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For those who missed my MacCormick European Lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh last night on ‘Journalism in Today’s Wartime Europe’, here is a video recording of the live stream. Do let me know your thoughts. m.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Vl...
March 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
For those who missed my MacCormick European Lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh last night on ‘Journalism in Today’s Wartime Europe’, here is a video recording of the live stream. Do let me know your thoughts. m.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Vl...
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Honoured to be invited to deliver the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s @RoyalSocEd MacCormick European Lecture - details about venue, times, in person and livestream tickets here rse.org.uk/event/journa...
March 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Honoured to be invited to deliver the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s @RoyalSocEd MacCormick European Lecture - details about venue, times, in person and livestream tickets here rse.org.uk/event/journa...
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Journalist Michael Crick at the Democracy Network conference: "[We saw] the extraordinary announcement from Govt on Tuesday that foreign aid was being cut from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%, a 40% cut.
"More extraordinary still, there was hardly any dissent from the ranks of the parliamentary Labour Party."
"More extraordinary still, there was hardly any dissent from the ranks of the parliamentary Labour Party."
February 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Journalist Michael Crick at the Democracy Network conference: "[We saw] the extraordinary announcement from Govt on Tuesday that foreign aid was being cut from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%, a 40% cut.
"More extraordinary still, there was hardly any dissent from the ranks of the parliamentary Labour Party."
"More extraordinary still, there was hardly any dissent from the ranks of the parliamentary Labour Party."
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Bereaved families have accused the COVID inquiry of "protecting" PPE suppliers from public scrutiny after saying it did not need to hear evidence from them to "investigate this issue thoroughly"
news.sky.com/story/potent...
news.sky.com/story/potent...
'Potential whitewashing': COVID inquiry criticised after saying it won't hear from PPE suppliers
Bereaved families accuse the inquiry of "protecting" PPE suppliers from public scrutiny but a spokesperson for the probe tells Sky News there is no need for them to give evidence to ensure a "thorough...
news.sky.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Bereaved families have accused the COVID inquiry of "protecting" PPE suppliers from public scrutiny after saying it did not need to hear evidence from them to "investigate this issue thoroughly"
news.sky.com/story/potent...
news.sky.com/story/potent...
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Abramovich tax dodge must be probed, HMRC urged.
UK rarely tackles tax abuse by billionaires.
Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, HSBC Leaks, LuxLeaks, Panama Papers, Offshore Leaks have led to little action.
Govts chase little people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK rarely tackles tax abuse by billionaires.
Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, HSBC Leaks, LuxLeaks, Panama Papers, Offshore Leaks have led to little action.
Govts chase little people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roman Abramovich tax dodge must be probed, HMRC urged
A group of MPs is urging an investigation into £1bn that could be owed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Abramovich tax dodge must be probed, HMRC urged.
UK rarely tackles tax abuse by billionaires.
Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, HSBC Leaks, LuxLeaks, Panama Papers, Offshore Leaks have led to little action.
Govts chase little people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK rarely tackles tax abuse by billionaires.
Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, HSBC Leaks, LuxLeaks, Panama Papers, Offshore Leaks have led to little action.
Govts chase little people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🔥 FINALLY!
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
Five key impacts of Brexit five years on
The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔥 FINALLY!
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
The BBC are finally doing the public education service on Brexit that they always should have.
Have a read. 👇👇
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Imagining the brutal takedown Rachel Reeves in Opposition would have delivered had a Tory Minister planned what Rachel Reeves in Government plans.
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Imagining the brutal takedown Rachel Reeves in Opposition would have delivered had a Tory Minister planned what Rachel Reeves in Government plans.
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“It is alarming that the government is happy to negotiate with China but won’t even look at a better trading arrangement with our closest neighbours in Europe. This is an act of economic negligence”
Ed Davey
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/econom...
'Economic Negligence': Labour Slammed For Rejecting EU Offer Of Closer Trading Links With UK
"We’re not seeking to participate in that particular arrangement," said a government minister.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“It is alarming that the government is happy to negotiate with China but won’t even look at a better trading arrangement with our closest neighbours in Europe. This is an act of economic negligence”
Ed Davey
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/econom...
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Isabel Oakeshott (went to same school as King Charles) has moved to tax haven Dubai, such is her love of UK. Give me strength
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
January 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Isabel Oakeshott (went to same school as King Charles) has moved to tax haven Dubai, such is her love of UK. Give me strength
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
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'It is perhaps the weakest libel threat ever sent by an English law firm'
What does this say about Truss' judgement?
What does this say about Truss' judgement?
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Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A wider look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/why-...
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A wider look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-tr...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/01/why-...
Why the Truss "lettuce before action" is worse than you thought - and it has a worrying implication for free speech
A considered look at the libel letter from the former Prime Minister
emptycity.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
'It is perhaps the weakest libel threat ever sent by an English law firm'
What does this say about Truss' judgement?
What does this say about Truss' judgement?
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Dear Ms Truss,
Please send me a similar legal letter and I will be glad to repeat the allegation without Parliamentary Privilege.
Please send me a similar legal letter and I will be glad to repeat the allegation without Parliamentary Privilege.
January 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dear Ms Truss,
Please send me a similar legal letter and I will be glad to repeat the allegation without Parliamentary Privilege.
Please send me a similar legal letter and I will be glad to repeat the allegation without Parliamentary Privilege.
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Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Charles Spencer detailed his abuse at his prep school Maidwell Hall in his recent book and that led to a police inquiry which has now caused the school - which was long operating at a loss - to close.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
The Conservative press, naturally, blame it all on Starmer. And VAT.
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Sometimes I feel hopeless about what is happening to the NHS and what people are doing about it. I think we either need to go all in, find the millions of people who care and get a *lot* louder, or we give up.
I want to go all in, but I can’t go all in alone. Share if you think we need to fight.
I want to go all in, but I can’t go all in alone. Share if you think we need to fight.
January 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sometimes I feel hopeless about what is happening to the NHS and what people are doing about it. I think we either need to go all in, find the millions of people who care and get a *lot* louder, or we give up.
I want to go all in, but I can’t go all in alone. Share if you think we need to fight.
I want to go all in, but I can’t go all in alone. Share if you think we need to fight.
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Catch 22 is in the banned list in some county's in Florida !! progressfloridainstitute.org/banned-book-...
Banned Book of the Week: "Catch-22" - Progress Florida Education Institute
NEW BOOK BAN: As Oppenheimer brings a WWII related story to theatres, Orange County schools have REJECTED the satirical WWII novel Catch-22 for all grades. Anti-education laws enacted by Gov. DeSantis...
progressfloridainstitute.org
January 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Astonishing
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Nazir Afzal, "When Keir Starmer and I left the CPS we had the highest rate of child sexual abuse prosecutions in our history.. That is Keir Starmer's legacy"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
January 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nazir Afzal, "When Keir Starmer and I left the CPS we had the highest rate of child sexual abuse prosecutions in our history.. That is Keir Starmer's legacy"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
"Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"
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The short-lived former prime minister is a doughty campaigner for free speech - unless you point out she crashed the economy
Free speech champion Truss slaps Starmer with legal letter
The short-lived former prime minister is a doughty campaigner for free speech - unless you point out she crashed the economy
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The short-lived former prime minister is a doughty campaigner for free speech - unless you point out she crashed the economy
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Keir Starmer’s plans for the NHS are indeed radical, and not in a good way!
January 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Keir Starmer’s plans for the NHS are indeed radical, and not in a good way!
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Who is going to do all of the work for these private companies bringing down NHS waiting lists? Staff who have been poached from the NHS of course. The private health sector in the UK trains almost no staff, takes on NHS work and does so to create a profit for shareholders. 🚨🚨🚨
January 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Who is going to do all of the work for these private companies bringing down NHS waiting lists? Staff who have been poached from the NHS of course. The private health sector in the UK trains almost no staff, takes on NHS work and does so to create a profit for shareholders. 🚨🚨🚨
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Worth reading and subscribing ⤵️
In today's Teesside Lead...
I dive into the Teesworks accounts to show how the two business men at the centre of the freeport scheme may have paid themselves over £130m in only three years.
I dive into the Teesworks accounts to show how the two business men at the centre of the freeport scheme may have paid themselves over £130m in only three years.
Teesworks latest accounts published - who has been paid and what for
Plus: MP opposes Teesworks incinerator, flu cases spike in Teesside hospitals and Houchen interview analysis (£)
teesside.thelead.uk
January 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Worth reading and subscribing ⤵️
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Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed from prison and attacks Starmer over Oldham child sex abuse gang...
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
Elon Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed from prison
The Tesla founder accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute Oldham grooming gangs and called for another election in Britain
www.thetimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed from prison and attacks Starmer over Oldham child sex abuse gang...
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
Given Musk's prominence and access to power, his continued interventions surely require a robust response at some point from the Government. With the Reform/Farage link, Musk isn't marginal
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The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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Suella Braverman tells LBC that Italy have "built a wall" on the "land border between Italy and Turkey" and insists that "I've been to see it"
January 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Suella Braverman tells LBC that Italy have "built a wall" on the "land border between Italy and Turkey" and insists that "I've been to see it"
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Watching Montana, Rice, Craig, Lott etc playing for the 49ers in the mid-80's. I was about 11. Loved the red and gold too!
December 29, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Watching Montana, Rice, Craig, Lott etc playing for the 49ers in the mid-80's. I was about 11. Loved the red and gold too!
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"A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market."
UK and EU look to 2025 as year of reset but with little room for trade-offs
Sir Keir Starmer is invited to an EU summit in February - the first of its type since the Brexit negotiations.
buff.ly
December 29, 2024 at 7:46 AM
"A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market."