Ben Hill
@benjhill.bsky.social
Senior Humanitarian Education Adviser for Save the Children. Former teacher. Northern. Football (Coventry City) and other sports, politics, cooking, and running. He/Him. 📍UK
I presume all the misogynists who made fun of the women’s England team during the Euros are going to spend an equal amount of energy criticising the quality of the penalties during the Liverpool Palace community shield final.
August 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I presume all the misogynists who made fun of the women’s England team during the Euros are going to spend an equal amount of energy criticising the quality of the penalties during the Liverpool Palace community shield final.
The India cricket team have been unprofessional throughout this series. Duckett shouldn’t stoop to their level.
August 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The India cricket team have been unprofessional throughout this series. Duckett shouldn’t stoop to their level.
But why @maxrushden.bsky.social am I crying after that mentality shootout? Amazing resilience and talent from the lionesses. Spain were an insanely tough but to crack, but amazing to see such depth, talent, and resilience from an English football team.
July 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
But why @maxrushden.bsky.social am I crying after that mentality shootout? Amazing resilience and talent from the lionesses. Spain were an insanely tough but to crack, but amazing to see such depth, talent, and resilience from an English football team.
Amazing performance from Gill in England vs India. Incredible concentration and stamina. Just too good for us. Well played 👏
July 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Amazing performance from Gill in England vs India. Incredible concentration and stamina. Just too good for us. Well played 👏
Can’t believe Manchester City are using comic sans on the back of their shirts for the second year in a row
June 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Can’t believe Manchester City are using comic sans on the back of their shirts for the second year in a row
At the time (only 3ish months ago?), this was seen as good diplomacy from Starmer. But feels as though it might backfire given how quickly Trump and his administration has sunk into chaos.
UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace
UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace
Plans for official visit confirmed but diary issues appear to have scuppered initial informal meeting with king
Donald Trump will make a second state visit to the UK this year but the diary complexities of King Charles and the US president mean the two are unable to meet informally over the summer, it is understood.
The manu regia, a hand-signed formal invitation from the king, was hand-delivered to the White House last week by British representatives from the Washington embassy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
At the time (only 3ish months ago?), this was seen as good diplomacy from Starmer. But feels as though it might backfire given how quickly Trump and his administration has sunk into chaos.
I’d love to see the state of the world if Trump wasn’t chasing a Nobel Peace Prize…
June 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I’d love to see the state of the world if Trump wasn’t chasing a Nobel Peace Prize…
I wonder what today’s @newsagents.bsky.social podcast will be about.
June 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I wonder what today’s @newsagents.bsky.social podcast will be about.
Okay but can we get USAID back now please?
June 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Okay but can we get USAID back now please?
Are we at least allowed to say ‘told you so’?
Don't sully this with analysis. Live in the moment.
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Are we at least allowed to say ‘told you so’?
Trump has invited his golf buddy to speak about South African politics in the Oval Office whilst meeting with President Ramaphosa. What an absolute prat.
May 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump has invited his golf buddy to speak about South African politics in the Oval Office whilst meeting with President Ramaphosa. What an absolute prat.
The Rupert Lowe interview on @newsagents.bsky.social is absolutely unhinged. Obnoxious, a LOT of waffle, and bounces from topic to topic without being able to get to the crux of the issue. @maitlis.bsky.social struggles to get a question in on their own show.
May 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Rupert Lowe interview on @newsagents.bsky.social is absolutely unhinged. Obnoxious, a LOT of waffle, and bounces from topic to topic without being able to get to the crux of the issue. @maitlis.bsky.social struggles to get a question in on their own show.
Love how people say ‘fair play to him’ for William supporting Villa. As though it’s a chore or beneath him. Give me enough money to go and watch my team all the time. It wouldn’t be a chore.
April 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Love how people say ‘fair play to him’ for William supporting Villa. As though it’s a chore or beneath him. Give me enough money to go and watch my team all the time. It wouldn’t be a chore.
What we’ve learnt from England against Albania: Rashford probably isn’t good enough, Foden wasted on the right and not in form, Burn is a hell of a threat for corners, England still struggle to break down teams who sit back.
March 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What we’ve learnt from England against Albania: Rashford probably isn’t good enough, Foden wasted on the right and not in form, Burn is a hell of a threat for corners, England still struggle to break down teams who sit back.
Like saying the pope shits in the woods.
Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit
Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit
Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say experts
Cuts to food assistance by the US, Britain and others are already leading to more people starving to death around the world, experts have…
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Like saying the pope shits in the woods.
A very niche part of Skype being informally discontinued is that it stopped humanitarian agencies talking to each other. Which was fairly catastrophic in terms of coordination and collaboration (and efficiency/value for money)
Skype got shouted down by Teams and Zoom. But it revolutionised human connection | John Naughton
Skype got shouted down by Teams and Zoom. But it revolutionised human connection | John Naughton
The company that pioneered voice communication over the internet has withered to dust in Microsoft’s hands. Still, I for one am grateful for it
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A very niche part of Skype being informally discontinued is that it stopped humanitarian agencies talking to each other. Which was fairly catastrophic in terms of coordination and collaboration (and efficiency/value for money)
Judging by this week’s cabinet meeting, the issue is less around musk and Trump falling out. But the cabinet falling out with Musk leaves Trump in a difficult position to choose between elected officials and a person who has insane influence over political narrative and donates to Trump’s cause.
Elon vs Trump. Who is the better manipulator ? How long can they play nice ?
March 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Judging by this week’s cabinet meeting, the issue is less around musk and Trump falling out. But the cabinet falling out with Musk leaves Trump in a difficult position to choose between elected officials and a person who has insane influence over political narrative and donates to Trump’s cause.
Not sure it would be useful. None of the former presidents are popular enough with the MAGA crowd to get through to them. The best thing to do is let Trump be Trump and (some ) people will slowly come round. Just like Brexit.
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
The silence from former occupants of the Oval Office has been deafening as the incumbent cuts a destructive path
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Not sure it would be useful. None of the former presidents are popular enough with the MAGA crowd to get through to them. The best thing to do is let Trump be Trump and (some ) people will slowly come round. Just like Brexit.
It can’t be overstated just how right wing Starmer and Reeves are for a Labour government. Arguably more right wing than Cameron and Osbourne.
Liz Kendall and Rachel Reeves are specifically planning to cause extreme poverty to and kill disabled people. When are we marching as this CANNOT stand.
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It can’t be overstated just how right wing Starmer and Reeves are for a Labour government. Arguably more right wing than Cameron and Osbourne.
Arguably not news.
Western Australia premier calls US vice-president JD Vance a ‘knob’
Western Australia premier calls US vice-president JD Vance a ‘knob’
Cook says ‘you’ve got to have one unprofessional moment’ as description wins applause at pre-election event
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The Western…
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March 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Arguably not news.
Johnson telling anyone to resign is a bit rich. He has about as much awareness of what the boundaries are for resignation as a cheese grater.
None of his business even if his jobs is as Trumpy toady www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Johnson says Zelenskyy may need to resign
Speaker Mike Johnson said Zelenskyy either needs to “come to his senses” or step down to end the war in Ukraine.
www.politico.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Johnson telling anyone to resign is a bit rich. He has about as much awareness of what the boundaries are for resignation as a cheese grater.
Part of me wonders whether Trump 2.0 is wanting to be expansionist and imperial compared to isolationist Trump 1.0. But his ideas are so wacky (e.g Greenland, Canada, Gaza and Ukraine) that, ironically, Trump 2.0 is accidentally making himself isolationist again.
March 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Part of me wonders whether Trump 2.0 is wanting to be expansionist and imperial compared to isolationist Trump 1.0. But his ideas are so wacky (e.g Greenland, Canada, Gaza and Ukraine) that, ironically, Trump 2.0 is accidentally making himself isolationist again.
A bit like Johnson, Starmer is finding respite (and even success) through Ukraine and foreign policy as domestic policy remains unpopular.
Together for a just and lasting peace, together with Ukraine.
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A bit like Johnson, Starmer is finding respite (and even success) through Ukraine and foreign policy as domestic policy remains unpopular.
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned about THAT meeting, is Jd Vance said those going from the US to Ukraine go on propaganda tours. Which is just a really stupid use of the word propaganda. What he surely means is the tours organised have itinerary that shows some of the worse hit areas.
March 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned about THAT meeting, is Jd Vance said those going from the US to Ukraine go on propaganda tours. Which is just a really stupid use of the word propaganda. What he surely means is the tours organised have itinerary that shows some of the worse hit areas.
This might sound absolutely mad (it’s not), but Ukrainians and Zelensky have absolutely no reason to be thankful for Europe and US’s support. It’s within their interests. Regardless if the fact it isn’t their country.
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This might sound absolutely mad (it’s not), but Ukrainians and Zelensky have absolutely no reason to be thankful for Europe and US’s support. It’s within their interests. Regardless if the fact it isn’t their country.