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@bobhudson.bsky.social
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Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK. www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hud…

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 7h
Couldn’t make it today Geoff - my lucky day!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 8h
Don’t want to talk about it! 😡
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 17h
Absolutely Geoff.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 18h
It’s beyond bearing isn’t it? His whiny ignorance drills into your soul and casts a dark shadow over the whole world.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Waking to Tom Watson on #r4today describing opposition to Palantir’s public sector contracts as ‘mob rule’ - whatever happened? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Lord Watson praises his new employers but says there are "legitimate questions" about big tech firms that "require answers".
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All eyes (rightly) on top two but also worth mentioning that both Reform and Restore lost their deposits.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
America, you shame yourself … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low | Paul Daley
A proposal to livestream the killing of Nidal Hasan by firing squad opens a window ever wider to the Trump administration’s complete moral vacuity
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Badenoch: ‘A bad speaker with the intellectual heft of a pamphlet in a box of anti-fungal cream’ - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social is unimpressed by the new Tory saviour… brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/kemi-charm...
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Kemi-charmed life
Praise for Kemi Badenoch’s Tory party conference speech shows the British right-wing press engaged in an act of collective fantasy.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Huh? Has she forgotten Osborne’s age of austerity? We’re still suffering the effects of that.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Farage has looked into it very carefully and concluded there is no case to answer then…
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s unedifying the way Blair just seems to chase the money isn’t it?
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Narrator: Michelle Mone has now been under investigation for over five years… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Fraudster jailed over multi-million pound PPE scam
Craig Morris was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Northampton Crown Court.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well…I’m once again sharing a birthday with Putin. Hope I’m around when this is no longer the case!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don’t even try to cover their tracks do they? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s all so heart-sinking isn’t it? The same old tunes with nastier lyrics.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wow! Seriously?
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jeffrey Archer - far from the ‘colourful’ and endearing rogue. Just a nasty piece of work - @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social explains… brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/here-lies-...
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Here lies Jeffrey Archer
The death of one of Britain’s most infamous liars brings back memories of Monica Coghlan.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‘He died peacefully at home between writing sessions…can’t think of a better way to go than that… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Publisher says author died peacefully at home ‘between writing sessions’
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reviews don’t come much more damning than this do they?
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here we go…why exactly is this needed, what will it do, what would be the true cost? Needless to say it would be funded by ‘welfare cuts’.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Brilliant!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a selection of the anti-migrant warriors with ‘legitimate concerns’ arrested at Gosport last night…
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
South Tyneside’s Reform council is rapidly discovering that Doge-style cuts don’t make for good politics.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deregulation. Quango culling. Welfare Cuts. Lower taxation. We’ve been here before haven’t we?
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You just despair at Badenoch’s daily pollution of our political discourse - coarse, simplistic and divisive.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Badenoch says Burnham wants to take the country back to the 1970s. Griffith would prefer the 1870s… www.cityam.com/heathrow-and...
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Griffith pledges ‘most ambitious deregulation project’ in generation
Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, will say he will slash red tape on businesses across construction, supermarkets and nuclear energy.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Waking to grim news. Trump will be delighted. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The man who videos himself confronting fare dodgers is himself a transport crook? One law for Jenrick, another for everyone else.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This account of Putin using his missiles to destroy books in Ukraine is sickening … www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books
A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh dear…this is her flagship policy offer and she can’t even answer the most basic question about it!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absolutely Ralph!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‘A new audit body focused on local and regional government’…pity Cameron, Pickles et al abolished the Audit Commission! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers
Labour wants to make sure mayors and council chiefs in England can be held to account for extra revenues devolved to them
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Money’s too tight to mention…well for some people.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh dear @theguardian.com…First we lose Country Diary supremo, Phil Gates, and now the Acerbic Queen, Marina Hyde? To lose one may be regarded as a misfortune.. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina Hyde
Yes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brass neck politics!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It takes some nerve to build a mere 500 prison places in 14 years, berate your successor for the consequences, then claim you’ll create 50,000… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tories pledge to build 50,000 new prison places
The party says its proposals would stop prisoners being released early and cut crime.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Big election in Brazil this weekend. Beggars belief that the Bolsonaro brand is in contention… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Brazil’s Lula says only he can stop rise of fascism under Bolsonaro’s son
President leads huge rally in Rio before election on Sunday seen as most important for decades
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If asked, we will discover that ‘the will of the people’ is very different to that of 2016.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes, Hirst ward. He still came second!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two by-elections in Reform strongholds here in the NE. Not pretty reading for Farage…
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What puerile politics! Burnham’s continuing appeals for cross-party talks are a refreshing alternative.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Universities going under because of restrictions on international student visas: when will we stop this self-defeating nonsense? C'mon Andy!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
University of Sunderland seeking £40m cuts amid visa refusals
Staff are told Sunderland University is planning huge and permanent budget cuts by next year.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here in Durham another Reform councillor disappears under a cloud. This👇 is how the leader seeks a replacement. Bizarre!
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh really? Maybe he could let us know all of the benefits to our lives arising from Brexit? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another one gone!? It’s impossible to exaggerate the scale of chaos here in Durham with our Reform council. Their massive majority is almost gone.. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2659950...
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Reform councillor resigns from Durham County Council
Reform UK councillor Aaron Hillam has resigned from Durham County Council after moving out of County Durham.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well said Jurgen Klopp - a fine manager and a fine man.
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dearie me #WATO. Your coverage of ABs EU proposal has canvassed opinion from red wall Makerfield, crazy Brexiteer, Graham Stringer and a fence-sitting think tank. Are you aware there’s a majority for rejoining? Why not talk to these people? 😡
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As night follows day…
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the (unlikely) event that you need further evidence of Farage’s sheer unfitness for office, try this from Marina Hyde👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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To the people voting for Nigel Farage: is this really the finger you want on the red button? | Marina Hyde
The Reform leader’s reaction to the RAF Fairford affair is again revealing. If what’s needed is a steady hand and cool head, he’s not the guy, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Important stuff from @peterkellner.bsky.social on the willingness to vote tactically to keep Farage out. Burnham’s speech will surely have intensified this? kellnerp.substack.com/p/how-tactic...
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How tactical voting could destroy Reform…
…and left-of-centre voters help to revive the Tories
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