Josh White
@jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of Goodbye United Kingdom.
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Josh White
@jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
· Nov 14
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On Twitter I once had a long conversation with an American about Smethwick in Birmingham being a "no-go zone for whites". He was insistent, despite the fact that I lived in Smethwick and he'd never set foot on the same continent.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
On Twitter I once had a long conversation with an American about Smethwick in Birmingham being a "no-go zone for whites". He was insistent, despite the fact that I lived in Smethwick and he'd never set foot on the same continent.
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As the Tories promise to review the UK’s commitment to the ECHR, lawyer @davidallengreen.bsky.social says, “Oh no, not again!”
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The ECHR needs practical reform
Conservatives who say the UK should withdraw from the ECHR have the wrong solution to a political problem
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June 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
As the Tories promise to review the UK’s commitment to the ECHR, lawyer @davidallengreen.bsky.social says, “Oh no, not again!”
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To be clear this is a proposition by the insanely corrupt and broken EHRC. It's not law, it's not guidance, it would lose in court. Don't panic, don't do it
🚨‼️BREAKING‼️🚨
Gyms, leisure centres, and hospitals 'can request birth certificates' to prove sex
Equalities watchdog proposes allowing 'justified' inquiries to protect single-sex spaces
Gyms, leisure centres, and hospitals 'can request birth certificates' to prove sex
Equalities watchdog proposes allowing 'justified' inquiries to protect single-sex spaces
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
To be clear this is a proposition by the insanely corrupt and broken EHRC. It's not law, it's not guidance, it would lose in court. Don't panic, don't do it
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What Novara has achieved without corporate backing is a testament to technological change and the decline of traditional news. It’s a millennial left response to status quo media, made possible by YouTube and other platforms. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, for @battlegroundeu.bsky.social .
Leftist Success Story
The Case of Novara
thebattleground.eu
May 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
What Novara has achieved without corporate backing is a testament to technological change and the decline of traditional news. It’s a millennial left response to status quo media, made possible by YouTube and other platforms. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, for @battlegroundeu.bsky.social .
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If you're interested in Pope Francis's legacy when it comes to tax policy, I recommend this piece by my Law360 colleague @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
Pope Francis Leaves Behind Tax Justice Legacy - Law360 Tax Authority
Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, helped advance calls for tax justice by speaking out against the social costs of tax avoidance and raised awareness of the need for tax reform, according to pr...
www.law360.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you're interested in Pope Francis's legacy when it comes to tax policy, I recommend this piece by my Law360 colleague @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
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@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social I want you to explain to me why I should suddenly turn my life upsidedown and stop using public spaces - that I need for work and participating in public life - when I've used them every day for the last 10 years. Have you ever even spoken to a trans person before?
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social I want you to explain to me why I should suddenly turn my life upsidedown and stop using public spaces - that I need for work and participating in public life - when I've used them every day for the last 10 years. Have you ever even spoken to a trans person before?
Something to watch.
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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April 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Something to watch.
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Germany Forms New Gov't With Plans To Cut Corporate Taxes www.law360.com/tax-authorit... @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
Germany Forms New Gov't With Plans To Cut Corporate Taxes - Law360 Tax Authority
German political parties the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats reached a coalition government agreement, including terms for corporate tax cuts and support for the global minimum corporate ...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Germany Forms New Gov't With Plans To Cut Corporate Taxes www.law360.com/tax-authorit... @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
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A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
Is Rachel Reeves constrained by the City?
Is the City really stopping Rachel Reeves from doing what Labour wants, or is she just using it as a convenient excuse for her neoliberal austerity?
This is the audio version:
This is the transc...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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"Even the interviews with the far-right were Hussain’s attempt to de-mystify the men and women who demonised his community. Perhaps this endeavour revealed more about those individuals than 5Pillars."
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News for British Muslims
5Pillars and the Far Right
thebattleground.eu
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"Even the interviews with the far-right were Hussain’s attempt to de-mystify the men and women who demonised his community. Perhaps this endeavour revealed more about those individuals than 5Pillars."
@jtwhitenoise.bsky.social
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Britain is more broken than ever. Josh White, on the rise of Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform UK party and how a negligent, neoliberal Labour government opened the door for them.
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Nationalism is Back
The New British Right
thebattleground.eu
February 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Britain is more broken than ever. Josh White, on the rise of Nigel Farage’s far-right Reform UK party and how a negligent, neoliberal Labour government opened the door for them.
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Life is a series of disappointments.
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Life is a series of disappointments.
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We've asked the 'Strong Leader' question eight times in the British Election Study Internet panel since 2016. Not only is the % of Gen Z supporting dictators much lower than reported by the Times (13% in 2024 vs 52%). Gen Z are the *least* likely generation to support a strong leader.
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We've asked the 'Strong Leader' question eight times in the British Election Study Internet panel since 2016. Not only is the % of Gen Z supporting dictators much lower than reported by the Times (13% in 2024 vs 52%). Gen Z are the *least* likely generation to support a strong leader.
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Welcome to Hearing Aid, the new Battleground column dedicated to field recording and found political sounds. Every fortnight, I'll explore new ways of using original audio in political commentary. The first edition focuses on Turkey's troubled relationship with the Kurds.
The Erdoğan Effect
From Gezi Park to Rojava
thebattleground.eu
January 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Welcome to Hearing Aid, the new Battleground column dedicated to field recording and found political sounds. Every fortnight, I'll explore new ways of using original audio in political commentary. The first edition focuses on Turkey's troubled relationship with the Kurds.
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Saw @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social remark that the UK grooming gangs scandal could be Starmer's equivalent to Corbyn's Labour antisemitism scandal.
No matter how much he does/has done to remedy it, it will never be enough for his opponents.
No matter how much he does/has done to remedy it, it will never be enough for his opponents.
January 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Saw @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social remark that the UK grooming gangs scandal could be Starmer's equivalent to Corbyn's Labour antisemitism scandal.
No matter how much he does/has done to remedy it, it will never be enough for his opponents.
No matter how much he does/has done to remedy it, it will never be enough for his opponents.
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If the Tories were a vegetable, they would’ve been composted years ago. Not in UK politics, where rotten parties stick around long after they’re past due. Announcing Josh White's Tories Are Dead spoken word LP, and why Nigel Farage got the most out of the 2024 election.
Tories Are Dead
2024 UK Election Diary
thebattleground.eu
December 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM
If the Tories were a vegetable, they would’ve been composted years ago. Not in UK politics, where rotten parties stick around long after they’re past due. Announcing Josh White's Tories Are Dead spoken word LP, and why Nigel Farage got the most out of the 2024 election.
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To many Italians, Gaza and Giorgia Meloni are increasingly indistinguishable. Even if Italy isn’t involved in the war in the same ways as the United States, it doesn’t have to be. Yours truly on Israel/Palestine protest politics in Torino.
Same War Everywhere
Aperture Priorities Contact Sheet #25
thebattleground.eu
December 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM
To many Italians, Gaza and Giorgia Meloni are increasingly indistinguishable. Even if Italy isn’t involved in the war in the same ways as the United States, it doesn’t have to be. Yours truly on Israel/Palestine protest politics in Torino.
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Right-wing critics will claim the platform is unrepresentative of British Jews, but this misses the point: conservative media does not speak for Jews who oppose this war of annihilation. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, on why Vashti Media has a growing following.
Jewish Left Media
Why Vashti Matters
thebattleground.eu
December 11, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Right-wing critics will claim the platform is unrepresentative of British Jews, but this misses the point: conservative media does not speak for Jews who oppose this war of annihilation. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, on why Vashti Media has a growing following.
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Israeli and American denials ring hollow in the face of the overwhelming evidence Amnesty presents supporting the case for genocide charges
Amnesty International Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
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Amnesty International Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
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Amnesty International Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
Israeli and American denials ring hollow in the face of the overwhelming evidence Amnesty presents supporting the case for genocide charges
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December 7, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Israeli and American denials ring hollow in the face of the overwhelming evidence Amnesty presents supporting the case for genocide charges
Amnesty International Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/mitchell...
Amnesty International Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
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Anti-Assad protest. Berlin, August 2018.
December 9, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Anti-Assad protest. Berlin, August 2018.
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"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
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December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
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It's the biggest newspaper in Britain. If you could call it one. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, on the peculiar Metro, and why the freesheet tabloid puts its politics in the background.
The Disposable Newspaper
Why Metro Thrived
thebattleground.eu
November 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
It's the biggest newspaper in Britain. If you could call it one. @jtwhitenoise.bsky.social, on the peculiar Metro, and why the freesheet tabloid puts its politics in the background.
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Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
November 24, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.
This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.