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Alan White
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Editor in Chief of @politicshome.bsky.social and @thehousemag.bsky.social. Exhausted.
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Managing to make internal no10 chaos the lead BBC story when *the Epstein files are being released and Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $1bn* takes a very special operation indeed
BBC home page
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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"A third edit of the Trump speech has hit the BBC"
Bush Twin Towers meme
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Fond memories of fawning newspaper profiles a few years ago about “the footballer who reads Nietzsche”
At one point during cross examination, the prosecutor Peter Wright KC called Barton’s explanations “nonsense”, to which the former player responded by asking: “Are you calling me a nonce?” Wright in turn responded: “No, nonsense.”
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The afterword of Le Carre’s The Russia House has an excellent anecdote about his visit to Russia
Le Carre is under surveillance and drunkenly wanders up to his watchers to ask them the way back to his hotel
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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I think I can hear @benansell.bsky.social exploding from here
Neil O Brien on the “progressive capture” of Eng Lit by virtue of the fact various modules that have been a thing since the 60s are being taught
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Thought the Times had been hoaxed. Turns out to be so much better than that
they emailed a guy called Bill DeBlasio. He gave his opinion. It wasn't the mayor
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Somewhat confused as to what those stories were…
Katie Lam’s LinkedIn in which her grandparents’ refugee status is written about at length
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I see Dom has done another interview
My job here is done
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I ❤️ Viz
A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I’m sure Robert Jenrick must be concerned to discover that his latest video is being amplified by dubious pro Russian propaganda accounts. Perhaps even more so to learn they think he’s a mere journalist.
A pro Russia account shares a Jenrick video
October 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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How it started etc
Darren Grimes says reform will cut waste in Durham Darren grimes bemoans rising care costs
October 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A fascinating pair of charts from @benansell.bsky.social that Labour strategists would do well to heed: benansell.substack.com/p/british-po...
Election voters by party, and their jobs, showing Reform and Labour voters are miles apart Up to date chart of voters by party, and their jobs
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Every time I look at this image I get annoyed for a different reason, it’s remarkable
Favourite tv sitcoms of gen z millennials gen x and boomers
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From theonion.com/trump-spends...
September 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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How it started etc
Trump “Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled. It will be settled quickly. Quickly. I will get the problem solved and I will get it solved in rapid order and it will take me no longer than one day. I know exactly what to say to each of them.” Russian attacks double since inauguration
August 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation
47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March
August 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Literally never misses
Why do I hate umbrellas? How long have you got?
July 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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(From the bad place). 84 year old Tom Lehrer gives sample permission
In 2013, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his 60-year-old song sampled. His response to the request to use the song was "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?".
July 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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An incredible homage to the classic Viz letter in today’s Telegraph
William Sitwell John Torode’s sacking ‘over a rap lyric’ puts all middle-aged men like me at risk How come rap artist Dr. Dre can use the 'n' word on his multi-million selling albums and win a MOBO award, yet when I used it at my son's football match I was asked to leave the park? Once again, it's one law for the rich and another for the poor
July 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Our analysis shows reform won’t find much council waste to cut Zia Yusuf says they can’t actually cut much
July 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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The BBC reports on the Glastonbury furore about the BBC via the medium of a weird reported opinion piece. This is so far from being any recognisable form of journalism it’s essentially performance art
I've covered quite a lot of BBC 'scandals' in my time as media editor at BBC News and as I look at the headlines across the media, and the bashing the BBC is getting, I keep in mind that stories about the BBC are often used by other media organisations as a stick to hit the corporation. And sometimes, there are other corporate interests at play for those who want to see a weaker BBC for their own benefit.
July 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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🚨 we have the inside track on what concessions are being offered to the Welfare rebels www.politicshome.com/news/article...
PoliticsHome understands that among concessions being floated to dissuade rebels from blocking the bill on Tuesday is bringing employment support forward, and allowing existing claimants of PIP to keep their payments even if they fail to score above 4 points on any one criterion. This would mean existing PIP claimants would be protected from planned changes, but new PIP claimants would have to score above 4 in one area to receive the benefit.
June 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Perfect
Grok: “Evidence shows Donald Trump's name is in Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs, part of the "Epstein files," but there's no indication of wrongdoing. The files were released by Trump's administration on February 27, 2025, contradicting claims they were withheld to protect him.”
June 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Feels like a moment
Ukraine drone attack reports
June 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Striking how badly Farage does here.
YouGov polling on who’d be the best PM shows Farage is not actually that popular
May 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM