Max Colbert
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, The Citizens etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
[email protected]
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, The Citizens etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
[email protected]
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“The more that marginalized voices disappear from legacy outlets, the more it matters to fight for our corner instead of abandoning it.
It matters to have places in journalism, in media, where we belong and where we can see ourselves.”
It matters to have places in journalism, in media, where we belong and where we can see ourselves.”
“Texas desperately needs a place where we can tell our stories, where we can be ourselves, mourn our losses, and celebrate our victories,” writes @kitoconnell.com.
Meet our newest newsletter writer and contributor, who’ll be spearheading our queer coverage 💕
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Meet our newest newsletter writer and contributor, who’ll be spearheading our queer coverage 💕
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I’m a Trans Journalist Choosing to Live in Texas. Here’s Why That Matters.
My name is Kit O’Connell. I’ll be covering queer and trans life in Texas for Big & Bright — The Barbed Wire’s first underwritten vertical.
thebarbedwire.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“The more that marginalized voices disappear from legacy outlets, the more it matters to fight for our corner instead of abandoning it.
It matters to have places in journalism, in media, where we belong and where we can see ourselves.”
It matters to have places in journalism, in media, where we belong and where we can see ourselves.”
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My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
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🔴Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🔴Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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every time someone goes on the Beeb, no matter what topic they’re there to talk about, they should add, ‘oh, and Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history’
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
every time someone goes on the Beeb, no matter what topic they’re there to talk about, they should add, ‘oh, and Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history’
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Zack Polanski: billionaire owned media have, “a vested interest in trying to discredit any idea or story that challenges the status quo”
“The status quo isn’t working. It’s broken. We need a complete clear out of that broken politics. We need something new and hopeful, and that’s what I’m offering.
“The status quo isn’t working. It’s broken. We need a complete clear out of that broken politics. We need something new and hopeful, and that’s what I’m offering.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Zack Polanski: billionaire owned media have, “a vested interest in trying to discredit any idea or story that challenges the status quo”
“The status quo isn’t working. It’s broken. We need a complete clear out of that broken politics. We need something new and hopeful, and that’s what I’m offering.
“The status quo isn’t working. It’s broken. We need a complete clear out of that broken politics. We need something new and hopeful, and that’s what I’m offering.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Completely correct and frankly it's grotesque of people to try and trivialise this.
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Completely correct and frankly it's grotesque of people to try and trivialise this.
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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DOGE was Elon Musk’s grand experiment in running our government like one of his companies: big promises, reckless cuts, and real people left hurting.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
DOGE was Elon Musk’s grand experiment in running our government like one of his companies: big promises, reckless cuts, and real people left hurting.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
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How Nigel Farage’s responses to allegations that he was a nasty racist as a schoolboy at Dulwich College have evolved over time.
Nigel Farage’s shifting answers on school-days racism claims – a timeline
Reform UK leader’s responses to allegations of racist and antisemitic behaviour at Dulwich college have varied over time
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How Nigel Farage’s responses to allegations that he was a nasty racist as a schoolboy at Dulwich College have evolved over time.
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"The guidance is not enforceable".
Ofcom is hopelessly out of touch with what is a national emergency.
www.thetimes.com/article/c47a...
Ofcom is hopelessly out of touch with what is a national emergency.
www.thetimes.com/article/c47a...
Ofcom bans social media giants from using ‘toxic’ algorithms
Regulator targets ‘manosphere’ misogyny and hate as seen in content produced by Andrew Tate
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"The guidance is not enforceable".
Ofcom is hopelessly out of touch with what is a national emergency.
www.thetimes.com/article/c47a...
Ofcom is hopelessly out of touch with what is a national emergency.
www.thetimes.com/article/c47a...
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Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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After we raised the case of Arjeta, a human trafficking victim who has now been left homeless with the Home Office, they eventually got back to us with this pathetic response…
Home Office short response as homeless woman sleeps in charity office
Arjeta Folla's situation has worsened as she fights to remain in the UK
liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
After we raised the case of Arjeta, a human trafficking victim who has now been left homeless with the Home Office, they eventually got back to us with this pathetic response…
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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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In 2013, Farage told Michael Crick he was a "troublemaker" who "wound people up". "“I did say things that would offend deeply ... I made arguments against [English teachers], that I didn’t necessarily believe in". He says this was just support for Enoch Powell - in 1981 - not for further right views
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In 2013, Farage told Michael Crick he was a "troublemaker" who "wound people up". "“I did say things that would offend deeply ... I made arguments against [English teachers], that I didn’t necessarily believe in". He says this was just support for Enoch Powell - in 1981 - not for further right views
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Tfw you're not at all worried that someone might have something they can prove connects you to this scandal in the future.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tfw you're not at all worried that someone might have something they can prove connects you to this scandal in the future.
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Gaza has been without operable water and sanitation infrastructure for two years. I spoke with Mariam Zaqout about the water crisis and why any efforts to rebuild must be Palestinian-led. Read it here: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/mariam-zaqou....
Mariam Zaqout on Palestine’s Water Crisis
Gaza has been without operable water and sanitation infrastructure for almost two years. Efforts to rebuild must be Palestinian-led.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gaza has been without operable water and sanitation infrastructure for two years. I spoke with Mariam Zaqout about the water crisis and why any efforts to rebuild must be Palestinian-led. Read it here: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/mariam-zaqou....
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RIP to the legend Jimmy Cliff, who has sadly left us age 81.
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Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by TheSunAnge
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November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
RIP to the legend Jimmy Cliff, who has sadly left us age 81.
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
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Newham Council, with the largest social housing wait list in the country, has lost tens of millions trying to buy back ex-Right to Buy homes.
Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
www.bigissue.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Newham Council, with the largest social housing wait list in the country, has lost tens of millions trying to buy back ex-Right to Buy homes.
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Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog
Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog
Campaigners including Good Law Project describe ICO ‘collapse in enforcement activity’ after Afghan data breach
Dozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK’s data protection watchdog, after what they describe as “a collapse in enforcement activity” after the scandal of the Afghan data breach.
A total of 73 academics, senior lawyers, data protection experts and organisations including Statewatch and the Good Law Project, have written to Chi Onwurah, the chair of the cross-party Commons science, innovation and technology committee, calling for an inquiry to be held into the office of the information commissioner, John Edwards. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Civil liberties groups call for inquiry into UK data protection watchdog