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Ayesha Hazarika

@ayeshahazarika.bsky.social
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Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is good by @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
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Sadie Trent @sadietrent92.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ll say one thing about The Wargame If an Oreshnik did strike our country, I’d love to be stuck in a bunker with @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social and Harriet Harman 🙌 I have more thoughts on Ep 3 that I need to word carefully
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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The Wargame | Official Trailer | Sky
YouTube video by Sky TV
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP Bonnie Greer. Always so engaging, smart, funny & wise. She was a very special woman
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yesterday’s column for @dailymirrornews.bsky.social on 9/11, taking part in new Sky show The Wargame & the Bayeux Tapestry
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No, that is not the alternative The alternative was treating like a normal news story, and not a trial by media - one that was so clearly turbocharged by Arday’s ethnic and social background and the growing resentment in the establishment in the UK of having more black people in high places
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Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org · 30/07/2026
20,000 signatures in 5 days 🚀 At the weekend, our Director Jack Gamble spoke with @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social about our new petition to @andyburnham.bsky.social. (Clip below ⬇️)
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Jack Gamble @jackgamble.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Looking forward to joining @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social on Times Radio #CultureHour from 6pm, to discuss what the Burnham government could mean for the arts - & @campaignforthearts.org’s petition to the PM, which has been backed by 10,000+ people in 24 hrs. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10...
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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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blayneydeborah.bsky.social @blayneydeborah.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Good on @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social comparing to all that Labour MPs have had to endure from media scrutiny and Starmer's family home fire bombed etc! Where was Farage's outrage and solidarity then? @annaturley.bsky.social excellent too on rule of law and importance of transparency for democracy.
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
He’s announcing a podcast with Marie Le Penn
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026
Americans are now so used to their president cheating and breaking rules that many of them seem genuinely not to understand why the world was rooting for Belgium.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 06/07/2026
Being told you’re corrupt by UEFA and Sepp Blatter is like being told you have a few mad ideas by Liz Truss.
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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yougov have released their last of most popular politicians. Two of the top five are there because of being confused with other people.
No, not that David Frost. Or that Laura Trott.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Lady Windermere's Fan as performed by the Glasgow Repertory Theatre #ScoBra
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hydration break #ScoBra
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Smart move from @annaturley.bsky.social here www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage
Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’
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Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Baroness @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social reflects on the turbulence within the Labour Party following last week’s election results, and the wider challenges now confronting the party. 🎙️ From In Conversation with Baroness Ayesha Hazarika in partnership with @labourlist.bsky.social.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Featured podcast — We Can't Go On Like This: @aiannucci.bsky.social, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social look at the paralysing effect of message discipline on political figures, and why it's so refreshing to hear a more genuine message. opiniontoday.substack.com/i/197663258/...
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Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“It does feel like we do a lot of bitching about what we don't like, and who we don't like but we aren't having, in the party those sort of fizzing intellectual policy discussions and debates, and I think we have got to a stage where debate is seen as disloyalty."
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Busy show coming up Times Radio 4-7pm if you fancy some more election analysis. John Curtice, Michael Gove, Nadine Dorries, Steve Richards, Jon Craig, Trevor Philips & plenty more
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Join the very funny @geoffnorcott.bsky.social & me on Times Radio for lots of election chat 7-9pm.
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Let’s go! Join us on Sky News until 6am for what will be a hugely consequential set of elections which could well reshape British politics as we know it. Eek!
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Sadie Trent @sadietrent92.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Loving @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social show. First one i've been able to catch in a while due to the hectic nature of the Netball Super League. Such candid and well thought out conversations as always
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AdamShawBiz @adamshawbiz.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On with the fab @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social discussing the latest news on the Mansion Tax and ways people are considering to avoid it. On Times Radio at 1:45
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Thank you, @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social. These conversations are like a breath of fresh air to me. Folks who want pundits shouting at each other, have many options. But if you want people trying to navigate difficult issues, with nuance, warmth and humour, then Quiet Riot is the badger.
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Capt'n G. @unwelcomeguest.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Best Political Podcast out there.
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I had such a wonderful time on @quietriotpod.bsky.social w Alex & Naomi. A marathon chat covering so much ground. Such a clever engaging podcast - proper brain food & good for the soul. Thank you for having me on 🙏🏽
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
PART ONE OF TWO: with @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social where we discuss: 🇬🇧🇪🇺 - Starmer prioritises Europe 🥰 🇪🇸 -Sánchez’s bullishness 🗳️ - do parties leave people or do people leave parties? (part two coming over the bank hol) 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7EpQ... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Eureka Hazarika special – Part 1: Labour finally chooses Europe
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We loved chatting to our old pal @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social so much that we massively overran, meaning we are putting it out across two shows. The first half is out now. 🎧👇
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Thank you to the wonderful High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami for hosting such a beautiful Eid celebration at India House 🇮🇳 with people from many different backgrounds, countries, faiths & ages with the best music & food. Eid as it should be!
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kevinanthony.bsky.social @kevinanthony.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The excellent @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social once more showing Richard Madeley that journalists have a duty to give facts on immigration to the public and “We as journalists have to put facts out there as well” ! Kwarteng “regardless of the facts thats the politics” as he lies about #brexit #gmb
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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Many thanks to @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social for having me on her Times Radio show to talk about my novel Notes on a Drowning and writing and jury trials. I’m 2 hours 16 mins in. www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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Andy McDonald MP @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Gorton & Denton was a disaster. It's far too easy to say 'govts lose by-elections'. It would be a huge mistake to put it into that framing The public are saying we're not connecting and they're not happy with the delivery to improve their lives. I spoke to @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social.
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
What an honour to meet the iconic Gisèle Pelicot. What an incredible woman. So brave, so strong & so hopeful despite everything she’s been through. And to flip the script on shame is such revolution. Thank you to Women’s Aid for organising such a wonderful inspiring event.
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Not presenting my Times Radio show this afternoon as off to the BAFTAs. Rather excited to be out in the wild on a weekend!
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blayneydeborah.bsky.social @blayneydeborah.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
@ayeshahazarika.bsky.social & Dorothy Burn brilliantly burning #TrevorPhillips defending his mate Mandelson as they mock Mandelson's "myopia" & the "poor" rich "Masters of the Universe" in the #EpsteinFiles & the "monumental cover up." Ayesha says "Read the emails!" Trevor says "nah..I can't do it."
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Jane McIntyre @voiceoverjane.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The summary of the #Mandelson affair by @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social on #SundayMorning with #TrevorPhillips is the best I've heard. #BoysClub
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Sarah Mann @sjmanny.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Finally ! The best critique of the current situation by @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social This is a story of misogyny, of boys clubs, of the over promotion of men who are ‘brilliant’ but deeply flawed, of a Labour Party that will not face these challenges
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
President Trump on Air Force One, "I am by the way the least racist President you've had in a long time, as far as I'm concerned" And Trump walks away refusing to apologise for the racist video that he says he knew went up on his social media
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We are all Giorgia Meloni #WinterOlympics
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Join me on TimesRadio 1-4pm. Lots to dissect & analyse after a shocking week for the Labour Party & Mandelson/Epstein revelations. We have lots of guests including Patrick Maguire, Polly Toynbee, MPs James Frith, Paula Barker & Sam Rushworth. Plus Sir Sajid Javid on his new book
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Racist woman to American with darker skin, "I'll call ICE and they'll shoot you like they shoot the others" The normalisation of racism and hate in the US under Trump is a really disturbing and sad thing to see
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Hit Lord Mandelson with 'full force of the law,' says Baroness Hazarika
The Labour peer said the former British ambassador to the US should be ‘investigated robustly by the police without fear or favour’
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Martyn Berry @martynberry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
An excellent speech, Polly. @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social referred to a “boys’ club” on GMB this morning. I hadn’t thought of it in those terms. She referred to comments she made last year about Mandelson as unpopular. She was, unsurprisingly, prescient.
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Polly Billington @pollybillington.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I spoke yesterday in the House of Commons about the Epstein and Mandelson scandal and how this is the moment when we should draw a line under a culture where talent or connections overrides bad behaviour, character or judgement
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Jane @janeynorth.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@ayeshahazarika.bsky.social Thank you so much for speaking up in the HOL today re the abortion decrim vote. You were brillant, thanks for calling out the 'slavery' rhetoric 💯
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 24/01/2026
I’ll be joining the lovely @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social on Times Radio at half five if that floats your boat, with the equally excellent @callybeaton.bsky.social. It’s normally the lighter side of the news, but the tedious 🍊 gets everywhere. So having said ignore him yesterday, I now won’t. 🥴
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Greetings! Busy day already & we’re on countdown until 5pm. Will we feel the Burnham?! Tune into my Weekend Drive show on Times Radio 4-7pm for lots of politics, current affairs, lots of analysis, business, some comedy & much more!
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Tom Belger @tombelger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Pressed directly by interviewer Times Radio's @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social on Burnham, Powell says he has to 'make up his own mind'. Burnham is 'incredibly popular' locally, changing Manchester for the better and 'delivering Labour values'.
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Joe Dromey @joedromey.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Asked by @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social about by-election in Manchester, @lucympowell.bsky.social says that Labour needs the best candidate to take on Reform and the Greens. But Labour is a team, and now is not the time for division.
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