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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15/09/2026
Nadine Thomas, living with terminal cancer, said: 'We're not worried about dying, we know we're going to die. It's how we die... We are expected to suffer to our very last dying breath which is unfair, it's cruel, it's inhumane.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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West Country assisted dying campaigners call MPs vote 'inhumane'
Terminally ill people in the West Country say they will continue to campaign for assisted dying.
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Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please share amongst your network of new writers!
Prospect is looking for new voices who are prepared to work really hard on their writing. If you are interested, please email me at sarah.collins@prospectmagazine.co.uk with a single link to your best piece of writing. 

I don’t care where you have published your work, and I am not interested in prestigious bylines. I simply want to see one example of your writing style, whether that is on your own blog or Substack, for a student paper, in a zine, or anywhere else. And I am explicitly seeking new voices: if you are already writing professionally, this is not one for you—please pitch our usual inbox instead.  

Due to the volume of emails we usually receive at Prospect, I will only consider submissions that follow the exact format below—if you send me more links, or a CV, I will not consider your email. 

In the subject line: New Voices: Your name 

In the email: One single link to a piece of writing you are proud of. 

Unfortunately, I will only be able to reply to writers with whom I would like to discuss a future paid writing opportunity. If you don’t hear from me this time, please don’t be discouraged!
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here’s a great ep of Humanism Now, with Shay Leonia of American Humanist Association, talking to James Hodgson. Like many people, Shay hadn’t heard of humanism but suddenly realised it named the values she'd held all along. The same happened to me! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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"Am I a Humanist?" Shay Leonia on Discovering Humanism in Public
Podcast Episode · Humanism Now · 23 August · 37min
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you, Graeme Reid (UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @iesogi.bsky.social
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UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Its Bin day. Put the rubbish out.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
That’s a big nope to the hate chicken
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Praṇay Manocha @pranman.com · 07/07/2026
With other parties confirming they're not fielding candidates in the by-election, Clacton now has the chance to do the funniest thing.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our excellent friends at @goodlawproject.org are *suing* Ofcom over its abject failure to enforce its rules with Rupert Murdoch's Talk TV: "Instead of keeping hate and misinformation off our airwaves, Ofcom is allowing TalkTV to serve as a megaphone for dangerous, far-right rhetoric":
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Force Ofcom to stop TalkTV broadcasting misinformation and hate | Good Law Project
Ofcom is letting Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV poison public discourse with transphobic lies and fake climate news, so we're taking the regulator to court
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If the state has the capacity to control who uses toilets, then it should have the capacity to attack the agents of hostile foreign powers who are inciting racist riots. And if it doesn't, then it is not fit for purpose.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 09/06/2026
“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013 www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In the course of today, His Majesty’s Government will do both of the following things: - moan loudly about X and blame it for the grotesque scenes in Belfast; - create huge amounts of content for X to monetise To govern is to choose.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 20/05/2026
“Project 2029 is only the latest example of a lobby group funded by dark money putting out rightwing talking points under the guise of education. It’s time for the Charity Commission to stamp out partisan propaganda outfits abusing their status as charities.” goodlaw.social/hgtk
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Rightwing think-tank launches plan to ‘reshape Britain’
Policy Exchange is already under investigation over political bias, but they’re launching a campaign to shift the UK to the right
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Daily Star have bought another lettuce 👀
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 12/05/2026
An investigation by the New York Times has found the Israeli government spent at least $1 million on Eurovision vote promotion campaigns over the past two years - and that the campaign likely earned them the top spot in several countries’ televotes jrnl.ie/7037548
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How Israel spent $1m pushing Eurovision votes – and how it probably worked
The investigation found coordinated advertising and social media campaigns urging viewers to vote multiple times for Israel’s acts during the past two contests.
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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
There are now more transgender MSPs now than there are Joanna Cherrys, a win for us all
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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"In 1854, when a US magazine used the phrase 'climate changes', they couldn’t have imagined that this would be one of the most pressing matters facing the human race in 2026." Michael Rosen explores the history of the word "climate" in our latest edition:
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In a word: Climate
The latest from Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Over the years of his unfortunate relevance I have sought in vain to find Nigel Farage defining what he likes about this country - and it’s astonishingly difficult to do – which is weird really because he is without a doubt the most influential and best known English nationalist of our era.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It's a good night to read this excellent piece, on the Orban regime's network of financial support for the nationalist right in Britain. For many on the radical right, the tills are about to stop ringing. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits
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What happens to Britain's radical right if Orbán loses?
Inside the money, power and patronage connecting Hungary and the British right
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.
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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“manosphere” “mantasy” THESE ARE ALL NAMES FOR GAY CLUBS.
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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Time to bring the Tower of London back into full use.
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Kamella Tate ❌👑 @kamellatate.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My kind of SportyGuy! "Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers by urinating the words 'Fuck Ice' on the snow just before the start of the Winter #Olympics." #FuckIce @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Winter Olympics Team GB skier targets ICE with graphic message written in snow
Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Love me an Opening Ceremony #WinterOlypics
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It'd be funny if they sacked her too, for not having sufficient regard to HR approaches.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This LGBT+ History Month, pick up a celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past. 30% off as part of our @lgbthm.bsky.social promotion until 28th Feb. @sachacoward.bsky.social #booksky
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-closed-w...
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Inside the final days of the CCA
Shock resignations, ‘absent leadership’ and an 80% drop in cash on hand. What happened?
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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 30/01/2026
As consumers, we have tremendous power. My friend @profgalloway.com has provided a very simple set of tools. RESIST and UNSUBSCRIBE: www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Resist and Unsubscribe
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Poverty is deepening. 🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning. People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people. This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Not really bothered until Tim Cook is dropped
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation
Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will:
1) Leave the ECHR
2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill:
This Bill will:
Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary
The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act."
The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years:
Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT)
Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order.
These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR.
Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints
This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds.
If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story
All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight.
Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence
Re-entry after deportation will be…The Operational Plan
We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion
A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property.
Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000
Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes.
This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month.
Initial Voluntary Return Window
A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this.
The Deportation Flights
The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 24/01/2026
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The killings will continue until morale improves.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 24/01/2026
"in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using Meta smart glasses." Argh for the love of god BAN. THE. PERVERT GLASSES.
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Dr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I found a petition to ban smart glasses in public spaces that needs a bit of a boost, if anyone else feels strongly about this: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Ban the use of smart glasses with recording capability in public spaces
We ask the Government to ban smart glasses with cameras in public spaces. We believe they allow secret filming, and undermine privacy, safety and the public’s right to know when they’re being recorded...
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Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
AI has the potential to do good but also great harm, to the environment, to people's right to privacy, and to the livelihood, intellectual property, and employability of artists. Read Humanists International's Luxembourg Declaration on AI humanists.international/policy/luxem...
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Luxembourg Declaration on artificial intelligence and human values - Humanists International
The Humanists International General Assembly's 2025 declaration outlines principles for aligning artificial intelligence with human values, emphasizing human judgment, the common good, democratic…
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
So we have figures now. Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X. Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Everything sounds more romantic in French.
A P & O ferries sign in English, then French. 
‘These toilets are not to be used for Cottaging.
Ces toilettes ne doivent pas être utilisées pour 'le bumsex'
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Pollik @pollik.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I think this needs to shared widely. Especially to those who have the power to stop it.
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Dr Joby Razzelliot @jobium.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In what sense is gender reassignment a protected characteristic if it gets disregarded the moment someone else complains about you existing near them?
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 13/01/2026
“The fact that Grok can be used to defile images of women and children is not an unfortunate accident of technological progress, but the direct consequence of decision-making, and of an ideology,” writes Alona Ferber
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The misogynist world of Grok
On the slow, ineffective political response to Elon Musk’s debasement-of-women machine
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Jeffrey Ricker (he/him) @jeffreyricker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
media.tenor.com
a woman with a star on her jacket is talking to a man and says no
Alt: Captain Janeway stands on the bridge of the starship Voyager. She turns around to face another person in a Starfleet uniform (the son of the omnipotent being Q, as it happens). She says, sternly, “NO.”
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Clarification: Nigel Farage (who earns thousands of pounds a year from his X blue check) describes calls to ban the site "appalling." I'm sure he does.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
This is just a suggestion but maybe... the US could set itself on fire and leave the rest of us alone? It's just a suggestion! I'm open to other ideas as long as they also involve the US leaving the rest of us the fuck alone?
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Fantastic news! Britain has so much potential to harness our own energy for greater security and to bring down energy bills. This year let's go even further⚡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Wind, solar and other renewables hit a new high last year but the government is still some way off its clean power target.
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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Everyone please turn to your notes about “Starting an illegal war so that you can denounce anyone who complains about it as unpatriotic”.
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Allan J @allanj69.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year and all that
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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Honestly, this is *chefs kiss*
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 12/12/2025
“Those who protest that human rights have gone too far often do not like human rights in the first place,” writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
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The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
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