Amy Gray
@amygraywrites.bsky.social
Red Duchess, my biog of the Duchess of Atholl MP, OUT NOW from The History Press. Freelance public affairs, small person wrangling, incurable reader, always trying to write. Also on IG.
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In other words, US politicians and pressure groups can pipe the party line directly into millions of households unchallenged, in a way that is much harder in the UK.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In other words, US politicians and pressure groups can pipe the party line directly into millions of households unchallenged, in a way that is much harder in the UK.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
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No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
It would make an incredible movie
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It would make an incredible movie
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The Great Épinal Escape
On 11 May 1944 – just four weeks before D-Day – 67 American heavy bombers dropped 168 tons of bombs on the sunlit French town of Épinal on the Moselle river. Unbeknownst to the aircrew of the ‘Mighty ...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Many Europeans will have been to New York, far fewer to New Jersey or Virginia.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Many Europeans will have been to New York, far fewer to New Jersey or Virginia.
I second these. Miraculous
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I second these. Miraculous
And not being completed by his kids either
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And not being completed by his kids either
I am now so old that my student days were (just) pre social media. This nonsense will now follow them around for the rest of their lives.
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am now so old that my student days were (just) pre social media. This nonsense will now follow them around for the rest of their lives.