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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 1h

@lewisbaston.bsky.social A first year geography undergraduate I know is prepping for a seminar on borders tomorrow and is stealing an advantage.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fanfare for the common man and woman.

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 24/09/2026

Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819...

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Earl Spencer vs Piers Morgan: can they both lose? (h/t Henry Kissinger)

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The lame duck US President will (for now) not be televised.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Absolutely right. Mr Burnham must run Britain just like Sir Jim Ratcliffe has run Manchester United. Like Britain, ManU was once a proud global giant. But like the UK, the club had entered a lengthy period of stagnation. Since Ratcliffe took over at Man Utd this once proud club has oh wait

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have written about my dear friend, the inimitable Bonnie Greer. It does not do her justice, but it says some things I wanted to say. observer.co.uk/profile/obit...

observer.co.uk

Bonnie Greer ‘knew that justice is a form of love’

Sarah Churchwell remembers Bonnie Greer, her friend and fellow Chicagoan, cultural conscience and an indefatigable champion of the arts

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Legit journalists should refuse to attend White House or Oval Office briefings. This administration is the enemy of a free press. UnAmerican.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Shit just got unreal. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/19/m...

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trump is shitting himself. The end is near.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. Now, two MORE unvaccinated people have died from measles. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Any CEO caught adopting a facial expression that recalls Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' could send the share price tumblng." Some thoughts from me on leading in crazy times for @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b272...

ft.com

How to make good decisions under pressure

Do not neglect the fundamentals when the world around you is going crazy

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

ft.com

How to make good decisions under pressure

Do not neglect the fundamentals when the world around you is going crazy

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"I'm a proud British Jew and I don't agree with the Chief Rabbi', says Ed Miliband. To be fair almost every British Jew has uttered that phrase at least once.

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Robin Lustig @robinlustig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thrilled with this lovely review of my book by @stefanstern.bsky.social in the British Journalism Review.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is the traditional "we weren't ready!" claim made by schoolboy football teams when they go four nil down after seven minutes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks

The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I too like to make myself as visible as possible when there's a terror threat #ReformConference

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A great pleasure (and honour) to review @robinlustig.bsky.social 's superb new book (family memoir) "And the cello came too - a story of survival" for the latest issue of the British Journalism Review.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's not entrapment it's investigative journalism.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A Reform "government in waiting"...waiting for the next dodgy cheque.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This "legal advice" which Reform keeps citing and relying on...does it come from actual lawyers?

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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A prescient Cambridge student in 2025: "I find it hard to believe that James Orr, public recruiter for Reform UK, will not allow himself to be tempted into abusing his position" www.varsity.co.uk/comment/30532

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just keep muttering to myself "he was still trying to solicit another donation during the by election he held to avoid the investigation."

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"We just don't have British resident donors that would support us ... That's the grim reality". "The Electoral Commission...are completely useless. They're just so dumb & ineffective". Some jaw-dropping quotes in this film from senior figures in Reform. We need updated laws AND proper enforcement

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wow. Watch Channel 4 News now Nigel Farage discussing elicit funding for reform U.K. from a foreign donor All on secret camera

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Why yes person I haven’t met before or done full due diligence on, I - a high profile figure - will gladly accept this secret dodgy money. You’d better not be a journalist filming this!

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I am going on tour in OCTOBER! Please come I think it’s a very good show. Tickets : www.rosieholt.co.uk

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/08/2026

NEW Stewart Lee column Ofcom has ruled against me over a mistake about an ex-Tufton Street campaign manager on a comedy show. The consequences seems like bad news for off-the-cuff banter www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Ofcom won’t touch GB News. But now it’s demanding a right of reply for jokes. Stewart Lee on being ruled against by Ofcom. Illustration of the Ofcom and Oxford Union Society logos, in front of a college dorm

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

V good piece and thanks for the kind mention @danhancox.bsky.social !

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here is no water but only rock Rock and no water and the sandy road

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is a terrific and very important piece.

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Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The average ratio between U.S. CEO and worker pay ran 312-to-1 last year if we exclude Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his mega-billion pay. If we include #Musk, the ratio ran 5,387-to-1. The ratio in the 1960s: not much over 20-to-1. #CEOs #inequality finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

finance.yahoo.com

S&P 500 CEO median pay hits $17.3 million, widening CEO-worker ratio to 312-to-1

One of the biggest drivers of these giant pay packages is stock-based compensation.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Er...? (Jeremy Vine in the Guardian today) (fao @helenbarrett.bsky.social )

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Badenoch's superficially clever(-sounding) distinction between multi-ethnic + multi-cultural is in fact pretty meaningless. Is an Indian restaurant ethnic or cultural? Is a mosque or Hindu temple ethnic or cultural? Of course we are multicultural and a good thing too. "What are the next ten words?"

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

About to pop up on BBC Five Live Breakfast to discuss your favourite topic - excessive headphone use!

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

First Reform starts slipping in the polls, and now this. Is it a sign? Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials cancelled after star breaks jaw - BBC News share.google/BLcw8EUeCYOf...

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Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials cancelled after star breaks jaw

The sitcom's creator says he requires "immediate" surgery but hopes the show will return in 2027.

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