Kaye Godleman
@kayegodleman.bsky.social
I do TV, Music, Proms and such. Overly optimistic.
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What happens when scientists check vaccine safety over four full years? A nationwide French study compared deaths from every major cause. The patterns in cancer, heart disease and Covid itself draw a very clear picture. Full story here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
How risky is the Covid-19 vaccination?
Some people are concerned about alleged risks from the Covid-19 vaccination. A new French study suggests they need not worry
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What happens when scientists check vaccine safety over four full years? A nationwide French study compared deaths from every major cause. The patterns in cancer, heart disease and Covid itself draw a very clear picture. Full story here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
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I’m furiously sick of this. Other reporters: where the hell are you?
The President of the United States has been verbally abusing female journalists for weeks
Quiet Piggy
You’re ugly inside & out
Are you a stupid person?
You’re the most obnoxious reporter. A terrible reporter
Enough. The White House press corps must him out
Make him explain himself or walk out
Quiet Piggy
You’re ugly inside & out
Are you a stupid person?
You’re the most obnoxious reporter. A terrible reporter
Enough. The White House press corps must him out
Make him explain himself or walk out
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m furiously sick of this. Other reporters: where the hell are you?
My god, this draw… teeth-clenching
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My god, this draw… teeth-clenching
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'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
'Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration'
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
Feels like this should have been bigger news...
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain...
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What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
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Very proud of my friend @naomialderman.bsky.social who has followed the release of a brilliant and timely book with this brilliant and culturally very significant move observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Very proud of my friend @naomialderman.bsky.social who has followed the release of a brilliant and timely book with this brilliant and culturally very significant move observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report (see Guardian story)
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report (see Guardian story)
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Superb piece here marrying the kind of liberal principles and realism that Labour policy ought to be reflecting.
"As another row on immigration and refugees awaits parliament, it is clear the problem is not immigrants, but politicians themselves."
Great piece, great closing line from @stellacreasy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece, great closing line from @stellacreasy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Superb piece here marrying the kind of liberal principles and realism that Labour policy ought to be reflecting.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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Here’s some fun from The Hood Internet. The last minute of this is just incredible. You clever clever clever bastards. youtu.be/MwDRyW43T6Y?...
60 Songs From 1990 Remixed Into 3½ Minutes
YouTube video by The Hood Internet
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Here’s some fun from The Hood Internet. The last minute of this is just incredible. You clever clever clever bastards. youtu.be/MwDRyW43T6Y?...
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Reform has lost 1 in 20 (5%) of the 677 councillors it gained in May elections
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reform has lost 1 in 20 (5%) of the 677 councillors it gained in May elections
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey slams Farage and Reform UK’s links to Russia and calls for an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics:
“The evidence shows Nathan Gill was a close confidant of the current Reform party leader for years.”
Starmer calls Reform UK “Putin-friendly” in response.
“The evidence shows Nathan Gill was a close confidant of the current Reform party leader for years.”
Starmer calls Reform UK “Putin-friendly” in response.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey slams Farage and Reform UK’s links to Russia and calls for an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics:
“The evidence shows Nathan Gill was a close confidant of the current Reform party leader for years.”
Starmer calls Reform UK “Putin-friendly” in response.
“The evidence shows Nathan Gill was a close confidant of the current Reform party leader for years.”
Starmer calls Reform UK “Putin-friendly” in response.
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"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"For the government it’s quite mad to keep using X. It’s active participation in its own destruction and against its own interests. I cannot fathom the logic of doing it. It would be like a Reform government communicating entirely through the Guardian comments section." 👏 @samfr.bsky.social
Fascinating substack read here…
If populism is (as this argues) a rebellion against System 2 thinking—which requires symbols and remains frustratingly hard for most of us—it seems we’re stuck with it forever.
If only we could make some kind of, idk, cognitive prosthesis for symbolic reasoning? Yeah, never mind. Sounds hard. +
If only we could make some kind of, idk, cognitive prosthesis for symbolic reasoning? Yeah, never mind. Sounds hard. +
Populism fast and slow
It is natural that a person who is both concerned by the rise of right-wing populism and possessed of a bookish disposition might turn to the academic political science literature in search of a bette...
josephheath.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Fascinating substack read here…
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Kind of remarkable that for all UK broadcast media's obsession with American politics it has produced relatively little on the ground coverage of the spiralling situation in Chicago
A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Kind of remarkable that for all UK broadcast media's obsession with American politics it has produced relatively little on the ground coverage of the spiralling situation in Chicago
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Local leaders and citizens challenge Trump’s ICE in Chicago.
The politicians of Chicago are joining protest organisers in the battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The politicians of Chicago are joining protest organisers in the battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Local leaders and citizens challenge Trump’s ICE in Chicago
The politicians of Chicago are joining protest organisers in the battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents
centralbylines.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Local leaders and citizens challenge Trump’s ICE in Chicago.
The politicians of Chicago are joining protest organisers in the battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The politicians of Chicago are joining protest organisers in the battle against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
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Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
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This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This month I announced that London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide for the first time ever.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than predicted.
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
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The most interesting vote of the night imho and one that foretells a potential apocalypse in the suburbs of the south-east for the Conservatives. More liberal Tories go LD, more reactionary ones go to Reform.
Camberley West (Surrey) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 49.5% (+16.6)
➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 20.4% (-28.8)
🌹 LAB: 4.3% (-11.4)
No WPB (-2.3) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2021.
🔶 LDM: 49.5% (+16.6)
➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 20.4% (-28.8)
🌹 LAB: 4.3% (-11.4)
No WPB (-2.3) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2021.
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The most interesting vote of the night imho and one that foretells a potential apocalypse in the suburbs of the south-east for the Conservatives. More liberal Tories go LD, more reactionary ones go to Reform.
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Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"