Mike Bankole 🍉
banner
mikebankole.bsky.social
Mike Bankole 🍉
@mikebankole.bsky.social
I research and write about race, racism, representation and British politics

Usually on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social

https://substack.com/@mikebankole
Looking forward to being on stage for TAW Live this Thursday evening in London with @knoxharrington.bsky.social, @johngibbons.bsky.social, @craighannan.bsky.social, and Dan Morgan

Still a few tickets left. 7pm at 21Soho. Be there or be square xxx

theanfieldwrap.com/tawlive
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What a night 🥰🥰🥰
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reform often make their racism explicit, but racism isn’t just a Reform problem. From Jenrick’s complaints about a “lack of white faces” in Handsworth to Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech, racism is being mainstreamed across British politics

Me on @lbc.co.uk earlier
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“You're choosing to be complicit. You're choosing to step back while a crime is happening and do nothing about it and not take a principled stance.”

Shared some thoughts on Trump’s state visit and “neutrality” re: the genocide in Gaza on @novaramedia.com last night 👇🏾
September 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
“Britain is a country that, in many ways, was built on acts of political dissent.”

Dissent is essential to any functioning democracy. Whatever your views on Palestine Action, proscribing them as terrorists is a dangerous overreach.

Was good to be back on @novaramedia.com yesterday to unpack this 👇🏾
July 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Press Conference Extra on tour @4hundredblows.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Enjoyed speaking at the @londongreenparty.bsky.social conference on Saturday about diversity in politics

Key takeaway: diversity matters, but it must be part of a deeper critique of power and structural inequality. Without that, change risks being cosmetic
May 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Liverpool are champions, got to watch it with the main man @ro-kalli.bsky.social after he completed his *8th* London Marathon, and my sister crushed her first London Marathon. Unbelievable scenes. What a day! 😍😍😍😍
April 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Another PSA conference in the books! Really enjoyed presenting my research, chairing some great @psa-race.bsky.social panels and catching up with old friends. Till next year! #psa25
April 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Thrilled to be speaking at the Green Party’s London Conference in May alongside some pretty cool peeps! Come down if you can — it’s free, open to everyone, and shaping up to be a fun day 😄

Book here: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
April 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Great start to a big week. 16 points clear 🥰🥰🥰
March 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
7 points clear. Up the foggy Reds ✊🏾
December 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Watched this today (cc: @cburchett.bsky.social) and would 100% recommend. It is moving, but a good (and important) first-hand account of life for Palestinians under occupation
December 23, 2024 at 6:09 PM
What a day. What a club. The Reds 😍❤️❤️❤️
December 1, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Got there in the end 😅. 8 points clear!!!
November 24, 2024 at 4:19 PM
This was bonkers 😂
November 15, 2024 at 7:31 PM