Alan Rusbridger
@arusbridger.bsky.social
Editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk / Former EiC the Guardian/ @reutersinstitute ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Matthew Doyle handled No. 10 comms for 9 months. He's spent 27 years in spin. We know nothing about his views or values. So who better to sit in the House of Lords. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/wes...
The PM vowed to abolish the Lords. Why is he stuffing it with allies?
In Matthew Doyle, we are about to get another less than stellar peer. Now is the time for change
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January 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Matthew Doyle handled No. 10 comms for 9 months. He's spent 27 years in spin. We know nothing about his views or values. So who better to sit in the House of Lords. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/wes...
Keir Starmer promised to abolish the House of Lords. Instead he’s appointed Matthew Doyle, the man in charge of his, um, brilliant comms. It’s been a repeating story for more than 100 years app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72007/...
The PM vowed to abolish the Lords. Why is he stuffing it with allies instead?
In Matthew Doyle, we are about to get another less than stellar peer. Now is the time for change
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January 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Keir Starmer promised to abolish the House of Lords. Instead he’s appointed Matthew Doyle, the man in charge of his, um, brilliant comms. It’s been a repeating story for more than 100 years app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72007/...
He’s back! The great Steve Bell on a year in Trumpland app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71862/...
Steve Bell’s cartoon: A year in Trumpland
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December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
He’s back! The great Steve Bell on a year in Trumpland app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71862/...
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
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December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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For his last issue as Prospect’s editor, @arusbridger.bsky.social takes an in-depth look at Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper that is revered and reviled for its unflinching coverage of the Gaza war: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
Inside Haaretz, Israel's voice of dissent
The newspaper is revered and reviled for its unflinching coverage of the Gaza war. Can it survive a possible future succession crisis?
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December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For his last issue as Prospect’s editor, @arusbridger.bsky.social takes an in-depth look at Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper that is revered and reviled for its unflinching coverage of the Gaza war: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
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New Prospect out now! A brilliant winter double issue—bumper, one might even say. Highlights include @arusbridger.bsky.social , in his last issue as editor, on Haaretz, Lucy Jones on tardigrades, @katemaltby.bsky.social on Marlowe, and Stuart McGurk on Morgan McSweeney
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Our winter double issue has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵
For our cover story, @wblau.bsky.social speaks to Ed Miliband and @billmckibben.bsky.social about renewable energy—a surprisingly hopeful take on our future climate: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
For our cover story, @wblau.bsky.social speaks to Ed Miliband and @billmckibben.bsky.social about renewable energy—a surprisingly hopeful take on our future climate: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New Prospect out now! A brilliant winter double issue—bumper, one might even say. Highlights include @arusbridger.bsky.social , in his last issue as editor, on Haaretz, Lucy Jones on tardigrades, @katemaltby.bsky.social on Marlowe, and Stuart McGurk on Morgan McSweeney
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How should a newspaper behave when its own country is at war? The Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom is both revered and reviled for the path it has chosen. My long read profile of a remarkable institution www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
Inside Haaretz, Israel's voice of dissent
The newspaper is revered and reviled for its unflinching coverage of the Gaza war. Can it survive a possible future succession crisis?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How should a newspaper behave when its own country is at war? The Israeli newspaper @haaretzcom is both revered and reviled for the path it has chosen. My long read profile of a remarkable institution www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
The King and Prince William must open the books on their enormous riches
The senior royals have amassed a great fortune without any scrutiny. For most of their subjects, these are testing financial times—we must have transp...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
David Dimbleby has raised an uncomfortable question: is it just possible that our royal family is....plain greedy ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/monarc...
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🎧: @wildfranz.bsky.social, editor of the @tbij.bsky.social, joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social on Media Confidential to discuss why investigative journalism is more important than ever.
The investigative journalists resisting legal threats
The editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on receiving menacing letters—and why his work is more important than ever
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December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎧: @wildfranz.bsky.social, editor of the @tbij.bsky.social, joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social on Media Confidential to discuss why investigative journalism is more important than ever.
And that’s a wrap. Just put my final @prospectmagazine.co.uk to bed after four and a half years, and nearly 45 issues. The best possible luck to a fabulously talented and lovely team and to my successor, Philip Collins.
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
And that’s a wrap. Just put my final @prospectmagazine.co.uk to bed after four and a half years, and nearly 45 issues. The best possible luck to a fabulously talented and lovely team and to my successor, Philip Collins.
Nigel Farage appears to equate Alf Garnett - a satirical 70s character intended to lampoon racists - with hissing "Hitler was right" to boys at school. I wonder if he's missing the point www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
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December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nigel Farage appears to equate Alf Garnett - a satirical 70s character intended to lampoon racists - with hissing "Hitler was right" to boys at school. I wonder if he's missing the point www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
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An elegant and splendlidly contemptuous swatting of the horribly contemptible and profoundly dishonest Farage - and a very good dig at Farage's Trumpian "lowest grade presenter" jibe at Ms Barnett for skewering him so effectively.
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
An elegant and splendlidly contemptuous swatting of the horribly contemptible and profoundly dishonest Farage - and a very good dig at Farage's Trumpian "lowest grade presenter" jibe at Ms Barnett for skewering him so effectively.
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
Well done, Alan Rusbridger!
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This is very good.
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This is very good.
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
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One of the world’s greatest news organisations has been brought to the brink of meltdown by… what, exactly? Three hours of MPs questions revealed nothing to write home about, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Called before MPs, none of the characters who supposedly see so much wrong with the corporation would make a case for institutional bias
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of the world’s greatest news organisations has been brought to the brink of meltdown by… what, exactly? Three hours of MPs questions revealed nothing to write home about, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
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Why did @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Sarah Davidson call their new publication The Nerve? They tell @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com here:
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November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why did @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Sarah Davidson call their new publication The Nerve? They tell @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com here:
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🎧: @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social reunite to discuss the budget leak and Rutger Bregman’s allegations that BBC censored his remarks about Trump.
The OBR springs a leak! Reporting on a budget shambles story
Alan and Lionel reunite to discuss the budget leak and Rutger Bregman’s allegations that BBC censored his remarks about Trump
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🎧: @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social reunite to discuss the budget leak and Rutger Bregman’s allegations that BBC censored his remarks about Trump.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A firestorm has ripped through the BBC, but no one can quite put their finger on why. An analysis of yesterday's curious hearing into an undoubted PR coup by those who wish the BBC ill www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Called before MPs, none of the characters who supposedly see so much wrong with the corporation would make a case for institutional bias
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A firestorm has ripped through the BBC, but no one can quite put their finger on why. An analysis of yesterday's curious hearing into an undoubted PR coup by those who wish the BBC ill www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
“Do you think the BBC is institutionally biased?” Michael Prescott, author of the Telegraph dossier: “I don’t”
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Do you think the BBC is institutionally biased?” Michael Prescott, author of the Telegraph dossier: “I don’t”
“Six days after I sent the memo to OfCom, DCMS, there it was in the Telegraph.” Michael Prescott strongly suggests he didn’t leak it to the paper. Hmmm. Who did, then?
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Six days after I sent the memo to OfCom, DCMS, there it was in the Telegraph.” Michael Prescott strongly suggests he didn’t leak it to the paper. Hmmm. Who did, then?
Can Samir Shah survive at the BBC? And what sort of Telegraph would the Daily Mail stable produce? Up to the minute breaking episode of @mediaconfidential.bsky.social with @janinegibson.ft.com www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
The BBC crisis: the next test
Senior figures at the BBC will face MPs later on Monday. Alan and Janine discuss the latest
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Can Samir Shah survive at the BBC? And what sort of Telegraph would the Daily Mail stable produce? Up to the minute breaking episode of @mediaconfidential.bsky.social with @janinegibson.ft.com www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
Sound of penny dropping at the BBC www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC to expand standards panel and add deputy director general after bias row
Planned overhaul of editorial guidelines committee would dilute influence of Tory board appointment Robbie Gibb
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November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sound of penny dropping at the BBC www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The handling of this BBC row is beginning to look a little shambolic www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member quits after being ‘cut out’ of talks over liberal bias claims
Shumeet Banerji was away during crucial discussions that led to resignation of director general and BBC News chief
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The handling of this BBC row is beginning to look a little shambolic www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...