Jon Henley
@jonhenley.bsky.social
Paris-based writer of European allsorts at the Guardian
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I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
Daniel Hannan was born in Peru
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Daniel Hannan was born in Peru
Haha
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Haha
We are doomed
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are doomed
Fine and moving column from Caitlin Moran
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Fine and moving column from Caitlin Moran
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
Maybe on occasion Labour's permanently on-the-fence comms operation could try taking its cues from, er, the PM
NEW - Starmer on Katy Lam: "I can't tell you how much I disagree with her.
"People who are lawfully in this country, who have been working in our communities, our neighbours... to reach in and remove them from our country - for 'cultural reasons'. That is how far the Conservative party has sunk."
"People who are lawfully in this country, who have been working in our communities, our neighbours... to reach in and remove them from our country - for 'cultural reasons'. That is how far the Conservative party has sunk."
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Maybe on occasion Labour's permanently on-the-fence comms operation could try taking its cues from, er, the PM
The Louvre reopened today, but it wasn't the Mona Lisa that lots of people wanted to see ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The Louvre’s new must-see? The broken window smashed by thieves in €88m jewel heist
Visitors flock to visit Paris museum as it reopens, but some are more interested in evidence of Sunday’s dramatic robbery than the art works inside
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Louvre reopened today, but it wasn't the Mona Lisa that lots of people wanted to see ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Apeocalypse
NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Apeocalypse
True dat
LinkedIn is entirely sufficient unto itself
LinkedIn is entirely sufficient unto itself
I go to LinkedIn about once every couple of months, usually accidentally, and it is *wild* how many people will contact me through that site -- on matters they deem urgent & important -- and not attempt to contact me any other way! No email, nothing. Just LinkedIn, like it's the whole world.
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
True dat
LinkedIn is entirely sufficient unto itself
LinkedIn is entirely sufficient unto itself
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Films: We need to hack a keycard, obtained by seducing one of the guards. We then need to drop in from the skylight after jumping from a plane, and dodge all of the lasers and traps, carefully switching the jewels for fakes that weigh the same to avoid tripping the alarm.
Real life:
Real life:
October 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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This one million times over
October 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This one million times over
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Double kudos to @jonhenley.bsky.social and the @theguardian.com for:
a) taking the trouble to report on a set of continental European elections where the far-right didn't sweep all before it!
b) calling the far-right the far-right, not 🤮 'the hard-right'!
a) taking the trouble to report on a set of continental European elections where the far-right didn't sweep all before it!
b) calling the far-right the far-right, not 🤮 'the hard-right'!
Portugal’s far-right Chega falls well short of expectations in local elections
Party hoped to take 30 municipalities but secured three after share of vote halved from parliamentary elections
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Double kudos to @jonhenley.bsky.social and the @theguardian.com for:
a) taking the trouble to report on a set of continental European elections where the far-right didn't sweep all before it!
b) calling the far-right the far-right, not 🤮 'the hard-right'!
a) taking the trouble to report on a set of continental European elections where the far-right didn't sweep all before it!
b) calling the far-right the far-right, not 🤮 'the hard-right'!
For the removal of all doubt
Between 2019 and 2024 in real terms EU exports grew by 11%.
UK exports also grew. By 0.89%.
That's the total. Goods exports were lower in real terms in 2024 than in 2014.
UK exports also grew. By 0.89%.
That's the total. Goods exports were lower in real terms in 2024 than in 2014.
@antonspisak.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social, a think-tank, observes that, after Brexit took effect at the end of 2020, Britain’s goods exports have grown less than those of any other economy in the G7 club of rich countries.
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
For the removal of all doubt
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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This detailed demolition of @gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social's "75 Brexit Benefits" by @alanbeattie.bsky.social deserves wider circulation.
Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!
Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!
OK, let's take this seriously. I had an odd half an hour and via Apple Books had a quick look at the three claims I knew most about - two re the post-Brexit bilateral preferential trade agreements replicated from the EU versions and one about cheaper bananas. All are wrong or wildly implausible. 1/n
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This detailed demolition of @gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social's "75 Brexit Benefits" by @alanbeattie.bsky.social deserves wider circulation.
Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!
Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!
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Worth nuancing (valid) worries about Babis-led Czechia joining Hungary & Slovakia in trio of EU spoiler states + democratic backsliders.
1/ Czech institutions strong
2/ Babis's ANO has backed off some prior pro-🇷🇺🇨🇳 positions
3/ ANO not all-mighty; will form minority govt or lead fractious coalition
1/ Czech institutions strong
2/ Babis's ANO has backed off some prior pro-🇷🇺🇨🇳 positions
3/ ANO not all-mighty; will form minority govt or lead fractious coalition
BREAKING: Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babis has won a parliamentary election, marking a political comeback.
October 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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In a nutshell (as usual with @casmudde.bsky.social 's observations)
Public opinion is outcome of complex interaction between fact, perception, and ideology — which are shaped, to large part, by (social) media and politics.
The gap between fact and perception is growing because neoliberal media emphasize extreme outliers and dominant ideology emphasizes mistrust.
The gap between fact and perception is growing because neoliberal media emphasize extreme outliers and dominant ideology emphasizes mistrust.
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In a nutshell (as usual with @casmudde.bsky.social 's observations)
This must at least partly be due to the unwritten media rule that bad news is (almost always) bigger than good news
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This must at least partly be due to the unwritten media rule that bad news is (almost always) bigger than good news
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If the Reform Party plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain also abolishes settled status for EU citizens, that would be a breach of the withdrawal agreement, liable to lead to the EU retaliating by removing trade preferences.
September 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Totally, absolutely this
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Totally, absolutely this
More hey ho
Headlines on the Bloomberg Terminal from Air Force One:
*TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME
*TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES
*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
*TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME
*TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES
*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
More hey ho
Hey ho
September 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey ho
