Ben Bradford
@benbrad4d.bsky.social
A ‘Theist’ 🫖 Sporadic. I need something new…come alive
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And if you want to read on why a leadership challenge is likely and who the candidates to replace Starmer are....
samf.substack.com/p/who-might-...
samf.substack.com/p/who-might-...
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And if you want to read on why a leadership challenge is likely and who the candidates to replace Starmer are....
samf.substack.com/p/who-might-...
samf.substack.com/p/who-might-...
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
If you want a job doing properly decently and calmly and not sending everyone into a state of panic/depression and with a healthy disdain for the bloody royal family then the only political podcast you need is @quietriotpod.bsky.social (you’ll have to listen to get the ‘job’ reference) ❤️🤩
🚸 Sunday School: Trillion Dollan Manbaby 🏫
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Trillion Dollar Manbaby
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/11/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you want a job doing properly decently and calmly and not sending everyone into a state of panic/depression and with a healthy disdain for the bloody royal family then the only political podcast you need is @quietriotpod.bsky.social (you’ll have to listen to get the ‘job’ reference) ❤️🤩
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🚸 Sunday School: Trillion Dollan Manbaby 🏫
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Trillion Dollar Manbaby
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/11/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚸 Sunday School: Trillion Dollan Manbaby 🏫
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍞 The moral panic about prisons.
💰 Elon Musk's obscene rewards.
📺 Is legacy telly making a comeback?
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social talk through the week's news.
📣 open.spotify.com/episode/6nJI...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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This is the most important bit of content you will see all week
Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is the most important bit of content you will see all week
The new album from The Charlatans “We Are Love” is amazing 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The new album from The Charlatans “We Are Love” is amazing 🤩
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This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
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The boys are back in town
[BTS] Well look who's here... | Kermode & Mayo's Take
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November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The boys are back in town
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AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
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#RecipeOfTheDay is just right for Bonfire Night, which is rather old-fashioned of me, I know, since it seems that it’s been swallowed up by Halloween these days. Still, this Fresh Gingerbread with Lemon Icing is gorgeous whether you’re waving sparklers or not tonight! www.nigella.com/recipes/fres...
Fresh Gingerbread With Lemon Icing
I’ve been making this gingerbread since the turn of the century — it was one of my go-to recipes for the countless bake sales at my children’s schools when they were little — and my love for it never ...
www.nigella.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is just right for Bonfire Night, which is rather old-fashioned of me, I know, since it seems that it’s been swallowed up by Halloween these days. Still, this Fresh Gingerbread with Lemon Icing is gorgeous whether you’re waving sparklers or not tonight! www.nigella.com/recipes/fres...
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Serious material. Light touch. Fresh analysis. Nuanced conversation. Human warmth.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
SUNDAY SCHOOL: HOUSE(S) OF HORROR
🏛️ Buck House finally faces facts
🏠 The Rachel Reeves house grouse
🌷Right takes a beating in Dutch house
😱 Films that left us cowering at home
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/08uy...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
🏛️ Buck House finally faces facts
🏠 The Rachel Reeves house grouse
🌷Right takes a beating in Dutch house
😱 Films that left us cowering at home
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/08uy...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sunday School: Halloween House(s) of Horror
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Serious material. Light touch. Fresh analysis. Nuanced conversation. Human warmth.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
In short, all the stuff that is sorely lacking from most political programmes.
The sun ☀️ came out in Leeds this morning for the first time in what feels like a year thanks @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The sun ☀️ came out in Leeds this morning for the first time in what feels like a year thanks @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Later with Jools Holland is the best show on TV (a part from Doctor Who) facts.
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Later with Jools Holland is the best show on TV (a part from Doctor Who) facts.
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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.
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“Information protects democracy. Many functions of the state - from food safety and medicines regulation to weather forecasting - require expertise and are given to dedicated bodies. Those bodies should be allowed to operate only on facts - not on politics. Their expertise protects our way of life.”
🃏 House Rules: Defending democracy when the game is rigged 🗳️
🏛️ How to protect truth in an Age of Liars
🪩 Trump seems lost - but so does the US
☑️ Prop 50 - the start of a fightback?
With guest @chrischirp.bsky.social.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5kYu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🏛️ How to protect truth in an Age of Liars
🪩 Trump seems lost - but so does the US
☑️ Prop 50 - the start of a fightback?
With guest @chrischirp.bsky.social.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5kYu...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
House Rules: Defending democracy when the game is rigged
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 30/10/2025 · 1h 5m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“Information protects democracy. Many functions of the state - from food safety and medicines regulation to weather forecasting - require expertise and are given to dedicated bodies. Those bodies should be allowed to operate only on facts - not on politics. Their expertise protects our way of life.”