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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/09/2026

Any political party which tells you money doesn’t buy influence is either lying to you or has never attended a political fundraiser. Currency is access- and that’s for everyone. My opener to Sunday with Lewis Goodall @lbc.co.uk this morning. youtu.be/uLMuirAe--I?...

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Am on @lbc with @lewisgoodall.com shortly talking about how two crypto billionaires have given £72m to Reform and why British democracy is for sale.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 12/09/2026

Astounding story. Reform receives a *second* £36m donation from a crypto billionaire in 48 hours. Christopher Harborne- the £5m benefactor- has matched Ben Delo's money pound for pound. £72m in total. Approaching US politics sort of money. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 09/09/2026

Sunday with Lewis Goodall was back with a bang this week. 4.7m views on socials. Record numbers watching live stream. Well over 5m total reach. Place to be for politics on a Sunday morning.

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Carlton's Merry Christmas Eve Dance

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is smart analysis. I had not thought of it previously, but it would be politically suicidal before the Holborn and St Pancras by-election for the government to go ahead with: 1. More drilling in the North Sea; and 2. Mahmood's immigration reforms.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 03/09/2026

Makerfield shaped the government Burnham formed- Holborn might just shape the government it becomes. Latest from me on Polanski's big gamble and why this by-election could be among the most important yet. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/zack-polan...

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Zack Polanski’s Huge Gamble

How Holborn and St Pancras might reset the political weather

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 27/08/2026

Two train journeys across the UK this week. Both delayed by more than 4 hours between them. Hundreds of pounds for the privilege. Joke infrastructure, joke country.

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 26/08/2026

"She had the politics of authenticity before the politics of authenticity became a thing." "She managed to make both Republicans and Democrats adore her." @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com reflect on how Dolly Parton did politics, without ever doing politics.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 26/08/2026

Almost never feel sad about celebrity deaths- but felt so moved all day today about Dolly Parton. What a woman. The story of America. We’ve recorded a special ep of News Agents about her politics and why she- uniquely- transcended even the bitterest partisan divides. In your feeds at 5pm.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton dead- hard to think of a more famous woman in the world. A few years ago, there was a poll which showed she was the cultural figure both Democrats and Republicans most mutually loved and admired. Virtually unique. Testament to her achievement.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 24/08/2026

This will be a national crisis- adding to the profound generational inequities which already bedevil Britain. Working class kids have long not had the support they needed as the mass employment industrial world disappeared. Will we repeat the mistake with graduates? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year, survey suggests

Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016

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Judy @judetheconfused.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Listened to this podcast yesterday. @lewisgoodall.com On the spot and interesting.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 23/08/2026

How did a proposed Trump family backed hotel spark a revolutionary movement in Albania? It’s a story of alleged corruption, oligarchy and a country grappling with its Communist past- and European future. Watch our special News Agents report from 🇦🇱 youtu.be/iMx1YBUoGpg?...

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Charles Ubaghs @charlesubaghs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

To echo Lewis, we are hiring.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Excellent @lewisgoodall.com / @thenewsagents.co.uk piece on how the Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Edi Rama plan for luxury developments on Sazan Island and the Vjosa–Narta wetlands has birthed the anti-elite Flamingo Revolution and weeks of protests on the streets of Tirana. youtu.be/iMx1YBUoGpg?...

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Neal Champion @champ.org.uk · 18/08/2026

Jason Arday and the moral panic machine | @lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/jason-arda...

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Jason Arday and the moral panic machine

How the press were right and horribly wrong

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StuartSW @stuartsw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Much has been said about this tragedy, but this sums it up thoughtfully and clearly. May Jason, at least, rest in peace. @lewisgoodall.com Jason Arday and the moral panic machine goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/jason-arda...

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Jason Arday and the moral panic machine

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

'On the contemporary right, wrongdoing is too often a personal failing when committed by an ally, but a systemic revelation when committed by an opponent.' On (Rod Liddle and) Jason Arday.

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Hasan Patel @hasanpatel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

On a day when large chunks of British media doubling down or scaling back on the tragic death of Jason Arday, refreshing to read and see another perspective which is moral by @lewisgoodall.com

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Good piece in capturing some of the ways that Arday became both a symbol and a pawn within what Goodall calls "the ceaseless, airless, brainless culture war".

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Ralitza @ralitza.eurosky.social · 17/08/2026

"Cambridge made him a symbol of institutional progress; his critics made him a symbol of diversity defeating merit; and even in death, his name and reputation remain another tool in the ceaseless, airless, brainless culture war. In every iteration of that war, the human being disappears."

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 17/08/2026

Jason Arday and the tragic moral panic machine New piece from me goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/jason-arda...

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Jason Arday and the moral panic machine

How the press were right and horribly wrong

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 14/08/2026

The term “witch hunt” is overused in politics. Perhaps not now. Quite a bit of the British media should ask themselves serious questions as to whether the coverage they gave to this man was remotely proportionate. Likewise there are Qs for Cambridge- and whether they discharged their duty of care.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/08/2026

And now time for that uniquely British summer tradition: where we castigate ourselves, our education system and most of all our young people for going on to be better educated than ever before.

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 07/08/2026

"Where it went very wrong was with Liz Truss, when she only appointed people who supported her to cabinet. We all know where that ended..." Why is factionalism so hard for modern party leaders to get a grip on, and will it tear the two-party system apart?

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 11/08/2026

“A vape shop with nothing on the shelf? They’re selling drugs!” Jacob Hawley on the death of the high street, and what is going on behind the facade of what remains.

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 07/08/2026

"I don't think it was fully realised how clear and present the danger was of the UK leaving the EU." Nick Thomas_symonds, (former EU relations minister) and Lewis Goodall on whether the EU was "crazy" not to give the UK more when Brexit happened

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Mia @miak06.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Watching this on YouTube as we speak. Absolutely fascinating discussion and the parallels between the 1929 characters to today’s are fascinating If you are interested in markets, would strongly encourage you to listen

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Essential listening about what may lie ahead 📉

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Chris Worthing @chrisworthing.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Great listen

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 01/08/2026

Really enjoyed recording this episode of News Agents with the excellent Andrew Ross Sorkin. What we don't understand about the 1929 Wall Street Crash- and why something even worse might be heading our way. Take a listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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Is a financial collapse coming worse than the Wall St crash?

Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 31 July · 43min

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 31/07/2026

“We're at this inflection point where – and I hate to say it – but the oligarchy has taken over. “Policies are being driven by big money, and who's got the money? The wealthiest in the country.”

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 01/08/2026

No need for anyone to agree with me - but some of the responses to this on here reminds me just how stifling and absolutist a period in our national discourse Covid was.

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 31/07/2026

“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Did the 2008 financial crash cause a spike in populism? "There's the idea we bailed out the banks, but did it selectively. That moment crystalised a disbelief in experts and institutions."

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Alexis Conran @alexisconran.com · 01/08/2026

Really excellent look back at the 1920’s crash and the parallels today. Brilliant from @lewisgoodall.com and Andrew Ross Sorkin.

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Is a financial collapse coming worse than the Wall St crash?

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This should be self evident but clearly isn’t. From @lewisgoodall.com

The problem is not that higher education has failed as an engine of social mobility. It is that, for too long, it has been treated as the only engine. The curriculum is not the problem which is driving our NEET malaise; the weakness of local economies is. Any Labour administration should therefore tread very carefully before dismantling any part of the comprehensive educational settlement created by the Labour governments of the 1960s. Burnham's proposals also misunderstand the multi-layered nature of the modern university, which in many cases is as likely to offer vocational courses as strictly academic ones.
In any case, let's stop the obsession with STEM subjects and
"practical" training. There is already too much snobbery in the assumption that working-class students are somehow less interested in the arts and humanities. And we've never needed those graduates more. In an age in which we are already outsourcing so much of our critical thinking to machines, and in which none of us can be entirely sure of the truth of what we see, where the world's complexity is ever deepening, subjects like philosophy, history, political science, linguistics, classics and literature have rarely been more important.
I'm sure our English graduate prime minister might agree.

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Heather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I have also been struck by the number of awful cases of vulnerable children who died at the hands of their caregivers during lockdown. I don’t know what the correct policy decision was but far more should have been done to protect children such as these

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 31/07/2026

Weekend Notebook from me ✍️ The political avatar that is Tony Fauci- what his (show)trial is really about ✍️ Burnham as Biden? ✍️ Why we should be wary about dismantling comprehensive education- one of the great success stories of the last century. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

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Weekend Notebook: Fauci on (show)trial; Burnham as Biden; why comprehensive education still matters

Oh and Nigel Farage's kamikaze by-election

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Sarah Cowley @bournemouth4eu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Great summary of the week, thank you @lewisgoodall.com Weekend Notebook: Fauci on (show)trial; Burnham as Biden; why comprehensive education still matters open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

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Weekend Notebook: Fauci on (show)trial; Burnham as Biden; why comprehensive education still matters

Oh and Nigel Farage's kamikaze by-election

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 30/07/2026

Is there two-tier policing - discriminatory towards white people - in the Met police? Baroness Casey, who led a landmark review into racism within the Met, shares her thoughts. @lewisgoodall.com

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Caught up with this @thenewsagents.co.uk episode a day late but was pleased about how sensibly @lewisgoodall.com spoke about Burnham’s technical qualification plans. Refreshing to hear a journalist well-informed on education. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Should Polanski be arrested for his Farage Insta post?

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 28/07/2026

If you’re looking to understand Andy Burnham, his thinking and the man- think you could do a lot worse than last two episodes of News Agents Neal Lawson on Burnhamism (ep 1) 👇 youtu.be/B8gkA6ZY8Tk?...

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 27/07/2026

Labour has beaten Reform in the polls for the first time since last April. Is now the time for Andy Burnham to call a snap election? "At some stage he’s going to have to do it. He’s going to have to stand", Steve Rotheram tells Lewis Goodall.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 28/07/2026

Reading John Campbell’s biography of Ted Heath. His team’s approach to comfort the Prime Minister at the loss of his majority in 1974? “Oysters from Prunier’s…but he barely seemed to notice them as a couple of dozen slipped down his throat.”

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