Johnny Ward
@johnnymetta.bsky.social
Irish Brit in France deeply concerned about climate change, inequality and the rise of the far right.
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🚨NEW - My latest piece for The New Yorker.
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
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Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
A New Yorker Profile
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨NEW - My latest piece for The New Yorker.
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage: Canterbury Pilgrim
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In a surprise to absolutely no one, the mum she’s describing is not claiming benefits as a “lifestyle choice”.
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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1/9
This paywalled article is full of “in my grandparents day, blah blah blah” and nasty sneery comments about latest iPhones for spoilt children🙄
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The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)
(Extracts iPaper)
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)
(Extracts iPaper)
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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The Nazis called it "Gleichschaltung", meaning the total control and synchronisation of all media. It's already happening on America's local news channels ...
#PlanetTaco 🍊
#PlanetTaco 🍊
September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Nazis called it "Gleichschaltung", meaning the total control and synchronisation of all media. It's already happening on America's local news channels ...
#PlanetTaco 🍊
#PlanetTaco 🍊
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Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge
Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
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If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
September 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.
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Nigel Farage claim:
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Nigel Farage claim:
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
"We are not the world's food bank, it is not for us to provide welfare to people coming in from all over the world"
Reality:
The average migrant on the Skilled Worker visa had a net fiscal impact of +£16,300 in 2022/23. In contrast, the average UK-born adult had about +£800
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I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
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This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
August 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This whole summer only one story has dominated our entire politics & it comes down to literally 30,000 people in hotels. Ridiculous.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
The government needs to get a GRIP it’s pathetic.
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Fuck the IOF forever.
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
August 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fuck the IOF forever.
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
After bombing the hospital, their airstrike murders the medics and journalists who arrive to assist/document.
No words...
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Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.
JD Vance on homelessness: "I don't know why we accepted that it was reasonable to have crazy people yelling at our kids. You should not have to cross the street in downtown Atlanta to avoid a crazy person yelling at your family. Those are your streets."
August 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Or maybe you could teach your kids to treat all people as deserving of respect and dignity. And maybe you could talk to your kids about homelessness, the unaffordability of housing and healthcare, the stigma around mental illness, and why it's not okay to call people crazy.
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It's a surreal experience to find myself on the cover of Time Magazine but it's truly a reflection of what we have built together over these past ten months.
Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
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Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
...and sign up to canvass: zohranfornyc.com/canvasslaunch
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's a surreal experience to find myself on the cover of Time Magazine but it's truly a reflection of what we have built together over these past ten months.
Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
...and sign up to canvass: zohranfornyc.com/canvasslaunch
Read the story: time.com/7308924/zohr...
...and sign up to canvass: zohranfornyc.com/canvasslaunch
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Assault with a deli weapon
August 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Assault with a deli weapon
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It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yvette Cooper: Some 'don't know the full nature' of Palestine Action
Defending the group's proscription under terror law, she said the organisation was "not a non-violent organisation".
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
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"Palestine Action is the only direct action group to ever be targeted with proscription powers in a significant departure from Parliament’s intention when creating our counter-terror laws." - Akiko Hart, Liberty Director
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
The Law That Will Allow the UK Government to Ban Palestine Action
The ban will make it illegal to support the civil disobedience group, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison
bylinetimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"Palestine Action is the only direct action group to ever be targeted with proscription powers in a significant departure from Parliament’s intention when creating our counter-terror laws." - Akiko Hart, Liberty Director
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
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"But this time, the meltdown... was all aimed at a single moment: Bobby Vylan, mid-set at Glastonbury, chanting “Death to the IDF”.
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"But this time, the meltdown... was all aimed at a single moment: Bobby Vylan, mid-set at Glastonbury, chanting “Death to the IDF”.
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
Cue panic. Within minutes, right-wing commentators were foaming at the mouth. GB News had graphics ready before the set finished. Tory MPs demanded arrests."
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If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
But don’t you dare badmouth the IDF!
Hundreds killed seeking aid in Gaza as famine deepens and limited food access leaves hundreds of thousands starving.
Israel kills nearly 600 Palestinians at aid centres: All you need to know
Hundreds killed seeking aid in Gaza as famine deepens and limited food access leaves hundreds of thousands starving.
bit.ly
June 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
But don’t you dare badmouth the IDF!
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interesting to see how much more coverage here we're getting of a chant at a music festival than the IDF being ordered to shoot and murder people in Gaza who are seeking aid!
IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
interesting to see how much more coverage here we're getting of a chant at a music festival than the IDF being ordered to shoot and murder people in Gaza who are seeking aid!
Best performance of Friday goes to @selfesteem.music-social.com on The Park. Check out the set on iplayer. #glastonbury
June 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Best performance of Friday goes to @selfesteem.music-social.com on The Park. Check out the set on iplayer. #glastonbury
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WATCH: “Are they not seeing what we’re seeing? This moonscape? Thousands killed? Children starved?”
Clarissa Ward tells Colbert 🇮🇱 actions in Gaza with 🇺🇸 support has eroded trust in international law in the Middle East, and in any notion we’re a “guiding light” for human rights
Clarissa Ward tells Colbert 🇮🇱 actions in Gaza with 🇺🇸 support has eroded trust in international law in the Middle East, and in any notion we’re a “guiding light” for human rights
June 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
WATCH: “Are they not seeing what we’re seeing? This moonscape? Thousands killed? Children starved?”
Clarissa Ward tells Colbert 🇮🇱 actions in Gaza with 🇺🇸 support has eroded trust in international law in the Middle East, and in any notion we’re a “guiding light” for human rights
Clarissa Ward tells Colbert 🇮🇱 actions in Gaza with 🇺🇸 support has eroded trust in international law in the Middle East, and in any notion we’re a “guiding light” for human rights
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Exclusive: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intel assessment. The WH says the assessment is "flat-out wrong." www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an e...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Exclusive: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intel assessment. The WH says the assessment is "flat-out wrong." www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...