Alex Hughes
@alexphughes.bsky.social
Yet another Twitter refugee.
Same name there as here.
GTTO, RejoinEU, Abolish the Monarchy.
Same name there as here.
GTTO, RejoinEU, Abolish the Monarchy.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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The leader isn't Labour's problem
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The leader isn't Labour's problem
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
Their problem is that people elected them to reverse the damage done by the Tories
Whereas they just carried on doing more damage
They need to tax wealth and invest in public services
And challenge the oligarchs dominating our economy
And focus on fairness
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I hope Rachel Reeves or somebody who advises her sees this.
You *can* tax the rich, they *won't* all leave the UK.
You *can* tax the rich, they *won't* all leave the UK.
October 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I hope Rachel Reeves or somebody who advises her sees this.
You *can* tax the rich, they *won't* all leave the UK.
You *can* tax the rich, they *won't* all leave the UK.
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While the Queen was on the throne, it was a different matter.
With her passing it's time to ask - perfectly reasonably - who the institution of monarchy serves and whether this one family should rule over us all in perpetuity... with almost zero accountability
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
With her passing it's time to ask - perfectly reasonably - who the institution of monarchy serves and whether this one family should rule over us all in perpetuity... with almost zero accountability
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links
Calls grow for parliamentary rule changes to strip Andrew of titles and ask questions of royals
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
While the Queen was on the throne, it was a different matter.
With her passing it's time to ask - perfectly reasonably - who the institution of monarchy serves and whether this one family should rule over us all in perpetuity... with almost zero accountability
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
With her passing it's time to ask - perfectly reasonably - who the institution of monarchy serves and whether this one family should rule over us all in perpetuity... with almost zero accountability
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It’s time to take back what’s ours.
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s time to take back what’s ours.
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
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Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:
"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."
Shots fired. ~AA
"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."
Shots fired. ~AA
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:
"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."
Shots fired. ~AA
"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."
Shots fired. ~AA
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stop thinking right now
October 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
stop thinking right now
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So greasy fascist lunatic Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg may be the Antichrist?
Guess whose name appears in the Epstein Files that have been released, Peter? No hers. Yours!
So that, technically, makes you more evil than the Antichrist.
Guess whose name appears in the Epstein Files that have been released, Peter? No hers. Yours!
So that, technically, makes you more evil than the Antichrist.
[Excerpt:] Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg & critics of tech or AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that linked government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
wapo.st
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
So greasy fascist lunatic Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg may be the Antichrist?
Guess whose name appears in the Epstein Files that have been released, Peter? No hers. Yours!
So that, technically, makes you more evil than the Antichrist.
Guess whose name appears in the Epstein Files that have been released, Peter? No hers. Yours!
So that, technically, makes you more evil than the Antichrist.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"
Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.
Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.
October 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?"
Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.
Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.
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how it feels to wear a sport coat in modern society
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
how it feels to wear a sport coat in modern society
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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This by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on ID cards is very good
And it also kindly links to my post setting out how an incoming illiberal government would not need to force through primary legislation, given what they could do with statutory instruments.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And it also kindly links to my post setting out how an incoming illiberal government would not need to force through primary legislation, given what they could do with statutory instruments.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff
The civil liberties argument against giving the state more power over our lives becomes more urgent by the day – just look to Trump’s America, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social on ID cards is very good
And it also kindly links to my post setting out how an incoming illiberal government would not need to force through primary legislation, given what they could do with statutory instruments.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And it also kindly links to my post setting out how an incoming illiberal government would not need to force through primary legislation, given what they could do with statutory instruments.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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I do not know how to fix it, but I cannot say enough how much we in the news need to figure out how to handle the “flood the zone with shit” strategy.
September 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I do not know how to fix it, but I cannot say enough how much we in the news need to figure out how to handle the “flood the zone with shit” strategy.
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If I were trying to win elections and arguments, I simply would be doing everything I could to move UK political conversation away from a website run by an avowed enemy who believes and writes this stuff about me:
In his own voice, Elon Musk is fully committed to a replacement conspiracy theory as his main lens on UK politics.
September 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
If I were trying to win elections and arguments, I simply would be doing everything I could to move UK political conversation away from a website run by an avowed enemy who believes and writes this stuff about me:
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Ultimately it matters not if your constitution is written or unwritten or codified or uncodified…
…once those in power do not recognise political or legal rules higher than their own personal or partisan advantage it is constitutional ‘game over’.
Constitutions need constitutionalism, most of all.
…once those in power do not recognise political or legal rules higher than their own personal or partisan advantage it is constitutional ‘game over’.
Constitutions need constitutionalism, most of all.
February 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Ultimately it matters not if your constitution is written or unwritten or codified or uncodified…
…once those in power do not recognise political or legal rules higher than their own personal or partisan advantage it is constitutional ‘game over’.
Constitutions need constitutionalism, most of all.
…once those in power do not recognise political or legal rules higher than their own personal or partisan advantage it is constitutional ‘game over’.
Constitutions need constitutionalism, most of all.
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NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
August 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Profoundly important from @davidallengreen.bsky.social. The lack of meaningful restraints against executing power in our system leaves us utterly exposed in the face of a Reform government. They could do whatever they want.
open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
Yes, an incoming illiberal and radical UK government would have absolute constitutional power
Only good fortune has prevented previous governments from misusing our constitutional arrangements more than they did
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Profoundly important from @davidallengreen.bsky.social. The lack of meaningful restraints against executing power in our system leaves us utterly exposed in the face of a Reform government. They could do whatever they want.
open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social. The Right are hijacking Englishness with narratives of exclusion, exceptionalism & imperial nostalgia,& progressives haven’t even got onto the bloody pitch. We urgently need to tell more compelling stories of who we are #AnotherEngland👇
Flags as symbols of prejudice, not pride – and a distinct air of menace. Welcome to England 2025 | John Harris
The rapid spread of these banners is unsettling – and shows how the hard right is reaching people and places the left cannot, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Spot on @johnharris1969.bsky.social. The Right are hijacking Englishness with narratives of exclusion, exceptionalism & imperial nostalgia,& progressives haven’t even got onto the bloody pitch. We urgently need to tell more compelling stories of who we are #AnotherEngland👇
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In Britain video games generate more revenue (£4.3bn) than the film (excluding streaming) and music industries combined (£3.4bn).
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain is a global gaming superpower
Can it remain one?
economist.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In Britain video games generate more revenue (£4.3bn) than the film (excluding streaming) and music industries combined (£3.4bn).
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
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Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
August 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
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The FT remains the only good global newspaper
August 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The FT remains the only good global newspaper
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Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water.
90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities.
Tax on dividends dodged.
Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing.
Public ownership is the only way forward.
90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities.
Tax on dividends dodged.
Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing.
Public ownership is the only way forward.
Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water, reports say
Hong Kong’s CKI among those lining up to acquire struggling company if it collapses
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water.
90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities.
Tax on dividends dodged.
Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing.
Public ownership is the only way forward.
90% of water already owned from abroad. Shareholders out of touch with realities.
Tax on dividends dodged.
Any private ownership will mean continuation of profits, dividends, neglect, fleecing.
Public ownership is the only way forward.