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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 29/09/2026

"Andy Burnham showed willingness to go beyond what his focus groups told him, and do what he thinks is fundamental to reshape British society." The Prime Minister gave his first party conference speech as leader – and you know what? It went pretty well www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-...

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Did Andy Burnham just deliver the best Labour speech in decades? | The News Agents

Andy Burnham gave his first Labour Party conference speech as leader, one full of pledges and private pain, and it seems like he landed every single punch.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Spot on. And sadly the FT failed to mention BT' work anywhere in their long,detailed article.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

£72m for Reform over the weekend could be just the tip of the iceberg There's nothing to stop Elon Musk giving, via a UK X subsidiary, £300m to Restore Britain today Or a Trump ally giving £500m to Farage via a UK-registered firm There's a v narrow window to tackle big money in the elections bill

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's a rare policy that would be welcomed by both business and trade unions - and at the same time would *improve* the UK's fiscal position. Dropping these proposals - for which there is no economic, moral or political case - would be one. www.ft.com/content/8a00...

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Unions demand softening of UK immigration reforms

Proposals will ‘punish’ low-paid migrants doing essential work in public services and create a new staffing crisis in social care, says motion passed at TUC

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Picked up a copy of "Hyperpolitics" on a whim after seeing it promoted all over the place and I can only conclude that Verso have an amazing marketing department because there's not much substance here and the evidence base is weak.

A copy of the book "Hyperpolitics" by Anton Jäger on a pub table next to a pint of lager.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

David Edgar's 1976 play 'Destiny' on the rise of neo-Nazis in contemporary Britain premiered 50 years ago this month. The last scene was two rich businessmen negotiating to give money to the far right. It was dismissed as implausible. How times change. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

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Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right ...

The extreme views of neo-Nazis in the playwright’s 1976 drama Destiny have since moved into the mainstream

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Lewis @lgambrose.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One last time - on Arsenal being a pleasure to watch and all the stress being replaced by joy:

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The Serenity Now

Watching Arsenal with calm and heeding Arsène Wenger’s wise words

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The populist right says the NHS is broken. Read my deep dive into working life at Birmingham's QE Hospital. Staff and patients tell a different story: a resilient institution coping with endless daily pressures - with 43% of staff from a migrant background. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/views-f...

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Views From the Inside: Reflections on the Modern Hospital

There's a constant refrain in the UK that the NHS is dying on its feet. But how accurate is this picture?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The populist Right endlessly write off the NHS as part of their narrative about the UK in terminal decline. My deep dive inside Birmingham's QE paints a different picture, a hospital showing resilience in the face of the pressures of modern life. Read on.. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Views from the Inside: Reflections on the Modern Hospital

There's a constant refrain in the press, on social media and from populist politicians that the NHS is dying on its feet. How accurate is this picture? This article takes a behind-the-scenes look at ...

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Simple truth: unite against the main enemy.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Really insightful piece here by @willhutton.bsky.social and why collective values are crucial to progressive politics.

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Tony Smith @smithtonyd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

When will we get Justice - the basis of trust in our liberal democracy? Grenfell Tower report shows what’s good for business is often disastrous for the public observer.co.uk/news/columni...

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Grenfell Tower report shows what’s good for business is o...

US cladding company at the heart of the tragic inferno paid shareholders almost twice as many millions as it did survivors and bereaved relatives

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

jasonstanleyantifascist.substack.com/p/it-sure-lo... Interesting take. A professor counts the numbers. Arday's work has lots of citations.

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It sure looks like Jason Arday was horrifically wronged

The media’s profound ignorance of academia is a deadly problem

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 20/08/2026

"The implicit logic was that if an ethnic minority ever tricks you, anti-racism has gone too far", says journalist and editor Steven Bush. Was Jason Arday hounded due to a paranoia that the UK operates a two-tier system - a view that has been proliferated online?

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Cork & Cage and Boodle Fight, Birmingham: ‘You’ll want to try it all’ The Pershore Road in the southwest of the city is a hidden gem stuffed with dozens of independent eateries. But these two will answer all your prayers ✍️ Rebecca Nicholson bit.ly/46djN6w

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Cork & Cage and Boodle Fight, Birmingham: ‘You’ll want to...

The Pershore Road in the southwest of the city is a hidden gem stuffed with dozens of independent eateries. But these two will answer all your prayers

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The frightening logic of Blue Labour: Glasman, Rutherford, McSweeney, Mahmood,Cowley, Collier all praise the 'Danish' model and end up in bed with Meloni. European values from the French revolution onwards are liberty,equality and solidarity. 'Faith,flag and family' is a Mussolini slogan.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Amazing how this story involving Reform's head of policy has been ignored.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@nixonsimon.bsky.social exposing the shameful response of Meloni, Frederiksen and other EU leaders to Morocco's Cueta migrant invasion.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A sign that some parts of European left understand the significance of Burnham.

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Alex Kanefsky (he/him) @alexkanefsky.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ppl always talking about radicalisation via social media echo chambers etc etc. Can we talk about how our *national newspapers* are now advocating for the kind of “white is right” ethnonationalism previously only espoused by the National Front & BNP?

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

action.compassonline.org.uk/news_agents?... A must listen. Lawson and Goodall in sparkling form discussing what will be needed if Burnham is to topple Thatcherism.

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Join Compass to end neoliberalism

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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.

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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“[Elon Musk] is an anti-Muslim bigot. And that's not me calling him that. That's him embracing it.” I was on 'Piers Uncensored' today, discussing, among oher things, Musk's car-crash and bigoted interview with The Economist. Clip below. Full debate here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbT0...

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Listen to Compass Director Neal Lawson on the latest episode of The News Agents podcast - discussing all things on the new Prime Minister. Out now wherever you get your podcasts!

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

tfw you say you're willing to work cross-party on a total reform of social care but then rule out any of the revenue-raising steps needed to pay for it. #Cakeism is clearly alive and well.

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Kemi Badenoch tells PM not to raise taxes to fund social care

In a letter to the PM, the Conservative leader offers to work with him on adult social care reform.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...

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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Burnham is a fan of Orwell's advice on style in Politics and the English Language. (Though I bet he will often break rule one on familiar metaphors + cliches: sometimes the familiarity can make them useful). But he is consciously committed to the next four rules for clarity and communication.

i. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

iv. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

v. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

vi. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Zucman and Krugman on wealth taxes. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-ag...

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Talking Again With Gabriel Zucman

Oligarchy, wealth taxes, and more

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 25/07/2026

You see this frontpage and do genuinely wonder what on earth the conversation must have been between the senior editors when they were laying it out...

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Tom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Quarter of a million people now fleeing out of control wildfires in France and Spain, and it is still acceptable for leaders of apparently mainstream political parties (Badenoch, Trump, Farage) to deny climate science, cheered on by the Murdoch press.

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Jon Bloomfield @jonbloomfield.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Annaliese Dodds completely unable to define neoliberalism - free markets strong state - or challenge Danny Finkelsteins simplistic 'private good, public bad' mantras on BBCToday. Until progressives can do that Burnham will struggle to get a proper hearing. @compassoffice.bsky.social

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