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Natasha Devon
@natashadevon.bsky.social
Author, Campaigner, Broadcaster.
Young guy on train playing music without headphones obnoxiously loudly. Older guy taps him on the shoulder and says ‘excuse me could you turn that down a bit, thank you’ and he says ‘I am gonna turn it down but because I want to, yeah, not because you told me’.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
February 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
It’s always things parents actually don’t have control over (like not being able to afford things) that they’re asked to ‘take responsibility’ for. What about rich, awful parents who inflict damage on their children and the world?
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
No I’m just fed up of these right wing men, none of whom are up for a father of the year award, trying to make the state of society somehow child free women’s fault.
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I can’t believe how easily working class readership of right wing papers can be persuaded to hate the idea that they and their own children should have the same access to higher education as wealthy people and their kids have. *claps hands* WAKE UP, PEOPLE, THIS IS CLASS WARFARE.
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
And thus Reform’s claims that they are wildly popular amongst young men are proved conclusively to be utter, utter bollocks (as, not meaning to be smug, I have told you for quite some time).
February 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
These people aren’t fans of Muslims either, trust.
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The government have said that protecting Jewish people from racial hatred is a priority. So I am sure the explicitly Nazi group who marched in the midlands this weekend will be prescribed as a terrorist organisation. Even though they’ve never criticised Israel.
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Great podcast with Zack Polanski and Natasha Devon talking about education, and the need for critical skills and media literacy.

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How An Education System Became A Mental Health Crisis | Natasha Devon | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 11/11/2025 · 42m
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February 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Join me from 6pm on LBC (Sat 7th February)

- Does the outrage around Mandelson show that shame is back in U.K. politics ? (Plus we will discuss THAT ST mag front page);
- How should world leaders respond to Trump’s social media racism?
- Is it hard to find belonging in our polarised society?
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
They do look nice. It would be good if someone made a regular oven that had the kind of roundy-glossiness of an aga. But then everyone would think you were the sort that had an aga…. (Hashtag not all aga owners).
February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I stayed in an air b&b with an aga once. Never been so confused trying to cook stuff that isn’t raw or burnt.
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Just listening to Emily Maitlis’ story on @newsagents.bsky.social about how Mandleson belittled and mocked her after she asked him about potential connections with Russia in an interview. Dissing Maitlis shows a baked-in lack of respect for women IMO - open.spotify.com/episode/0Tqo...
Can Keir Starmer save himself from the Mandelson scandal?
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February 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Also that’s not ‘countless’ young men. It’s 6. I don’t wanna boast, but I was able to count them quite easily.
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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The moral panic about young men is the new version of “UKIP is winning over former Labour voters” (also a Goodwin argument). Both rely on anecdote more than data, and do significant damage to public understanding of the radical right. Young men are the second *least* pro-Reform group in the UK.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Nothing to see here. Just the Times Magazine trying to rehabilitate Mandleson’s image. Totally normal and understandable. I mean, who of us has not shared highly sensitive government information with the world’s most prolific pedophile?
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Every time the White House backtracks or deletes something because of pushback, it just proves to me that those losers are still terrified of backlash. This is a good thing. We can use that.
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
If you read the Substack you’ll see that’s pretty much what Carol is doing.
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Just something to think about the next time you use Chap GPT.
The United Nations have warned that in less than 2 years we are heading to a fresh water crisis which will likely result in water rationing. AI use is accelerating this. The makers of AI won’t stop cos they’ll be last to be hit by the water crisis. They’ll watch as we fight for vital resources.
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The United Nations have warned that in less than 2 years we are heading to a fresh water crisis which will likely result in water rationing. AI use is accelerating this. The makers of AI won’t stop cos they’ll be last to be hit by the water crisis. They’ll watch as we fight for vital resources.
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The mighty @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on the decision to fire several journalists from the Washington Post and how this fits with the US’s broader slide into dictatorship - broligarchy.substack.com/p/fight?utm_...
Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Oh yes that’s quite right. Sorry haven’t had coffee yet.
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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RW commentators telling us about the horrors of not taking responsibbility but refusing to use the name Trump.
Even Nige demanding accountability...
Its all about protecting women and girls or something...
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Also - I’ve met enough obnoxiously posh people who love Farage at this point to know that it’s not actually the working classes he’s appealing to. He’s certainly not representing their interests in any way.
February 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
French response’s reply to Musk calling their investigation into his platform’s creation of child abuse images ‘political’ is the best thing I’ve seen all day.
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM