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Graham Hitchen

@grahamhitchen.bsky.social
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Director Loughborough University Policy Unit & Director of Policy CoSTAR creative technologies Foresight Lab. #policy #london #football #creativeindustries

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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.ft.com/content/2279...
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Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery
A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
2) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad.
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Timo Betcke @timobetcke.me · 01/08/2026
That’s what is so fascinating about Kemi Badenoch. Reality has never bothered her.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So, Burnham's first commitment is to ending rough-sleeping. And there was me hoping he might abolish VAR. He's gone for the easy stuff first.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#Burnham - the first former-Culture Secretary as PM.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Brilliant thread 😂
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@sundersays.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social What are the odds?
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
As long as there is football. goldengoal.world/2026/06/05/a...
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As Long as There Is Football - Golden Goal
In Palestine, the results matter less than the fact that the game persists
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Two-tier egg-selling.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If there’s one thing to read about this case, it’s this:
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In Sutton, the Lib Dems won 93% of the seats with 44% of the vote! One of several fascinating insights from state.com/united-kingd...
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Local Elections 2026 Results | State
Live results from the 2026 local elections across England. Over 5,000 council seats were contested across 136 local authorities. Enter your postcode to see who won in your ward.
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Simeone wondering why he’s not being consulted on refereeing decisions this week
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I took the State political quiz — I'm most aligned with L**** on local issues. Find out who you should vote for in May: state-local-elections.lovable.app
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Who should you vote for on May 7th? | State
Local elections are happening in your area! Empower yourself with the information and find out which candidate best match your views.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A must-read. Brilliant!
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
At @chathamhouse.org with Prof Helen Drake #LoughboroughUniversityLondon and Jeremy Corbyn.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Blimey.
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arseblog @arseblog.com · 07/02/2025
p1r.es
Framing
I have a problem with some of the mainstream media coverage of Arsenal left-back Myles Lewis Skelly over the last ten days or so. A big part of that is because I am an Arsenal fan who, probably like a lot of you, is trying not to get too exhausted about…
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Brilliant critique of Tory leadership.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Who needs fact-checkers? 🤷‍♂️
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
‘“Willing to work’ with big bad wolf” says three little pigs spokesperson
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Typical bus journey on the 43 bus going north on Upper Street: “I got 2000 ‘likes’ when I tweeted that I was leaving the Labour Party after Keir’s Milestones speech”
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
“Just be nice” is not a growth strategy for the UK’s creative industries or indeed any other part of the British economy. @stephenkb.bsky.social It's not that the Creative Industries don't need to be more inclusive, there just needs to be a plan for inclusive investment and growth.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Great thread on the challenge for anyone using AI in creative production.
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Cultural place-making in East London. Fully-funded PhD opportunity! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Cultural Placemaking in East London | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
Applications are invited for the fully-funded AHRC Collaborative PhD studentship held at the Institute for Creative Futures, Loughborough University London, on the theme of Cultural Placemaking in Eas...
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
One second of production for film animation uses enough energy to provide a day’s worth of hot water for a family of four. #mediacymru #Beyond2024 #digitaldecarbonisation
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Graham Hitchen @grahamhitchen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Foresight Incoming. Creative technologies foresight #CoSTARnetwork sites.gold.ac.uk/costarforesi...
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CoSTAR ForesightLAB
Foresight and insight to the adoption, use and impact of CoSTAR technologies
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