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Benjamin Clark

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Head of Digital Audience @prospectmagazine.co.uk Columnist, @crikey.com.au

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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest in @crikey.com.au on what Anthony Albanese can learn about modern retail politics from Andy Burnham (and Zohran Mamdani) 👇🏼
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 17/08/2026
Prospect’s Benjamin Clark went to two conservative conferences—ARC and CPAC—to better understand the UK right. Their different vibes illuminated a divide in how British right-wingers see their collective project: www.prospectmagazine...
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My latest in @crikey.com.au on Nigel Farage’s underwhelming showing against Count Binface—and what it might portend for Pauline Hanson www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/17/n...
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Nigel Farage's 'man of the people' schtick is wearing thin. So is Pauline Hanson's
Pauline Hanson, like the UK's Nigel Farage, fancies herself as a politician who's not like the others. Gifts from billionaires and $900-a-night hotels are blowing up that illusion.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 17/08/2026
Opinion | Why are the numbers for Nigel Farage's Reform UK slipping? Voters are finally starting to see through the "man of the people" grift (and Pauline Hanson should take note). www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/17/n...
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Nigel Farage's 'man of the people' schtick is wearing thin. So is Pauline Hanson's
Pauline Hanson, like the UK's Nigel Farage, fancies herself as a politician who's not like the others. Gifts from billionaires and $900-a-night hotels are blowing up that illusion.
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nope. Don’t Americanise this very British phenomenon. He is a bin, not a trash can
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A recount of my summer activities👇🏼
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 08/08/2026
✍🏼 Benjamin Clark attended two right-wing conferences (ARC and CPAC) this summer, at which right-wing minds revealed their differences...
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The divided soul of the British right
At two London conferences, the brightest right-wing minds set out their stalls and revealed their differences
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 01/08/2026
✍🏼 Benjamin Clark attended two right-wing conferences (ARC and CPAC) this summer, at which right-wing minds revealed their differences...
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The divided soul of the British right
At two London conferences, the brightest right-wing minds set out their stalls and revealed their differences
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I spent four days this summer at the ARC and CPAC conferences in London, because I’m a masochist. Liz Truss, Danny Kruger, Dan Wootton, Tolkien, Orwell, Unherd-inspired artwork, £3.50 tea… Here’s what I learned, in @prospectmagazine.co.uk’s Weekend Read: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/742...
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The divided soul of the British right
At two London conferences, the brightest right-wing minds set out their stalls and revealed their differences
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My latest in @crikey.com.au, reporting from CPAC GB 👇🏼
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"To paraphrase Logan Roy, Truss’s acolytes are not serious people. But just as in Succession, these unserious people are still alarmingly close to power." @benjamin-clark.bsky.social A warning for Australia. Hanson might have spoken to a near-empty room, but she is backed by billionaires. #auspol
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Some footage from #CPACGB earlier today. Absolutely packed crowd for Pauline Hanson’s speech! It was honestly quite sad. Liz Truss succeeding at event organising about as much as she did formulating economic policy. More to come from me in Monday’s @crikey.com.au
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 13/07/2026
There has been an explosion of social videos depicting supposed urban decay in British cities. Many are AI-generated and appear intended to stoke division. Read more from @benjamin-clark.bsky.social: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 07/07/2026
Unsure what to read this summer? Our journalists have got you covered! For our latest Books in Brief section, we review five books you should pick up this summer including Hettie O’Brien Sophia Smith Galer Kelly Yang
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 04/07/2026
Anglofuturism is an online right-wing subculture—you might have seen its AI-generated images of a future high-tech Britain on X. But the movement has a more serious and darker side too... Read more from Benjamin Clark: www.prospectmagazine...
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My latest in @crikey.com.au on my recent trip to the ARC conference 👇🏼
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 25/06/2026
Patreon helped creators earn. But now it has little choice but to play social media giants and Substack at their own game, writes Benjamin Clark
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Can Patreon un-enshittify the internet?
The platform that helped creators earn now has little choice but to play social media giants and Substack at their own game
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In @prospectmagazine.co.uk today, I have written about Patreon. Its creators are now having trouble building audiences on other platforms, so Patreon is promising new discovery features—just like its competitor Substack has built. Can it succeed? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
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Can Patreon un-enshittify the internet?
The platform that helped creators earn now has little choice but to play social media giants and Substack at their own game
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
From Wetherspoons on the moon to squirrel race wars, the online Right has taken a decidedly whacky turn @benjamin-clark.bsky.social guides you through a bizarre virtual landscape, & its potentially serious off-line consequences www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
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Anglofuturism and ‘decline porn’: the Brave New Worlds of the right
The British right is squandering its opportunity for renewal in shallow, AI-driven visions of utopia and dystopia
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 10/06/2026
American liberalism has failed to check the forces of Wall Street. For decades, former US labour secretary Robert Reich has been warning of its dangers
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Robert Reich’s good fight
For decades, the former US labour secretary has waged a lonely struggle against corporate greed. Has he failed?
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk, I’ve written a feature on how Elon Musk’s prioritisation of images/video (particularly AI ones) on X is melting British right-wing brains. Two trends exemplify this: ‘decline porn’ and anglofuturism… 🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
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Anglofuturism and ‘decline porn’: the Brave New Worlds of the right
The British right is squandering its opportunity for renewal in shallow, AI-driven visions of utopia and dystopia
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 10/06/2026
Our latest edition has just hit newsstands! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 🧵 1/6 For our cover essay, @raviguru.bsky.social argues that Labour lacks a plan for government—so he proposes his own: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/737...
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Peter Williams @petermwilliams.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Latest Prospect out now! Featuring @raviguru.bsky.social 's plan for Britain's economy, @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social on how the World Cup became the great festival of our times, @katemaltby.bsky.social on Greg Doran, Shakespeare and grief, and @benjamin-clark.bsky.social on anglofuturism.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 10/06/2026
In our People section, @rbreich.bsky.social speaks to @benjamin-clark.bsky.social about his new memoir, documenting his lonely struggle against corporate greed. Has he failed? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
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Robert Reich’s good fight
For decades, the former US labour secretary has waged a lonely struggle against corporate greed. Has he failed?
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Me in @crikey.com.au 👇🏼
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Rupert Lowe is the biggest UK politician on The Other Site and it’s not close. After calling for Henry Nowak’s killer to be executed + with Restore eating into Reform’s vote in Makerfield, the media can no longer ignore him. Me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
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Rupert Lowe: the new star of Elon Musk’s X
The Restore leader and Maga favourite is challenging Nigel Farage on his right, and could block Reform’s route to power
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It’s a hard time to sell it amid low growth and post-austerity, but the UK needs a tax positivity movement. As @jdcmedlock.bsky.social says, taxes come in all shapes and sizes + all deserve love. I pay less income tax here than I did in Australia. Time to pull the “moar tax” lever on everyone
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It was a pleasure to interview @rbreich.bsky.social for this extended profile in @prospectmagazine.co.uk. We discuss his new memoir, his time in government and what he makes of the Democratic party today: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...
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Robert Reich’s good fight
For decades, the former US labour secretary has waged a lonely struggle against corporate greed. Has he failed?
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John Earls @johnearls.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Scathing - and excellent - opening paragraph from @benjamin-clark.bsky.social in today’s edition of @prospectmagazine.co.uk’s Lightbulb. substack.com/@prospectmag...
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If I may give @aiannucci.bsky.social an idea for a Paddington 4 subplot… Paddington fixes the infernal screeching on the Victoria line by lubing up the tunnel with 50 metric tonnes of marmalade For this public service, he is given the keys to the city by Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Works in Progress libertarian types were (and sometimes still are) genuinely interesting. But they no longer interact much with the liberal left because they live on different platforms (Bluesky v X). This appears to be having a radicalising effect, and just making them a bit dumber
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Chart crime from the AFR Headline: “Australia’s capital gains tax to be among highest in the world” Yet depending on the rate of inflation, it could also be among the lowest
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My latest in @crikey.com.au on the UK local elections 👇🏼 Reform may have peaked—but Starmer’s “Blue Labour”-inflected strategy is leading his party to electoral oblivion
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 06/05/2026
Our latest issue is out now! Here’s a peek at what’s inside (all of which you can READ FOR FREE until 11th May) 🧵 For our cover story, @ethanz.bsky.social argues that it has not been proven that social media causes harm—or that banning it is the answer: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
LinkedIn was meant for professionals, but is filled with chatbots, by @benjamin-clark.bsky.social / 5 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
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LinkedIn is the fakest platform of them all
It was meant for professionals—but it is filled with chatbots
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
But it’s also that bizarre thing where politicians on both sides of the pond believe that if they stand for higher ed, they are going to be defending a posh, pipe smoking, rich professor man wearing a tweed jacket who has an office with leather chairs and wooden paneling: a complete caricature.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 25/04/2026
On Thursday, Warner Bros shareholders agreed to a $110bn takeover by Paramount. @benjamin-clark.bsky.social explains what this deal could mean for the future of Hollywood, and in particular for one of America’s most important news networks: CNN
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
STOP THREATENING ME WITH A GOOD TIME!
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🎥: I had a great chat with academic and former Canadian politician Michael Ignatieff about the Hungarian election for @prospectmagazine.co.uk. He knows Orban’s authoritarianism all too well, having seen the Central European Uni forced out of Budapest… www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/73013/...
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Video: The fall of Viktor Orbán, inspiration to Maga
Michael Ignatieff joins this bonus episode of the Prospect Podcast to discuss the Hungarian election
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 14/04/2026
🎥: Michael Ignatieff speaks to Benjamin Clark about the Hungarian election and the fall of Maga’s darling, Viktor Orbán:
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The fall of Viktor Orbán, inspiration to Maga | Michael Ignatieff on the Prospect Podcast
Authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán suffered a crushing defeat in the Hungarian elections, losing to pro-European reformist Péter Magyar. How did Orbán become a figurehead of the global populist right, and an inspiration to Maga figures such as JD Vance? How did the opposition manage to unseat Orbán’
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
>killed the pope >killed Orban’s political future >killed the prospects of a peace deal with Iran
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My Bluesky feed is basically all people basking in Orban’s demise. Total joy. Over on X… literally crickets. Zero posts in my feed about Hungary, even tho their algo MUST know I’m interested in this topic. Elon is posting in support of alleged Australian war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Absolutely historic W for the Leftist chatterati
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A number of British academics and ex-academics just lost a potential pay cheque.
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The vibes at the Scruton Cafes* in Budapest must be at an all-time low. *A chain of cafe/bars inspired by British conservative philosopher Roger Scruton. Est by the Hungarian govt-backed Batthyány Lajos Fnd to help the Orbanist right connect with the youth. They have not succeeded (My pics, 2025)
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban has just conceded to Magyar. Among other western conservatives with egg on their faces is former Aus PM Tony Abbott, senior fellow at the Danube Institute (Hungarian govt-funded think tank). I wrote about his entanglements a while back in @crikey.com.au 👇🏼 www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/20/t...
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Tony Abbott’s position in Orbán’s Hungary is untenable
If Tony Abbott is to inherit Liberal Party elder statesman status, he needs to reconsider some of the company he keeps — starting with his affiliation with the Danube Institute.
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Benjamin Clark @benjamin-clark.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Excellent blog post by @resnikoff.bsky.social. I used to be a big Elizabeth Warren guy, but have been disappointed by her recent antics. The next gen of US progressives are better adapting to the moment, even the “populist” ones publiccomment.blog/p/what-s-goi...
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What's going on with Elizabeth Warren?
On the perils of economic populism
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