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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Broadcasters should be aware that 5/6ths of UK audience (most people in all demographic + political views) don't yet know this central point about the most salient policy issue. They should communicate that context clearly + platform the contested political debate www.ipsos.com/en-uk/immigr...

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Making sense of the madness. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Analysis of the international and domestic implications of the ‘Greenland crisis’, including how the ‘Carney doctrine’ could offer a way forward for post-Brexit Britain: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/maki...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 24/01/2026

1/ Others have pointed this out, but there are massive hidden costs in terms of effort and contingency planning to all the Trump threats that never materialize because he never meant them, TACO'd, got talked out of it, or got distracted. I wanted to talk about why by explaining risk mitigation.

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Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 14/01/2026

1970s-style debt crisis update – UK borrowing costs fall to lowest in more than a year www.ft.com/content/0574...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

my latest for Prospect.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 10/01/2026

Made one of them there starter packs, of people I find fun, interesting, intelligent, etc. on this site. Mostly UK pols, a smattering of geopol stuff, Georgia and Ukraine. If you're not there, it's not because I hate you; I just didn't see your name before my dinner was ready. go.bsky.app/5z2cs4R

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 01/01/2026

Set out six months ago to investigative some dubious evictions. Ended up writing a sprawling story spread over 450 years about London property deals, the ethics of money lending, Tommy Robinson, Barbary pirates, Jacobean earls, and wealth in the capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/henry-smit...

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A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths

These two London landlords are separated by four centuries — but joined by a common name and business interests.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

NEW When should social media posts have legal consequences? Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah By me, at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

It is not easy to reconcile Badenoch’s respective statements about the Connolly and Abd El-Fattah cases. But she is not alone. Many people will say Connolly should have been convicted but Abd El-Fattah should not face sanction, and many will have the opposite view. Few will say both should have the protection of free speech, and few will say that both should suffer legal consequences.

In today’s hyper-partisan political culture, a common position is “free speech for me, but not for thee”. Those claiming the benefit of the right to free expression often make grand declarations against censorship and so on, while simultaneously nodding along with prohibitions and sanctions on others.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The MI6 agent who interviewed Coco Chanel about her wartime work for the Abwehr was Malcolm Muggeridge.

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

i don't think this so much about the NHS per se but about people with a vested interest in Magic Bullet Techno-Optimism, determined to push AI/Digital as a solution to all woes

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Reflections on a year of far-right mass deportation policies and the scapegoating of migrants going mainstream (Full disclosure: I am an immigrant!) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

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The year of the migrant

Across the world, far-right mass deportation policies and the scapegoating of foreigners have gone mainstream

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 26/12/2025

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

Stephen Miller • @St... • 13m Ø
Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids.
Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵

Stephen Miller writes on Twitter: "Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids.

Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world."

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/12/2025

Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid. A pissed off thread using data. Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The Labour government has released to the media more details of its asylum reforms - to be released on Monday. Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that. There is a lot of overspinning from this govt www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce major reforms to the asylum system on Monday.

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Mark Walton @mwalton33.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Love the Beetlejuice principle and "thank you for your attention to this matter" in particular

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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Honestly, a lot of people are embarrassing themselves with terminology and layout errors over the White House, and it's not new. So, seeing how I worked on the White House complex for years, let me straighten out a bit of it for you all. 🧵

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all. Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

OK, let's take this seriously. I had an odd half an hour and via Apple Books had a quick look at the three claims I knew most about - two re the post-Brexit bilateral preferential trade agreements replicated from the EU versions and one about cheaper bananas. All are wrong or wildly implausible. 1/n

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

🔴NEW🔴 Thread 🧵 @bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Today's speech was easily the best Starmer has given. For the first time since the election, he told a compelling - & optimistic - story about what the government is trying to do; charged that story with moral purpose; & drew clear battle lines with the Right. A few quick thoughts & a challenge...

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

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British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 26/09/2025

Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public. Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

After the London march organised by Tommy Robinson + the epidemic of racist flag raising, Starmer's response is to accept the premise that too many people were allowed into the UK.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube. It would be a shame for you to share it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

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Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Delighted to say I’ll be back on the road later this year with a brand-new show called Word Perfect. There are lots of dates - hope you can join me.

A poster for my forthcoming tour Word Perfect, which begins in August. I hope you’ll join me!

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Of course Reform UK leader Nigel Farage didn’t avoid £44,000 in stamp duty on his Clacton-on-Sea constituency “home”.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

NEW The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Refreshingly brisk on farming & inheritance tax from Guy Singh-Watson, hitherto owner of Riverford Farm. Riverford, now owned by its employees, had a turnover of £113m in 2023-24 and made a profit of £5.7m. He’s been awarded farmer of the year by the BBC twice. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘People just lie’: How Riverford’s Guy Singh-Watson became the most brutally honest farmer in Britain

The organic veg pioneer talks to the Guardian about being unemployable, his unconventional father and his recent autism diagnosis

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Hugely important libel victory for the Guardian vs actor/director Noel Clarke. There are "strong grounds to believe he is a serial abuser of women".

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation. Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦‍♀️ My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...

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Epping asylum hotel CLOSED BY MOB RULE? Where should they go?

YouTube video by Zoe Gardner

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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

NEW: Are migrants more likely to commit crimes than non-migrants? Here’s what the data does and doesn’t show. 1/8 @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/72b6...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Have you ever noticed that people dressed better in the past? Even in the summer, when it was scorching hot? Why is this? 🧵

A mid-century family sitting on the porch steps. The man is wearing a camp collar shirt with a flapped pocket (collar and flap have a distinctive shape). he pairs them with fuller cut pants and leather shoes.

Some people standing around. Photo is from the mid-century. Man has a knitted polo and full legged, pleated pants.

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Mark Walton @mwalton33.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band Nowaysis The Rolling Sloans Warmplay

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...

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How to be a man

The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?

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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

If you are not alarmed at the type of thing these people now feel 100% comfortable saying out loud that they would have been scared to type into a group chat 10 years ago for fear that anyone might ever see it, I don't know what to tell you.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Every part of this interview is fascinating, from the geopolitics to her incredible social mobility and insights, to the info that she had to dress a certain way or the US president simply ignored her

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Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand

US president’s former Russia tsar believes World War Three is upon us as White House struggles to secure peace with the Kremlin

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It's true that progressives valorize "ugliness." But I think this person doesn't interrogate this position enough and thus lands at the wrong conclusion. Let me give you my perspective on ugliness. 🧵

Someone on Twitter writes: "I've been thinking a lot of the left-wing valorisation of personal ugliness. It's partly ordinary social rebellion ("looking nice" is conformist; think of punks and skinheads and other groups who make themselves look offensive for its shock value).

It's hard to give examples because I don't like singling people out for their looks. But the more cultish trans activists seem to believe that the uglier a man when wearing women's clothes, make-up etc. the better. (Accepting the ugly is a sign of commitment to the cause.)

And partly, I think, it's about victimhood culture. The uglier you are, the more you are to be pitied and that's a currency you can use. Hence the celebration of obesity (though I think Ozempic will end this eventually) and of all kinds of defiant unsexiness."

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This is one of the most eye-opening things I've read this week. If you're interested in what drives Netanyahu, I'd really recommend it. 🧵1/n

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Inside the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu

As the Israeli prime minister’s bodyguard, I saw him transform into the gangster he is today.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Latest news in an unfolding self-inflicted disaster, not just for UK universities but for the UK itself. One of our genuinely world-class sectors is being trashed, with all that means for UK economy, soft power, scientific & cultural life. 'World-class' isn't, for once, blimpish hyperbole ... 1/2

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

America's descent into suppression of dissent 🧵 I've been tracking Trump's actions since Jan and have included 93 actions that I consider to suppress dissent. They fall into 4 domains and their use is quite different over time. 1/16

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it.
Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

There’s a Dutch phrase about feeling anxious that translates to “shitting seven colours of sludge.” A Bulgarian version is “deep in thought like a fat pig before Christmas.” But my favourite variant is the Puerto Rican como cocodrilo en fábrica de carteras, or “like a crocodile in a wallet factory.”

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