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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 30/09/2026
I investigated whether @timeshighered.bsky.social's commercial partnership with the Hungarian government has influenced its editorial decisions. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán's Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundatio...
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Times Higher Education who published at least six articles about the late Professor Jason Arday signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán’s government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around Cambridge academic James Orr whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 26/09/2026
I occasionally get these very lovely messages or emails from writers who we published @writersofcolour.bsky.social and am touched every time! It was a special time, gone too soon. What a nice thing to see today 🫶🏿
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Very glad @timeshighered.bsky.social is paywalled, otherwise I might accidentally read content from this corrupt, white supremacist media outfit
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 25/09/2026
"He doxxed his own mother, he kidnapped the wrong person at knifepoint, he thought the Daily Mail would buy his mum a new house, he live streamed himself slashing the dinghy. Yeah, the bloke's clearly a fucking genius." 🔊 substack.com/@melissasigo...
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For your morning commute - Live with Melissa Sigodo & Samantha Asumadu.
Watch or listen | “The devil works hard but the far-right works harder”
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 25/09/2026
How many of the countries that walked out of Netanyahu's speech are actually sanctioning him? Interestingly, zero.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
He called himself a ‘genocidal racist monster’ while deliberately and repeatedly trying to sabotage people trying to do the right thing because of their skin. The biggest difference between him and so many others is that he’s able to admit that he’s a ‘racist monster’.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
How many more are there?
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IndyAggie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @aggiee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How do these young men end up like this? I don’t understand the level of hatred 😞
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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How can these people exist in the 21st century?
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mat @matrees.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is an excellent, much-needed that lays bare the naked racism in the British media.
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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
they have also been a major contributor to the success of the afd in germany, naturally
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Charlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I somehow have missed that springer bought the telegraph, just for everyone who doesn’t know german media company springer: they are basically the murdoch of germany, have been a major source of rightwing propaganda in post war germany. they also own politico
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Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There’s also this bullying case www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Former student of suspended Reform official ‘reopens case’ against University of Cambridge
Cambridge previously paid £5,000 compensation after an investigation partially upheld allegations against Dr James Orr
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
There is one article that mentions Cambridge Associate Professor James Orr on the @timeshighered.bsky.social site since 2025. There is no photo of him in it. No mention of his alleged misconduct. No mention of his alleged criminal conduct or indeed Christofascism or ethnonationalism.
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Legovil 🏳️‍⚧️ @legovil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good thread and analysis here. Jason Arday was murdered by the press for being a Black man. A white man does much worse while also being a professor at Cambridge? Crickets.
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Lazzie BOO!! 😱 @lazzieb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
James Orr - right hand man to Farage in Reform UK - was caught on film facilitating massive corruption. breaking the law. this thread evidences that the interests of the media-political complex are not aligned with information or moral clarity, but ideology, in favour of oligarchs first of all.
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is genuinely fantastic work, extremely well put together thread. It should terrify us that the media are so obviously, blatantly complicit in the whitewashing (literal) of a man (Orr) who is steering electoral politics from such a powerful position. But of course they are.
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Where did Britain's Christo fascist black shirts come from? mediadiversified.org/whats-the-di...
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 It’s become safe for you all, wherever you are and whatever you do, to say it clearly. 🇬🇧 It is now the UK Government’s position. ♦️The occupation is unlawful. ♦️There are Israeli settler terrorists. ♦️They are engaged in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
'Orr predicts that by the time of the next election, “rage” over immigration will have grown such that there will “probably be an appetite within the nation to say, look, even if it means some low growth”, action on that issue should be prioritised.' mediadiversified.org/whats-the-di...
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find out when the time comes. —Ernest Hemingway samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
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Rivoluzionario della melanzana @caponatacommie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is definitely happening in more scenarios than we think or know of or been stupid enough to be caught bragging about it...
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative. How many more?
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Footage appeared to show James Orr deliberately trying to avoid having to declare the donation to the Electoral Commission.   This is a potential breach of section 61 of the Political Parties, Elections & Referendums Act 2000 & is punishable by a max sentence of a year in prison.
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Nationalism is quite different from patriotism. For nationalism you need enemies.” — John Le Carre
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
'The UK now has a black-clad and balaclava-wearing fascist militia, empowered by the politicians and media outlets that have been demonising refugees and other migrants for at least the past 10 years.'
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 05/09/2026
I redesigned the @writersofcolour.bsky.social website because I could and I wanted to. Media Diversified is NOT coming back, but whilst I live and breathe the archive will always be there. mediadiversified.org
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
James Orr has been forced to step down from Reform UK for his unethical behaviour. Fortunately he still has his other job, which is teaching ethics at Cambridge University.
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And the rest?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
'Cambridge University has said it is examining the conduct of James Orr, its associate professor and a top Reform UK aide, after he was filmed appearing to try to circumvent electoral laws on foreign political donations.'
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Cambridge University examines conduct of academic suspended by Reform UK
James Orr, an associate professor, was shown in Channel 4 News footage apparently trying to sidestep electoral law
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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Homerton College wishes to express its support for Lord Woolley... We are also aware that recent public discussion has placed both professional and personal pressures on Lord Woolley. As a College, we remain committed to supporting him in his role" www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/homersphere/...
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Statement from Homerton College
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 04/09/2026
In the meantime, here's a question for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social and Andrew Gilligan 👇🏿
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 04/09/2026
In time we may find out about any other suspicious donations made to Reform UK
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 04/09/2026
Here is Orr, who was until this morning also the head of Policy for Reform UK discussing a dodgy donation he solicited from a foreign national (subsequently revealed to be working with an undercover reporter).
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marykmac.bsky.social @marykmac.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I can't get over how *low* £5000 is for being bullied out of your PhD. That's 1-3 years of your life, anything up to £90k in tuition fees and maintenance, and being kicked off a career path you'd made a sizeable investment in. PhD work is not very transferable!
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 02/09/2026
If you want honesty...
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JAM RADIO NEWS @jamradiouk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
After pumping out 19 articles on Jason Arday in two weeks, The Spectator has moved on to Simon Woolley. Ex-Tory operative Andrew Gilligan offers no evidence of failure at Homerton—only an old grievance dressed up as journalism. This is a media hit job. jamradio.uk/news/after-j...
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After Jason Arday, The Spectator turns its sights on Simon Woolley
▶ Listen to this articleRecorded British voice 0:00 / --:-- Jam Radio audio Speed 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x By: Euen Herbert-Small Assistant Editor By: TracyAnn...
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The @thespectator1828.bsky.social is an influential conservative publication read across Westminster, Fleet Street and the wider British media. Its arguments do not remain neatly confined to its website; they provide the language, framing and apparent permission for a wider line of attack.
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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Plagiarism charges against Black academics are frequently weaponized through selective, highly coordinated campaigns that transform standard citation errors into sweeping moral and professional destruction.It represents a tactical shift in broader political and cultural conflict. Resist.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 27/08/2026
Colleagues of Cofnas are publicly standing against his racist pseudoscience and the networks that enabled him. If you are an academic sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... There are 909 academics who have signed a letter supporting Cofnas so far.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 27/08/2026
The first article about self-described 'race realist' and avowed eugenicist Nathan Cofnas was published in the @Guardian today. We await for another 12 within the next 9 days.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 27/08/2026
First article about self described 'race realist' and avowed eugenicist Nathan Cofnas in the Guardian. I await another 12 within the next 9 days.
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Spongebob Patiently Waiting
ALT: Spongebob Patiently Waiting
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
According to the press, everyone is to blame for Jason Arday’s death – except them
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Listening back over Jason’s last messages to me, it is clear that the media abuse drove him to his death. I feared this would be the outcome at the time." — Corinne Fowler www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/w...
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When media abuse of academics becomes the norm in HE
Following the death of Jason Arday, Corinne Fowler writes on the toll of media abuse on academics and what universities must do to protect their staff.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The British Press: 'After thoroughly investigating ourselves, and placing ourselves under the utmost scrutiny ourselves have to offer to us, we find that we have no case to answer to ourselves...'
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 27/08/2026
"Jason told me and others that articles written by Black people had hurt him most" — @lesterholloway.bsky.social in The Voice Newspaper publications.voice-online.co.uk/products/
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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In 2024, 58 formal complaints were lodged with the University of Cambridge about Nathan Cofnas following his racist views about Black intellectual ability. Following an investigation, these complaints were dismissed.
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