Dr Naeema
@naeemap.bsky.social
Researcher, speaker & writer on People Vs AI and how jobs & work are changing
Hoping we balance good thinking to prevent wars, inequality & unethical AI
Fundraising for: Save the Children, UN and Refuge
Hoping we balance good thinking to prevent wars, inequality & unethical AI
Fundraising for: Save the Children, UN and Refuge
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And that had almost nothing to do with enthusiasm for Starmer (or for Labour in general, a party that began its term in office more exhausted than most who leave it).
It's because we're all desperate for change, and Starmer was the only change available. In 2028/9 he won't be.
It's because we're all desperate for change, and Starmer was the only change available. In 2028/9 he won't be.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
And that had almost nothing to do with enthusiasm for Starmer (or for Labour in general, a party that began its term in office more exhausted than most who leave it).
It's because we're all desperate for change, and Starmer was the only change available. In 2028/9 he won't be.
It's because we're all desperate for change, and Starmer was the only change available. In 2028/9 he won't be.
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“We are still early enough in the electoral cycle for them to take firm action & reap the benefits by the time of the next election. But that time is running out and they don’t have the bravery. They don’t have the character. They don’t have the vision. What a crushing disappointment they are […].“
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“We are still early enough in the electoral cycle for them to take firm action & reap the benefits by the time of the next election. But that time is running out and they don’t have the bravery. They don’t have the character. They don’t have the vision. What a crushing disappointment they are […].“
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A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
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I warned - over and over again - that Keir Starmer would be a disastrous prime minister.
That most political journalists did not understand the obvious tells its own story.
New post, with receipts 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
That most political journalists did not understand the obvious tells its own story.
New post, with receipts 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
I warned you Starmer would implode in office
I don't care if this sounds smug. I predicted what should have been obvious
www.owenjones.news
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I warned - over and over again - that Keir Starmer would be a disastrous prime minister.
That most political journalists did not understand the obvious tells its own story.
New post, with receipts 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
That most political journalists did not understand the obvious tells its own story.
New post, with receipts 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/i-warned-y...
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Here's my argument with Sir Bernard Jenkin MP about the report showing how the racist intimidation of Black and Brown NHS workers on home visits has been exacerbated by the far right's wall of flags.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Here's my argument with Sir Bernard Jenkin MP about the report showing how the racist intimidation of Black and Brown NHS workers on home visits has been exacerbated by the far right's wall of flags.
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New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Flashing Red
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Dominic Cummings was always an absolute arsehole.
The Conservative right loves to talk up imagined genius among their ranks when in truth there's nothing there but attitude, flex, and pose. Mogg, Johnson, Gove, Cummings. All tiresome little nobodies trotting out rehashed nonsense. Often nasty.
The Conservative right loves to talk up imagined genius among their ranks when in truth there's nothing there but attitude, flex, and pose. Mogg, Johnson, Gove, Cummings. All tiresome little nobodies trotting out rehashed nonsense. Often nasty.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dominic Cummings was always an absolute arsehole.
The Conservative right loves to talk up imagined genius among their ranks when in truth there's nothing there but attitude, flex, and pose. Mogg, Johnson, Gove, Cummings. All tiresome little nobodies trotting out rehashed nonsense. Often nasty.
The Conservative right loves to talk up imagined genius among their ranks when in truth there's nothing there but attitude, flex, and pose. Mogg, Johnson, Gove, Cummings. All tiresome little nobodies trotting out rehashed nonsense. Often nasty.
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Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
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There’s not a day goes past that I don’t miss Tony Bourdain, great man, great friend, great writer. Nothing can make up for the loss of him, of course, but it’s wonderful to hear his voice live from the page in the compellingly brilliant Anthony Bourdain Reader edited by Kim Witherspoon.
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There’s not a day goes past that I don’t miss Tony Bourdain, great man, great friend, great writer. Nothing can make up for the loss of him, of course, but it’s wonderful to hear his voice live from the page in the compellingly brilliant Anthony Bourdain Reader edited by Kim Witherspoon.
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Zack Polanski: ‘Hope has just won in New York – it can win here too’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Not only does the UK government waste vast sums of money on demonising those seeking asylum, now it appears that they are complicit in quite a number needing it in the first place. Choosing to save money over a genocide, again. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide
Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Not only does the UK government waste vast sums of money on demonising those seeking asylum, now it appears that they are complicit in quite a number needing it in the first place. Choosing to save money over a genocide, again. #r4today
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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This conversation feels so hopeful.
I feel hopeful that people as smart, articulate and kind as Jordan are committed to empowering the next generation.
Here's our conversation on education and young men. I loved it! 👇🏼
youtu.be/PxSr45TLyuA?...
I feel hopeful that people as smart, articulate and kind as Jordan are committed to empowering the next generation.
Here's our conversation on education and young men. I loved it! 👇🏼
youtu.be/PxSr45TLyuA?...
Are We Failing The Next Generation? | Jordan Stephens | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This conversation feels so hopeful.
I feel hopeful that people as smart, articulate and kind as Jordan are committed to empowering the next generation.
Here's our conversation on education and young men. I loved it! 👇🏼
youtu.be/PxSr45TLyuA?...
I feel hopeful that people as smart, articulate and kind as Jordan are committed to empowering the next generation.
Here's our conversation on education and young men. I loved it! 👇🏼
youtu.be/PxSr45TLyuA?...
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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Zohran Mamdani’s victory is one for humanity- within New York AND America AND the West.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s victory is one for humanity- within New York AND America AND the West.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
Huge congrats to Zoran!!!! I've been wanting him to win this last year - a year! So emotional 💕
Let's hear it for New York
Of course it's hard ahead - but these words for change 😭
Let's hear it for New York
Of course it's hard ahead - but these words for change 😭
YES. When asked what Dems have gotten wrong, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social says, "We need to bring back working people as the focus of our party."
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Huge congrats to Zoran!!!! I've been wanting him to win this last year - a year! So emotional 💕
Let's hear it for New York
Of course it's hard ahead - but these words for change 😭
Let's hear it for New York
Of course it's hard ahead - but these words for change 😭
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Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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If you don't dance to this this morning, you're missing a trick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=llwn...
BALLY SAGOO - Aaja Nachle
YouTube video by Music Magic
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you don't dance to this this morning, you're missing a trick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=llwn...
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It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
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"What binds Polanski and Mamdani is not only their left-wing credentials, but their rejection of political cynicism."
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
How Zack Polanksi And Zohran Mamdani Transformed What It Means To Be A Left-Wing Politician
Newly elected leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanksi, has taken British politics by storm. The self-proclaimed ‘eco-populist’ has resurrected the Green Party’s reputation amongst voters and driven t...
www.europinion.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"What binds Polanski and Mamdani is not only their left-wing credentials, but their rejection of political cynicism."
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
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Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his big election win in NYC!
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his big election win in NYC!
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
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Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani.
Hope wins - and it resonates far beyond New York.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Hope wins - and it resonates far beyond New York.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Election day live updates: Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race
Democrats are also projected to win governor races in Virginia and New Jersey as Californians vote to redraw election maps.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani.
Hope wins - and it resonates far beyond New York.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Hope wins - and it resonates far beyond New York.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...