Paul Murray
@pbm63.bsky.social
Full-time Leeds fan. Occasional acoustic engineer.
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
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Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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EXCLUSIVE
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism.
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
More:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/racist-off...
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism.
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
More:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/racist-off...
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
EXCLUSIVE
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism.
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
More:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/racist-off...
Racist Offended by Accusations of Racism.
Expressing his frustration that he keeps getting called a racist, a Clacton racist finally broke his silence on Monday.
More:
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/racist-off...
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The whistleblower of that public interest investigation, @shahmirsanni.bsky.social was viciously smeared by figures around Gove including those in government.
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
The Vote Leave scandal, one year on: ‘the whole thing was traumatic’
A year after revealing that the official leave campaign broke electoral law, Shahmir Sanni assesses the impact
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The whistleblower of that public interest investigation, @shahmirsanni.bsky.social was viciously smeared by figures around Gove including those in government.
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
He lost his job. He was outed as gay.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Well that sums up Gibb’s unsuitability for the job perfectly. And Mason’s
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Well that sums up Gibb’s unsuitability for the job perfectly. And Mason’s
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“Not very good at it” is being very polite:
One frustration of watching MPs ask questions for an hour is that they're not very good at it. Prescott has not been asked about the fairly glaring errors in his own report – that *it misquoted Trump in exactly the same way it says Panorama did*
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
“Not very good at it” is being very polite:
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Michael Prescott, who refused to answer all media questions until his DCMS appearance, spent 90 minutes in front of the committee – and wasn't asked *once* about his own report misquoting Donald Trump. What a farce.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Michael Prescott, who refused to answer all media questions until his DCMS appearance, spent 90 minutes in front of the committee – and wasn't asked *once* about his own report misquoting Donald Trump. What a farce.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
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Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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Children. Teens. Pregnant women. Victims of domestic violence. Anyone from an ethic minority. Care home residents. People with disabilities. The list of overlooked vulnerable groups goes on & on.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Children. Teens. Pregnant women. Victims of domestic violence. Anyone from an ethic minority. Care home residents. People with disabilities. The list of overlooked vulnerable groups goes on & on.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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Very much worth the watch. It leads to a question, for me:
Why don't people know?
And, IMO there is only one answer.
The press, the agenda & they who controls the narrative. The press in this country, pretty much bar maybe 10%, doesn't want to report this.
Why don't people know?
And, IMO there is only one answer.
The press, the agenda & they who controls the narrative. The press in this country, pretty much bar maybe 10%, doesn't want to report this.
The full film & piece is here.
Do the voters of Clacton think it’s okay for politicians to accept bribes from Russian spies?
www.thenerve.news/p/john-sween...
Do the voters of Clacton think it’s okay for politicians to accept bribes from Russian spies?
www.thenerve.news/p/john-sween...
An absent MP? A Russian traitor in Reform? When I go to Clacton, nobody seems to care
On the trail of the elusive Nigel Farage, John Sweeney visits his impoverished constituency – where even the prospect of Putin undermining British politics doesn’t raise many eyebrows
www.thenerve.news
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Very much worth the watch. It leads to a question, for me:
Why don't people know?
And, IMO there is only one answer.
The press, the agenda & they who controls the narrative. The press in this country, pretty much bar maybe 10%, doesn't want to report this.
Why don't people know?
And, IMO there is only one answer.
The press, the agenda & they who controls the narrative. The press in this country, pretty much bar maybe 10%, doesn't want to report this.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
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this is utterly hilarious, turns out that it was the Tories who took the word "enemy" out of the crucial witness statement in the collapsed China spy case
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Adviser removed ‘enemy’ from China spy case witness statement
Matthew Collins says he deleted the word from the final draft in 2023 because it did not reflect the Conservative government’s view
www.thetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
this is utterly hilarious, turns out that it was the Tories who took the word "enemy" out of the crucial witness statement in the collapsed China spy case
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity