Dennis Vaughan
@dvaughan.bsky.social
Journalist (sometimes), Labour (mostly), Father (always).
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The FT is an excellent paper Monday to Friday but something dark happens at weekends. There are many words to describe US actions in Venezuela but audacious is not one of them.
How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded ft.trib.al/QA9oVFM
How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded
Multiple attacks targeted military, transport and communication sites in Caracas and Venezuela’s north
ft.trib.al
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The FT is an excellent paper Monday to Friday but something dark happens at weekends. There are many words to describe US actions in Venezuela but audacious is not one of them.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be
The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
Robert Reich
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
⬇️⬇️⬇️
Have a soft spot for the England cricket team but they’ve deserved this Ashes annihilation from the off
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
British press was full of preening ‘this is our year’ nonsense before a ball had even been bowled
Bazball is pure ‘Global Britain’ Brexit BS. Full of exceptionalism and hot air
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
⬇️⬇️⬇️
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
If you know someone with ADHD - and I do - and you have seen the problems it can cause - and I have - then you would have nothing but contempt for those who try to trivialise its effects. Streeting should know better.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris
Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you know someone with ADHD - and I do - and you have seen the problems it can cause - and I have - then you would have nothing but contempt for those who try to trivialise its effects. Streeting should know better.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
This chart is about tactical voting, but looking at it from the perspective of ‘would it be easier for labour to get voters back from Reform, or from literally anyone else’ is quite revealing
If voters could vote against a party (More in Common)
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This chart is about tactical voting, but looking at it from the perspective of ‘would it be easier for labour to get voters back from Reform, or from literally anyone else’ is quite revealing
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
This is why we insist that arts and humanities matter. And it turns out they can cure cancer, too.
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is why we insist that arts and humanities matter. And it turns out they can cure cancer, too.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
This should not simply be forgotten in the busy news cycle.
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This should not simply be forgotten in the busy news cycle.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Prescott says the Panorama programme was aggressively anti-Trump. Neutral and experienced journalists who have seen the programme found it admirably balanced
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Prescott says the Panorama programme was aggressively anti-Trump. Neutral and experienced journalists who have seen the programme found it admirably balanced
No relation (before anybody suspects).
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
No relation (before anybody suspects).
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
For me, it is objectively ridiculous that the UK left knows and cares a lot more about Zohran Mamdani than it does about Pedro Sánchez - the left-wing Prime Minister of Europe's fastest growing economy.
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
For me, it is objectively ridiculous that the UK left knows and cares a lot more about Zohran Mamdani than it does about Pedro Sánchez - the left-wing Prime Minister of Europe's fastest growing economy.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Anna Turley of Labour has 25 questions about the Conservative Idi Amin Tribute Bill on ILR and Deportations
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK
Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Anna Turley of Labour has 25 questions about the Conservative Idi Amin Tribute Bill on ILR and Deportations
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (or online).
"alleged drug vessel"
Call it a boat. A vessel. Anything that you can actually prove. There is exactly zero reason now, at the eighth instance, to use the administration's preferred language, without any evidence.
"alleged drug vessel"
Call it a boat. A vessel. Anything that you can actually prove. There is exactly zero reason now, at the eighth instance, to use the administration's preferred language, without any evidence.
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (or online).
"alleged drug vessel"
Call it a boat. A vessel. Anything that you can actually prove. There is exactly zero reason now, at the eighth instance, to use the administration's preferred language, without any evidence.
"alleged drug vessel"
Call it a boat. A vessel. Anything that you can actually prove. There is exactly zero reason now, at the eighth instance, to use the administration's preferred language, without any evidence.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Reposted by Dennis Vaughan
The Swiss journalist @emilianobos.bsky.social ( @rts.ch ) managed to enter the Gaza Strip with a cameraman on Friday - first foreign journalists that enter Gaza. The below video was taken in Rafah.
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Swiss journalist @emilianobos.bsky.social ( @rts.ch ) managed to enter the Gaza Strip with a cameraman on Friday - first foreign journalists that enter Gaza. The below video was taken in Rafah.