Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialThomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yes! And there are so many great contemporary writers for reading aloud. Katherine Rundell, Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman... My children returned the favour by giving me a list of 5 books to read before I was 50, and 5 more before I was 55. The Hate You GIve was a standout. 021
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Top bants here if anyone's suffering from an excess of politeness this morning 😂 010
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialSteve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW: How does Burnham’s conference speech land with voters when they see it it? In short, very well it seems. A thread on some new video testing of the PM’s speech among voters by @persuasionuk.bsky.social Top line findings and some caveats below! 🧵👇 613851
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Makes a change from a Reform UK Welsh leader who works for people who work for Putin. 000
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I just block the people on here who don't allow replies. Fuck 'em. It's not their personal fiefdom. 041
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All these people popping up saying we can't rejoin the EU without a referendum. My absolute wet dream would be winning by 50.001% vs 49.999% and Andy Burnham saying There you go, will of the people, overwhelming, gimme the Euro, gimme Schengen, take that Losers, the experts have spoken. 040
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 30/09/2026All the talk of Farage's reaction to Burnham's speech should not take away from the fact that all the talk after Farage's conference speech was how he'd been filmed breaking the law grifting foreign money from rich donors . This is the real difference in our politics. 010
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Could the BBC's pre-Burnham speech coverage be any more bullshit? 000
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Head of Racism at LBC Nick Ferrari. Too good! 010
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialKevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“We’ve done a racism by mistake” 0146
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialhollymungal.bsky.social @hollymungal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Please repost this far and wide… Copy and paste it as suggested as well. 043
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’m doing a talk at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media, and Culture on October 14 at 5.30pm. It’s open to the public and tickets are free. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-news-i...eventbrite.co.ukThe News is Dead: Why the media is broken and what you can do about itJournalist and author Mic Wright on what's really going on behind the headlines, why we don't get the news we deserve. 45034
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialGethin @gethin76.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As a former hotelier, we get charged 15-20% by the booking engines. We always gave better prices to people that booked direct for exactly that reason. Exp*dia are actually worse to deal with than B.C if you can believe that. Between them, they own all the major booking platforms aside from airBnB 3347
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention. 211134388
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026Anyway, my masters is done and so I'm looking for more project work and potentially the right permanent job if it comes along. If you've liked the cut of my jib and think I'm right for something, or know someone who might - you can check my website. www.jmoxley.co.ukjmoxley.co.ukJohn Oxley | Writer, Strategist and Political CommentatorJohn Oxley advises on strategy, public affairs and communications, with a decade working alongside senior leaders in politics, law and business. 39232
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026These are all valid points. It's not racist or fascist to say we should control the border. These people are fleeing terrible danger and we owe it to them to make their escape route as safe as possible. 020
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialAsh Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20261/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions. 26895469
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My daughter says Absolute - a - rooney 010
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo… 37930400
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialcomrade friendov @patmac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026i say again, if everyone wishes to keep reskeeting a news headline account, perhaps just make a news headline account that isn’t run by a paid reform party worker 1177
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 17/09/2026Primary-school students in sub-Saharan Africa who receive nutritious meals at school stay enrolled for longer and earn more money throughout their lives than those who don’t go.nature.com/4xZtxxsgo.nature.comSchoolhouse meals serve up an income bumpModelling shows a link between feeding programmes and higher potential earning in five African nations. 03711
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialOwen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's a bumper day for Democrats' senate polling 1207
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way... 791709565
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m having severe trouble finding this story on the BBC homepage. How about you 1015458
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Nothing like enough attention has been paid to the massive, massive tax rebate young, working families have been given through free nursery provision. It amounts to hundreds of pounds a month to people who spend nearly all they get. Probably why we're still growing in spite of everything. 100
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialLibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026LibreOffice 26.8 and the languages for which nobody is paid: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09... 0324
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Anybody wondering why the police didn't react to masked fascists taking over Dover need wonder no longer. 010
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialIrritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So they're doing "Operation Vanguard" Not sure hiring their own security sits well after the violence we saw at their conference and how their security teams dealt with it. 1111
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is an interesting (and I thought, uplifting) thread on AI destroying civilisation and killing us all. 010
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The state of this headline! The story is nothing to do with migrants or the Pakistan U19 cricket team. It's a story about racists who saw brown faces and formed a vigilante mob. The headline should reflect the racism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGroup entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrantsProtesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived. 010
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 18795332
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialStan Dupp @sdupp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026When you find yourself in a hole, stop boring boring boring … 0132
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry. 343109784
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 09/09/2026For those of you into boycotting fascist led enterprises... Although I imagine it's gone to private equity by now in which case take your money elsewhere anyway, to a sushi maker who gives a shit. 000
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The moral of this story seems to be don't call the police to warn that you've seen far right thugs gathering in their hundreds, on Poets day. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFar-right port protests: police told to improve intelligence gatheringWhitehall officials ask why laws meant to clamp down on mask wearing at demonstrations were not used 001
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialRichard Haviland @rfhaviland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026At the next election my first criterion for narrowing down my vote will be ‘any party that doesn’t caveat its condemnation of violent paramilitary thugs’. 0238
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialNolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026R4 #wato not pushing back on the cobblers spouted by the Portsmouth protester they decided to platform He said UK is giving billions + billions to France to stop small boats. Pretty easy to find out agreement is £660m over 3 years. BUT why platform this type of attitude? Stop stoking HATE ffs BBC! 22511
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Here she is, pictured in the lounge area of her motorhome, looking confused and mouthing "Is this mine?" to the producer. 000
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialAndrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026worldatone@bbc.co.uk, if anyone cares to do the same. First time I’ve ever felt sufficiently moved to use it. 031
mikedugdale.bsky.social @mikedugdale.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Would someone in power or a position of responsibility please just correct the record over the 'spontaneity' of Saturday's gathering of uniformed fascists in Dover. Of course it wasn't fucking spontaneous. Stop treating everyone like simpletons or we will not forget or forgive you. 010
Reposted by @mikedugdale.bsky.socialMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 07/09/2026Big fan of how Russia can shut down a major UK port for half a day with just 5kg of cocaine and 100 severely divorced men. 18669178