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Rajeev Syal

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Home affairs editor, The Guardian.

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Rajeev Syal @syalrajeev.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer
Staff members said Free Speech Union would “need to explain” how it spent money donated by its supporters
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 06/07/2026
Another great story from @aishadown.bsky.social diving deep into AI datacentre projects announced with glitz by the government but plenty to properly scrutinise. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’
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Pru Madeley @prum.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Victory for carers after inquiry into debt scandal Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Rajeev Syal @syalrajeev.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Exposed: Labour peer’s involvement in apparent cash-for-access venture
Lord David Evans of Watford said ‘our mates now have senior jobs’ and advised on how to approach Angela Rayner
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Rajeev Syal @syalrajeev.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
That’s been changed.
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Rajeev Syal @syalrajeev.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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On squalor
Squalor, when sufficiently diluted and distanced through the medium of prose, paint or song, carries an undeniably authentic charge of what it means to be mortal and mired in the flawed, material worl...
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Julia Llewellyn Smith @julsmith.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hard recommend to #thedoubleact by brilliant @markjagasia.bskyb.social @arcolatheatre.bsykyb.social . Dark, poignant, very funny, thought provoking and full of references to Keith Chegwin and Bobby Ball for the cognoscenti- go!
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