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Kevin Gopal

@kevingopal.bsky.social
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Manchester-based freelance journalist and editor linkedin.com/in/kevin-gopal-074876272

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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And will he fund a receptionist to answer the phone at RAF Fairford?
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Will Chancellor John Healey find the missing money that caused defence secretary John Healey to resign? And is there an alternative that provides national security without fuelling ever spiralling demands from the defence lobby? Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social - national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
national.thelead.uk
The Lead Untangles: Defence spending
As the Chancellor gave a hint of what may be in the budget, has he squared the ongoing pressures over funding the military which triggered him to resign under the previous prime minister?
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why are England and Wales outliers in western Europe for sending so many people to prison? Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social - open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
open.substack.com
The Lead Untangles: The prisons crisis
Adult men’s prisons across the UK are essentially full, but early release is a tricky issue - as Andy Burnham has already found
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Led Zepellin John Martyn The Three Johns Here and Now Curtis Mayfield Gillian Welch Burning Spear The Roches Crazy P Gil Scott Heron
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Alison Gordon 🇺🇦 @alisonmgordon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What the hell
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Me for The Lead this week. How much difference will the reforms make when the vast majority of planning decisions are already delegated to officers?
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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If this had been policy in the 70s (as it partly was), towns would have produced lots of mining engineers & metallurgists just before pits & steelworks closed. As the yanks say, you should skate to where the puck's going, not to where it is. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs
PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We gave the Americans a gajillion pounds so we could use these wonky fuck-up robots. What are we going to do, *not* use them for cruelty to foreigners? Insane
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is very troubling. Protesters not prosecuted as terrorists as prosecutors feared they would not have been convicted. So charged with criminal damage. Guilty. And now CPS wants them sentenced as terrorists. bit.ly/4x5xiRf What is happening to our sense of justice?
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I looked at why @zackpolanski.bsky.social, @neweconomics.bsky.social and others support rent controls in a piece for @theleaduk.bsky.social earlier this month - national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
national.thelead.uk
The Lead Untangles: Rent controls
With Andy Burnham almost certain to become the next Prime Minister, campaigners are demanding rent controls
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Me for The Lead this week. Thanks to all who spoke to me.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You really can never give these people enough. Been talking to EU migrants who've paid to upgrade from settled status tocitizenship precisely for fear settled status might be removed from then. Now Spectator would remove that.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/07/2026
Baby Can Already Tell Crib He’s In Going To Be Recalled theonion.com/baby-can-already-tell-…
Baby Can Already Tell Crib He’s In Going To Be Recalled
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Who lines up alongside with the Greens in support of rent controls – and who is against? Me for @theleaduk.bsky.social this week – national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
national.thelead.uk
The Lead Untangles: Rent controls
With Andy Burnham almost certain to become the next Prime Minister, campaigners are demanding rent controls
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Told his dressing room "reasons can wait". If there are "reasons'" ECB in trouble. You'd think he had another year in him on form and fitness, even if his batting had declined
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Told his dressing room "reasons can wait".
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Kevin Mitchell @kevinmitchell50.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
BREAKING: Stokes retiring from international cricket - announced while he’s still bowling! Weird.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Mill tests the journalist exemption in GDPR and it works - manchestermill.co.uk/a-dish-best-se… @manchestermill.bsky.social
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It really is noticeable that there are a lot fewer England flags up everywhere than there were in the last World Cup, presumably because nobody wants to be mistaken for those clowns who were putting them up everywhere for no good reason last year.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Burnham: It is 'important that this process is conducted in an orderly and responsible way. I will put myself forward as part of this process'.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Should be in the Highway Code
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Mandelson and Robbins both urging the deleting of things.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Mandelson will not be familiar with the Nolan Principles, believes Corin Robertson. 😂
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Mandelson to McSweeney. “I’ve just had this exchange with*** by whatsapp. I don’t know why Karen decided to email everyone last night… Please ignore – and if you can do it discreetly, delete!”
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
13-03-25. From Ailsa Terry to Mandelson and McSweeney. “Thank you Peter. On the back of the email you mention, Olly has been clear about the need to delete all traffic on this.”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
References to Palantir have been redacted from the Mandelson files on the grounds that they would be "prejudicial to UK national security or international relations"
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
'But I got away with "hand of history". They'll love "less as a rupture than a reckoning". Put it in.'
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Pronunciations heard in last 24 hours: 'Mackerfield', 'Mekkerfield', 'Makefield'.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Resulting from an IRL conversation with @crumpsalljamie.bsky.social earlier today
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Shabana Mahmood’s special advisor threatened us with an injunction and two different lawsuits last night in an attempt to block this story linking her to a notorious vote rigging case. I think it’s strongly in the public interest. So here it is. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/exclusive-sh...
birminghamdispatch.co.uk
Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood’s postal ballot was investigated in a 2004 vote-rigging scandal in Birmingham
The future home secretary submitted two postal ballot documents with very different signatures
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Sad news that Beverley Martyn has died - johnmartyn.com/news/beverley/
johnmartyn.com
Beverley - John Martyn
It is with profund sadness, that we announce that Beverley...
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If I was Starmer it would be getting me through the day. In tough meetings I would be thinking "at least I've got the Mandelson compromat file to read this weekend". What kind of person has that kind of document and doesn't read it? No friend of mine for sure.
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/04/2026
Hall of fame FT correction
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Be good if he agreed to eat his book again but this time no one watched.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
GMP finds 'no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting' in the Gorton and Denton by-election - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
GMP issue new update on investigation into by-election 'family voting' claims
A full statement on the results of the probe has been issued
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A few weeks ago oil was about $70 a barrel and Iran was mostly selling at an often steep discount to China. The US Treasury will now let them sell at $110 a barrel on the open market for a few weeks at least. I’ve read quite a lot about the history of economic warfare. This is quite new.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"would otherwise receive immediate access to welfare and social housing" is BS. Correct: "after 5 years working in a care home, would be eligible to apply for welfare and social housing on the same basis as the rest of us." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Deliberately misleading/disingenous.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/03/2026
Trump Wins $60 On Kalshi Betting He’ll Bomb Iran
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Jamie K @crumpsalljamie.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
abandon the Syrian Kurds; activate the Iranian Kurds www.itv.com/news/2026-03...
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Only just.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Curtice: worst ever Cons by-election result
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Woolas's campaign manager then was one Peter Mandelson IIRC
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
OLAF promises to fast-track investigation and deliver verdict by 2035... 😅
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
New OS for my 11yo MacBook is a bit of a surprise. Does it make any odds? mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-su...
mrmacintosh.com
macOS Big Sur 11.7.11 Update Released Years After Retirement - Mr. Macintosh
In a surprise move, Apple released just released macOS Big Sur 11.7.11 (20G1443) Update to fix multiple certificate issues.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Can he hang on until after the Gorton byelection?
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
With millions struggling to afford food, utilities and essentials, a protected minimum floor for benefits could provide a lifeline and reduce reliance on food banks - @kevingopal.bsky.social speaks to those who need it most national.thelead.uk/p/child-pove...
national.thelead.uk
Guaranteeing the essentials: How Britain could end crisis-level poverty
With millions struggling to afford food, utilities and essentials, a protected minimum floor for benefits could provide a lifeline and reduce reliance on food banks.
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A protected minimum floor, preventing people having their Universal Credit cut beyond a certain level, is a stepping stone to ensuring benefits cover the cost of essentials. Me in @theleaduk.bsky.social.
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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Bit hopeful on his part - 'we request', we 'remind
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