Hugh Morris
@hwfmorris.bsky.social
Writer on music—NYT Guardian VAN Magazine and more. hughmorris98@gmail.com
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In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
Destitute by design: trapped in the immigration system
Migration policy is not only failing people forced to arrive in Britain by
boats. In an extract from a new edited volume, Daniel Trilling reports on t...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
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The government is unable to give any statistical basis or evidence base for this "destination of choice" claim, beyond making the (different) claim that claims are going up in the UK and failing in the UK [while being higher in Germany, France, Spain and Italy]
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The government is unable to give any statistical basis or evidence base for this "destination of choice" claim, beyond making the (different) claim that claims are going up in the UK and failing in the UK [while being higher in Germany, France, Spain and Italy]
Inbox: Jenny Mollica appointed new CEO of The Roundhouse, leaving ENO
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Inbox: Jenny Mollica appointed new CEO of The Roundhouse, leaving ENO
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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I spoke to two dozen BBC journalists, from frontline reporters to senior staff, about how the BBC came to symbolise the West's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza - and how the row over its coverage fed directly into its current meltdown.
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
www.equator.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I spoke to two dozen BBC journalists, from frontline reporters to senior staff, about how the BBC came to symbolise the West's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza - and how the row over its coverage fed directly into its current meltdown.
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
www.equator.org/articles/ins...
BBC in crisis — hearing the copy editors have gone on strike
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BBC in crisis — hearing the copy editors have gone on strike
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Objectivity, impartiality and balance are all *different things*, and the lazy tendency to treat them as synonyms, and to use partisan balance alone as a proxy for the others, is the root cause of a vast amount of nonsense.
Robbie Gibb once suggested that reporters should reflect if they were getting more retweets from one side than the other - a braindead analysis that ignores that fair and impartial reporting of education might get more Tory retweets than say, criminal justice.
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Objectivity, impartiality and balance are all *different things*, and the lazy tendency to treat them as synonyms, and to use partisan balance alone as a proxy for the others, is the root cause of a vast amount of nonsense.
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It’s suddenly an outrage and a travesty when it’s *you* that’s getting your balls kicked, isn’t it. Everything being captured by roaring crackpots was just fine, when it was only small people who don’t matter getting stomped by them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It’s suddenly an outrage and a travesty when it’s *you* that’s getting your balls kicked, isn’t it. Everything being captured by roaring crackpots was just fine, when it was only small people who don’t matter getting stomped by them.
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feat. my all-time favorite footnote I've ever written
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
feat. my all-time favorite footnote I've ever written
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
regret to inform you all that yes, it's happened again
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
regret to inform you all that yes, it's happened again
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Slightly obsessed with this picture of the Telegraph's fashion team in this morning's paper, which was presumably the best one they could choose from the entire photoshoot.
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Slightly obsessed with this picture of the Telegraph's fashion team in this morning's paper, which was presumably the best one they could choose from the entire photoshoot.
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Radio 3's ethos is love of culture and unapologetic intellectualism. For 12 years I’ve tried to follow those values by matching great movie music with the analysis it deserves. Where else would I be allowed to chat about David Shire, Adorno & serialism on a Saturday afternoon?
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
Tory deportation plan would upend Britain
Proposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
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Britain is in a really, really dark place.
It also shows that once you start deporting people, you very quickly get to this place
It also shows that once you start deporting people, you very quickly get to this place
Here this all is as a story. The Conservatives said they would provide clarity, but they have not as yet.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office
Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefits
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Britain is in a really, really dark place.
It also shows that once you start deporting people, you very quickly get to this place
It also shows that once you start deporting people, you very quickly get to this place
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After eight years as The i Paper's Chief Football Correspondent, my role has been made redundant.
I'm currently freelancing. I source news and write in-depth features, interviews and analysis.
Open to any opportunities so please get in touch.
Email s.cunningham@live.co.uk.
I'm currently freelancing. I source news and write in-depth features, interviews and analysis.
Open to any opportunities so please get in touch.
Email s.cunningham@live.co.uk.
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
After eight years as The i Paper's Chief Football Correspondent, my role has been made redundant.
I'm currently freelancing. I source news and write in-depth features, interviews and analysis.
Open to any opportunities so please get in touch.
Email s.cunningham@live.co.uk.
I'm currently freelancing. I source news and write in-depth features, interviews and analysis.
Open to any opportunities so please get in touch.
Email s.cunningham@live.co.uk.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv say in a statement that they will "decline any allocation offered on behalf of away fans" for next month's Europa League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park, adding that "the wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount."
#AVFC
#AVFC
October 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Maccabi Tel Aviv say in a statement that they will "decline any allocation offered on behalf of away fans" for next month's Europa League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park, adding that "the wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount."
#AVFC
#AVFC
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In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
This.
From the reports I've seen, Israel football fans have behaved disgracefully abroad (although Ajax fans responded very badly too).
The way that football has sorted out such problems is by taking a very hard line on the clubs involved. Not sure Maccabi Tel Aviv can have any complaints.
The way that football has sorted out such problems is by taking a very hard line on the clubs involved. Not sure Maccabi Tel Aviv can have any complaints.
October 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This.
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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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October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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