Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
@sundersays.bsky.social
Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social
Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
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Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694
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In Leeds today. All quiet at the majestic!
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Leeds today. All quiet at the majestic!
Used across the political spectrum
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Used across the political spectrum
Gibb was appointed for a three year term from May 2021 - May 2024. He was then reappointed for a four year extension by the Sunak government in March 2024, shortly before the General Election
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Gibb was appointed for a three year term from May 2021 - May 2024. He was then reappointed for a four year extension by the Sunak government in March 2024, shortly before the General Election
Kemi Badenoch says she "actually believes in the institution" of the BBC while "trying to save the BBC from itself"
That first bit may be the most pro-BBC thing she has said (!)
That first bit may be the most pro-BBC thing she has said (!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Kemi Badenoch says she "actually believes in the institution" of the BBC while "trying to save the BBC from itself"
That first bit may be the most pro-BBC thing she has said (!)
That first bit may be the most pro-BBC thing she has said (!)
The Johnson government of 2019-22 appears to be much the most partisan post-war government in its approach to BBC governance and the BBC executive, alongside Thatcher's appointment of Marmaduke Hussey as chair to fire Alasdair Milne in 1986-87 (though that was 7 years into her term)
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Johnson government of 2019-22 appears to be much the most partisan post-war government in its approach to BBC governance and the BBC executive, alongside Thatcher's appointment of Marmaduke Hussey as chair to fire Alasdair Milne in 1986-87 (though that was 7 years into her term)
The direct analogy would be appointing a figure like Peter Mandelson or Alastair Campbell to the BBC board - and having Mandelson intervene in staff appointments on the grounds of affecting the Labour government's "fragile trust" in the BBC. (Gibb's attempts to block this appointment failed)
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The direct analogy would be appointing a figure like Peter Mandelson or Alastair Campbell to the BBC board - and having Mandelson intervene in staff appointments on the grounds of affecting the Labour government's "fragile trust" in the BBC. (Gibb's attempts to block this appointment failed)
In America Trump's approval dropped v sharply after the 2021 January 6th riots - because of the combination of his election denial and the violent insurgency by his supporters.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
It did not drop at all in Oct 2024, when UK documentary spliced an edit together
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
It did not drop at all in Oct 2024, when UK documentary spliced an edit together
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In America Trump's approval dropped v sharply after the 2021 January 6th riots - because of the combination of his election denial and the violent insurgency by his supporters.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
It did not drop at all in Oct 2024, when UK documentary spliced an edit together
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
It did not drop at all in Oct 2024, when UK documentary spliced an edit together
Trump approval in Britain - very negative - rises sharply if briefly shortly after the Panorama programme
This has nothing to do with the Panorama programme. It is a brief Winner's Bonus from getting re-elected, later diminished by his madness in office
The damages claim is a mad hoax
This has nothing to do with the Panorama programme. It is a brief Winner's Bonus from getting re-elected, later diminished by his madness in office
The damages claim is a mad hoax
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Trump approval in Britain - very negative - rises sharply if briefly shortly after the Panorama programme
This has nothing to do with the Panorama programme. It is a brief Winner's Bonus from getting re-elected, later diminished by his madness in office
The damages claim is a mad hoax
This has nothing to do with the Panorama programme. It is a brief Winner's Bonus from getting re-elected, later diminished by his madness in office
The damages claim is a mad hoax
That appears to be something that Paul Marshall, Nigel Farage, Elon Musk and the Mail know
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
That appears to be something that Paul Marshall, Nigel Farage, Elon Musk and the Mail know
Beyond the convictions for violence, the fraud, bankruptcy and racism, the man is remarkably stupid
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Beyond the convictions for violence, the fraud, bankruptcy and racism, the man is remarkably stupid
Big in Japan! Interview with Hojin Fukunaga of the Mainichi Newspapers about flags, immigration, integration and national identity
mainichi.jp/premier/poli...
mainichi.jp/premier/poli...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Big in Japan! Interview with Hojin Fukunaga of the Mainichi Newspapers about flags, immigration, integration and national identity
mainichi.jp/premier/poli...
mainichi.jp/premier/poli...
GB news funder Paul Marshall wants to remove the BBC from our national life
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
GB news funder Paul Marshall wants to remove the BBC from our national life
Times 49-20 got snipped from the 2024 media brand trust table
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Times 49-20 got snipped from the 2024 media brand trust table
Public trust in media (Reuters/Oxford) 2024
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Public trust in media (Reuters/Oxford) 2024
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news...
Who do the public trust? And how the 14% who vote Reform have contrasting views to most other people: low trust, except in GB News, which most other people don't trust
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Who do the public trust? And how the 14% who vote Reform have contrasting views to most other people: low trust, except in GB News, which most other people don't trust
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
A full house of extreme racism, calling for mass deportations, the removal of Indians, the incompatibility of black people with law and order, calling for a new holocaust of the Jews, and direct personal racist abuse of the Home Secretary. X just says: fine, carry on!
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A full house of extreme racism, calling for mass deportations, the removal of Indians, the incompatibility of black people with law and order, calling for a new holocaust of the Jews, and direct personal racist abuse of the Home Secretary. X just says: fine, carry on!
"Complete Scoundrel" sent this racist abuse combining the p-word + the n-word to keep harassing the Home Secretary after her Remembrance Sunday message, having chucked the p & c-word in the previous Sunday too. Reported this ("racial slur")
X reporting system defends + protects these tweets + user
X reporting system defends + protects these tweets + user
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"Complete Scoundrel" sent this racist abuse combining the p-word + the n-word to keep harassing the Home Secretary after her Remembrance Sunday message, having chucked the p & c-word in the previous Sunday too. Reported this ("racial slur")
X reporting system defends + protects these tweets + user
X reporting system defends + protects these tweets + user
The memo contains this kind of anecdotal subjective content - for example about this History Reclaimed piece reported in the Telegraph
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The memo contains this kind of anecdotal subjective content - for example about this History Reclaimed piece reported in the Telegraph
Aldershot is a perfectly good place to mark Remembrance
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Aldershot is a perfectly good place to mark Remembrance
A strange post from the Ukip leader, pictured at the Aldershot memorial, but seeming to want people to believe/imagine it was the Cenotaph
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A strange post from the Ukip leader, pictured at the Aldershot memorial, but seeming to want people to believe/imagine it was the Cenotaph
The Quick Vote system isn't a good system. Members voted to keep it 54-46 in 2023 because a majority are opposed to.Restore Trust, which looks more like a politically motivated canpaign, rather than securing trust or support as a campaign which wants to keep politics out of the National Trust
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Quick Vote system isn't a good system. Members voted to keep it 54-46 in 2023 because a majority are opposed to.Restore Trust, which looks more like a politically motivated canpaign, rather than securing trust or support as a campaign which wants to keep politics out of the National Trust
Telegraph readers are mainly told its a fix
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Telegraph readers are mainly told its a fix
After a fourth successive heavy annual defeat for Restore Trust, we should (but won't) have Telegraph reporters descending on the scone-eaters at historic properties to ask why they weren't in touch
This is an assymetry between the liberal left and the culture warriors of the metropolitan right
This is an assymetry between the liberal left and the culture warriors of the metropolitan right
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
After a fourth successive heavy annual defeat for Restore Trust, we should (but won't) have Telegraph reporters descending on the scone-eaters at historic properties to ask why they weren't in touch
This is an assymetry between the liberal left and the culture warriors of the metropolitan right
This is an assymetry between the liberal left and the culture warriors of the metropolitan right
A 2023 resolution to scrap Quick Vote lost with 69,715 votes (54%) to keep & 60,327 (46%) to abolish That was broader than Restore Trust 2023 vote
Majority favoured Quick Vote + 54-56% used it in 2025. That demonstrates that a majority prefer current approach of NT over Restore Trust's challenge
Majority favoured Quick Vote + 54-56% used it in 2025. That demonstrates that a majority prefer current approach of NT over Restore Trust's challenge
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A 2023 resolution to scrap Quick Vote lost with 69,715 votes (54%) to keep & 60,327 (46%) to abolish That was broader than Restore Trust 2023 vote
Majority favoured Quick Vote + 54-56% used it in 2025. That demonstrates that a majority prefer current approach of NT over Restore Trust's challenge
Majority favoured Quick Vote + 54-56% used it in 2025. That demonstrates that a majority prefer current approach of NT over Restore Trust's challenge