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Dr Zubaida Haque
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Former Deputy Director and Head of Research at Women’s Budget Group. Former CEO The Equality Trust; Deputy Director of The Runnymede Trust. Member of Independent SAGE. Worked in government and think tanks. Views my own
Reposted by Dr Zubaida Haque
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).

It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Dr Zubaida Haque
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.

A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Dr Zubaida Haque
If Shaheen is an activist, then Goodwin, whose whole twitter feed is extreme and inaccurate far right nonsense, is definitely an activist. If Goodwin is an academic, then Shaheen, who has done more recent and more credible academic work, is an academic.
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Dr Zubaida Haque
Musk is funding Tommy Robinson and now promotes his movement as a "hard man" vehicle for a civil war which Musk believes is inevitable, and imminent (+ which he has argued should be begun pre-emptively in self-defence)

Robinson usually more careful/at least coded on violence than this from Musk
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM