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Will Dunn

@willdunn.bsky.social
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Political sketch writer at the New Statesman.

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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 4h
Some tips on writing political slogans (Currently FREE to read!) www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 8h
“Hope again” can be read as an imperative – quick, muster some more hope! – but it does also have the unfortunate ring of a party sighing to itself: “Hope, again?” @willdunn.bsky.social's sketch:
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In Liverpool, the Labour party hopes for hope
Why can't we just swerve between rage and indifference?
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 8h
Great sketch from @willdunn.bsky.social as always, but I particularly enjoyed the observation that Healey looks like a butcher. He really, really does!
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In Liverpool, the Labour Party hopes for hope
Why can't we just swerve between rage and indifference again?
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 21h
Nice to see a policy (the triple lock change) that doesn't involve punting the political cost down the road www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 23h
That's not just EBITDA, that's Armageddon-adjusted EBITDA
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A bus in Liverpool today
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Politics demands our chancellors take the blame for things they cannot control, writes @willdunn.bsky.social
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Everyone is blaming John Healey for the stink in the room
Politics demands our chancellors take the blame for things they cannot control
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ed Davey's infuriating, unacceptable niceness www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I went to Lib Dem conference and spaffed a month's pay on backbencher promotional merchandise www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Andy Burnham no longer suffers from imposter syndrome. A revealing moment from Tom McTague's in-depth interview with the PM, this week's New Statesman cover story: www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch's claim here is bullshit. Either she doesn't understand the figure she's using, or she knows it's wrong, and is citing it anyway. Neither option looks great. Here's more detail on the claim: www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch claimed at PMQs that a billionaire's departure meant that "every year, £330 million" in taxes would be lost. How does she know that? She doesn't: it was a claim made up from reading a couple of headlines and misinterpreting them. In more detail: www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
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Kemi Badenoch's billionaire baloney
The Tory leader's claims about a fleeing billionaire don't stand up to the most basic scrutiny
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not the cheeriest thing I've written www.newstatesman.com/business/202...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My family's claim to fame is that my uncle, who was a painter, did artwork for Iron Maiden. (Mostly stage sets I think; he also did sets for the Chippendales, and was told off for dancing along to their music during rehearsals.) Anyway, I think he would have liked this cover.
The cover of this week's New Statesman, showing a futuristic skull, looks a bit like a 1980s metal album cover.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Are the doom-laden prophecies of AI experts sincere? Or are they a helpful distraction from the bad things AI companies are doing now? If AI companies believe in this risk, why can't they stop? Thank you to the 20+ people who helped me explore these questions for this week's New Statesman
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WILL AI KILL US ALL? by @willdunn.bsky.social There has never been so much money in the apocalypse business. Read the cover story: www.newstatesman.com/busine...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ACTUally, it's a fiscal positive because it'll motivate dead people to work harder #economics
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lectures, finger-pointing and claiming the moral high ground: that's the true meaning of PMQs www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Here's some of what I saw at the Reform conference: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Here's some of what I saw at the Reform conference: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Magnus Ramage @magnusramage.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Enjoyed the new Sketch podcast from @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, feat. @anooshc.bsky.social and @willdunn.bsky.social (can't find a link to share). Laughed a lot at the toothbrush colonoscopy routine - not an obvious subject for political satire!
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megan kenyon @meganekenyon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Loved listening to this v funny, v insightful pod in its new format “The Sketch” from my talented colleagues @willdunn.bsky.social and @anooshc.bsky.social Go listen!!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Andy Burnham can’t explain the economy
Podcast Episode · The Politics Show · 5 September · 36min
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You may have noticed an embarrassing error in my previous post. Sorry! The top prize in the National Watershit Prize is only enough to pay the salary of Thames Water CEO Chris Weston for just over 3 days.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lobbyists for the water industry have just announced a new 'National Watershit Prize', which will award a whopping £15,000 to the best research into stopping sewage pollution. That's enough to pay the salary of Thames Water CEO Chris Weston for almost five days!
A press release for the National Watershot Prize, which I have very amusingly renamed the National Watershit Prize
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Chunks of partially reheated Thatcher www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tough* questions for Burnham at his first PMQs: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More than a million retired people in the UK have so much in their private pensions that they're paying higher or additional rate tax on the income from those investments. Can Britain afford to give these people the state pension? www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Britain must stop paying benefits to millionaires
We are handing billions every year in state pension payments to people who don't need it
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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Amazing interview with Heston Blumenthal in our summer issue - by top interviewer Kate Mossman: www.newstatesman.com/culture/food...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Obviously I'm the sucker for reading this drivel, but it was at least amusing to read that Jordan Peterson thinks money is destroyed if it's spent on wind turbines . We must save capitalism from... a smaller money supply? Wait a minute
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I don't think anyone else wants them, Rupert.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Call me a pedant but I don't think it's possible for the BBC to have a "behind-the-scenes" look at anything. You're the state broadcaster! You are the scenes!
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Breathtakingly petty, and a very clear attempt to prevent some people using a public service www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Ilkley cyclist who reported bad driving fined for bad riding
West Yorkshire Police say the rider was also guilty of not adhering to the Highway Code.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This week's BIGGEST parakeet misidentification stories analysed IN FULL by @anooshc.bsky.social and I, plus what I'd do if I was a Patriotic Millionaire: shows.acast.com/newstatesman...
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Gary Lineker wants to pay more tax. What's stopping him? | The Politics Show
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Scenes from my exclusive LIVE BLOG of this week's biggest political events www.newstatesman.com/politics/wes...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Here's one of the questions I asked Gabriel Zucman about his proposed 2% wealth tax, and the beginning of his response. Read the rest here! www.newstatesman.com/business/eco...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I am so fed up of dealing with the consequences of London's parks being used as open toilets by the city's dog owners! If you have a dog it should simply go to the toilet in your house!
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here's the title for your next album
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sometimes a person just walks past you and says exactly the right thing. www.newstatesman.com/politics/wes...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Thames Water imposes a hosepipe ban on ten million people the day after Andy Burnham, who has suggested he'll put Thames Water in special administration, arrives in Downing Street.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ***THURSDAY***
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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The rollout of high speed internet in Uruguay worsended early childhood development. But not because the kids spent too much time in front of screens, because the parents did. cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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High-speed internet and early childhood development: Causal evidence from a countrywide programme
The rapid expansion of high-speed internet has intensified concerns about how digital technologies affect early childhood. Using the staggered rollout of fibre optic to the home in Uruguay as a natura...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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PMQs review: A farewell to Starms
The woeful attempts at footy banter were relentless
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The real question ay Keir Starmer's final PMQs: how mean was Kemi Badenoch going to be? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨ExCLuSiVe: The doomed young addicts gathering in Victorian meeting halls to huff up some "Kemi" www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is what Kemi Badenoch thinks happened in the 2024 general election. www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is what Kemi Badenoch thinks happened in the 2024 general election. www.newstatesman.com/politics/the...
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is an infuriating story pressgazette.co.uk/news/journal...
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Journalist fired by Clickout Media saw robot reporter take over their byline
AI-generated 'ghost' reporter revealed as tactic of 'parasite SEO' specialists.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'm not in the business of making political endorsements, I've never met @countbinface.bsky.social and I do NOT support his policy to move the hand dryer in the gents' loos at the Crown and Treaty pub, Uxbridge to a more sensible location. However I do think he is the opponent Farage deserves.
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A side has been taken. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Britain must now unite behind Count Binface
A court without fools is a dangerous place
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