Sam Bright
@writesbright.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
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Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
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Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.
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The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
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I haven’t looked on Twitter, but all the ‘SOVEREIGNTY IS PARAMOUNT!’ guys over there will be furious about this, right?
Right?
Right?
The Trump administration is creating a "slush fund" to turbocharge MAGA groups in the UK and EU, according to the FT.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
Trump’s funding a MAGA invasion of UK and EU
🚨 Code f*cking red 🚨
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February 7, 2026 at 7:27 AM
I haven’t looked on Twitter, but all the ‘SOVEREIGNTY IS PARAMOUNT!’ guys over there will be furious about this, right?
Right?
Right?
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Yep. Scary shit.
The Trump administration is creating a "slush fund" to turbocharge MAGA groups in the UK and EU, according to the FT.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
Trump’s funding a MAGA invasion of UK and EU
🚨 Code f*cking red 🚨
writesbright.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Yep. Scary shit.
The Trump administration is creating a "slush fund" to turbocharge MAGA groups in the UK and EU, according to the FT.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
Trump’s funding a MAGA invasion of UK and EU
🚨 Code f*cking red 🚨
writesbright.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Trump administration is creating a "slush fund" to turbocharge MAGA groups in the UK and EU, according to the FT.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
This is code fucking red for democracy.
Farage admitted last year that he probably would have been in contact with Epstein, if he was 10 years older, due to the “circles” in which they both operated.
That says an awful lot about Farage (and his political project)
That says an awful lot about Farage (and his political project)
Farage’s VIP lane
And his two-faced response to Epstein...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Farage admitted last year that he probably would have been in contact with Epstein, if he was 10 years older, due to the “circles” in which they both operated.
That says an awful lot about Farage (and his political project)
That says an awful lot about Farage (and his political project)
I love this new Labour comms approach of making their MPs produce snappy little videos that are posted on X and subjected to hundreds of abusive comments and general mockery
February 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I love this new Labour comms approach of making their MPs produce snappy little videos that are posted on X and subjected to hundreds of abusive comments and general mockery
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Worth a read. @writesbright.bsky.social makes a couple of very and illuminating points. Excellent.
🔴 Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
📝 New post 👇🏻
📝 New post 👇🏻
Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
The Tories and Reform will continue to converge...
writesbright.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Worth a read. @writesbright.bsky.social makes a couple of very and illuminating points. Excellent.
Well this is dodgy as fuck
February 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Well this is dodgy as fuck
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Interesting take: the Tory/Reform battle is really about the big donors not the voters
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
The Tories and Reform will continue to converge...
writesbright.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Interesting take: the Tory/Reform battle is really about the big donors not the voters
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
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Interesting thought.
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Interesting thought.
🔴 Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
📝 New post 👇🏻
📝 New post 👇🏻
Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
The Tories and Reform will continue to converge...
writesbright.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🔴 Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
📝 New post 👇🏻
📝 New post 👇🏻
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Good article on Badenoch from Sam @writesbright.bsky.social
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
The Tories and Reform will continue to converge...
writesbright.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Good article on Badenoch from Sam @writesbright.bsky.social
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
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PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
Nigel Farage here, lavishing praise on the UAE for its approach to “law and order” - a state that locks up activists and has arbitrary detentions.
Grim.
Grim.
In a GB News interview with an Emirati minister, GB News host / shareholder and Reform leader Nigel Farage says the UK can "learn" from the UAE in terms of "law and order".
💰 GB News advertisers: #JCBmachines, #NationalLottery, #staysuretravelinsurance, #weareboxt, #allclearinsurance & #freshpet
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January 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Nigel Farage here, lavishing praise on the UAE for its approach to “law and order” - a state that locks up activists and has arbitrary detentions.
Grim.
Grim.
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Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
The Farage-Orbán network
Inside Reform’s deepening ties to Hungary’s autocratic regime...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
The Farage-Orbán network
Inside Reform’s deepening ties to Hungary’s autocratic regime...
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
Nothing like announcing a former academic and highly paid TV presenter as your candidate to stick it to those bastardly elites
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Nothing like announcing a former academic and highly paid TV presenter as your candidate to stick it to those bastardly elites
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From last year on Matthew Goodwin, an empty prophet who makes up in self-promotion what he lacks in charisma.
January 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM
From last year on Matthew Goodwin, an empty prophet who makes up in self-promotion what he lacks in charisma.
Have contributed a few bits to the New World’s Rats in a Sack column recently, including this one on Reform’s housing policy...
Reform's housing policy: own a lot of them
For a party taking on the elite, Reform's senior politicians seem to own an awful lot of property
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Have contributed a few bits to the New World’s Rats in a Sack column recently, including this one on Reform’s housing policy...
Smarmy narcissistic wannabe autocrats Matthew Goodwin and Robert Jenrick in the same parliamentary party
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Smarmy narcissistic wannabe autocrats Matthew Goodwin and Robert Jenrick in the same parliamentary party
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“If [Braverman] possesses endearing qualities they’re imperceptible to the naked eye. She manages to be both malevolent and goofy, like a clown with a grenade-launcher.”
🔴 Nigel Farage is sabotaging his own party 🔴
I think the recent defections have shown that his political ambitions are entirely selfish.
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I think the recent defections have shown that his political ambitions are entirely selfish.
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Nigel Farage is sabotaging his own party
Initial thoughts on Braverman switching teams...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
“If [Braverman] possesses endearing qualities they’re imperceptible to the naked eye. She manages to be both malevolent and goofy, like a clown with a grenade-launcher.”
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"Farage is notorious for making enemies out of allies – for ruthlessly culling people from his team as soon as they develop their own political ambitions. Above all else, though his rogue persona would indicate otherwise, Farage is a control-freak and a hoarder of power."
🔴 Nigel Farage is sabotaging his own party 🔴
I think the recent defections have shown that his political ambitions are entirely selfish.
👇
I think the recent defections have shown that his political ambitions are entirely selfish.
👇
Nigel Farage is sabotaging his own party
Initial thoughts on Braverman switching teams...
writesbright.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 AM
"Farage is notorious for making enemies out of allies – for ruthlessly culling people from his team as soon as they develop their own political ambitions. Above all else, though his rogue persona would indicate otherwise, Farage is a control-freak and a hoarder of power."
Farage’s donors have spent £151,000 flying him around the world in support of Donald Trump.
Farage works for the MAGA movement, not the British public (and certainly not the voters of Clacton)
Farage works for the MAGA movement, not the British public (and certainly not the voters of Clacton)
Nigel Farage Racks Up £151,000 in Donor-Funded Flights to Support Donald Trump
Nigel Farage’s donors have paid for him to take trips around the world to the tune of £151,000 since July 2024, DeSmog can reveal. Farage jetted off to the elite networking forum Davos in Switzerland ...
www.desmog.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Farage’s donors have spent £151,000 flying him around the world in support of Donald Trump.
Farage works for the MAGA movement, not the British public (and certainly not the voters of Clacton)
Farage works for the MAGA movement, not the British public (and certainly not the voters of Clacton)