Prospect Magazine
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
A politically independent monthly current affairs, culture & ideas magazine
Established 1995
Editor: Alan Rusbridger
@arusbridger.bsky.social; https://prospectmagazine.co.uk
Established 1995
Editor: Alan Rusbridger
@arusbridger.bsky.social; https://prospectmagazine.co.uk
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Prospect’s latest issue hits newsstands today! Here’s a preview of what you’ll find inside... 🧵
Our cover story is by Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov, who argues that Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal—but Israelis refuse to see it:
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Our cover story is by Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov, who argues that Netanyahu’s onslaught against Gaza has been genocidal—but Israelis refuse to see it:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...
🎧: @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social discuss their departure from the Observer...and their brand new project, @thenerve.news.
The Nerve: ‘We want to shine a light on culture… with a bit of “F— you” energy on the side’
Carole Cadwalladr and Sarah Donaldson discuss their departure from the Observer...and their brand new project
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November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎧: @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social discuss their departure from the Observer...and their brand new project, @thenerve.news.
The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think. Last year, @arusbridger.bsky.social detailed a more serious threat to its credibility: a right-wing cabal is waging war on it from within.
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think. Last year, @arusbridger.bsky.social detailed a more serious threat to its credibility: a right-wing cabal is waging war on it from within.
Indigenous people have arrived at the first climate summit held in the planet’s largest rainforest. They are fighting to postpone the end of the world, writes Eliane Brum (@sumauma.com).
The Amazon will speak at COP30
Indigenous people have arrived at the first climate summit held in the planet’s largest rainforest. They are fighting to postpone the end of the world...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Indigenous people have arrived at the first climate summit held in the planet’s largest rainforest. They are fighting to postpone the end of the world, writes Eliane Brum (@sumauma.com).
Despite the press’s salivation over the prospect of Farage becoming PM, we are a long, long way from the next general election. And a lot could change before then, writes @benansell.bsky.social.
Labour’s long, tortuous walk to 2029
There are more than three years of unease left until the next general election. What can we expect along the way?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Despite the press’s salivation over the prospect of Farage becoming PM, we are a long, long way from the next general election. And a lot could change before then, writes @benansell.bsky.social.
JCB has made a £200,000 donation to Reform. In our latest issue, @imaanirfan.bsky.social describes how the UK right fell in love with the firm’s big yellow diggers—but elsewhere in the world, they cause fear.
The right’s love affair with JCB
The British firm has acquired an obsessive fanbase and influential political allies in the UK. But in India and the West Bank, its big yellow diggers ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
JCB has made a £200,000 donation to Reform. In our latest issue, @imaanirfan.bsky.social describes how the UK right fell in love with the firm’s big yellow diggers—but elsewhere in the world, they cause fear.
The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think...
Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think...
Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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What if there was a global solution to the misinformation crisis—a “United Nations” approach to the media? As @minipetite.bsky.social writes, Project Kontinuum promises just that.
How to save the news
The internet has become a tool of misinformation and mass surveillance. A global initiative seeks to change that
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November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What if there was a global solution to the misinformation crisis—a “United Nations” approach to the media? As @minipetite.bsky.social writes, Project Kontinuum promises just that.
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Nancy Pelosi has announced she will not be recontesting the California seat she has held for almost 40 years.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
Saikat Chakrabarti is coming for the Democratic establishment
AOC’s former campaign manager is ready to take on Nancy Pelosi
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November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Nancy Pelosi has announced she will not be recontesting the California seat she has held for almost 40 years.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
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Trump’s defecating fighter jet video rendered his psyche in CGI: the omnipotent toddler taking revenge on a world that dares tell him “no”, writes Sasha Mudd.
The politics of the potty
Trump’s defecating fighter jet is an emblem of a man in revolt against civilisation
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November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Trump’s defecating fighter jet video rendered his psyche in CGI: the omnipotent toddler taking revenge on a world that dares tell him “no”, writes Sasha Mudd.
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The BBC made a clumsy error in editing clips of Donald Trump. But its governance structure should cause more concern—including the role of former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The BBC made a clumsy error in editing clips of Donald Trump. But its governance structure should cause more concern—including the role of former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
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🎥: @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social speaks to Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani’s success, Keir Starmer’s crackdown on protesters, and how to resist fascism:
Yanis Varoufakis on Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1
How should the left resist fascism?
On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, Benjamin Clark speaks to Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former Greek finance minister, whose most recent book is ‘Raise Your Soul: A Personal History of Resistance’.
Yanis reflects on writing a feminist history as
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November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🎥: @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social speaks to Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani’s success, Keir Starmer’s crackdown on protesters, and how to resist fascism:
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Nancy Pelosi has announced she will not be recontesting the California seat she has held for almost 40 years.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
Saikat Chakrabarti is coming for the Democratic establishment
AOC’s former campaign manager is ready to take on Nancy Pelosi
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Nancy Pelosi has announced she will not be recontesting the California seat she has held for almost 40 years.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
In September, Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social spoke to @saikatforcongress.bsky.social, who is running to replace her.
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🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social speaks to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, about feminism, anti-fascism, the manosphere, Labour and Zohran Mamdani: www.prospectmagazine...
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social speaks to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, about feminism, anti-fascism, the manosphere, Labour and Zohran Mamdani: www.prospectmagazine...
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Trump’s pooping fighter jet video conjures, as Freud put it, the opposite of civilisation: a fantasy of excretion without consequence, of the unfiltered id released from every restrain, writes Sasha Mudd.
The politics of the potty
Trump’s defecating fighter jet is an emblem of a man in revolt against civilisation
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump’s pooping fighter jet video conjures, as Freud put it, the opposite of civilisation: a fantasy of excretion without consequence, of the unfiltered id released from every restrain, writes Sasha Mudd.
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @arusbridger analyses the crisis at the BBC, and Eliane Brum reports from COP30 in Brazil.
The BBC is fighting for its life
Plus: the latest from COP30 in Brazil
prospectmagazine.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @arusbridger analyses the crisis at the BBC, and Eliane Brum reports from COP30 in Brazil.
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure—rather than individual stories—that should cause most concern, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure—rather than individual stories—that should cause most concern, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
Scientists want to block out the sun. How worried should we be?
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain
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November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
You’d never guess from the hysterical coverage that the BBC remains the UK’s most trusted news outlet. It has made mistakes, but we’d be worse off without it, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
You’d never guess from the hysterical coverage that the BBC remains the UK’s most trusted news outlet. It has made mistakes, but we’d be worse off without it, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social joins @benjamin-clark.bsky.social to discuss his new book on resistance. They cover Mamdani’s campaign, Starmer’s crackdown on protesters—and disagree over how to understand the war in Ukraine.
Yanis Varoufakis on resisting fascism—in the US, UK, Russia and Ukraine
Plus: Yanis weighs in on Starmer’s crackdown on protesters and Mamdani’s campaign
prospectmagazine.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social joins @benjamin-clark.bsky.social to discuss his new book on resistance. They cover Mamdani’s campaign, Starmer’s crackdown on protesters—and disagree over how to understand the war in Ukraine.
Trump’s pooping fighter jet video conjures, as Freud put it, the opposite of civilisation: a fantasy of excretion without consequence, of the unfiltered id released from every restrain, writes Sasha Mudd.
The politics of the potty
Trump’s defecating fighter jet is an emblem of a man in revolt against civilisation
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump’s pooping fighter jet video conjures, as Freud put it, the opposite of civilisation: a fantasy of excretion without consequence, of the unfiltered id released from every restrain, writes Sasha Mudd.
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social speaks to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, about feminism, anti-fascism, the manosphere, Labour and Zohran Mamdani: www.prospectmagazine...
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social speaks to @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, about feminism, anti-fascism, the manosphere, Labour and Zohran Mamdani: www.prospectmagazine...
🎧: On Media Confidential, @arusbridger.bsky.social and the FT’s @janinegibson.ft.com discuss the media response to the train stabbing in Huntingdon and the Telegraph’s attacks on the BBC.
The BBC is in a mess—but it’s not what you think
Alan and Janine Gibson weigh in on the Telegraph’s attacks on the BBC and...Celebrity Traitors?
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November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎧: On Media Confidential, @arusbridger.bsky.social and the FT’s @janinegibson.ft.com discuss the media response to the train stabbing in Huntingdon and the Telegraph’s attacks on the BBC.
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social joins @benjamin-clark.bsky.social to discuss his new book on resistance. They cover Mamdani’s campaign, Starmer’s crackdown on protesters—and disagree over how to understand the war in Ukraine.
Yanis Varoufakis on resisting fascism—in the US, UK, Russia and Ukraine
Plus: Yanis weighs in on Starmer’s crackdown on protesters and Mamdani’s campaign
prospectmagazine.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🎥: On this week’s episode of the Prospect Podcast, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social joins @benjamin-clark.bsky.social to discuss his new book on resistance. They cover Mamdani’s campaign, Starmer’s crackdown on protesters—and disagree over how to understand the war in Ukraine.