@chris304.bsky.social
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Anyone listening to Chris Philp’s Today interview, predicated on the premise knife crime is rising, might like to read my piece from yesterday setting out the more nuanced reality: on.ft.com/47Aw3hT
Train stabbing fuels UK public’s feeling of insecurity
Cambridgeshire attack is second mass knife crime incident in less than a week
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Anyone listening to Chris Philp’s Today interview, predicated on the premise knife crime is rising, might like to read my piece from yesterday setting out the more nuanced reality: on.ft.com/47Aw3hT
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Night-time vigilantes are stripping down hundreds of St George’s Crosses from Kent lamp-posts - Ella Glover on the last flags of Faversham
The last flags of Faversham
Why night-time vigilantes are stripping hundreds of St George’s Crosses from Kent lamp-posts
www.newstatesman.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Night-time vigilantes are stripping down hundreds of St George’s Crosses from Kent lamp-posts - Ella Glover on the last flags of Faversham
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To transform the country and take on the populist right - Labour must offer a popular, principled and practical left politics for meaningful change.
@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social, launching today, seeks to do this.
Find out more in the link on the thread below.
@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social, launching today, seeks to do this.
Find out more in the link on the thread below.
September 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
To transform the country and take on the populist right - Labour must offer a popular, principled and practical left politics for meaningful change.
@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social, launching today, seeks to do this.
Find out more in the link on the thread below.
@mainstreamlabour.bsky.social, launching today, seeks to do this.
Find out more in the link on the thread below.
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New centre-left Labour group Mainstream is launching tomorrow, key backers include Andy Burnham and all of the below.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
September 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
New centre-left Labour group Mainstream is launching tomorrow, key backers include Andy Burnham and all of the below.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
Pitches itself as “the home for Labour’s radical realists” and will play key role in the deputy leadership contest.
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"Most new migrants seem to pay as much in tax as the average worker, if not more. Yet that does not help public services if governments do not reinvest that money to accommodate the growing population."
Good summary from @tomcalver.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Good summary from @tomcalver.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
How much impact do migrants have on public services?
Britain built an immigration system it was not prepared for: no wonder the country feels full
www.thetimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"Most new migrants seem to pay as much in tax as the average worker, if not more. Yet that does not help public services if governments do not reinvest that money to accommodate the growing population."
Good summary from @tomcalver.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Good summary from @tomcalver.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Farage repeating - yet again - the simple lie that most new migrants don't work.
Completely unchallenged by Kuenssberg, yet again.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
Completely unchallenged by Kuenssberg, yet again.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
September 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Farage repeating - yet again - the simple lie that most new migrants don't work.
Completely unchallenged by Kuenssberg, yet again.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
Completely unchallenged by Kuenssberg, yet again.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
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Jo and I were glad to take part in the protest against the far right march in #Faversham today. 👍
September 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Jo and I were glad to take part in the protest against the far right march in #Faversham today. 👍
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Protecting civic freedoms is essential to protecting democracy. It feels hugely disproportionate to treat peaceful protesters as terrorists. Our view on the weekend's arrests.
August 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Protecting civic freedoms is essential to protecting democracy. It feels hugely disproportionate to treat peaceful protesters as terrorists. Our view on the weekend's arrests.
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Palestine Action and the radicalisation of grandma:
The Labour Party should remember that, in modern Britain, older people are the ones who do politics properly.
🖊️ Morgan Jones
The Labour Party should remember that, in modern Britain, older people are the ones who do politics properly.
🖊️ Morgan Jones
Palestine Action and the radicalisation of grandma
The Labour party should remember that, in modern Britain, older people are the ones who do politics properly.
www.newstatesman.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Palestine Action and the radicalisation of grandma:
The Labour Party should remember that, in modern Britain, older people are the ones who do politics properly.
🖊️ Morgan Jones
The Labour Party should remember that, in modern Britain, older people are the ones who do politics properly.
🖊️ Morgan Jones
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Excellent follow-up to his (I think impeccable) rules of policy thumb by @igmansfield.bsky.social, talking about the rule that got the most pushback:
Raising taxes increases revenue but harms the economy
(In most cases)
www.edrith.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Excellent follow-up to his (I think impeccable) rules of policy thumb by @igmansfield.bsky.social, talking about the rule that got the most pushback:
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Two different Russias in today’s Russian papers.
One view: “Today most [Russians] feel better off than three years ago.”
Another headline: “Russian industry sinks into pessimism.”
#ReadingRussia
One view: “Today most [Russians] feel better off than three years ago.”
Another headline: “Russian industry sinks into pessimism.”
#ReadingRussia
"Russian industry sinks into pessimism” - headline in a Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Two different Russias in today’s Russian papers.
One view: “Today most [Russians] feel better off than three years ago.”
Another headline: “Russian industry sinks into pessimism.”
#ReadingRussia
One view: “Today most [Russians] feel better off than three years ago.”
Another headline: “Russian industry sinks into pessimism.”
#ReadingRussia
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Why is Kemi Badenoch arguing that Rachel Reeves is the new Liz Truss?
A foray into the Trussification of politics during recess...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
A foray into the Trussification of politics during recess...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Would the real Liz Truss please stand up?
Keir Starmer thinks Nigel Farage is the “new Truss”, while Kemi Badenoch thinks it's Rachel Reeves.
www.newstatesman.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Why is Kemi Badenoch arguing that Rachel Reeves is the new Liz Truss?
A foray into the Trussification of politics during recess...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
A foray into the Trussification of politics during recess...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Excellent letter from experts from the People's Commission contesting the Government's figures on bringing water back into public ownership.
The appropriate value would actually be closer to zero.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The appropriate value would actually be closer to zero.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter
Letter: The government is wrong on the cost of bringing water back into public ownership, write Prof Becky Malby, Dr Kate Bayliss, Prof Frances Cleaver and Prof Ewan McGaughey
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Excellent letter from experts from the People's Commission contesting the Government's figures on bringing water back into public ownership.
The appropriate value would actually be closer to zero.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The appropriate value would actually be closer to zero.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The gambling sector is a £11.5bn-a-year money grabbing scam which targets the most vulnerable in our society. The Labour government mustn’t let their ‘charm’ persuade them not to tax them properly, heavily!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise
Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staff
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The gambling sector is a £11.5bn-a-year money grabbing scam which targets the most vulnerable in our society. The Labour government mustn’t let their ‘charm’ persuade them not to tax them properly, heavily!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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An inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave 41 years ago will finally be launched, with miners saying they now have hope “the truth will come out in our lifetime”.
July 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
An inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave 41 years ago will finally be launched, with miners saying they now have hope “the truth will come out in our lifetime”.
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Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ - Plus the number of most serious water pollution incidents rose by 60% last year. Privatisation of our water has failed!!!
www.channel4.com/news/water-c...
www.channel4.com/news/water-c...
Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ – Feargal Sharkey
We spoke to water campaigner and Undertones frontman, Feargal Sharkey.
www.channel4.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ - Plus the number of most serious water pollution incidents rose by 60% last year. Privatisation of our water has failed!!!
www.channel4.com/news/water-c...
www.channel4.com/news/water-c...
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totally agree - this is a point I make repeatedly on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #Insidebriefing podcasts. Hunt was deeply irresponsible on the NIC cuts and this overshadows all his other decisions.
I think @robertshrimsley.bsky.social is much too kind to Jeremy Hunt here. In time, Hunt will come to be reviled as second worst chancellor in modern times after Kwarteng. In 1997, faced with similar circumstances, Ken Clarke put the national interest first. Hunt salted the earth. Shame on him
July 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
totally agree - this is a point I make repeatedly on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #Insidebriefing podcasts. Hunt was deeply irresponsible on the NIC cuts and this overshadows all his other decisions.
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My Water Bill means to public ownership back on the table to tackle the sewage crisis, giving people a say through Citizens’ Assemblies.
In only 2 days, it’s being debated. Will your MP show up? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
In only 2 days, it’s being debated. Will your MP show up? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate
After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system.
We can't leave the future of this critical natio...
actionnetwork.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My Water Bill means to public ownership back on the table to tackle the sewage crisis, giving people a say through Citizens’ Assemblies.
In only 2 days, it’s being debated. Will your MP show up? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
In only 2 days, it’s being debated. Will your MP show up? actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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“For two years every UK poll has shown a majority now want to return to the EU. Of course they do, since every reliable source shows the continuing damage done by Brexit in almost every sphere. Those promised ‘Brexit benefits’ are nowhere to be seen”
Polly Toynbee
www.socialeurope.eu/britains-bre...
Polly Toynbee
www.socialeurope.eu/britains-bre...
Britain’s Brexit reality check: Why the majority now want back in
Every UK poll now shows a majority longing to rejoin the EU – but can Britain overcome its Brexit scars?
www.socialeurope.eu
January 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“For two years every UK poll has shown a majority now want to return to the EU. Of course they do, since every reliable source shows the continuing damage done by Brexit in almost every sphere. Those promised ‘Brexit benefits’ are nowhere to be seen”
Polly Toynbee
www.socialeurope.eu/britains-bre...
Polly Toynbee
www.socialeurope.eu/britains-bre...
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I have many disagreements with Starmer but his rebuttal yesterday of Musk and his weaponisation of victims of sexual abuse which was then shamelessly amplified by the Tory party and Reform was powerful and needed to be said.
January 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I have many disagreements with Starmer but his rebuttal yesterday of Musk and his weaponisation of victims of sexual abuse which was then shamelessly amplified by the Tory party and Reform was powerful and needed to be said.
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It’s a very good article @lewisgoodal.com in many ways
Im just curious as to why so few in the media,yourself included, seem reluctant to use the words ‘racism’ or ‘Islamophobia’ when describing what ‘sits at the heart’ of this issue?
I have my own theories ofc but would like to hear yr own take?
Im just curious as to why so few in the media,yourself included, seem reluctant to use the words ‘racism’ or ‘Islamophobia’ when describing what ‘sits at the heart’ of this issue?
I have my own theories ofc but would like to hear yr own take?
Have written about Starmer's speech- his best moment yet as PM. He implicitly identified what sits at the heart of this story: the emergence of a common UK/US online right, headed by the radicalised Musk.
It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
Starmer's best moment as PM
And the Powellisation of conservative thought
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It’s a very good article @lewisgoodal.com in many ways
Im just curious as to why so few in the media,yourself included, seem reluctant to use the words ‘racism’ or ‘Islamophobia’ when describing what ‘sits at the heart’ of this issue?
I have my own theories ofc but would like to hear yr own take?
Im just curious as to why so few in the media,yourself included, seem reluctant to use the words ‘racism’ or ‘Islamophobia’ when describing what ‘sits at the heart’ of this issue?
I have my own theories ofc but would like to hear yr own take?
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“The Conservative Party leader’s refusal to criticise the X owner’s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office” @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...
Kemi Badenoch's Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice
The Conservative Party leader's refusal to criticise the X owner's dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office
bylinetimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“The Conservative Party leader’s refusal to criticise the X owner’s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office” @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...
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“The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women” - The Taliban are a bunch of inadequate, gynophobic, medieval men with guns.
apnews.com/article/afgh...
apnews.com/article/afgh...
The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups employing Afghan women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021.
apnews.com
December 31, 2024 at 7:44 AM
“The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women” - The Taliban are a bunch of inadequate, gynophobic, medieval men with guns.
apnews.com/article/afgh...
apnews.com/article/afgh...