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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fantastic interview with Ian Hislop on journalism and satire. I especially like how he keeps emphasising that being a journalist (or cartoonist) is skilled work, takes time and deserves to be paid properly. If we don't pay for journalism, we will get nothing but "content" youtu.be/TCOdomjE0dw?...

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Ian Hislop on 40 years as Private Eye editor and why Britain "isn't" broken

YouTube video by BBC Politics

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Chikli previously celebrated Tommy Robimson, & he also called the Board of Deputies woke, pro-Palestinian lefties (because BoD & Jewish Leadership Council called Robinson "the worst of Britain" and saying this s Chikli "minister for the diaspora in name only")

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Amichai Chikli, minister of diaspora affairs in Israel says British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (like New York Mayor Mandami) is a dangerous Islamist. The occasion for this prejudice is new phase of community sponsorship of refugees (begun by David Cameron 2016) + Likud's election campaign

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Supply side economics trying to "solve" all the things that make us human with crap products that no one asked for

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Blimey. "We could stay as we are... we could look at what George Osborne has said about a customs union, we could look at what the Liberal Democrats said at their conference about the single market, or we could go all the way - so there are clearly options". www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

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Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, Burnham tells BBC

The PM was speaking after using his conference speech to say the government will end the existing triple lock on pensions from 2030 to help fund social care reforms in England.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having real #MeToo flashbacks today, what with various news stories going around, and thinking a lot about how women were encouraged to rip themselves open and show off our trauma, in all its Technicolor glory, so that men might begin to believe us

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bisexuality Day, to show respect please celebrate gender and sexual fluidity for 3 minutes and 52 seconds by playing Pretty Persuasion by R.E.M. For bonus enjoyment you can also enjoy Michael Stipe confirming this song is about "what we now would call trans rights" youtu.be/kAA5FlnQ24U?...

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A Tree That Sounds Like Daft Punk Doing A Sea Shanty - What To Expect On Michael Stipe's Solo Album

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Years of discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community, continuing homophobia and transphobia, all coupled with ageism. Older LGBTQIA+ facing ongoing discrimination/ stereotyping/judgment. Things were meant to be better by now. Instead they just seem to go backwards. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Adam Porter, a housing development manager from the LGBT Foundation charity, says he regularly meets older members of the community in exactly that situation.

"It's very common for people to hide things if they have a carer visiting their home, for example hiding their wedding photos or taking down a trans flag," he says.

"In the case of someone moving into a care environment, that means hiding who they are in their own home, for what could be the rest of their life."

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm feeling cheerful, somebody told me today that my new haircut (not pictured) makes me look like River Phoenix. (Don't worry, I am aware that I do not, in fact, look like River Phoenix. But it was such a kind thing to say that I appreciate the generosity of the lie)

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Life is short, joy is precious, and cringe isn't real

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

These people are buying up our whole world with toy money and turning it into their own playground. And we all still have to live in it

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Tim Waits @ironweed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is funny for a few reasons but I love questions like this, people just imagining hypothetical scenarios, alternate histories and going "oooh, I sure am glad we didn't end up with THAT." Better or worse than what? What's the control group for comparison? Iceland? Aldi? Swansea on the weekend?

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Feel free to ignore me guys but if you're a Labour politician and you're about to say something about Green-Lab voters, take a moment to consider whether you'd say the same thing about Reform-Lab voters. If you wouldn't, consider whether there's a reason it seems like a bad idea.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"The RNLI has announced a review of its security procedures to ensure the safety of its volunteers after anti migrant protests.. at the weekend. Some crew members had their photos and names shared on social media in posts accusing them of treason"

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

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An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Fantastic review of Teenage Death and Sex at Camp Miasma from @nicanstett.bsky.social for @autostraddle.bsky.social (Also great soundtrack ranging from R.E.M. to Sade to Donna Lewis) 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and the Inherent Sensuality of Slashers' share.google/qe4bVt3WiRXH...

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'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' and the Inherent Sensuality of Slashers

Like the many stab-happy movies it imitates, watching Camp Miasma is as much a physical experience as it is an intellectual one.

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thanks to the super important discourse about UK/YooKay, I now have the rap from American Boy by KW and Estelle aggressively stuck in my head, so thanks for that everyone

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's always baffled me that this terminology caught on when the metaphor is something that is definitionally impossible.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Here it is, the cover of the paperback edition of my book, Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters. Now featuring some snazzy quotes! It’s out on August 27. geni.us/BreakingMicWright

The cover of Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters by Mic Wright. It is red with white text. The title ‘Breaking’ is show in blue/black newsprint on a piece of ripped newspaper.

A white circle features the text: “Riveting and forensic’ — James O’Brien.

On the back cover there are quotes from Samira Ahmed “Brimming with intelligence” and The Big Issue “An authoritative guide.”

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Healthwatch @healthwatch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

With July and August yet to be counted the UK has already recorded about 2,877 excess deaths from heatwaves, nearly double the figure from 2025 and close to the all‑time record set in 2022. That’s three record‑breaking summers for heat deaths within just four years theworlddata.com/heat-related...

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Dr Sue Mann, NHS National Clinical Director for Women's Health, said the pharmacy service was a "major step forward for women's health", with "no appointment, no waiting and no judgement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Hundreds of thousands of women use free morning-after pill service at pharmacies

Since October, the morning-after pill has been made available free-of-charge at high street pharmacies under a new scheme in England.

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"This is a moment for the Lords to redeem itself. We can offer genuine scrutiny and attempt to strike the balance between safeguards and the practicalities of navigating any system when terminally ill." Great point by Lord Alf Dubs on the difference between real scrutiny and blanket opposition.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 13/07/2026

Feel like true crime colliding with 24 hour political commentary is the cross breeding of two terrible media pathologies.

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Only if you take their references to "the establishment" at face value, rather than as a disingenuous code for something else. I consider it to be pretty clearly the latter.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The right takes academia seriously, and is pouring money into neutering it. Would be good to see left wing politicians taking academia equally seriously, and taking action to support it www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?

Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/06/2026

I think I agree with @stephenkb.bsky.social's diagnosis that it basically means "conforms to an archetype I can readily identify", and that a big part of that is projection on behalf of the beholder.

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Will Cooling @willcooling.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I was 30 when my son was born. I had lived under 5 Prime Ministers. Ten (and a bit) years later he is about to live under his seventh. Thing is, you look at British history, good argument that both periods are weird outliers

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This is fairly obvious but do not listen to journalists (or influencers, commentators, etc) whose advice is "annoy these people! Make enemies of those people! What an embarrassing voter to have, scare them away!"

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/06/2026

Did Reform lose because they were too woke? A columnist earning 8 times your salary assumes the answer is yes, and investigates from there.

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Guttmacher @guttmacher.org · 18/06/2026

As #PrideMonth continues, let’s remember: ➡️ Trans Rights 🤝 Reproductive Rights ️➡️ Gender-affirming care is essential health care. ➡️ No matter how someone identifies, they deserve access to affordable and high-quality care.

White and yellow text on a violet banner says, "Trans rights & reproductive rights are inextricably linked in the fight for bodily autonomy." Below is a map of the US with color coding to show that 26 states ban gender-affirming care for youth, and 13 of those states also have abortion bans.

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The question for me isn't "could AI ever compose a concerto as good as Bach?" The question is "what on earth would be the point of that?"

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I agree with this but also IMO this incoherence is part of why there's such intense frustration. It doesn't even feel like a smart, outcomes based growth-first model, it often feels more like an unthinking acceptance of truisms, including many about growth, and many of which contradict each other

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I always think of Homer Simpson whining "and that's another thing! You calling yourself queer! That's our word for making fun of you! We neeeeeed it!" in 'Homer's Phobia'

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"Immigration is projected to decline further to below 100,000 by the end of 2026 — levels not seen since the late 1990s (excluding the pandemic period)." Yet half the population believes it is rising. www.britishfuture.org/britain-thin...

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Britain thinks net migration is rising — when it has actually fallen by more than three-quarters - British Future

Findings from British Future’s annual Immigration Attitudes Tracker reveal the extent of public misperceptions on net migration.

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This. A piece of design either needs to look professional and high quality or it doesn't. If it does, you need a human designer. If it doesn't, AI will just make it look horrible.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Public First conducted new public attitudes research ahead of yesterdsy's marches. Tommy Robinson had 17% approval and 47% approval. He is barred from the Reform Party, as a former BNP member, but its supporters are split 35% approve & 31% disapprove

Approval of Tommy Robinson

Uk adults: 17-47 (-30)
Conservatuves 12-50 (-38)
Labour 19-45 (-26)
LibDem 7-62 (-55)
Rerorm 36-31 (+5)
Green 6-59 (-53(

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

From the other march, apparently, for those who missed the point of my second post.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

[incidentally, some people here who claim to be on the left/anti-racist, but think that it can't be antisemitism if you just say "Zionists" instead of "Jews" would benefit from reading this.]

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?

antisemitic banner at the United the Kingdom rally

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"Strategic incomprehension" is such a perfect phrase. Not just the culture on X. This is infuriatingly common in politics and media more generally. "Are you actually that stupid, or do you just think I'm that stupid?" is possibly the most common thing I want to yell at the TV these days.

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Interesting thread for anyone trying to better understand the Labour party process for changing leader mid-parliamentary term

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Jack @jhol95.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Think some of you are starting to do the Corbyn thing again with Polanski (making an individual the sole paragon for progressive politics despite flaws and dismissing or getting defensive over repeated instances of questionable character or judgement that you wouldn't accept from other politicians)

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

"The letter, coordinated by British Future and shared with Jewish News, brings together more than 30 Muslim leaders, imams, academics, youth workers and community figures from across Britain." www.jewishnews.co.uk/muslim-leade...

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Muslim leaders issue solidarity message to British Jews after antisemitic attacks

EXCLUSIVE: Open letter says Muslims and Jews must stand together against hatred and division

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧵There is no doubt that Labour’s losses to the left hurt them, but just doesn’t seem to be borne out that what we are seeing is fragmentation of the left vote alone and Reform eating ex Tories. The right bloc is actively growing, likely some defections from Reform Labour some differential turnout.

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