴 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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🕵🏼♂️ Got a bit of a mystery guest on tomorrow’s show. Who can it possibly be…?
🕵🏼♀️ Find out tomorrow – or sign up to Patreon and find out and listen now! www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow
🕵🏼♀️ Find out tomorrow – or sign up to Patreon and find out and listen now! www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow
August 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🕵🏼♂️ Got a bit of a mystery guest on tomorrow’s show. Who can it possibly be…?
🕵🏼♀️ Find out tomorrow – or sign up to Patreon and find out and listen now! www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow
🕵🏼♀️ Find out tomorrow – or sign up to Patreon and find out and listen now! www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow
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Today's @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social podcast is brilliant. This is why I pay like £3 a month to get the full podcast and a day early. It's worth every penny!
August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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⏰ Out a little early this week because why the hell not?
🧨 Why are populists so desperate for chaos on the streets?
🎙️ @alisonjourno.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social @jacobjarvis.bsky.social + guest @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social on how the ’90s shaped our world
📳 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🧨 Why are populists so desperate for chaos on the streets?
🎙️ @alisonjourno.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social @jacobjarvis.bsky.social + guest @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social on how the ’90s shaped our world
📳 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
July 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
⏰ Out a little early this week because why the hell not?
🧨 Why are populists so desperate for chaos on the streets?
🎙️ @alisonjourno.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social @jacobjarvis.bsky.social + guest @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social on how the ’90s shaped our world
📳 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🧨 Why are populists so desperate for chaos on the streets?
🎙️ @alisonjourno.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social @jacobjarvis.bsky.social + guest @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social on how the ’90s shaped our world
📳 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
For anyone who’s stood and watched as shoplifters help themselves to the booze shelf in front of harassed and terrified staff.. we ask on this week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social if there are some crimes on which police have simply given up… listen & let us know your thoughts..
🚨 NEW EDITION 🚨 Have the police just given up on investigating petty crime like mobile phone theft, burglary and shoplifting?
🚨 Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social look at the side of policing that drives most people into a rage
🚨 Listen: linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
🚨 Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social look at the side of policing that drives most people into a rage
🚨 Listen: linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
June 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For anyone who’s stood and watched as shoplifters help themselves to the booze shelf in front of harassed and terrified staff.. we ask on this week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social if there are some crimes on which police have simply given up… listen & let us know your thoughts..
In just weeks the German police’s prime suspect in the abduction of Madeleine McCann could be released from jail and disappear for ever.. This week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social looks at what chances there are of a conclusion to the 18 year investigation..
📳 NEW EDITION 📳 Why did the search for Madeleine McCann run down so many blind alleys? And will anyone ever be held responsible for her disappearance? Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social explore the most expensive missing persons inquiry ever.
📳 Listen linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
📳 Listen linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
June 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In just weeks the German police’s prime suspect in the abduction of Madeleine McCann could be released from jail and disappear for ever.. This week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social looks at what chances there are of a conclusion to the 18 year investigation..
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The government has been left arguing that things have got better, but also worse.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s muddled message
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s muddled message
Labour’s muddled message
The government has been left arguing that things have got better, but also worse.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The government has been left arguing that things have got better, but also worse.
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s muddled message
📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @georgeeaton.bsky.social: Labour’s muddled message
Are Police only bothering with cannabis to make their clear-up rates look good and to avoid investigating proper crime? Or does that permanent stench on London’s streets require a proper, well thought out response at last… Take a listen and let us know your thoughts ⬇️
🚨 NEW EDITION 🚨 Is Sadiq Khan right to say #cannabis should be decriminalised?
Nobody knows the illegal cannabis game like ex-Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Join him and former Mirror editor @alisonjourno.bsky.social for a deep dive into the weed industry
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Nobody knows the illegal cannabis game like ex-Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. Join him and former Mirror editor @alisonjourno.bsky.social for a deep dive into the weed industry
🍃 Listen linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
June 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Are Police only bothering with cannabis to make their clear-up rates look good and to avoid investigating proper crime? Or does that permanent stench on London’s streets require a proper, well thought out response at last… Take a listen and let us know your thoughts ⬇️
Acting swiftly to reveal information about the Liverpool crash suspect showed lessons from last year’s riots have been learned by Police… but has it created worse problems for them in future?
🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨 After false rumours triggered the Southport riots, were police right to give details of a suspect in the #Liverpool parade crash? Have they set a dangerous precedent?
🚨 Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social on a dilemma for public order
🚨 Listen: linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
🚨 Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social on a dilemma for public order
🚨 Listen: linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Acting swiftly to reveal information about the Liverpool crash suspect showed lessons from last year’s riots have been learned by Police… but has it created worse problems for them in future?
There is mounting evidence that two men jailed for life for the Essex Boys murders may have been innocent. In this week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social Bernard Hogan-Howe and I discuss with former cop David McKelvey what might actually have happened that night..
🚨 NEW: Who killed the Essex Boys? Three men found shot dead in a Range Rover. A case that shocked the UK and refuses to die. Did the wrong men go to prison?
🚨 Ex-Met cop David McKelvey joins Bernard and @alisonjourno.bsky.social with disturbing new evidence.
🚨 Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
🚨 Ex-Met cop David McKelvey joins Bernard and @alisonjourno.bsky.social with disturbing new evidence.
🚨 Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There is mounting evidence that two men jailed for life for the Essex Boys murders may have been innocent. In this week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social Bernard Hogan-Howe and I discuss with former cop David McKelvey what might actually have happened that night..
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🚨 NEW: Who killed the Essex Boys? Three men found shot dead in a Range Rover. A case that shocked the UK and refuses to die. Did the wrong men go to prison?
🚨 Ex-Met cop David McKelvey joins Bernard and @alisonjourno.bsky.social with disturbing new evidence.
🚨 Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
🚨 Ex-Met cop David McKelvey joins Bernard and @alisonjourno.bsky.social with disturbing new evidence.
🚨 Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨 NEW: Who killed the Essex Boys? Three men found shot dead in a Range Rover. A case that shocked the UK and refuses to die. Did the wrong men go to prison?
🚨 Ex-Met cop David McKelvey joins Bernard and @alisonjourno.bsky.social with disturbing new evidence.
🚨 Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
🚨 Ex-Met cop David McKelvey joins Bernard and @alisonjourno.bsky.social with disturbing new evidence.
🚨 Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
In this week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social Bernard Hogan-Howe and I talk to Shadow Home Sec Chris Philp. We discussed a new law for armed cops who open fire, facial recognition on every corner and supermax prisons… plenty of topics to, let’s say, consider from differing perspectives..
Can the Conservatives rebuild their law and order reputation when so much of today’s crisis took root on their watch?
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp joins Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social Phillips for a candid conversation on our latest edition.
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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp joins Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social Phillips for a candid conversation on our latest edition.
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May 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this week’s @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social Bernard Hogan-Howe and I talk to Shadow Home Sec Chris Philp. We discussed a new law for armed cops who open fire, facial recognition on every corner and supermax prisons… plenty of topics to, let’s say, consider from differing perspectives..
Who was really to blame for allowing Biden to hang on like Father Jack on a Craggy Island White House - only to hand the US to Trump? inews.co.uk/opinion/amer...
American democracy may not recover from the Joe Biden cover up
The American public knew exactly what they saw
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May 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Who was really to blame for allowing Biden to hang on like Father Jack on a Craggy Island White House - only to hand the US to Trump? inews.co.uk/opinion/amer...
The officer who pulled the trigger in the Chris Kaba shooting now faces a misconduct investigation - despite being cleared of murder. In this week's #CrimeScene we discuss what happens in the moments after a shot is fired by Police.. & what Bernard Hogan-Howe really thinks about the new probe..
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
When police shoot dead a suspect the consequences are huge. But how is the decision to shoot to kill made? Is firearms policy fit for purpose? @alisonjourno.bsky.social and Bernard Hogan-Howe discuss in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
When police shoot dead a suspect the consequences are huge. But how is the decision to shoot to kill made? Is firearms policy fit for purpose? @alisonjourno.bsky.social and Bernard Hogan-Howe discuss in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The officer who pulled the trigger in the Chris Kaba shooting now faces a misconduct investigation - despite being cleared of murder. In this week's #CrimeScene we discuss what happens in the moments after a shot is fired by Police.. & what Bernard Hogan-Howe really thinks about the new probe..
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Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.
U.S. press freedom falls to historical low
Reporters Without Borders cites economic strains on the media as the biggest driver of press freedom declines globally.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index published annually by Reporters Without Borders.
In the first episode of Crime Scene, Bernard Hogan-Howe and I discuss how cops turn career criminals into informants - and I try to discover the going rate for gangland information..
Listen to our full conversation here ➡️ linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
Listen to our full conversation here ➡️ linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the first episode of Crime Scene, Bernard Hogan-Howe and I discuss how cops turn career criminals into informants - and I try to discover the going rate for gangland information..
Listen to our full conversation here ➡️ linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
Listen to our full conversation here ➡️ linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
Are Police forces doing enough to get guns off our streets - or is there now an unstoppable surge of armed violence? Former Met boss Bernard Hogan-Howe and I discuss the reality of gang & gun crime behind the headlines, in the first episode of @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social
🚨 “What looked like random violence from terrorists wasn’t always as random as it appeared…“
🚨 #CrimeScene Episode One: GUNS OF LONDON with Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social
🚨 Don’t miss this explosive new series: linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
🚨 #CrimeScene Episode One: GUNS OF LONDON with Bernard Hogan-Howe and @alisonjourno.bsky.social
🚨 Don’t miss this explosive new series: linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Are Police forces doing enough to get guns off our streets - or is there now an unstoppable surge of armed violence? Former Met boss Bernard Hogan-Howe and I discuss the reality of gang & gun crime behind the headlines, in the first episode of @crimescenepodcast.bsky.social
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Andrew Marr: Keir Starmer must attack now to see off Farage
Donald Trump’s chaos gives the Prime Minister the perfect opportunity to move decisively.
Donald Trump’s chaos gives the Prime Minister the perfect opportunity to move decisively.
Keir Starmer must attack now to see off Farage
Donald Trump’s chaos gives the Prime Minister the perfect opportunity to move decisively.
www.newstatesman.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Andrew Marr: Keir Starmer must attack now to see off Farage
Donald Trump’s chaos gives the Prime Minister the perfect opportunity to move decisively.
Donald Trump’s chaos gives the Prime Minister the perfect opportunity to move decisively.
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The BBC finds itself not guilty
📟 Alison Phillips on the media latest
Also this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
📟 Alison Phillips on the media latest
Also this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
The BBC finds itself not guilty
Also this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
www.newstatesman.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The BBC finds itself not guilty
📟 Alison Phillips on the media latest
Also this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
📟 Alison Phillips on the media latest
Also this week: Gordon Brown takes on Murdoch, and The Sun’s grasp of voting patterns.
Here it is… first edition of #CrimeScene - in which me and ex Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe discuss the issues behind the true crimes leading the news. First up we are talking about gangs and guns on London’s streets. Give it a listen & let us know what you think..
👮 It’s official launch day for the #CrimeScene podcast – the truth behind true crime with ex-Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe and former Mirror editor @alisonjourno.bsky.social
In Ep.1: GUNS OF LONDON – Are police losing the battle against armed gangs?
Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
In Ep.1: GUNS OF LONDON – Are police losing the battle against armed gangs?
Listen now linktr.ee/crimescenepo...
May 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Here it is… first edition of #CrimeScene - in which me and ex Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe discuss the issues behind the true crimes leading the news. First up we are talking about gangs and guns on London’s streets. Give it a listen & let us know what you think..
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Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as a working-class champion.
Judge him by what he does, not what he says.
He and his mates in Reform have voted against commonsense laws that would boost rights at work for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Judge him by what he does, not what he says.
He and his mates in Reform have voted against commonsense laws that would boost rights at work for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as a working-class champion.
Judge him by what he does, not what he says.
He and his mates in Reform have voted against commonsense laws that would boost rights at work for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Judge him by what he does, not what he says.
He and his mates in Reform have voted against commonsense laws that would boost rights at work for millions.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Now they’re squaring up to each other outside the Oval Office. Welcome to the new WWE - WhiteHouse Wrestling Entertainment. My thoughts for the i newspaper…
inews.co.uk/opinion/this...
inews.co.uk/opinion/this...
This White House psychodrama cannot last
Surely this is no way for a functional government to work?
inews.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Now they’re squaring up to each other outside the Oval Office. Welcome to the new WWE - WhiteHouse Wrestling Entertainment. My thoughts for the i newspaper…
inews.co.uk/opinion/this...
inews.co.uk/opinion/this...