Mike Hughes
@mikejhughes.bsky.social
Designer | Event organiser
British 🇬🇧 | Irish 🇮🇪 | European 🇪🇺
Progressive (I think) | Placard maker
https://hughes-design.co.uk
https://dirthouse.co.uk
https://eastfinchleyfestival.org
https://iloven2.co.uk
British 🇬🇧 | Irish 🇮🇪 | European 🇪🇺
Progressive (I think) | Placard maker
https://hughes-design.co.uk
https://dirthouse.co.uk
https://eastfinchleyfestival.org
https://iloven2.co.uk
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Mike Hughes
@mikejhughes.bsky.social
· Apr 21
Michael Hughes Portfolio
Portfolio of design work
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This is the sort of stuff I do
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Very good read
Wrote about Robbie Gibb, Michael Prescott and their role in the war on the BBC www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...
The BBC is the biggest prize in the information war – and the right may be about to destroy it
The corporation is always under attack. But this time it has been sabotaged by conservative ideologues deep within its heart. Is it time for the culture secretary to step in? By Dorian Lynskey
www.thenerve.news
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Very good read
Love Highgate? Some new prints by me (a couple of Tube themed ones in there) available at this weekend’s Courtyard Market N6:
St Augustine’s Church Hall
Langdon Park Road (junction with Archway Road)
Highgate
London
N6 5QG
What3words///cute.linen.coffee
11am - 4pm
See you there!
St Augustine’s Church Hall
Langdon Park Road (junction with Archway Road)
Highgate
London
N6 5QG
What3words///cute.linen.coffee
11am - 4pm
See you there!
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Love Highgate? Some new prints by me (a couple of Tube themed ones in there) available at this weekend’s Courtyard Market N6:
St Augustine’s Church Hall
Langdon Park Road (junction with Archway Road)
Highgate
London
N6 5QG
What3words///cute.linen.coffee
11am - 4pm
See you there!
St Augustine’s Church Hall
Langdon Park Road (junction with Archway Road)
Highgate
London
N6 5QG
What3words///cute.linen.coffee
11am - 4pm
See you there!
Dear Santa, me want👇
Very excited about this! My first 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, packed with some of the biggest political stories and characters from the past year. A great way to while away a few hours over Christmas:
The Times 'Morten Morland's Puzzling Year' 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Morten's Puzzling Year: A Fun Political Caricature 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle A Laugh-Out-Loud Political Puzzle Adventure! A first edition: Created exclusively for The Times and The Sunday Times, this h...
www.alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Dear Santa, me want👇
Reposted by Mike Hughes
The ‘legal trip wires’ facing Trump in threatened $1bn legal action against the BBC
The ‘legal trip wires’ facing Trump in threatened $1bn legal action against the BBC
The ‘legal trip wires’ facing Trump in threatened $1bn legal action against the BBC
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The ‘legal trip wires’ facing Trump in threatened $1bn legal action against the BBC
Reposted by Mike Hughes
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Truly incredible
Trump believes the literal "Dunning-Kruger Times"
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Truly incredible
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If only someone could connect the dots between how to streamline Whitehall and grow the economy … 🇪🇺
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If only someone could connect the dots between how to streamline Whitehall and grow the economy … 🇪🇺
REAL DOCTOR demonstrates Trump's "IQ Test" (is it really that difficult?)
YouTube video by Max Kuhn
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Top night out. David Ford,
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Top night out. David Ford,
Reposted by Mike Hughes
"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
I don’t know who wrote this, but they should stop.✋
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I don’t know who wrote this, but they should stop.✋
NEW: A UPS plane with three crew members aboard crashed as it was taking off late Tuesday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky.
UPS plane crashes after taking off at Louisville airport
The aircraft with three aboard crashed during takeoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport at about 5:20 p.m., according to officials.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This bit certainly made me laugh.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This bit certainly made me laugh.
Reposted by Mike Hughes
Wishing Mr Zitouni a full and fast recovery and hoping the story of his heroism would bring some sense and shame to the rampant racist narratives sweeping our country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Samir Zitouni named as train hero who saved lives during attack
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wishing Mr Zitouni a full and fast recovery and hoping the story of his heroism would bring some sense and shame to the rampant racist narratives sweeping our country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Mike Hughes
We’ve been working on our Souvenir Ticket Generator for a few weeks
A brilliant team
are putting together the final touches. It’ll be yours on Friday - totally free to use. Stand by for updates
A brilliant team
are putting together the final touches. It’ll be yours on Friday - totally free to use. Stand by for updates
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We’ve been working on our Souvenir Ticket Generator for a few weeks
A brilliant team
are putting together the final touches. It’ll be yours on Friday - totally free to use. Stand by for updates
A brilliant team
are putting together the final touches. It’ll be yours on Friday - totally free to use. Stand by for updates
Just to clarify @rosieisaholt.bsky.social was excellent this evening at @phoenixcinema.bsky.social and didn’t do anything wrong.
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just to clarify @rosieisaholt.bsky.social was excellent this evening at @phoenixcinema.bsky.social and didn’t do anything wrong.
Reposted by Mike Hughes
2p or not 2p? That is the question.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The chancellor is stuck between a fiscal rock and a polit...
With the budget looming, Rachel Reeves must decide whether to put up the basic rate
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
2p or not 2p? That is the question.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Reposted by Mike Hughes
Our latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Polling shows immigration concern ‘manufactured’, say campaigners
A YouGov poll found only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community.
www.standard.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Our latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Very good read. Especially the end.
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Very good read. Especially the end.
This tingles ones march of the right antennae
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This tingles ones march of the right antennae
Reposted by Mike Hughes
RIP Dick Taverne. I first met him 20 years ago, inviting him to speak to my student society about his 1973 byelection. He accepted on 1 condition: he would only speak about the future, not the past. Well into his 90s, he remained one of the most youthful people I knew. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tributes paid to ex-Lincoln MP and Lib Dems founding member Dick Taverne
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey described him as
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
RIP Dick Taverne. I first met him 20 years ago, inviting him to speak to my student society about his 1973 byelection. He accepted on 1 condition: he would only speak about the future, not the past. Well into his 90s, he remained one of the most youthful people I knew. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...