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Zoë Grünewald

@zoegrunewald.bsky.social
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Political journalist & broadcaster | Westminster Editor at the Lead UK | Presenter on Fubar Radio | Chatting on Oh God What Now | Find my work and commission me here: www.zoegrunewald.com

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026
no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This feels like important reading to understand why Jewish Green members are deeply concerned about this motion jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
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Why Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against THE MOTION: ZIONISM IS RACISM - Jewish Greens
Why Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against the motion 'Zionism is Racism' at the Green Party's Spring 2026 conference
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The prime minister is ready to have some arguments. But is he ready to win them? @zoegrunewald.bsky.social report from Labour Party Conference and untangling what the term ‘NIMTO’ - regularly muttered there - actually means.
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Labour Party Conference: Andy Burnham calls time on NIMTO
The prime minister is ready to have some arguments. But is he ready to win them?
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
call yourself “badass Kemi” again and you’ll be hearing from my lawyers
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also loving all the contortions of when someone is independent - the Conservatives think an 18-year-old is enough of an adult to sign up to a lifetime of student debt they weren't properly informed about, but not for the state to assess them for benefits on their own terms. Totally makes sense
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on the sheer significance of Andy Burnham putting compassion for others, empathy and care at the forefront of his political offering www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
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The right says empathy is suicidal - but Andy Burnham thinks it might save us
The prime minister’s emotional conference speech laid down a challenge to populists who say compassion makes us weak
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As Lord Harris so eloquently told me earlier in the week.. it’s the scourge of NIMTOism… Not In My Term of Office
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Early election watchers—how are we feeling?
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t like “we will hope again” but that was a corker of speech. That last bit was key. Some people might not like his ideas but at least he has some
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I feel like a dog hearing all my favourite words x
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a speech.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am so happy about what I am hearing that I have lost the ability to speak
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
quite. Would be better IMO to have a debate about what kind of care system we want, and then about how we finance it, rather than vice versa..
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If Burnham is going to make a bargain with pensioners on the triple lock and social care, perhaps he should also throw in immigration and care workers?
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's been great seeing our @zoegrunewald.bsky.social on the TV for the new Sky series The Wargame. Thankfully, it's not real and neither is the job title!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The British right has now descended to the point where 'the England team are not English' is becoming the consensus position
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just going to be one "English" guy left at this rate and its going to be Matt Goodwin
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Okay, I am back after two weeks off grid and am now energised and ready to DO SOME WORK. To cut a long story short: 1) I will be at Labour conference next week for coffee/beer 2) I am open to new projects
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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You might think The Wargame is a reality TV show where you get to see Michael Gove pretending to be PM. But that’s the bait. It could have been funded by the MoD. www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-s...
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Sky’s The Wargame might be prescient - but it’s also propaganda
Michael Gove finally gets to be PM in a reality show about a Russian attack on the UK that feels like a campaign for public support for defence spending
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Rupert Lowe knows Farage’s biggest weakness: Farage himself inews.co.uk/opinion/rupe...
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Rupert Lowe knows Farage's biggest weakness: Farage himself
Zoe Grunewald: Rupert Lowe has raised the stakes on every decision Farage makes
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Rupert Lowe knows Farage’s biggest weakness: Farage himself inews.co.uk/opinion/rupe...
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Rupert Lowe knows Farage's biggest weakness: Farage himself
Zoe Grunewald: Rupert Lowe has raised the stakes on every decision Farage makes
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You should all tune into Sky One on Monday 9pm to see what would happen if Russia attacked the UK, Michael Gove with the Prime Minister and for some reason I was in charge of the governments press office… welcome to The Wargame!
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Spent this weekend marrying the love of my life and it was really good would totally recommend x
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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 11/09/2026
🔊 The one that brings stories even 🗞️ junkies like @zoegrunewald.bsky.social may‘ve missed. I certainly get caught up, this time on ⚽️-sized rubbish dumps 😳 and folks being “an acolyte of a different flavour of Christianity.” Blimey, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social “Go, Gordon!” 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
⚡ NEW EPISODE ⚡ Burnham wants to change who holds the power in Britain, taking the levers of government out of Whitehall’s hands. Can he make his vision stick? @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @jasonhazeley.bsky.social, @philtinline.bsky.social weigh in ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🗞️ WEEKLY WRAP-UP 🗞️ Will Farage face the Met? Why is Miliband sanctioning Israeli settlers in the West Bank? And is Trump really "bribing" Americans in an attempt to win the midterms? @zoegrunewald.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social recap the big stories of the week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I… I just had a positive experience with Thames Water?
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milk bottle champion @stepheniscowboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
nimbys remained unmatched
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As masked militias take to British streets in Dover and Portsmouth and Reform's conference turns violent, the government's refusal to use the words "far-right" is more complicity than caution. Latest from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social
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Britain's far-right problem has a name, but the government won't say it
As masked militias take to British streets and Reform's conference turns violent, the government's refusal to use the words "far-right" is more complicity than caution
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Our undercover reporter @scatatkins.bsky.social posed as a far right journalist at the Reform Conference, and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal.
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Sam Freedman @handle.invalid · 07/09/2026
The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's important to read coverage of what happened in Dover alongside watching footage like this and consider whether the way 'protests' are described accurately depict what took place. This is no ordinary protest.
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
guys, I'm getting married this week x
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Is that mini-mart laundering money? Why have five barbershops opened on the same street? What’s really going on behind those bright facades? @jim.londoncentric.media entric.media joins @zoegrunewald.bsky.social to unpack the murky underworld beneath Britain’s high streets. ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Matthew Taylor @mat8iou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
After years hearing people moaning about vape and American candy shops, this is the first time I've heard about a journalist actually researching and trying to explain the phenomenon.
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Andy Burnham has declared war on “dodgy” vape shops, branding them a scourge of the high street that only his government can defeat. London Centric's @jim.londoncentric.media and @zoegrunewald.bsky.social discuss the murky world behind Britain’s high streets 🎧 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Andy Burnham wants optimism to be his pitch to Britain, but talk to young people and hope is in short supply. My column for @theleaduk.bsky.social arguing it's time young people got a proper look in open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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Back to school, but the kids aren’t alright
Andy Burnham will make optimism the centrepiece of his political pitch. But for young people across the UK, hope is hard to come by
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Zoë and I seize the chance to talk, for once, about an unambiguously decent person who brought only good into the world. (And then the usual tales of misery, dishonesty, cruelty and stupidity. Hey, we’re not magicians).
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The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense @bunkerpod.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dolly Parton’s death leaves the world brokenhearted. Plus: Meta caves in an $18bn settlement and Burnham visits Zelensky in Kyiv – and jams to The Smiths. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social round up the biggest stories of the week ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is lovely. I've followed Sophie on socials for a while now and she has actually changed the way I view rejection! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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A moment that changed me: I sought out rejection. Instead, strangers met me with profound generosity
As I turned 21, fear was holding me back. So I decided to face it headfirst. It taught me that courage leads to connection – and people who owe you nothing can be astonishingly kind
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
👷🏽 NEW EPISODE 👷🏾‍♂️ Special guest @paulmason.bsky.social on his new and timely book on communism, REDS… plus Reform’s bullshit policy of the week, Burnham in Ukraine and more. 👷🏽 With @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @jonnelledge.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social 👷🏽‍♀️ Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Amazing interview with Heston Blumenthal in our summer issue - by top interviewer Kate Mossman: www.newstatesman.com/culture/food...
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🛠️ NEW EPISODE 🛠️ How in hell is communism suddenly back on the agenda? 🛠️ Esteemed journo @paulmason.bsky.social on his new book REDS and the memoryholing of Mao, Stalin and the worst of Marxism-Leninism. 🛠️ Listen: linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Pretty eye-popping exclusive from @theleaduk.bsky.social yesterday... Andy Burnham's home address was publicly available on the internet for years. We've alerted No.10 and had it taken down... You're welcome, Andy! open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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Exclusive: Andy Burnham’s Northern home address easily available since becoming Prime Minister
National security concerns deepen after some basic sleuthing from The Lead saw Number 10 act swiftly, reports Michael Holmes
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
😒 NEW EPISODE 😒 The war on building, race riots in Thetford, and Burnham will get you out of that inescapable subscription to The Times. 👉 All in a day’s work for @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social 🎧 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Now this was a fun one. The three of us had to essentially restrain @jonnelledge.bsky.social at one point.
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🤔 NEW EPISODE 🤔 Welcome to Veto Britain, where any small group can prevent anything (rail links, infrastructure, standing up in pubs) if they’re loud enough. Why do we put up with it? 🤔 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Most media coverage just keeps telling you it’s really hot out there, @elliebroughton.bsky.social goes beyond the temperature charts to look at the human cost of heatwaves
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The Lead Untangles: How extreme heat is impacting our health service
Clinicians and healthcare professionals saw the human cost of the heatwave last month – but risk suspension for climate protests
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