Michael Goodier
@michaelgoodier.bsky.social
Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team
London and Brighton
Ignore my silly posts
London and Brighton
Ignore my silly posts
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, on bad data used in bad faith.
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
The truth about immigrants and sex crime
Corrosive innuendo about asylum seekers is helping no one
www.newstatesman.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, on bad data used in bad faith.
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
This is outrageous and the minister involved ought to resign. je suis @direthoughts.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Minister commissioned investigation of journalists looking into Labour thinktank
Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when director of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
This is outrageous and the minister involved ought to resign. je suis @direthoughts.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Exclusive: Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons was provided with intelligence files gathered on journalists (including me) who had reported on Labour Together, the thinktank he chaired at the time (before he became an MP), sources say.
Know more about this story? Contact me, Signal: henrydyer.01
Know more about this story? Contact me, Signal: henrydyer.01
Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists
Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when chair of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Exclusive: Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons was provided with intelligence files gathered on journalists (including me) who had reported on Labour Together, the thinktank he chaired at the time (before he became an MP), sources say.
Know more about this story? Contact me, Signal: henrydyer.01
Know more about this story? Contact me, Signal: henrydyer.01
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Peter Mandelson resigns from Lords after Epstein email leak scandal
Peter Mandelson resigns from Lords after Epstein email leak scandal
Former minister apparently shared confidential government emails with child sex offender and financier
Peter Mandelson has resigned from the House of Lords after a series of scandalous emails came to light that linked him to the child sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, including ones that apparently leaked confidential UK government communications.
The move was announced by the speaker of the House of Lords. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Peter Mandelson resigns from Lords after Epstein email leak scandal
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"Tick-box" playgrounds, rising numbers of "no ball games" signs, play curfews...
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on "deplaytion" - inspired by the Chernobyl-like property developer-run playground on my street:
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on "deplaytion" - inspired by the Chernobyl-like property developer-run playground on my street:
The hidden cost of "deplaytion"
Ban social media for kids all you like – but don't ignore their crap playgrounds
www.newstatesman.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:35 AM
"Tick-box" playgrounds, rising numbers of "no ball games" signs, play curfews...
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on "deplaytion" - inspired by the Chernobyl-like property developer-run playground on my street:
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on "deplaytion" - inspired by the Chernobyl-like property developer-run playground on my street:
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‘It’s soul destroying watching your local area turning to shit’
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK - my analysis for the series -
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK - my analysis for the series -
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK
Retail accounts for 5% of the UK economy – but its visibility gives it an outsize influence on public perception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 PM
‘It’s soul destroying watching your local area turning to shit’
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK - my analysis for the series -
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Doom loop of decline: how struggling high streets fuel far-right sympathies in UK - my analysis for the series -
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I wonder where it's all coming from?
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 AM
I wonder where it's all coming from?
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Britain's high streets will be one of the key electoral battlegrounds for months and years to come. Reform UK are making big advances in towns suffering the greatest high street decline.
Big piece from one multibillionaire-owned town centre in County Durham:
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Big piece from one multibillionaire-owned town centre in County Durham:
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘You’d be ashamed to bring someone here’: The struggling billionaire-owned high street that shows Reform’s road to No 10
Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a symbol of d...
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Britain's high streets will be one of the key electoral battlegrounds for months and years to come. Reform UK are making big advances in towns suffering the greatest high street decline.
Big piece from one multibillionaire-owned town centre in County Durham:
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Big piece from one multibillionaire-owned town centre in County Durham:
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
New with @ajwl.bsky.social - how does your high street compare to the rest of the country and how has it changed since 2019?
How has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcode
The makeup of Great Britain’s high streets has changed dramatically. See what the data says about where you live
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
New with @ajwl.bsky.social - how does your high street compare to the rest of the country and how has it changed since 2019?
Just got off a coach from Manchester where several people sitting in all directions from me were playing tiktoks and TV shows etc out loud for the duration. Feel like my brain has been dipped in acid
January 27, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just got off a coach from Manchester where several people sitting in all directions from me were playing tiktoks and TV shows etc out loud for the duration. Feel like my brain has been dipped in acid
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In fact this is *£380k* - around FOUR times an MP’s salary
January 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
In fact this is *£380k* - around FOUR times an MP’s salary
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
Looking like every first round match at the snooker Masters is going to end with a 6-2 score
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Looking like every first round match at the snooker Masters is going to end with a 6-2 score
📈 Chartle for 12 Jan 2026: Fertility rate: births per woman
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Play at chartle.cc
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January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
📈 Chartle for 12 Jan 2026: Fertility rate: births per woman
Guessed in 2 tries
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Play at chartle.cc
Guessed in 2 tries
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Play at chartle.cc
I've seen the horrific video and there has been professional analysis done of it by outlets like Bellingcat and NYT. It is not in fact an optical illusion like an image of a white and gold dress that others see in shades of blue. Some people are lying
January 8, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I've seen the horrific video and there has been professional analysis done of it by outlets like Bellingcat and NYT. It is not in fact an optical illusion like an image of a white and gold dress that others see in shades of blue. Some people are lying
This platform won't ever be a place to follow breaking news events if they can't fix the search functionality. Searching for Iran on my phone app is only serving me posts from two hours ago despite seeing plenty of more recent posts from people I follow
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This platform won't ever be a place to follow breaking news events if they can't fix the search functionality. Searching for Iran on my phone app is only serving me posts from two hours ago despite seeing plenty of more recent posts from people I follow
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The MPS has published a review of historic vetting practices, which identifies that standards were cut in order to achieve a recruitment surge associated with the Police Uplift Programme (linked to ££), and to tackle disproportionality in vetting refusals news.met.police.uk/news/met-con...
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The MPS has published a review of historic vetting practices, which identifies that standards were cut in order to achieve a recruitment surge associated with the Police Uplift Programme (linked to ££), and to tackle disproportionality in vetting refusals news.met.police.uk/news/met-con...
what about
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
At political cabinet today, Morgan McSweeney gave a presentation on “three Es” on how the government can connect with voters - emotion, empathy and evidence.
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
Am told he said the government currently has a “deficit in emotion”
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
what about
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
Ethos - what are the government's guiding beliefs
Ends - what is the government trying to achieve
Execution - doing the stuff that follows on from the governments ethos in order to meet its ends
Then: Mirrors Edge, Now: MKWii
Quote this with your favourite game NOW that was released in 2008, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend
Two-way ties count
If you need more of a refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations/early access count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend
Two-way ties count
If you need more of a refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Then: Mirrors Edge, Now: MKWii
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My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
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This was an extraordinary, spine-tingling moment, recognising fearless and crucial journalism. I don't think I've ever seen a standing ovation like that at a journalism awards do.
Huge congratulations to The Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent Malak A Tantesh, recognised for her work with the Marie Colvin Award at the British Journalism Awards 2025 #BJA2025
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This was an extraordinary, spine-tingling moment, recognising fearless and crucial journalism. I don't think I've ever seen a standing ovation like that at a journalism awards do.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!
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further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
further to the quoted section below from one former pupil: The Guardian has acquired a copy of the Dulwich College roll in 1980. It shows (this collage is just an excerpt) how there were 13 pupils that year with the surname Patel, and 12 with the surname Smith.