David Leigh
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David Leigh
@davidleighx.bsky.social
Journalist.
Author of "Investigative Journalism: a survival guide" ( Palgrave) http://bit.ly/2lLQhSy.
Was Guardian Investigations Editor; ex-IMPRESS.
Posts are news not endorsements.
What's the differemce between the Mail denying and "vehemently deying" , I ask [vehemently]
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Meghan accuses Daily Mail of ethics breach over reporting from father’s bedside
Paper criticised over coverage of Duchess of Sussex’s attempt to contact Thomas Markle after surgery
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanks to the unbelievable folly of the Brexiters, the outlook for Britain in this scenario is very dark.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance | Editorial
Editorial: The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Reposted by David Leigh
So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Bit libellous
Reform UK’s deputy leader says racism claims about Nigel Farage from fellow pupils are ‘made-up twaddle’ – UK politics live
Reform UK’s deputy leader says racism claims about Nigel Farage from fellow pupils are ‘made-up twaddle’ – UK politics live
Richard Tice claims that allegations against Farage are ‘nonsense’ from people with ‘a political axe to grind’ Good morning. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has given different responses, at different times, to the accounts of him being racist and antisemitic when he was a teenager given by some of his contempories at Dulwich College in south London. They have ranged from saying he may have engaged in “banter” using language that, 50 years later, may be regarded as offensive, to saying the claims were entirely without foundation. There is a good summary here. But today Richard Tice, Reform UK’s deputy leader, has gone much further, accusing at least one of Farage’s critics of lying and describing the recollections as “made-up twaddle” motivated by political bias. I can’t believe anybody would have said that. Yes. This is all made-up twaddle by people who don’t want Nigel to be prime minister of the country. It’s funny how they didn’t remember this three years ago, six years ago, 10 years ago. This is this is this is made-up nonsense by someone who’s got a politically biased motive. And let me tell you; no one has stood up against antisemitism more than Nigel and I. We were the ones who, immediately after October 7, said we were very worried about the protests, the pro-Palestine protest, that were inciting hatred, antsemitism and violence. I think this is made-up twaddle by a whole bunch of people with … a political axe to grind. And every week the voters are going out in byelections and they are voting for Reform because they are not buying into this leftwing, anti-Nigel narrative. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by David Leigh
Guardian faces trial after influencer Andy Ngo sues over ‘alt-right agitator’ label
pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/gu...
Guardian faces trial after influencer sues over 'alt-right agitator' label
Guardian News and Media is considering next steps after a finding it was defamatory to describe Andy Ngo as an "'alt-right' agitator".
pressgazette.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM