@bobhudson.bsky.social
@bobhudson.bsky.social
Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK.
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US optimistic over Ukraine peace deal talks but ‘a few delicate details’ remain
Ukrainian official cites ‘common understanding’, but no sign territorial concessions or security guarantees are agreed
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The words ‘a few delicate details’ are working hard here aren’t they?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
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Real investigative journalism by @patrickjbutler.bsky.social and @joshhalliday.bsky.social. Not that much of it about these days. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yes, you never forget the bullies do you?
Architecture no longer considered a "professional degree" in USA
Students in the USA will receive lower loans under the terms of the One Big Beautiful Bill as architecture will not be considered a professional degree.
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Architecture, Accountancy, Nursing and more ‘deprofessionalised’ under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. That’s what authoritarian regimes do… www.dezeen.com/2025/11/24/a...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
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Waking to the smoke-addled voice of Farage on #r4today saying the multiple ex-classmates who recalled his outright racism are…all mistaken… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
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Astonishing answer! The job of the BBC is to faithfully report the news, not try to appeal to those inclined to support Reform.
Reposted by Bob Hudson
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.” www.thebulwark.com/p/push-back-...
Push Back Against Trump’s Press Abuse
It’s long past time for the Fourth Estate to challenge the president’s unhinged hostility and unbridled misogyny.
www.thebulwark.com
Nothing in Trump’s America is normal. It shouldn’t be treated as such.
Prescott comes across as out of his depth even under the intensely mild and ineffectual questioning of DCMS committee.
He has repeatedly returned to one of the most bizarre lines in his report, that Panorama should have matched its Jan 6th episode with an "equally aggressive" one into Kamala.
He has repeatedly returned to one of the most bizarre lines in his report, that Panorama should have matched its Jan 6th episode with an "equally aggressive" one into Kamala.
Here’s the problem with the BBC’s notion of ‘balance’. Harris and Trump are not equivalent - only one of them incited an insurrection.
Reposted by Bob Hudson
Push Back Against Trump’s Press Abuse
It’s long past time for the Fourth Estate to challenge the president’s unhinged hostility and unbridled misogyny.
www.thebulwark.com
It’s hard to decide which is more disturbing—that the president of the United States thinks that being disliked is a mitigating factor in the murder of a journalist; or that he considers reporters who ask questions he doesn’t like to be “insubordinate.” www.thebulwark.com/p/push-back-...
Reposted by Bob Hudson
Prescott comes across as out of his depth even under the intensely mild and ineffectual questioning of DCMS committee.
He has repeatedly returned to one of the most bizarre lines in his report, that Panorama should have matched its Jan 6th episode with an "equally aggressive" one into Kamala.
He has repeatedly returned to one of the most bizarre lines in his report, that Panorama should have matched its Jan 6th episode with an "equally aggressive" one into Kamala.
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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‘Mahmood is just an addition to the ranks of Braverman, Badenoch, Patel and Sunak’ - powerful piece here by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule
Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out
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A failed Trump policy stunt uncritically copied by Reform councils and…failed again.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reduce child poverty? ‘Welfare giveaway’. Retain WFA - that this paper argued for? ‘Welfare giveaway’. Increase tax? A ‘burden’, a ‘grab’. You can’t win can you?
Lord Rothermere’s Telegraph takeover strengthens UK media’s rightwing tilt
Many fear competition and diversity will be diminished as Daily Mail owner wins race to buy newspaper
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This proposed tightening of a right-wing grip on our media isn’t getting the attention it needs… www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
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They won’t miss paying a bit more tax to help reduce child poverty will they? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yes, very good account of a world that is alien to most Durham students.
Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit
US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the US
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It’s like trying to negotiate what to have for breakfast with a screaming toddler isn’t it? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
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Shocking detail here on Johnson’s sheer insouciance - playing at emperor while Covid gripped the country… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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A crie de coeur from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social to HM Government - just roll back Brexit asap. They won’t, far too timid for that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Her amazing smile was undimmed, and I would try anything to summon it’ | The Observer
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Obituaries can often be drained of depth and emotion. This lovely tribute by Anthony Quinn to his wife,Rachel Cooke, is beautifully written. observer.co.uk/style/featur...
Familiarity breeds contempt as Shabana does her double act | John Crace
Even Reform MPs failed to show up to hear the home secretary talk about migration, their specialist subject
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‘A spoonful of hatred helps the medicine go down’ - John Crace managing to be simultaneously amusing and depressing…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trump’s peace plan…👇 from today’s @theguardian.com
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for accepting pro-Russian bribes
Gill, 52, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019 in September.
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Reform leader in Wales jailed for ten years. Miscreant Reform councillors falling like ninepins. Farage himself exposed as a vile racist adolescent. Will people now think twice before backing this lot? news.sky.com/story/former...
Former Welsh Reform UK leader jailed for more than 10 years for accepting pro-Russian bribes
Nathan Gill, 52, of Anglesey, North Wales, pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019 in September.
news.sky.com
Ah…this would be the guy who Putin-admirer Farage claims he barely knows… news.sky.com/story/former...
Critics dismiss the inquiry report as simply retreading old ground but it brings together a comprehensively damning indictment of inane governance. That’s important to have on the record.